WORDS for your PSYCHE - Part I

Topic: Prayer and Meditation

“Say to them: The Lord bless you and keep you; the Lord make his face shine upon you, and be gracious to you; the Lord turn his face towards you and give you peace.” (Numbers 6:23-26 / NIV ®)

“How blessed is the one who does not follow the advice of the wicked, stand in the pathway with sinners, sit in the assembly of scoffers! Instead he finds pleasure in obeying the Lord’s commands; he meditates on his commands day and night. He is like a tree planted by flowing streams; it yields its fruit at the proper time, and its leaves never fall off. He succeeds in everything he attempts.” (Psalm 1:1-3 / NET)

“The one thing I ask of the Lord - the thing I seek most - is to live in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, delighting in the Lord’s perfections and meditating in his Temple.” (Psalm 27:4 / NLT)

“For you are my hiding place; you protect me from trouble. You surround me with songs of victory.” (Psalm 32:7 / NLT)

“I prayed to the Lord, and he answered me. He freed me from all my fears. Those who look to him for help will be radiant with joy; no shadow of shame will darken their faces. In my desperation I prayed, and the Lord listened; he saved me from all my troubles.” (Psalm 34:4-6 / NLT)

“I will declare that your love stands firm for ever, that you have established your faithfulness in heaven itself.” (Psalm 89:2 / NIV ®)

“In my distress I prayed to the Lord, and the Lord answered me and set me free. The Lord is for me, so I will have no fear. What can mere people do to me?” (Psalm 118:5-6 / NLT)

“I alone know the plans I have for you, plans to bring you prosperity and not disaster, plans to bring about the future you hope for. Then you will call to me. You will come and pray to me, and I will answer you. You will seek me, and you will find me because you seek me with all your heart.” (Jeremiah 29:11-13 / TEV)

“Rise during the night and cry out. Pour your hearts like water to the Lord.” (Lamentations 2:19 / NLT)

“Our Father in heaven,

may your name be honored,

may your kingdom come,

may your will be done on earth as it is in heaven.

Give us today our daily bread,

and forgive us our debts,

as we ourselves have forgiven our debtors.

And do not lead us into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one.” (Matthew 6:9-13 / NET)

“Keep on asking, and you will receive what you ask for. Keep on seeking, and you will find. Keep on knocking, and the door will be opened to you. For everyone who asks, receives. Everyone who seeks, finds. And to everyone who knocks, the door will be opened.” (Matthew 7:7-8 / NLT)

“And I tell you more: whenever two of you on earth agree about anything you pray for, it will be done for you by my Father in heaven. For where two or three come together in my name, I am there with them.” (Matthew 18:19-20 / TEV)

“When you pray and ask for something, believe that you have received it, and you will be given whatever you ask for.” (Mark 11:24 / TEV)

“For we do not know how we ought to pray; the Spirit himself pleads with God for us in groans that words cannot express.” (Romans 8:26 / TEV)

“Rejoice in hope, endure in suffering, persist in prayer.” (Romans 12:12 / NET)

“I pray for you constantly, asking God, the glorious Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, to give you spiritual wisdom and insight so that you might grow in your knowledge of God. I pray that your hearts will be flooded with light so that you can understand the confident hope he has given to those he called - his holy people who are his rich and glorious inheritance.” (Ephesians 1:16-18 / NLT)

“… I kneel before the Father, from whom every family in heaven and on the earth is named. I pray that according to the wealth of his glory he may grant you to be strengthened with power through his Spirit in the inner person, that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith, so that, because you have been rooted and grounded in love, you may be able to comprehend with all the saints what is the breadth and length and height and depth, and thus to know the love of Christ that surpasses knowledge, so that you may be filled up to all the fullness of God.” (Ephesians 3:14-19 / NET)

“Don’t worry about anything; instead, pray about everything. Tell God what you need, and thank him for all he has done. Then you will experience God’s peace, which exceeds anything we can understand. His peace will guard your hearts and minds as you live in Christ Jesus.” (Philippians 4:6-7 / NLT)

“Devote yourselves to prayer with an alert mind and a thankful heart.” (Colossians 4:2 / NLT)