Read the verse asking yourself the following questions: Does one phrase or concept stand out? Do the verses bring to mind other passages that enrich the meaning of the message?

Record your personal concerns and celebrations each day. What is happening in your life or the lives of others that gives the day's reading particular power? What prayer concerns do the verses bring to mind?

Example of how to pray Scripture
By Ruth Myers in 31 Days of Praise journal

Psalm 139:13-16 [Put in your own words, i.e.]
I give thanks to You, O Lord, and I stand in awe of You, for I am wonderfully made. Marvelous are Your works! Thank You that You uniquely designed and created me, with the same care and precision You used in creating the universe…that You formed me in love exactly to Your specifications…that You embroidered me with great skill in my mother's womb.

Ephesians 1:6, 12; Romans 12:3-6; Ps. 119:67, 71 [In your own words]
I'm grateful that my looks, my abilities, and my personality are like a special picture frame in which You can portray Your grace and beauty, Your love, Your strength, Your faithfulness, to the praise of Your glory. I rejoice that You have gifted me for the special purposes You have in mind for my life. I thank You for Your loving wisdom in allowing the things that have influenced me throughout my life-the things that have prepared my heart to respond to You and live for Your glory. I might not have turned to You if things had been different!

Psalm 119:73 [in your own words}
It's wonderful to know that You are not the least bit dissatisfied with my inborn talents, intelligence, aptitudes, appearance, and personality, for Your hands have made and fashioned me. I am one of Your original masterpieces!

Psalm 95:6 [In your own words]
I worship and bow down; I kneel before You, my maker.