Happy July! I truly can’t believe it’s July already. Where has the time gone? I don’t know about you, but I feel like 2020 just keeps getting crazier as the days go by. More brokenness, anger, tears and bad news. But guess what? There is Good News! We have a God who gives us new strength, peace and joy every morning. He promises to never leave us or forsake us. One day, He will come back and wipe away every tear from our eyes. Hallelujah! In days like these, it’s so important to focus on Jesus and remember the end of the story. We need Him now more than ever!
With that in mind, this month’s Bible plan is all about running to Jesus through Bible study and prayer! We’re going to be praying through the Psalms—and I can’t think of many things as powerful as praying Scripture! If you’ve never heard of this before, praying Scripture is basically reading a passage and praying it to God in your own words. I love how Bible Gateway puts it:
While many tend to think of prayer and Bible reading as separate spiritual practices (e.g., first pray, then read the Bible), they can be even more powerful when combined into one practice of “praying Scripture.”
And also:
This can mean either praying the prayers of the Bible word-for-word as your own prayers, personalizing portions of the Scriptures in prayer, or praying through various topics of the Bible.
I haven’t done this very often (and definitely not for a whole month), so I literally can’t WAIT for this! You’ll also find little prayer request ideas each day—many of them go along with the Psalm you’ll be reading. Here are some of them:
- a closer relationship with Jesus
- anything I’m struggling with today
- to give my fear and anxiety to the Lord
- for peace, joy and strength
If you’re needing some encouragement right now, I hope this plan is a blessing to you! I’m so excited to see how God works in your life as you pray through the Psalms. Because God’s Word is alive and powerful, and praying the words of Scripture back to Him is life-changing!
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Thank you to our Spanish translator, Melanie! Please support her by keeping her in your prayers. If you’re interested in financially supporting her and her husband, find out more about their ministry here!
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Thank you to our German translator, Daniela! Please support her by keeping her in your prayers. You can find out more about her ministry by following her Instagram, @ewiglichtkind, and checking out her blog, ewiglichtkind.de!
This calendar is absolutely beautiful, Jenny. Not only is the artwork and layout gorgeous, but the guidance to read and pray the Bible is SO needed for today.
I absolutely love your heart in creating this resource. Your encouragement minister to me greatly, “Because God’s Word is alive and powerful, and praying the words of Scripture back to Him is life-changing!”
It reminds me of something Pastor De Courcy wrote, “Don’t let prayer become a foreign language to you, and don’t be a stranger to God in prayer. Pray anytime, pray at crunch times, and have set times of prayer. It’s time to pray!” (https://www.ktt.org/resources/truth-matters/its-time-pray).
May this calendar serve as a huge blessing to bring many people closer to Jesus in July!