Growing up, every time I moved, I struggled to navigate the new place I lived. Then, when I moved to Chicago for college, the easiest way to get around was to look at the buildings. I knew to get back to campus, I could look for the Sears Tower and walk north until the John Hancock building was directly to the east. Luckily, I now have an app that tells me where to go, turn by turn. It saves so much time!

Have you ever felt like you don’t know where to start when you pray? Scripture can be an amazing tool to direct our prayers. Sometimes my prayers feel the same, repetitive slogans that I need to say daily. When you feel this way, turn to Scripture and allow it to guide you. You can take the heart of a verse and turn it into a prayer that helps your heart align with God’s.

Today we will pray in a way that reflects the verses we just read. As we do this, we are allowing God’s Words to influence how we communicate with Him. When our prayers are filled with Scripture, we commit our will to those Scriptures and allow them to direct our thoughts, desires, and actions. A Christian does not pray because they want something from God; a Christian prays because they want to be transformed by God to be more like Christ. So, we intentionally incorporate Scripture into our prayers to allow God’s Words to become our own, which makes us more like Him.

So, if you don’t know what to pray, use Scripture. If you have been repeating the same prayers for a long time, use Scripture. The Bible is a light to our path in many ways; allow it to direct your path in prayer. When we fill our prayers with Scripture, our hearts draw into deep communion with the Father.