Last week’s Sunday Soaking included ten verses from Psalm 119 to use as prayer prompts for those we love. But it was impossible to choose only ten verses to pray back to God from the many wonderful ones in our May and June focus chapter.
Here are more prayer prompts from scripture, to guide you in praying for those you love:
Psalm 119:4 Your statutes are my delight; they are my counselors.
O God, let Your Word be the first priority for my children and grandchildren when they need advice and counsel.
Psalm 119:30 I have chosen the way of faithfulness; I have set my heart on your laws.
Jesus, I pray the hearts of my dear ones would always be set on Your Word.
Psalm 119:31 I hold fast to your statutes, Lord; do not let me be put to shame.
Lord, I pray my kids and grandkids would literally and figuratively hold tight to Your Word. Let it be their treasure, their life preserver, and their great delight.
Psalm 119:32 I run in the path of your commands, for you have set my heart free.
God, I praise You for the freedom found in following You. I pray my precious ones would reject both slippery slopes – legalism and liberalism – and find the joy that comes from running in the path of your good commands.
Psalm 119:35 Direct me in the path of your commands, for there I find delight.
Jesus, I pray Your Word would bring delight, rather than drudgery or even disdain, to the hearts of my children, grandchildren, and future generations of our family.
Psalm 119:36 Turn my heart toward your statutes and not toward selfish gain.
God Almighty, be the compass turning my family’s hearts continuously to You and Your Word.
Psalm 119:37 Turn my eyes away from worthless things; preserve my life according to your word.
Holy Spirit, give the young people in our family a wisdom that defies their years when identifying worthless things. Turn their eyes from the temporal to the eternal.
Psalm 119:47 for I delight in your commands because I love them.
Jesus, instill in my loves ones a deep, abiding, all-consuming love for Your Word.
Psalm 119:54 Your decrees are the theme of my song wherever I lodge.
Holy Spirit, I pray Your Word would bring a melody and a rhythm to the lives of my children and grandchildren that brings purpose, balance, harmony, and joy.
Psalm 119:59 I have considered my ways and have turned my steps to your statutes.
O God, I pray Your Word would prompt continual sanctification in my precious ones. All the days of their lives, may they continually re-align their priorities and choices to walk in step with You and Your Word.
After praying God’s words back to Him, have you found that particular verses have encouraged you, resonated in a special way, or challenged your thinking about God and His Word? I would love to hear which verses have been especially meaningful to you!
In this week’s devotional video, Laura is joined by her friend, Linda Graham, as they study how God’s precepts bring understanding. They continue to guide us as our paths take on a course that we didn’t see coming! We are blessed when we follow His precepts … knowing it is all because of His love toward us. We want to follow Him! We invite you to watch Laura and Linda’s conversation here:
You can find your own copy of our June bookmark highlighting Psalm 119 (or a combo bookmark with May and June bookmarks, writing your way through the entire chapter) from our Downloads page.
