Morning Prayer for Tuesday, December 16, 2025

 

Praying the Scriptures

Tuesday Morning Prayer

December 16, 2025

“The LORD GOD has given me the tongue of a teacher, that I may know how to sustain the weary with a word. Morning by morning he wakens—wakens my ear to listen as those who are taught.” — Isaiah 50:4

Lord,

As this Advent morning opens before me, I come with a quiet heart, ready to be awakened by Your voice. You know how easily I rush into the day with my own plans and assumptions, yet You call me instead to listen—to sit at Your feet as one who is taught. Waken my ear once more, Lord, and let the first sound that truly shapes me today be Your steady, loving word.

Teach me how to carry Your joy into the world, especially to those who are weary and worn. You have given me words before—simple, gentle words—that have lifted others when they could not lift themselves, and I know that gift comes from You alone. Let me not speak from my own strength or cleverness, but from the quiet overflow of a heart that has lingered in Your presence. Form my thoughts, shape my responses, and let every conversation today become an opportunity for Your light to break into someone’s shadows.

As I walk through this Tuesday of the Third Week of Advent, fill me with the deep, steady joy that does not depend on circumstances but on Your nearness. Keep my spirit alert, my steps ready, my heart soft, and my hope anchored in the One who is coming—the Light who scatters darkness and makes all things new. Morning by morning, awaken me, Lord, until my life becomes a small but faithful reflection of Your radiant love.

Amen.

May the God who awakens our hearts each morning send us forth in joy, that we may listen deeply, speak gently, and bear Christ’s light to all we meet.

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The Bible passages come from the New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) Bible, copyrighted © 1989, 1993 by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America and are used by permission. All rights reserved. Praying the Scriptures is penned daily by Kenny Sallee, ThM.