Praying With Worship Music

As you know, each Sunday our congregation has someone pray for God to speak to us from His Word.  We do this right before the teaching portion of our worship.  These are often extemporaneous prayers of the moment.  On one Sunday, however, I led our congregation in a prayer that was part of the song “Speak, O Lord” by Keith and Kristyn Getty.  It is a beautiful song with lyrics that are a prayer asking God to come and speak to us as His people.  It was a simple but profound way for our whole congregation to pray together asking God to speak to us as we hear His Word.  You can see the lyrics and listen to the song here.

I use worship music as part of my prayer time regularly.  We often forget that many of our worship songs to God are actually prayers. They may be accompanied by music and sung – but so were the Psalms!  And often they capture the desire of our heart via carefully crafted and memorable words.

If you have not considered using worship songs as part of your prayer time, I encourage you to give it a try this week.  Whether a good modern worship song or a classic hymn, they help express the cry of your heart and are another great way to spend time with our God in prayer.

In Christ,

Bret