Morning Prayer
Shepherd God, we begin this Monday morning under your watchful care. The week stretches out before us with its unknowns, and we are grateful that we do not walk into it unguarded. You go before us, you walk beside us, and you cover what we cannot see. Before we face a single meeting or decision or unexpected turn, you are already there. That is not a small thing — it is everything.
As we step into this new week, let us move with the quiet confidence of those who are protected. Not reckless confidence that ignores real risk, but the deep assurance that we are not alone in any of it. Whatever this Monday holds, shepherd us through it. Lead us beside still waters when the pace gets frantic, and restore our souls when the week tries to hollow us out. Bring us home safely.
A Word of Reflection
The most beloved psalm in all of Scripture begins not with a request but a declaration — the Lord is my shepherd. Present tense. Always. “The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want” (Psalm 23:1). A shepherd does not abandon the flock when the terrain gets difficult. He knows every sheep by name, knows the path ahead, and leads them through. Begin this Monday knowing you are known, named, and led into whatever the week holds.
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