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Church Without Walls – Prayer Activity 1

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In this series of Church Without Walls we’re suggesting to you that church looks like developing your prayer life by speaking with God and pausing to listen to His voice. Praying through scripture is a great way to develop your prayer life.

Praying through scripture is a great way to develop your prayer life.

CHURCH WITHOUT WALLS ACTIVITY CHALLENGE
Prayer Activity #1

The Lord is my Shepherd.

In your prayer time, read Psalm 23 as a personal prayer.

The Lord is my shepherd; I have all that I need.
He lets me rest in green meadows; he leads me beside peaceful streams.
He renews my strength. He guides me along right paths, bringing honour to his name.
Even when I walk through the darkest valley, I will not be afraid, for you are close beside me.
Your rod and your staff protect and comfort me.
You prepare a feast for me in the presence of my enemies.
You honour me by anointing my head with oil.
My cup overflows with blessings.
Surely your goodness and unfailing love will pursue me
all the days of my life, and I will live in the house of the Lord forever.

RESOURCES:

This article may help you and give you some examples of how to pray scripture. It’s also got some great examples of how you can personalise your prayer life by inserting your name or the name of your family into scriptures.

https://www.wycliffe.org/prayer/how-to-pray-scripture-back-to-god

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Using scripture can help you upgrade your prayer life!

PERSONALISE YOUR PRAYER LIFE

The above article has some great examples – did you click the link to review the suggestions yet? Here are the key points that may help:

  • Use a verse or passage to shape your prayer.
  • Turn a verse into a first- or third-person prayer.
  • Pick a verse and declare it as truth for a people group or nation.

INVITE OTHERS INTO YOUR PRAYER LIFE

Praying with others can be a little bit scary when you first start, but it helps us to grow and gives us a focus outside of ourselves. If you choose to pray scripture this may help to take the scary part away as it gives you “what to pray” and makes the “how to pray” pretty straightforward.

The point of inviting others to pray with you is all part of God’s design for church. Learning how to ‘be’ the church without walls empowers us to grow stronger in our prayer life.

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If you’re not sure what scriptures to pray, this list may help you.

  1. When you can’t sleep, pray Psalm 3:5.
  2. When you need help with negative thinking and speaking, pray Psalm 19:14.
  3. When you need guidance from God, pray Psalm 25:4.
  4. When you are afraid, pray Psalm 27:1.
  5. When you are sad or brokenhearted, pray Psalm 34:17-18.
  6. When you need to repent of sin, pray Psalm 51:1-2.
  7. When you need to refocus, pray Psalm 51:10.
  8. When you need to feel God’s protection, pray Psalm 61:2-3.
  9. When you simply want to praise God, pray Psalm 70:4.
  10. When you face temptation, pray Psalm 141:4.
  11. When you want to seek out God’s will, pray Psalm 143:10.

(sourced from: Newspring Church)