Praying His Word

Being a member of Cindi's Prayer Team has been such a blessing. Our Precious Lord has blessed me beyond anything I could ever have imagined. When you pray for others, His Power and Love flow through you. How does He do that? I don't know, but I love, love, love it!

Being known as a prayer warrior gives me lots of opportunities to speak with Him. If you've ever participated in a Frazzled Female Bible study or sent a request for prayer through her website, I've prayed for you. And I owe you a great debt because praying for you has brought me even closer to My Beloved.

Now, for some fun. If you can think you can pray. If you can read, you can pray His Word. On my quest to be more effective in my prayer life, I've learned that the best prayers are His, His Own Words. You just can't go wrong praying His Words back to Him.

For example, one prayer for healing would be to use Isaiah 53:5b (NIV) which says "by His stripes we are healed." This verse speaks to healing us from the disease of our sin but the power of the healing is His and His alone. So, you might pray, "Father, You said in Your Word that His stripes heal us. Please send the power of that healing to me. In Jesus Name, Amen." You could also pray this same prayer for someone else.

There are no magic words. The condition of your heart speaks louder than any special phrase or practiced prayer. The expectation of every prayer should always be His Will and that alone.

Do you have a special scripture you like to pray? If so, please share in it in the Comments section here.

Do you need help figuring out how to pray a verse? Let me know in the Comments section and I'll be glad to make suggestions. I'll be sharing some of my favorites in later blogs. Some of the most fun verses to pray are verses of praise from the Psalms. You can pray those word for word. Try it, you'll like it!