One of the great privileges of our lives as Christians is to pray for other people. There are so many needs, and so many reasons to ask God to bless others.

A great way to pray for someone is to pray Scripture. Knowing your Bible is critical for living your faith out in your every day life. As you read and study it, the Holy Spirit will make some verses “stand out” to you. And then when you think of someone to pray for, the Lord will bring that verse(s) to your mind. When this happens, you can trust that God wants to bless that person through you using these Scriptures.

Many verses can be used to pray for anyone you know!

An example of this is Romans 12:2. The book of Romans is a great book to read and study. Many of the verses and passages are foundational to our faith and “famous” verses that you would hear in talks and sermons, as well as devotionals and books.

You could go to God and say, “Lord, I pray for _________, that they would not be conformed to this world, but that he/she would be transformed by the renewing of his/her mind. Enable them to know your good, pleasing and perfect will for them.” As you do this, you know that you are praying in God’s will because God wrote the Bible and will always agree with it!

Spend some time today 1) praying for someone and looking for verses that you could use in this way, and 2) exploring the Bible to find verses that you can write down and “store” as your favorites to pray for someone.

Feel free to share with me any verses that you find or already use to pray for someone!