December arrives as winter embraces the Northern Hemisphere—a month of increasing darkness yet illuminated by festive lights and the celebration of divine light entering the world. This final month of the year invites both reflection on what has passed and anticipation of new beginnings. As nature enters its season of dormancy and rest, these prayers embrace themes of divine guidance, perseverance through challenges, transformative love, and the victorious coming of Christ. December’s unique juxtaposition of darkness and light, ending and beginning, reminds us that even in the year’s darkest moments, divine light shines forth and new hope is continually being born. May these prayers accompany you through this sacred season of waiting, celebration, and renewed faith.
Monthly Context
Month: December
Season: Winter / Advent / Christmas
Theme: Light in Darkness and Divine Coming
December Prayer – Divine Guidance
O’ Lord,
I am in need of your guidance and direction.
You said your word would be a lamp to my feet.
You promised that you would show me which way to walk.
And you promised that the spirit of truth would come and guide me into holiness and your divine path.
So I declare your word to be true Abba.
I declare that you are the promise keeper that never goes back on your word.
I ask to hear your voice so clearly on the next steps and decisions that I need to make.
I trust that you will speak father and when you do I won’t hesitate to walk in the direction you choose.
Steady my heart father, so I can remain confident in your goodness
despite any disappointments or obstacles that I may encounter on this journey.
I know you are good and you withhold no good thing from me.
I will meditate on your words day and night Lord.
I will wait on you because I know you don’t put the righteous to shame.
I will trust that you will protect me from bad relationships, wolves in sheep clothing,
ungodly council, and false prophets that seek to corrupt your word and cause me to stumble.
O’ how I love you father. I love how you love me.
And I ask for a heart that can choose you all the days of my life.
Amen.
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December Prayer – Transformative Love
Abba Father,
I want to be known for love.
Help me O’ Lord to be a light in the darkness.
I trust that I am being perfected by you Lord and I love it.
Thank you for making my love patient and kind.
Thank you for removing envy, boast, and pride.
I seek to honor others, be selfless, patient, and keep no record of wrong.
I thank you for transforming me and the Body of Christ.
I plea the blood of Jesus over every stronghold or obstacle that would stop love.
Through your love and divine plan you’re helping us to be unified, humble, and loving.
I rejoice for the time when the Body of Christ is known for how we love each other.
I praise you God for you are calling us all higher.
And I’m excited for how you will use love to win hearts,
change bad circumstances, and change the world.
I love you Abba father.
Amen.
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December Prayer – Christ’s Coming Victory
Lord our God,
We thank you for letting hosannas rise from people’s hearts
and for letting us cry out to you all the more fervently in dark times.
Help us, O Almighty God, and help your king, Jesus Christ, to his final victory.
For he shall be victor, bringing grace, peace, life, and victory for all that is good,
on earth as in heaven.
He shall be victor at all times in our lives,
enabling us to keep faith in trouble, fear, and need, yes, even in death.
Hosanna to the victor, Jesus Christ, the victor you have chosen!
O Almighty God, proclaim him on earth.
Let all the people know he is on his way,
to the glory of your name.
Amen.
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Scripture for This Month
Monthly Reflection
December arrives as the year draws to a close—a month when darkness reaches its zenith in the Northern Hemisphere yet paradoxically becomes illuminated by festive lights and the celebration of divine light entering the world. This month of contrasts—darkness and light, ending and beginning, waiting and fulfillment—provides a rich metaphorical landscape for our spiritual journey. The prayers for December embrace this complexity while seeking divine guidance, transformative love, and the victorious coming of Christ.
The first prayer centers on divine guidance, acknowledging our need for direction with the beautiful image of God’s word as “a lamp to my feet.” This metaphor carries special resonance in December’s increasing darkness, when literal lamps become more necessary and appreciated. The prayer expresses confidence in God as “the promise keeper that never goes back on your word,” while honestly acknowledging potential “disappointments or obstacles” on the journey. It commits to spiritual disciplines—”I will meditate on your words day and night”—that sustain faith during challenging seasons. Like December’s call to wait expectantly for Christmas morning, this prayer embodies faithful waiting: “I will wait on you because I know you don’t put the righteous to shame.”
The second prayer focuses on transformative love, asking to “be a light in the darkness”—an image that resonates deeply during the darkest month of the year when even small lights take on greater significance. It acknowledges that love requires divine transformation: “Thank you for making my love patient and kind. Thank you for removing envy, boast, and pride.” This prayer recognizes that authentic love is countercultural, requiring divine intervention against “every stronghold or obstacle that would stop love.” In a month often marked by both beautiful connections and complicated family dynamics, it seeks a love that transcends superficial sentimentality to become a transformative force that can “win hearts, change bad circumstances, and change the world.”
The third prayer anticipates Christ’s victorious coming—the central theme of Advent that precedes Christmas. It acknowledges the reality of “dark times” while expressing gratitude that even then we can “cry out to you all the more fervently.” Rather than seeking immediate escape from difficulties, it finds hope in Christ who enables us “to keep faith in trouble, fear, and need, yes, even in death.” The jubilant “Hosanna to the victor” reflects December’s paradoxical juxtaposition of present challenge and future triumph, darkness and approaching light. This prayer embodies the essential December journey from waiting to celebration, from longing to fulfillment, as it proclaims “let all the people know he is on his way.”
