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Praying the Psalms: Growing Emotionally Closer to God and Those You Love is unavailable, but you can change that!

Praying the Psalms Will Draw You Closer to God ...and to the People in Your Life Your emotions are powerful. They can enrich your life and strengthen your relationships—especially with God. The writers of the Psalms knew this and were honest with God about whatever they were experiencing—love, anger, worship, loneliness, fear—and many other emotions. As they did this, they found joy in spite of...

right now or a feeling you are experiencing? Feel free to write any correspondences next to the emotional words. (I like to put stars next to the ones that really hit a nerve.) If some words remind me of what a friend or family member is going through, I note that as well. In Psalm 4:1, the annotations could look like this: Step Four: Finally, write a short prayer, based on the emotional words you have annotated. Then pray your emotionally personalized Psalm aloud, filling in whatever words or phrases