A Morning Prayer
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Mornings offer a fresh slate and a chance to set the tone for the hours ahead. Starting the day with gratitude and quiet reflection can bring a sense of grounded purpose before the busyness begins. This page is designed to help you welcome the new day with a calm and ready heart.
On this page, you will find a short morning prayer focused on gratitude, guidance, and a steady pace. Below it, you can read ten real public-domain Bible verses in both the King James Version and the World English Bible. This site is completely free, contains no ads, and requires no registration.
The prayer
Dear God, thank you for the gift of a new day and fresh mercies this morning. As I step into the hours ahead, please guide my steps and steady my pace. Help me to handle every task with patience, kindness, and a clear mind. Keep my heart turned toward you no matter what comes my way. Thank you for walking beside me today. Amen.
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Scriptures to pray with
These verses come verbatim from the public-domain King James Version and World English Bible — switch between the two translations below.
- Psalms 5:3
My voice shalt thou hear in the morning, O LORD; in the morning will I direct my prayer unto thee, and will look up.
- Psalms 143:8
Cause me to hear thy lovingkindness in the morning; for in thee do I trust: cause me to know the way wherein I should walk; for I lift up my soul unto thee.
- Lamentations 3:23
They are new every morning: great is thy faithfulness.
- Psalms 118:24
This is the day which the LORD hath made; we will rejoice and be glad in it.
- Psalms 30:5
For his anger endureth but a moment; in his favour is life: weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning.
- Psalms 63:1
O God, thou art my God; early will I seek thee: my soul thirsteth for thee, my flesh longeth for thee in a dry and thirsty land, where no water is;
- Matthew 6:33
But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.
- Matthew 6:6
But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father which is in secret; and thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly.
- Luke 1:37
For with God nothing shall be impossible.
- Psalms 90:12
So teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom.
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