Friday 30th January

Quiet your heart and mind. Consider breathing deeply and exhale slowly. Speak out who God is for you right now.

“Come and hear, all you who fear God; let me tell you what he has done for me."

Psalm 66:16

Ponder: What breath prayer do you often repeat? A breath prayer is a Bible phrase that helps you focus on God in the moment. You intentionally speak this phrase to remind yourself that God is God and He is here.

Scripture

We do not know what to do, but our eyes are on You.

2 Chronicles 20:12

What do you know about this person’s situation when they are praying this? What does this prayer mean for the person praying? What phrase in their prayer stands out for you? Can this be a breath prayer for you?

Eyes on him

There’s something profoundly honest about this moment in Scripture. Jehoshaphat doesn’t hide his fear. He doesn’t mask his uncertainty with false confidence. Instead, he gathers the people and prays.

He stands before God and admits what many of us feel more often than we’d like to say: “We don’t know what to do."

And then he does the one thing that makes all the difference—he lifts his eyes.

This is the posture of prayer: not performance, not control, but attention. Prayer begins not when we have the right words, but when we turn our eyes—our focus, our trust, our desire—toward God.

Sometimes, all we can do is look. And that is enough. This kind of prayer doesn’t rush to fix, to plan, or to speak. It waits. It watches. It remembers who God is. It slows us down just enough to notice again the One who has been near all along.

When we begin with stillness—our eyes on Him—we start to see His presence in the ordinary. Our posture shifts, our hearts soften, and prayer becomes less about results and more about relationship.

If we could live from this place—eyes lifted, heart open—how might that reshape not just our prayers, but our whole way of being?

Today, pray not to be heard or to have answers, but simply to look. What might shift in you if you began every decision, every fear, and every joy by turning your eyes to Him?

GR, National Director, Creative Access Country

Now ask God who you can pray this prayer for. What part of this prayer could you pray for them? You might want to say, “Father, please help [name] understand…."

Kids’ Question: How can you look to God today?