Would you like to pray a really powerful
prayer--one that will help your life and plans flow more smoothly?
Believe it or not, there is a scripture in the
Bible that has turned out to be a life-changer for me. Years ago, as I read
through the book of Proverbs, this particular verse caught my attention. I
highlighted, underlined, and memorized it. More importantly, I took it to
heart. I began to pray this verse over myself and my family, and
watched in awe as God moved.
Now please don't get me wrong; I'm not a formula
person, and God is not a magic genie for whom we recite particular words and
*poof* our dreams materialize. But God does watch over His word to perform it
(see Jeremiah 1:12), and His word is living and
active, more powerful than a two-edged sword (see Hebrews 4:12).
In other words, the words in the Bible are powerful.
And when we pray God's word in faith, our prayers will be, too.
Interested? Here is the scripture that I
regularly pray, and that has brought huge change in my life:
Roll your works upon the Lord--He will cause your thoughts to become agreeable to His will, and so shall your plans be established and succeed. (Proverbs 16:3)
So how, exactly, do we pray scripture? We
personalize it. Like this:
Lord, I lift (state your particular issue here)
to You and ask you to cause my thoughts to become agreeable to Your will, and
then my (example: career, school, vacation, marriage, friendship) plans will be
established and succeed.
Don't be afraid to be specific. I've learned
that specific prayers often receive specific answers.
When we pray this particular scripture, we're
doing several things. We are:
- Inviting God into the idea/plan/situation
- Asking Him to actually shape our thoughts
- Aligning our will with His
- Asking God to establish our plans
- Requesting favor and success
All from one prayer based on one scripture!
Whether you're a planner or a
fly-by-the-seat-of-your-pants type of person, the next time you're making
decisions, planning, hoping or dreaming, I hope you'll remember this particular
scripture and invite God into the process by praying this most powerful prayer.
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1 comment:
I like to pray before writing. The words flow better after I have given my thoughts to Him and asked for His guidance in writing.
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