Prayer Practices
VAUMC 2025
WRITE YOUR OWN PSALM
Select a psalm that voices the feelings you struggle to speak to God. Ask God to help you to accept the reality of your feelings. (suggestions: 13,22,42,77,88,94)
Read the Psalm a few times to familiarize yourself with the words.
Begin to write in your own words the feelings that arise from reading the psalm.
What change are you hoping for?
Offer your psalm to God as a heartfelt prayer. Ask the Holy Spirit to direct you.
Book Links:
Soul Feast: An Invitation to the Christian Spiritual Life by Marjorie J. Thompson
Habits of a Child’s Heart: Raising Your Kids with the Spiritual Disciplines by Valerie E. Hess and Marti Watson Garlett.
Looking Inward, Living Outward: The Spiritual Practice of Social Transformation by Daniel Wolpert.
Creating a Life with God: The Call of Ancient Prayer Practices by Daniel Wolpert.
Celebration of Discipline: The Path to Spiritual Growth by Richard J. Foster.