Praying the Words of God has changed me. Prayer is not a monologue, but a dialogue. But, how can we know the voice of God in this busy, loud world we live in?
That is where Praying the Scriptures has had a beautiful impact on my prayer life. I have shared that praying the Psalms has given comfort during times of depression. Praying the words that David prayed to God in His times of trial help me to know that I’m not alone.
In times of discouragement, pray through Lamentations 3:21-26.
In times of joy and thankfulness, pray Psalm 100.
When you need wisdom, pray James 1:5-6.
When you struggle with fear, pray Psalm 27.
God’s Word does not return void. When we pray His very words, we know we are praying in alignment with His Will and His heart for us and for the world.
Practically speaking, though, what does Praying the Scriptures actually look like? I have 5 Practical Ways to Pray the Scriptures here.
Words matter. God’s Words most of all. They are powerful, life changing and life giving.
Introducing Letterpress Blocks
I love filling my home with God’s Word. This beautiful new line of words from Dayspring & (In)Courage helps me to do just that.
Given that God has drawn my heart to His so greatly through prayer and His Word, when given the opportunity to create a word with Dayspring’s new Letter Press Blocks, of course I created the word PRAY.
What word would you create? Go here to create yours!
Lovely Gift Idea
These would also make lovely gifts! I can think of several special couples in my life that I would love to give this to!
{Update: Give Away is now closed.}
GRACE!
Namaste 🙂
How neat! I would choose 3 words (if allowed) – O Holy Night. 🙂
#His!
To remind me that:
I am His!
My family is His!
My time is His!
My home and possessions are His!
My problems are His!
My blessings are His!
My worries are His!
My fears are His!
Everything is His!
So that I would remember to give them all to Him daily.
Karen, I love your word! So beautifully put.
Thank you Cynthia.
FAITHFUL
GRACE
EmbraceLife
I would create the word “faith”… my husband and I have really had to learn to rely on our faith and to have faith in God that He would get us through some tough times. The constant reminder would be a blessing.
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I’m torn between Joy, Hope, Love, and Faith.. I think that having all those things daily is good thing.
JOY
Joy is my name for this year. I love the letter blocks. Thanks for sharing this.
REJOICE!
(rejoice always, if I could use two words) 🙂
GRACE
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Debbie, random dot org chose #17 for the winner and that is you!! Woo-Hoo!! I will be giving your email address to Dayspring.
Congratulations Debbie. 🙂
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Grace or Faith or both 🙂
Blessed!
My two favorite words are HOPE and BELIEVE….so one of those!!! I’m gonna share on Instagram, too!
Thanks for the chance to win!
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PRAY. Love these letters!
Love or Grace
FORGIVE would be the word I would pick and I would put it right above where I pray and have my quiet time….. I struggle with forgiving lately….
My 2nd oh so close to being 1st choice would be: REDEEMED 🙂 <3
Grace…because I need a lot of it. 🙂
My word would be HOPE because my only hope is in Him!
CELEBRATE
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I would choose ABIDE
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I think I would choose the word SERVE…either that or GIVE.
Just one? Redeemed. Or Thankful. Or Ocean. Or Beach. 😀
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Shared with the P and P peeps on FB, too.
H O P E
Because love hopes all things.
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joy. Or hope. Or maybe saved. Wow… So many great choices. Redeemed? Now I will be thinking about it all day 🙂
Give Thanks or maybe Joy. It would be hard to decide.
My word for my family is LOVE <3
I’m not sure. I like “PRAY” or “GRACE”. Love the letter press blocks!
I started a Pinterest Board called Prayer. I pinned the Letterpress Block “Pray” and the Scripture Psalm 119:18 from above.
Grace 🙂
I think I would have to pick “Story” ! 🙂
DANCE
I have searched every store I go into to find one to put over my daughter’s door. I will definitely be buying one of these. It will actually say, I Hope u DANCE, from Leanne rhymes.
Grace – my word for the year
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ABIDE
That word centers me every time I see it.
That is one of my favorite words, too, Heather!!
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I can’t decide between GRACE, JOY, or PEACE. All those words are special to me, and what I try to impart into each day with my family. Love is a given.
hope
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Candace,
I love your statement, “Your prayer is not a monologue, but a dialog”. Prayer is easy to over look and forget.You had such great verses to turn to for prayer. This is such a great post! Thanks for this reminder on the importance of prayer.
~Lovelle from DaySpring