Praying the Psalm of the Week Five Different Ways! 

 

Monday: As a Personal Prayer 

 

Read the psalm to get a sense of it. 

Read again, listening for phrases that grab you, then ponder those.

Pray the psalm aloud a third time, as a prayer of your life.

 

Tuesday: As a Prayer of Jesus 

 

Read the psalm once. 

Read the psalm aloud, imagining that Jesus is praying it.

Say “My Father” whenever you see LORD or God.

Ponder at what stage in his life this psalm might have fit Jesus.

Pray the psalm a third time joined to Jesus’ prayers.

 

Wednesday: For Someone You Love

 

Hold someone you love in mind as you read the psalm aloud. Consider how its words relate to their life. Pray it aloud again as if your loved one were praying it. 

 

Thursday: As Part of Community

 

Follow the same pattern, only today pray the psalm imagining that you are surrounded by fellow Christians in a great worship service. Imagine as you pray it aloud twice that everyone is vocalizing it together.

 

Friday: For Someone Who Is Difficult or Hostile

 

Follow the same pattern, only today pray the psalm imagining someone you struggle to love: even, especially, if it seems unlikely this person would ever pray a psalm!  
 

 

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