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A Morning Prayer to Start Your Day with God

I wrote this morning prayer a few years ago, when I needed to learn how to pray to God to start my day with the right heart and attitude as a wife and mother. (Free daily prayer printable below)

After becoming a stay at home mom, I felt very convicted about how I started my days. No rush to get to work, I would usually roll over, grab my phone, and check Facebook.

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Blessedly, I had the luxury most mornings to gradually open my eyes, covered in snuggles with my little.

But starting my day without a morning prayer, I found myself worrying about this, stressing about that, completely letting the world into our home before I even put my feet on the floor.

The world’s anger, fear, ignorance, intolerance, vulgarity – I was letting it in before putting on my armor!

Ephesians 6:10-18 ESV Finally, be strong in the Lord and in the strength of his might. Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the schemes of the devil. For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the cosmic powers over this present darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly places. Therefore take up the whole armor of God, that you may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand firm. Stand therefore, having fastened on the belt of truth, and having put on the breastplate of righteousness, …

I was inviting it all into my head and heart before putting on my armor. I needed to Pray Awake!

Why had I let social media and it’s bitterness and ire become the focus of my morning routine?

As if that were more important than checking in with God.

It was affecting my attitude and home. Something had to change.

How to pray to God to start your day?

First, set aside time before your morning needs to begin.

I started a new morning routine of praying myself awake. I set my alarm a few minutes before I actually need to be up.

And the second I’m awake, I pray. I love how it quiets my heart and sets my eyes on Him. It starts my day even better than coffee. 😉

Free Morning Prayer Printable –  Pray Awake printable at the end.

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Secondly, the best way how to pray is to start with gratitude. Thank Him for another day, thank Him for your home and life. When we start with a grateful heart, we also start by reminding ourselves of how much God has already given to us.

The power of prayer can change my heart and attitude for the day.

Making a conscious decision to pray every morning was the first step in learning how to pray.

Deciding to pray each morning was a commitment to changing my habits, to setting aside the world and focusing on God first.

God promises us that when we spend time seeking His face, we will be transformed into His image.

2 Corinthians 3:18 ESV  And we all, with unveiled face, beholding the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from one degree of glory to another. For this comes from the Lord who is the Spirit.

One degree at a time, I am changed by spending time with God. Isn’t that a lovely promise.

Having a prayer prompt is another way to pray to Jesus

Having something that sparks your prayers can help you get started each morning. You might use a prayer a day calendar (I use one to pray for my daughter)


But for my first prayer each day, I really wanted something sweet and simple for my daily prayer printable that would set my eyes on Him and set a tone of service and ministry in my home.

Pray Awake is a sweet, simple prayer to set my eyes on Him & a tone of ministry in my home. #Prayer #ChristianWoman #Faith Click To Tweet

PRAY AWAKE kept coming to mind every morning, and those two words grew into an acronym of a prayer.

I really wanted this morning prayer to start with PRAY, but couldn’t find the right words. Then, in the face of some discouragement, I prayed for God to wake me the next morning & the words “Please Remind me I Am Yours” were on my lips.

So many battles I fight are calmed when I remember I am His. My confidence in who I am doesn’t come from my waistline or cream in a jar, but is in the beautiful, useful vessel God is creating me to be.

I want all my ways to reflect God in my life, from how I handle the laundry to how I handle stress, to how I sing one more song at bedtime or answer a petulant child from a place of His peace not her chaos.

Dear Lord, Please Remind me, I am Yours. May . . .

  • All my ways acknowledge you
  • Welcoming Your agenda for my day
  • Accomplishing Your tasks for my life,
  • Knowing You more, growing in You
  • Empowered to live in obedience to You.

Letting the world into your home before checking in with Him? Pray Awake is setting the tone of my heart & home. Join me and PRAY AWAKE! Free Printable!

Learning how to pray humbly is also important.

God’s word teaches us to bring our prayer requests to God in humility (or supplication) and He will give us a peace that is beyond what we can understand.

Philippians 4:6-7 ESV  Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.

Learning to pray with humility means recognizing God’s will for my life and living to glorify Him is my greatest goal.

I wrote the rest of my morning prayer with that focus.

Welcoming God’s agenda for my day was a mental shift for me.

I had to let myself embrace looking for God’s purpose in my daily life. What lessons was He laying before me that I was missing by stubbornly focusing on my own plans?

My heart has to choose to lay down my selfishness everyday. I had to learn that each day of my life belongs to Him.

Surrendering my will for the day made a huge change in how I approached parenting and homemaking. I started looking for the lessons God had for me in the detours of my day.

The moments that didn’t go as I planned might be exactly what He planned to strengthen and mature my faith.

I had spent too much energy getting frustrated when my daughter’s desires or disobedience interfered with my goals, letting life’s redirection stress me out, instead of listening to His quiet calling to follow His agenda and learning to be a peaceful parent.

Bible verses are another way to pray.

Praying Bible verses is especially powerful. We connect to the Word of God, writing it on our hearts.

Spending more time in His word has shown me how important it is because that is how we KNOW God, understand His character, and grow a relationship based on real faith and trust.

The last line really grabs my heart – Empowered to live in obedience. People think being meek and obedient equals weakness, but being obedient has taken more strength than I ever imagined.

Prayer connects us to God’s Holy Spirit.

Showing love instead of anger when God says forgive, watching the world reject you and Him, standing strong in the middle of chaos, having conviction in things unseen while the world mocks: These things take a supernatural empowerment, a strength I only have through Christ and the Holy Spirit.

Starting the day with prayer has changed me. I parent more calmly, I tackle my day instead of the people between me and my coffee maker, LOL.

I run to Him first and that has made all the difference.

Starting each day with a morning prayer will change your mornings, too!

Grab your free daily prayer printable here:

Pray Awake Printable

  • For best results when printing, make sure you select SCALE to Fit so your picture prints within in the printable margins of your 8.5×11 paper. It should come out as perfectly ready for an 8×10 frame.

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