15 Scriptures to Pray Over Family and Ourselves

Try this at home. Here’s one feat I encourage every believer to try; insert the names of loved ones and your name into Scriptures.

Then, pray the Bible verses and see what happens.

Oh, I get excited thinking about what God’s up to; how He’s working behind the scenes.

But there’s working power we unleash in prayer when we speak truth and life from God’s Word.

Recently, I shared The Prayer I Prayed Over 5000 Times. It’s my story of when I met Christ at sixteen and started praying for my dad, an atheist.

Prayers for him to believe in the heavenly Father. And God answered my prayers sixteen years later when my dad gave his life to the Lord.

The Power of Praying Scriptures

Still, I struggled to believe my dad would ever become a Christ-follower.

Needing help with my own unbelief, I inserted my dad’s name into salvation Scriptures I prayed back to God. And loud enough for the enemy to know I was serious.

I believe it played a part in my dad’s salvation.

Also, praying the Bible acquaints us with the Scriptures, hides it in our hearts and reminds us of God’s promises.

I’m sharing 15 Scriptures I’ve personalized and prayed for family members or for myself. However, keep in mind the wealth of Bible topics available at our disposal.

Examples include: salvation, freedom from something, addictions, fear, healing, spiritual growth, strength, faith, trust, love, forgiveness, bondage, sin, wisdom, wayward souls, children and depression.

Simply research Bible verses that address your needs or those of family members.

There's working power we unleash in prayer when we speak truth and life from God's Word. #prayer #Scripture Share on X

Inserting Names into Scriptures 

1.)  Salvation/John 3:16, For God so loved ________, that he gave his only Son, that if ________ believes in him, he will not perish but have eternal life.

2.)  Fear/2 Timothy 1:7, For God has not given ________ a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of sound mind.

3.) Forgiveness/Ephesians 4:32, ________ will be kind to others, tenderhearted, forgiving others as God in Christ forgave him.

4.)  Victory in an area/Ephesians 3:20, Now to him who is able to do far more abundantly than all ________ asks or thinks, according to the power at work within her.

5.)  Strength in the Spirit/Zechariah 4:6, This is the word of the Lord to ________: Not by might, nor by power, but by my Spirit, says the Lord of hosts.

6.)  Healing/Malachi 4:2, But for ________ who reveres my name, the sun of righteousness will rise with healing in its wings. ________ shall go out leaping like a calf from the stall.

7.)  Life in Christ or calling/1 Corinthians 1:9, God is faithful, by whom ________ was called into the fellowship of his Son, Jesus Christ her Lord.

Praying the Bible acquaints us with the Scriptures, hides it in our hearts and reminds us of God’s promises. #prayer #Scripture Share on X

Praying Scriptures Over Our Family and Ourselves

8.)  Surrender and support/2 Chronicles 16:9, For the eyes of the Lord run to and fro throughout the whole earth, to give strong support to ________ when her heart is completely His.

9.)  Secure in God’s love/1 John 3:1, See what kind of love the Father has given to ________, that he should be called a child of God; and so ________ is.

10.)  Discouragement/Psalm 90:14, Satisfy ________ in the morning with your steadfast love, that he may rejoice and be glad all his days.

11.)  Peace/Isaiah 26:3, You keep ________ in perfect peace whose mind is stayed on you, because she trusts in you.

12.)  Comfort for hard times/Psalm 32:7, You are a hiding place for ________; you preserve her from trouble; you surround ________ with shouts of deliverance.

13.)  Christian walk/Micah 6:8, He has shown ________ what is good. And what does the Lord require of him? To act justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with his God.

14.)  Wisdom for decisions/Proverbs 2:6, For the Lord gives ________ wisdom;
from his mouth come knowledge and understanding.

15.)  Sin or away from the Lord/Acts 3:19, Repent, ________, and turn to God, so that your sins may be wiped out, that times of refreshing may come from the Lord.

The Name Above All Names

Write the Bible verses with names on a notecard, sticky note, in a journal, or type out and save where you will see them. It serves as a reminder to pray and also builds our faith.

My list gives you some ideas. The important message remains.

Prayer changes things and people. So pray with intention, specifics, God’s Word, and with names. Call out names to the Name above all names.

Prayer changes things and people. Insert our name and family names into Scripture. Call out names to the Name above all names. #prayer #Scripture Share on X

What Scriptures would you add?

What Bible verses do you like to pray?

Sometimes I participate in these link-ups:

Legacy Linkup/Inspire Me Monday/Literacy Musings/Tell His Story/Purposeful Faith/Recharge Wednesday/Worth Beyond Rubies/Tune in Thursday/Heart Encouragement/Embracing the Unexpected and Faith On Fire.

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