Poems to Pray
These poems to pray will give you fresh ideas of what to pray for. They’ll help guide your heart to pray biblically for yourself, for those you love, and for God’s glory and purposes to be accomplished.
If you you’re looking for help with your prayer life or are struggling to figure out what else to pray about, you can pray through one of these poems and make it your own as you talk with God today.
Lord, Give Me Words
Lord, Give Me Words
Lord, give me words so I can praise
Your worthy Name, I pray,
For You are holy, good, and kind
And care for me each day.
Lord, give me words so I can lift
The weary soul to You,
For words can comfort, heal, revive
When gracious, kind, and true.
Lord, give me words so I can point
The lost to life above,
For Jesus died and rose again
To offer saving love.
Lord, set a watch before my mouth
So I will only say
The things that please and honor You
And bring You joy today.
Christina Joy Hommes
Lord, Teach Me
Lord, Teach Me
Lord, teach me of Jesus
Who died for my sin
Then rose to redeem me
And cleanse me within.
Lord, teach me of Scripture
My treasure and light,
So faithful, enduring,
And changelessly right.
Lord, teach me of heaven
Where glory awaits
Your loved ones who enter
Its beautiful gates.
Lord, teach me the value
Of living for You
With loving devotion
In all that I do.
Lord, teach me to notice
Your work day by day,
Yes, teach me to praise You
And love You, I pray.
Christina Joy Hommes
Oh, to Be Single-Hearted
Oh, to Be Single-Hearted
Oh, to be single-hearted
Fully on fire for You
Caring what Jesus only
Thinks of the things I do
Oh, to have love consuming
All of my strength and soul
Yielding with glad abandon
Unto Your kind control
Oh, to be single-minded
Focused on Christ alone
Pure in both thought and motive
Making my Savior known
Oh, to know more of Jesus
Daily renewed by grace
Knowing Your will and living
Seeking to run my race
Oh, to be more like Jesus
Oh, to believe and be
Filled with Your Spirit’s power
All that You want for me
Christina Joy Hommes
O Lord Who Brought Your People Out
O Lord who brought Your people out
With strong and mighty hand
From Egypt’s bondage through the sea
To Canaan’s fruitful land,
O Lord who brought Your people back
With true forgiving grace
From years of long captivity
To find their promised place,
O Lord who brought Your people life
With sacrificial love
From fear of death to living hope
Of endless years above,
O Lord who’ll bring Your people home
With joy and trumpet blast
From sin and pain set free to reign
In perfect peace at last,
O Lord of strength and grace and love
Whose glory fills the sky,
Direct our steps as in those days
To lift Your Name on high.
Christina Joy Hommes
For All the Many Blessings
For All the Many Blessings
My heart is overflowing
With gratitude and love
For all the many blessings
You’ve sent me from above.
Forgiveness and salvation
Would be enough for me
Without a home in heaven
For all eternity.
Eternal life in heaven
Through Jesus Christ my Lord
Would be enough forever
Without His kind reward.
Rich treasures kept in glory
That cannot fade away
Would be enough, dear Savior,
Without sweet gifts today.
With all of these You’ve blessed me
And countless more each day –
They show Your loving kindness
And stir my heart to say:
Lord, thank You for Your mercy
So wide and deep and free –
My cup is running over
With all You’ve done for me.
Christina Joy Hommes
Through the Valley
Through the Valley
You’ve led me through the valley,
Across the wilderness,
I saw Your tender mercy
And felt Your faithfulness.
You took me through the furnace,
Across the raging sea,
And all the way Your goodness
Was holding onto me.
The flame, though hot, can’t burn me,
The floods can’t overflow,
For, Lord, You’re right beside me
In every place we go.
Until I reach that harbor
Where troubles never come,
I’ll find in You my shelter,
My comfort, help, and home.
Christina Joy Hommes
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When My Soul Is Thirsty
When My Soul Is Thirsty
Lord, when my soul is thirsty
I come to You and find
Your Word is like a fountain
Refreshing heart and mind.
Like water in the desert
It gives me hope and cheer,
Reviving and restoring
With truth so sweet and clear.
Revealing thoughts and motives
It cleanses me from sin
To make me pure and holy
So Christ can dwell within.
Through daily meditation
Your Word renews my soul
With comfort, joy, and healing
That make my spirit whole.
It makes me strong and fruitful
And brings me such delight;
I’ll daily seek the Scriptures
To live them day and night.
Christina Joy Hommes
Help Me See the Gospel
Help Me See the Gospel
Lord, help me see the gospel
So clearly I can love
The Savior who redeemed me
And waits for me above.
Lord, help me see the gospel
So clearly I can win
The lost who need Your mercy
To save them from their sin.
Lord, help me see the gospel
So clearly I can tell
The wonders of salvation
To those who love you well.
Lord, help me see the gospel
So clearly I can rest
Through storms of life in Jesus
And learn to pass each test.
Lord, help me see the gospel
So clearly I can raise
A song of glad of thanksgiving
With joy and fervent praise.
Christina Joy Hommes
Do You Pray as if It Matters?
Do You Pray as if It Matters?
Do you pray as if it matters?
Do you pray as if God hears?
Do you trust it makes a difference
Now and in the coming years?
Do you ask for what you’re wanting?
Do you ask for what you need?
Do you trust God always hears you
When you come and humbly plead?
Do you tell Him what you’re thinking?
Do you tell Him like He cares?
Do you trust He wants to guide you
While your load He gladly bears?
Do you run to Him in trouble?
Do you run to Him with praise?
Do you trust His changeless promise
He’ll be near through all your days?
Christina Joy Hommes
As This Year Is Starting
As This Year Is Starting
Lord, as this year is starting
I give myself to You
To honor Christ my Savior
In all I say and do.
I’ll trust Your kind provision
For all the things You’ve planned;
I’ll look for how You’re working
And watch Your guiding hand.
I’ll follow where you’re leading
Because You know the way,
And even in the valley
My heart won’t doubt or stray.
I’ll keep your good commandments
And guard my heart and soul
To please my Lord and Savior
And yield to His control.
I’ll turn from sin and evil,
Confess when I’ve been wrong,
And build up godly habits
Through Christ who makes me strong.
I’ll daily search the Scriptures
And talk with You in prayer;
I’ll seek to know You better
And give You every care.
I’ll show Your love to others
And bear the gospel light
Of life and free salvation
For heaven’s just in sight.
I’ll love my Christian brothers
And sisters day by day
In fellowship and service
To bless them on their way.
I’ll help the weak and weary
And lift the ones who fall
Like Jesus whose compassion
Reached down to save us all.
I’ll keep my eye on heaven
That place where I belong
Where treasures last forever
And nothing dims the song.
I’ll praise Your Name with gladness
And thank You for Your love;
I’ll tell about Your glory
Until I’m home above.
Lord, fill me with Your Spirit,
And help me walk with You
In holy love and service
As Jesus Christ would do.
Christina Joy Hommes