Prayers for Ordinary Life
Meeting God in Everyday Moments
by Reclaim Today from Our Daily Bread Ministries
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Pub Date Apr 07 2026 | Archive Date Not set
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Description
“From when you wake up in the morning, to when you’re trying to figure out what’s for lunch, to responding to that annoying email, to getting that bad news, to brushing your teeth before bed—God is here, meeting you in your ordinary, everyday life.” —Reclaim Today
So much of life is made up of little things that too often feel disconnected from our relationship with God and our purpose as His followers—but nothing could be further from the truth.
Reclaim Today invites you to shift your perspective through prayer. With over 250 prayers organized by topics such as relationships, emotions, and hard times, Prayers for Ordinary Life helps you discover that every day is an opportunity to sit in God’s presence and cultivate a life of openness to Him. Find the words for everyday situations including:
- A Prayer for Looking in the Mirror
- A Prayer for Burnout
- A Prayer for When It Feels Like God Doesn’t Care
- A Prayer for When You’re Sick
- A Prayer for Living Far Away from Family and Friends
- A Prayer for the Changing of Leaves
Whether you’re pausing to enjoy a game night with friends or to center yourself before a stressful meeting, these prayers create openings to find relief, joy, and rest in God. No matter what you experience today, remember this: God is already present in every moment.
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| EDITION | Other Format |
| ISBN | 9781640704619 |
| PRICE | $16.99 (USD) |
| PAGES | 304 |
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Featured Reviews
This splendid book of 250+ prayers has already strengthened my spiritual life. I love the focus on the quotidian -- the small happenings in our daily walk with Christ:
"Prayer isn't a once-in-a-while activity but a continuous posture of openness to God. It's a conversation with our Creator-a back-and-forth that includes both speaking and listening. Because God is with us in every part of life, he invites us to show up, to be honest, and to trust him in all things."
I love this book so much that I'm buying a copy for myself, family, and friends. Highly recommended!
Thanks to Brenna Holsclaw, Katharine Watson, My Daily Bread Publishing, and NetGalley for the ARC. Opinions are mine.
Pre-ordering immediately! Yesterday's sermon encouraged me to seek opportunities for prayer everyday, throughout the day, alone and with my family. This book will be a great resource to praise God through it all, even (especially!) the mundane and ordinary.
Really lovely little book! Lots of inspiration to be drawn from these short prayers for everyday actions, struggles, questions, and emotions, accompanied by Bible verses. An accessible way to generally grow one's spiritual practice, and bring more gratitude into everyday life.
I went through it today and felt so inspired! The short prayers are also great to use as a base for readers to write their own. I'll most likely purchase the book when it comes out.
DAILY BREAD MINISTRIES is a US-based but internationally-acting non-denominational Christian organisation that published many devotionals and prayer books like this one. They have an ecumenical approach, and these prayers are suitable for Catholic prayer (only faith I can personally speak for).
Reviewer 1232221
I really felt drawn to pick up this title as I feel like remembering to be thankful and talk to God during an ordinary day can be hard or it can get repetitive. I sought this out to help make sure I was being thoughtful and intentional with the time I spend in prayer and I think this book gives some great examples on how we can do that.
They give a lot of examples of different scenarios and some scriptures that help lead the reader through that event in their life. I think it is a great launching pad to have these conversations with oneself, others, and God.
What an amazing concept! Prayers for Ordinary Life is exactly that. Each small task of my day now can be a prayer. While I am sure I will not remember the specific words written in this book, I will recall that while I go through the day, I have many opportunities to pray and thank God that I am able to do the tasks before me. Instead of looking at them as “just another thing I must do”, I can give praise to God that I am blessed by Him and able to do them.
I have a new way to look at various tasks, for example: a kitchen sink full of dishes to wash, means I had a good meal, possibly with friends that I was able to serve, and in turn they gave me happiness with their company.
I imagine this book will be a wonderful reference when I am overwhelmed and need a nudge from above to calm down and keep moving forward, knowing that I am loved and blessed.
A sincere thank you to Our Daily Bread Publishing and NetGalley for giving me the opportunity to read the advance reader copy, with no obligation to write a review. My review is written freely as a hobby, and is totally my own opinion, not influenced by receiving the ARC.
Allison W, Reviewer
This book was so unique. I love that there is a prayer for everyday situations and for the random times you need something more. I would love to have this book by my side at all times.
Educator 606814
This book is a practical guide to the scripture about praying without ceasing. At first glance, some of the topics are a bit comical (ex. Brushing teeth, washing dishes, game night, vacation, seeing Christmas lights) but as you dive in further you realize there is so much beauty and depth in acknowledging God in these moments. This prayer guide has short prayers for so many different categories with corresponding scripture. I didn’t feel like any of them were taking things out of context. The book is broken into different sections: Prayers for ordinary moments with subsections-Daily Rhythms & Routines, Work & Productivity, Everyday Responsibilities, Being in the World, Life’s Small Joys and Frustrations, and Spiritual Practices, Other major sections that each have extensive subsections include Prayers for Emotions, Prayers for Trusting God, Prayers for hard times, Prayers for Relationships, and Prayers for Little-Big Moments,
This book is over 300 pages of prayers! Wonderful, practical resource! Thank you to Netgalley and the Publisher for the opportunity to read and review this book.