How to pray through 1 Samuel

1 Samuel gives us inspired words to bring back to God. Use these prayer prompts to turn your reading into honest, Scripture-shaped prayer.

Prayer prompts from 1 Samuel

  • Father, open my eyes to behold wondrous things in Your Word (Ps. 119:18).
  • Lord, give me a soft heart that trembles at Your Word (Isa. 66:2).
  • Spirit of God, conform me to Christ as I read.
  • Help me to be a doer of the Word and not a hearer only (James 1:22).

Pray the key verses

"The LORD looks on the heart."
1 Samuel 16:7

Keep going with the 1 Samuel devotional or the reading plan.