![]() Our Father is kind you be kind.” Thanksgiving Live out this God-created identity the way our Father lives toward us, generously and graciously, even when we’re at our worst. Help and give without expecting a return. Luke 6:35-36 “I tell you, love your enemies. Like an open book, you watched me grow from conception to birth all the stages of my life were spread out before you, The days of my life all prepared before I’d even lived one day.” I thank you, High God-you’re breathtaking! Body and soul, I am marvelously made! I worship in adoration-what a creation! You know me inside and out, you know every bone in my body You know exactly how I was made, bit by bit, how I was sculpted from nothing into something. Psalm 139:13-16, “Oh yes, you shaped me first inside, then out you formed me in my mother’s womb. But that’s also why the world doesn’t recognize us or take us seriously, because it has no idea who he is or what he’s up to.” You can also check out this article for 30 powerful verses that destroy toxic anxiety.ġ John 3:1, “What marvelous love the Father has extended to us! Just look at it-we’re called children of God! That’s who we really are. □ These verses are to serve as a catalyst for your own practice of praying of God’s word. You might sit with a verse or passage for a week, month, or even a year. The goal is to allow the Holy Spirit to transform your soul through scripture. The goal is not to accomplish praying all the verses on the list. “ It is better in one year to have ten good verses transferred into the substance of our lives than to have every word of the Bible flash before our eyes.” Dallas Willard Pray and ask the Holy Spirit to draw you to the verse that you need in this season of your life. I would encourage you not to be intimidated by the length. You will notice that a number of these suggestions are passages not single verses. ![]() Here is a list of thirty scriptures to pray. Check out this article for how to spend time with God when you feel awkward. You can also download a copy of these verses above. ![]() Conclude your prayer time thanking God for being present to you during this time. Listen for God’s voice after you have communicated your prayer to him.Į. Doodle your prayer ( thoughts, feelings, images that the scripture brings up) to God.ĭ.Read aloud the verses adapting them as a prayer from you to God.Add your name where it applies in the verse. Write and adapt the verses as a prayer in your journal.Ask God to speak to you through the verses. Choose one that you feel drawn to today.Ĭ. Read through the different passages of scripture. Invite God’s presence into this prayer time.ī. Here are some practical ways to use scripture to pray.Ī. “ The goal of reading the Word is to listen for the voice of the God who speaks.” Eugene Peterson We have provided 30 scriptures to help you transform your prayer life today. ![]() Praying scripture teaches us how to share life’s ups and downs with God. ![]() Scripture gives us words for our pain, our frustration, our anger, our joy, our delight, and our deepest desires. Scripture provides us with a model of how to pray. Scripture provides us with ready-made prayers with depth. And frankly, prayer can at times, feel like so much effort.Įugene Peterson, the author of The Message Bible, says that “ In order to be effective, prayer has to be the first thing we do, not the last.”ĭo you struggle with wondering what to say when you pray? Are you stuck in a rut of praying the same things on repeat? Do you long for depth in your prayers?Luckily for us, God gave us a cheat sheet to praying when we are exhausted. Does your prayer life ever feel stuck? You wake up in the morning, and carve out time to pray only to stare into empty space? There is so much you could say that it can feel overwhelming. ![]()
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