Hi Friends,
Today we will pray part of Psalm 139, personalizing it as we do. I hope you try this—it can really remind us of how God is speaking to us and how we are speaking to God through Scripture and prayer. Wherever it says [name], just pray your name or the name of the person you are praying for. (If you want to change the pronouns, you can do that too!)
O Lord,
“You made all the delicate, inner parts of [name’s] body
and knit [name] together in my mother’s womb.
Thank you for making [name] so wonderfully complex!
Your workmanship is marvelous—how well I know it.
You watched [name] as I was being formed in utter seclusion,
as I was woven together in the dark of the womb.
You saw [name] before I was born.
Every day of my life was recorded in your book.
Every moment was laid out
before a single day had passed.
How precious are your thoughts about [name], O God.
They cannot be numbered!
I can’t even count them;
they outnumber the grains of sand!
And when I wake up,
you are still with [name]!” (Psalm 139:13-18).
In Jesus’ creative name we pray. Amen.
If you like this exercise, try doing it with the entire Psalm 139.
