Our Church Prayed Through the Psalms
This last Sunday, I finished praying through the Psalms during our church's Sunday morning service.
Every week, I pray a pastoral prayer. I usually pray through a Psalm as a way to keep my prayers fresh. I use the language and themes as inspiration and pray them for our church, community, and world. Most people don't know that I'm praying a specific passage. I've only mentioned it to a few people.
I started praying through the Psalm over 3 years ago instead of finding a Scripture to pray each week. I know that it took over 3 years because sometimes I have been gone, other Sundays I pray something else that is on my heart, and I prayed each stanza of Psalm 119 on separate Sundays (that's 22).