Use Israel’s prayer book as a starting place for honest conversation with God.
Choose a Psalm - whichever you like or from your daily reading plan.
Pray and ask God to speak to you through the Word.
Read the Psalm slowly.
Ask God to direct your attention to what in the Psalm is for you today.
Read the Psalm again.
Choose a section or phrase or word you believe God has brought to your attention.
Write that word or phrase at the top of a page in your journal.
Ask for the Holy Spirit to guide you and freely write your thoughts and/or prayers to God in response to the word from the Psalm.
After you write, be silent for a few moments.
Ask God to make clear anything you should do in response to what you have heard.
Commit in faith to obey.
Offer your commitment to God in prayer.
