passionate about, we find our passions, that is, our emotions. Beginning to Pray the Psalms Emotionally As we approach God through Psalm 1, we begin by reading the Psalm as a prayer, and at the same time circling or highlighting the emotional words or phrases. Read/pray Psalm 1 (see below) and highlight anything in your own Bible that strikes you as emotional. I encourage you to do this in your Bible so it will become a spiritual/emotional journal as you pray the Psalms. Don’t forget as you pray the Psalm,