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Dad's Prayer for January 1st: Covenant

A short, Scripture-shaped dads prayer for an ordinary moment of Christian faith.

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The prayer

A prayer to pray now

Father, I do not want to start this year with big speeches. So I will just ask: feed me.

In the Bible, Your people stopped eating manna and started eating the fruit of the land You gave them. Let that be my picture. Not a miracle every morning. Just ordinary bread on a kitchen counter. A cup of coffee already made. The lunch I pack after dinner. The work that pays for it.

Teach me to receive the daily kind of food without wishing it were more exciting. If You give me a quiet year, let me not despise it. If You give me a hard one, let me not pretend it is more than it is.

Keep me at the table. Keep me grateful. Keep me honest with the people You set across from me.

Amen.

How to pray it

  1. Read it slowly. Move through this prayer one line at a time, out loud if you can, letting each phrase land before the next.
  2. Make it personal. Pause where a line meets your day and name the person, fear, or hope it touches before God.
  3. Carry it with you. Keep one sentence with you — on your phone or in your pocket — and return to it when the day gets loud.

Verses to pray

Pray these slowly, one line at a time. Scripture quoted from a public-domain translation.

  1. The manna ceased on the next day, after they had eaten of the produce of the land. The children of Israel didn’t have manna any more, but they ate of the fruit of the land of Canaan that year.
    Joshua 5:12
  2. Now for a long time Israel was without the true God, without a teaching priest, and without law.
    2 Chronicles 15:3

Questions about this prayer

When should I pray dad's prayer for january 1st: covenant?

Pray it whenever the words fit your moment — at the start of the day, in a hard stretch, or when you simply want to turn toward God.

Which Bible verses anchor this prayer?

This prayer is anchored in Joshua 5:12, 2 Chronicles 15:3. The "Verses to pray" section above quotes them in full.

Can I save or share this prayer?

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