Present in Prayer Quotes

“Breath prayer is a simple way to calm your body and mind as you focus your thoughts on the presence of God and the truth in His Word. To practice breath prayer, slow your breathing and repeat a simple phrase or prayer to the rhythm of your inhales and exhales. Here’s an example that may help when entering into a time of meditation.
Inhale: Be still, my soul. Exhale: The Lord is with me.”
― Jennifer Tucker, Present in Prayer: A Guided Invitation to Peace Through Biblical Meditation

“Some other breath prayers to try:
From Isaiah 26:3 Inhale: Keep me in perfect peace Exhale: as I keep my thoughts on You.
From Psalm 119:11 Inhale: Fill my heart Exhale: with Your Word.
From 1 Peter 5:7 Inhale: I give You my worries and cares, Exhale: for You care about me.
From Psalm 130:5 Inhale: I wait for you, Lord; Exhale: my hope is in your Word.28”
― Jennifer Tucker, Present in Prayer: A Guided Invitation to Peace Through Biblical Meditation

“Everlasting God of all, This life can be so hard and heavy, but the struggles of today are never the end of the story. Relieve the weight of the burdens I bear, and fill me with Your weightless grace.”
― Jennifer Tucker, Present in Prayer: A Guided Invitation to Peace Through Biblical Meditation

“I invite You to speak to me, to search my heart and shape my life. Show me what is worthy of praise. Open my eyes to see You. Open my ears to hear Your voice. Open my heart to receive Your Word. Open my hands to accept whatever You give. Draw close to me, Lord, as I draw close to You.”
― Jennifer Tucker, Present in Prayer: A Guided Invitation to Peace Through Biblical Meditation

“You have been so kind to me. No matter what circumstances I am facing, I know You are with me. Help me to breathe deeply of Your grace today.”
― Jennifer Tucker, Present in Prayer: A Guided Invitation to Peace Through Biblical Meditation

“Come and listen, all you who fear God, and I will tell you what he did for me. For I cried out to him for help, praising him as I spoke. If I had not confessed the sin in my heart, the Lord would not have listened. But God did listen! . . . Praise God, who did not ignore my prayer or withdraw his unfailing love from me. PSALM 66:1–6, 16–20”
― Jennifer Tucker, Present in Prayer: A Guided Invitation to Peace Through Biblical Meditation

“We can’t keep waiting for someday to come. Today is the day to start slowing down and making time to do the inner work that really matters—the soul-deep work of spiritual formation and soul care, the anchoring work of growing deep roots.”
― Jennifer Tucker, Present in Prayer: A Guided Invitation to Peace Through Biblical Meditation

“Roots don’t grow strong overnight. You can’t hurry growth, and you can’t rush spiritual formation. It’s difficult. It’s slow. It’s unseen. But the hard and hidden and unhurried places can become sacred spaces where holy change happens.”
― Jennifer Tucker, Present in Prayer: A Guided Invitation to Peace Through Biblical Meditation