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Praying the Bible

Our problem in prayer is…

we say the same old things

about the same old things

Our problem is not

that we pray about

the same old things.

To pray about your…• Family• Future• Finances• Work or school• Church or ministry• “Current crisis” … is normal

So our problem in prayer is…

we say the same old things

about the same old things

What’s the solution?

Whatever it is, it must be fundamentally simple.

Otherwise, almost no Christians in the world could have a meaningful prayer life

When you pray,

pray through a passage of Scripture,

particularly a Psalm.

Psalms of the Day150 Psalms ÷ 30 days = 5 Psalms per day 1. Day of Month 15

2. Add 30 + 30 45

3. Keep adding + 30 75

+ 30 105 + 30 135

On the 31st, use Psalm 119

PSALMS OF THE DAY

15, 45, 75, 105 & 135

• In the Psalms, God reveals how He wants us to praise Him.

• The Psalms were songs inspired by God for the purpose of being reflected in song back to God

GOD

PSALMS

Praying through . . .

• the Psalms

• the New Testament letters

• the narrative passages of Scripture

PRAYER REQUESTSame old things

1 COR. 13

PSALM 1

USUALMENTE

PSALM 23

GAL. 5:22PSALM 139

PRAYING THE BIBLE WITH A GROUP (e.g., a family, a class, or a church prayer meeting)

• Assign a verse to each person and have each pray through that particular verse

• Read the Psalm aloud (or have each read it silently), then ask each to pray based upon a verse that particularly impressed them.

• Read the Psalm, then (you as the prayer leader) call out—one at a time as needed—the phrases or verses you think are the most conducive to prayer. Those willing to pray would pray as inclined to do so after one or more of the phrases or verses you call out.

• The testimony of George Müller

• The observation of Charles Spurgeon

Biblical examples:

• Jesus in Matt. 27:46

• Jesus in Luke 23:46

• the Church in Acts 4:23-26