PRAYERS FROM PSALMS FOR TROUBLED TIMES
This book will be a comfort to you and a special gift you can give to those around you who are hurting. These are powerful prayers calling on God for grace, relief and deliverance from the problems and hurts we all face. It is used in hospitals, in church counseling, and by loving friends. One Christian company recently used it during staff / family meeting as they took turns praying through the book for each other.
We have all been blessed by the comforting, soothing words from Psalms. As we read and think about the promises in the Psalms, there is a measure of peace and rest. Yet, many times as we have handled these treasured words, we have stopped far short of what our Father wants to do with them. You see, He wants to do for us the good things written in the Psalms. However, a basic rule of the kingdom is that we must ask Him to do it. James 4: 2-3 tells us we don't have because we don't ask or we ask for the wrong reasons. These written prayers are an attempt to help you turn the Psalms into faith filled prayers to our Father so He can release the blessings and treasures He has waiting for you and your family. They are not a way to manipulate God to get Him to do what you want. They help you ask for what He already wants to do.
PSALM 69 (Some sample prayers from the book)
Save me, Father, for I am sinking in deep problems, and troubles are overflowing me. vs 1-2
Keep me from becoming weary of crying out to You for help. Show me the way out of my distress. vs 3
Protect me from the multitudes who hate me because I serve You. Deliver me from powerful enemies. vs 4
Father, cleanse me from all the foolish things I have done, for those things are not like You and not like the real me. vs 5
Keep me from doing anything that would bring shame on You or Your church. Don't let me do anything that hinders those who are seeking to know You. vs 6
Give me grace to endure the rejection I face as Your follower. vs 7-8
Give me a lasting zeal for Your church. vs 9
Answer my prayers and make me experience Your great lovingkindness and tender mercy. vs 16
As problems come, be more and more real to me and answer my prayers quickly. vs 17
Use all my problems to release Your life and character in me. vs 18-19
God of all comfort, comfort me even when no one else seems to care. vs 20
Prompt me to praise Your name and magnify You no matter what is happening to me. vs 30
Teach me to humble myself. Speak to me and make my heart really alive to You. 32
Hear my prayers and set me free to serve You. vs 33