Another avenue for prayer is using God’s word as we petition Him. Paul wrote out the prayers that he was praying for the various churches. I like to use this one when I am praying for folks that are spiritually struggling.

Colossians 1:10-11 says, “That you may walk worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing Him, being fruitful in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God; strengthened with all might, according to the glorious power, for all patience and longsuffering with joy.”

When there is a need that only the Lord can fill, I like to use Ephesians 3:20. It says, “Now to Him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us.”

What is your need? Emotional, physical, or spiritual needs are the Lord’s realm. He knows our hearts. Psalm 139:2, 4 says that He knows our thoughts before we think them, as well as the words on our tongues before we speak them. Though He knows, He wants us to empty them out at His feet.