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Praying God’s Word Wednesday #11

June 16, 2021 by Lauren 12 Comments

Welcome back to praying God’s Word on Wednesday!  Our verse today, Psalm 33:22, is already a prayer.  Feel free to read it to God verbatim if the Spirit leads.  I’m also going to retool it a bit to pray for someone specifically.

 

May your unfailing love be with us, Lord, even as we put our hope in you.  NIV

 

The verse itself is short and sweet.  The Believer’s Bible Commentary says that the psalmist’s prayer is simply to “ask that they [God’s people] might continue to bask in the sunshine of His steadfast love as they continue to depend on Him alone.”

 

There are so many things constantly vying for our attention, devotion and loyalty today.  It can be easy to put our hope in things we can see and touch – investments, relationships, jobs, for example – before we even realize our focus is not on Jesus. 

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And yet we know that He triumphs over everything and everyone else in the end.  So my petition for a loved one today is this:

 

 

Replace the pronouns with the appropriate ones for the person (or yourself) that you are praying for.

 

If you are reading this, I am praying for you.  And don’t forget to share this on social media or with a friend who could benefit.  It would mean so much to me.  If you don’t want to miss a Praying God’s Word Wednesday, subscribe over on the right hand side of this page.

Lauren

 

 

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Comments

  1. Angie says

    June 18, 2021 at 8:49 am

    I enjoy your encouragement! Connecting with you from #anythinggoes

    Reply
    • Lauren says

      June 18, 2021 at 1:47 pm

      Thank you so much, Angie.

      Reply
  2. Kelly says

    June 18, 2021 at 5:26 pm

    I love your encouragement to pray the scriptures. Powerful verse too! I will definitely be using this!

    Reply
    • Lauren says

      June 19, 2021 at 2:08 pm

      I’m so glad, Kelly. Thank you for letting me know.

      Reply
  3. Michele Morin says

    June 22, 2021 at 6:18 am

    I found myself praying these words for our nation and wrote about it for an upcoming post. I love it when friend have thoughts running in a common vein.

    Reply
    • Lauren says

      June 22, 2021 at 3:02 pm

      That’s a great verse to pray for our country and culture. Thank you for pointing that out.

      Reply
  4. Lisa notes says

    June 23, 2021 at 7:04 pm

    Sometimes these short verses are the ones that stick with me the most. And this is a power-packed verse! A big message in such few words. Thanks for sharing this, Lauren!

    Reply
    • Lauren says

      June 25, 2021 at 11:42 am

      Me too, Lisa. Thank you.

      Reply
  5. Shelbee on the Edge says

    June 25, 2021 at 9:11 am

    Beautiful prayer, Lauren. I have to say that ever since I learned to give over all of the things out of my control, I have experienced much less stress and much more joy in my life! Relinquishing control to an unseen force is very difficult for many people. But once you learn how to do it, it actually gets much easier with practice. We all need to have a little faith and trust in the unseen!

    Shelbee
    http://www.shelbeeontheedge.com

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    • Lauren says

      June 25, 2021 at 11:40 am

      Relinquishing control is still a daily battle for me. But I keep praying for it and pressing on.

      Reply
  6. Debbie Lowe says

    September 8, 2021 at 11:36 am

    Great reminder of how easy it is to loose our focus on Jesus and begin putting our trust in people or things instead of the Lord. Thanks!

    Reply
    • Lauren says

      September 8, 2021 at 2:59 pm

      Thanks for praying along, Debbie.

      Reply

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