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Session 7 Video

Session 7 gives us the ten ways to pray a Psalm.

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**Opening Thoughts**

- Reminder: we learn to pray by…

- Idea: The goal is not to get through the Psalms, but to…

**Ten Ways to Pray a Psalm:**

- Read the whole Psalm, discern the ____________________ idea, and pray about that idea (or image or question, etc).

- Read the whole Psalm line-by-line or verse-by-verse, ____________________ after each bit to pray through whatever comes to mind from that verse.

- Read until something ___________________, stop, and pray about whatever connected. 

- Summarize what this Psalm reveals about __________________, and then pray (praise) through that revelation.

- Memorize the Psalm (or some portion of it) and recite it to yourself throughout the day.

- Start with a particular need or concern in your own life and read until something in the Psalms connects with it, and then pray through it in whatever ways come to mind.

- Start with some ____________________ person in mind and read until something in the Psalms connects with them, and then pray for them in whatever ways come to mind.

- ____________________ all or part of the Psalm.

- Read it aloud in ____________________ (2-3 times), and invite folks to pray for
whatever the Psalm brings to mind.

- Make a temporary ____________________ organized around shrewd goals, and keep it.

**Challenge:**

- Choose one of these methods and go for it.

- If you’re going weekly, then your routine timeframe is up. Plan another routine for the next three weeks with Psalms as a central part.

**Questions for Discussion and Reflection**

- Which of these ways of praying the Psalms seems most natural or desirable to you? Why? (Start with the ones you like!)

- Which of these praying methods is unclear or weird? If you’re in a group, help each other get a sense of what I’m getting at. (Thanks for the assistance!)

- Which way(s) did you pray for your five minutes? How did that go?

- Why is it critical to remember what the goal is and is not?

- Where will you go from here with respect to praying the Psalms?

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