A Prayer Before Reading the Bible

Lord, before I read a single word, I stop and ask: open my eyes, that I may behold wondrous things out of Your law.

This is not just an old book on my lap. It is Your voice, alive and present. So quiet the noise I carried into this chair — the phone, the to-do list, the leftover conversations — and give me ears that actually listen.

Show me something true about You today. Show me something true about me, even if it stings. And don't let me close the cover unchanged — make me a doer of the Word, not a reader only.

Speak, Lord. I'm listening.

In Jesus' name, Amen.

When to Pray This

Pray this in the few seconds between opening your Bible and starting to read — it turns reading into listening. It works before a long study or a single verse over breakfast.

A Verse to Hold On To

"Open thou mine eyes, that I may behold wondrous things out of thy law." — Psalm 119:18 (KJV)