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SCRIPTURE PRAYER: ROMANS 12:1-5

BY RACHEL DUBE

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Our heavenly Father, who loves us more than we can fathom, has good and wonderful things in store for each one of us. He makes us promises in Scripture and He says in 2 Corinthians 1:20 (NIV) that “no matter how many promises God has made, they are ‘Yes’ in Christ.” That means that if we are covered in the perfect righteousness of Christ through faith in His perfect life, death and resurrection, then we are God’s children and all of the Father’s promises are for us. They are for you. Any of these promises that you ask God for in prayer, you can be assured that His answer is always “Yes!”

We can say anything to God. There are no special words necessary. But praying God’s Word gives us words when we have none. It helps us ask Him for the things He already desires for us. It solidifies His promises in our hearts. It helps to train our eyes to see ourselves in our true identity, as our Father sees us. His word is alive and active, able to powerfully speak to, pierce and transform our hearts. Praying God’s words allows us to agree with Him in prayer, adding our “Amen” (our agreement) “to the glory of God.” (Corinthians 1:20 NIV)

I encourage you to pray Scripture over yourself and others. As you pray, personalize the Scripture. Let your mind engage with it and make it your own, embracing its Truth, finding hope in its promises, and expanding on it where the Holy Spirit leads.

The scripture prayer I have shared here is a compilation of several different Bible translations (NIV, ESV, AMP, TPT, MSG) as well as some of my own words, in order to get a more descriptive picture of what God is saying here in His Word and to expand it into a personalized prayer. You can pray, as I do in my personal prayers of Scripture, only the version you are reading at the time or whatever the Holy Spirit brings to mind. The expansion of the Scripture that I have done here is similar to the way I would naturally expand it in my personal prayer conversation with God.

Romans 12:1-5

Heavenly Father, help _____ to view Your mercy toward ______ more and more clearly every day. As ______ does, help _______ to dedicate ______ body as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to You. Help _______ to take every action in _______ everyday, ordinary life, and to place it before You as an offering to You. Allow _______ to see that there is nothing so simple or small in _______ life that You do not see it, care about it and desire for _______ to do it for You as the most genuine worship You created ________ for.

Keep _______ from being conformed to this world. Help _______ not to believe the lies of the influences and the culture around ________, not to imitate the behavior of the world around _______, or do anything without first questioning it against Your Truth.

Instead, Lord, transform ______ into a new person by renewing ______ mind. Reshape it and change the way ______ thinks as ______ seeks Truth in You and grows in knowledge of the gospel and by the power of the Holy Spirit. Show _______ day by day, that the more ________ lays down _______ life to You, the more truly ________ himself/herself will become.

Thank You that this is more Your will to give _____ than it is even our will to ask!

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