Praying Scripture
Praying Scripture: Letting God’s Word be Your Anchor
There are moments in life when our emotions feel louder than truth. A small comment stings more than it should. A disappointment settles heavier than we expected. A familiar insecurity rises up again, uninvited. We try to shake it off, but the feelings linger, tugging at our peace.
In those tender places, we don’t just need advice. We need anchoring We need something steady enough to hold us when our hearts feel unsteady.
That’s where Praying Scripture can become a lifeline for our hearts.
Praying Scripture is a simple, deeply grounding practice:
It’s not complicated or formal. It’s not about perfect phrasing or long prayers. It’s about letting God’s truth shape the conversation you have with Him about what hurts.
- Identify the issue
- Find Bible Verses that speak to it
- Pray the verse(s) back to God.
When your feelings are swirling, Praying Scripture gives you a way to pause and say:
“Lord, this is what I’m carrying… and this is what You say about it.”
It gently shifts your focus from the weight of the problem to the strength of His promises.
It helps your heart breathe again.
It reminds you that you’re not left to sort through your emotions alone.
God will be your anchor. He will meet you right in the middle of them with comfort, and direction.
Practicing Praying Scripture
Over the coming weeks, we’ll walk through this practice together. We are going to be taking real, everyday struggles—hurt feelings, disappointment, worry, loneliness—and pair them with verses that speak directly into those places.
I’ll give you a place to start and then let the Lord guide you from there. You’ll be able to shape those verses into simple, heartfelt prayers you can use when your emotions need steadying.
I don’t know about you, but I really need this right now in my life.
My hope is that this becomes more than a prayer method that you read about.
I hope it becomes a rhythm—a way of turning to God not just with your feelings, but through His Word, letting Scripture become the language your heart learns to pray.
Praying Scripture helps us Focus on God’s Word
As you begin this journey, give yourself permission to slow down and let Scripture meet you right where you are. You don’t have to have the perfect verse memorized or the perfect words prepared. God honors the honest heart that comes to Him.
My prayer is that this practice becomes an anchor for you—a way to bring your emotions into the presence of your Heavenly Father who listens, comforts, and restores. May His Word become the light that guides you through every shadowed feeling and back into peace.
Will you join me?
If this resonates with you, I’d love for you to walk through this new Praying Scripture series with me.
Every other week, I’ll share a post (through our newsletter) that will focus on one everyday struggle, a reflection question, one Bible verse (you are invited to find more verses) and the opportunity to prayer the Scripture back to the Lord.
If you’d like a simple Praying Scripture Worksheet for this series I’ve got one for you. Just click on this link to download it.
Invite Others and Commit to Participating
If you know someone else who would benefit from this series, please take a moment to share this post with them, or simply commit to trying the first practice this week. Let’s learn together how to let God’s Word shape our prayers—and steady our hearts—one prayer at a time.