Category: Prayer

Praying the Scriptures

July 11, 2025

A great habit I have used over the years is to pray the Scriptures. By this I mean using the words of the Bible to convey our heartfelt needs to God.

The Bible tells us that God’s Word goes out and achieves His purposes.

Isaiah 55:11 NLT says, “It is the same with my word. I send it out, and it always produces fruit. It will accomplish all I want it to, and it will prosper everywhere I send it.”

So here is an example of a prayer for healing. I start by reading the Psalm to declare God forgives our sins heals our diseases.

Psalm 103:1-5 NLT
[1] Let all that I am praise the LORD; with my whole heart, I will praise his holy name. [2] Let all that I am praise the LORD; may I never forget the good things he does for me. [3] He forgives all my sins and heals all my diseases. [4] He redeems me from death and crowns me with love and tender mercies. [5] He fills my life with good things. My youth is renewed like the eagles.

Then I pray the next two verses as a prayer.

Acts 4:30 NLT
[30] Stretch out your hand with healing power; may miraculous signs and wonders be done through the name of your holy servant Jesus.”

Psalm 6:2 NLT
[2] Have compassion on me, LORD, for I am weak. Heal me, LORD, for my bones are in agony.

For Psalm 6:2 I pray it as is for myself, but I change “me” to the persons name if I am praying for someone else.

I find praying this way declares God as our healer, it asks for His power to heal and it shows our total dependance on Him. And it is done in Jesus’ name.

I encourage you to give it a try next time you need to pray for someone, or even try it for yourself.

A prayer for protection

July 6, 2025

Visit this place, O Lord, and drive far from it all snares of the Enemy; let your holy angels dwell with us, to preserve us in peace; and let your blessing be upon us always; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

Daily habits

June 28, 2025

What are your daily habits?

My daily habits revolve around three things – my faith, my family and my fitness. Below is a typical day for me.

  1. Make a coffee and sit for a bit watching Foxsports news.
  2. Do my morning devotions which consists of Bible reading and prayer.
  3. Sometimes on a weekday I like to attend church as we have a Mass at 830am.
  4. Then I come home and have breakfast.
  5. Next is a gym workout or ride depending on what day it is.
  6. Then I start my daily activities which is work around the house, both inside and out.
  7. At the end of the day my wife and I usually watch some tv together before bed.

My daily activities have changed a lot in the last year as I have retired. Before that I had to squeeze these things around work.

Healing prayer by Padre Pio

June 4, 2025

Heavenly Father, I thank You for loving me. I thank You for sending Your Son, our Lord Jesus Christ, to the world to save and to set me free. I trust in Your power and grace that sustain and restore me.

Loving Father, touch me now with Your healing hands, for I believe that Your will is for me to be well in mind, body, soul and spirit. Cover me with the Most Precious Blood of Your Son, our Lord Jesus Christ, from the top of my head to the soles of my feet.

Cast out anything that should not be in me. Root out any unhealthy and abnormal cells. Open any blocked arteries or veins and rebuild and replenish any damaged areas. Remove all inflammation and cleanse any infection by the power of Jesus’ Precious Blood.

Let the fire of Your healing love pass through my entire body to heal and make new any diseased areas so that my body will function the way You created it to function.

Touch also my mind and my emotion, even the deepest recesses of my heart. Saturate my entire being with Your presence, love, joy, and peace and draw me ever closer to You every moment of my life.

And Father, fill me with Your Holy Spirit and empower me to do Your works so that my life will bring glory and honor to Your Holy Name. I ask this in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ. Amen.

Photos from my prayer walk

June 4, 2025

I just went for a prayer walk up our town rock today. It was a windy and cloudy day, but it was still nice. We have had some rain lately so there are some nice pools of water on the rock. One image shows my walking stick and my prayer beads. This is the place I often sit and pray. When I came down I saw the word “finish” on the ground. I suspect that is the finish of our local park run. Nothing like a prayer walk and TAWG – Time Alone With God.