Praying Scripture -- With a song!

Last week our study Breaking Free took us through Obstacles standing in our way of living an abundant life in Christ.  Day 4 took us through the obstacle of prayerlessness.  Paul was convinced that certain blessings from God came through prayer alone.

Beth Moore reminds us that God's presence is a house of prayer.  This week's study convicted me to not only step up my prayer life but to add to it the praying of scripture.  How does this look?  I honestly didn't know.  I memorize scripture and certainly call on those verses but how do I incorporate God's word,  those beloved verses, into my prayers?   To find answers I researched and found many interesting sites all with excellent suggestions for praying scripture. 

One of my favorites is to pray scripture with a song.  Choose a verse and sing it!  This is not a novel concept musicians have been doing it for centuries.  Most of our hymns and many contemporary Christian artists weave scripture into their music.  Throughout the Bible we are encouraged to sing to the Lord~

Ephesians 5:19 "speaking to one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord"

Colossians 3:16 "Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom, teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord."

So the next time you pray - try singing scripture; it will be music to God's ears. May the words written of us be ... she prayed....