5 Prayers in the Bible to Pray When You Don't Have Words

Some mornings the words just won't come. Maybe you're worn out, or grieving, or the week has simply asked too much of you. On those mornings, it's okay to borrow.

"I do believe; help me overcome my unbelief!" A dad said this to Jesus in Mark 9 while his son stood right in front of him, and it might be the most honest sentence in the Gospels. He felt both things at once and handed the whole mess to Jesus.

"Search me, God, and know my heart." That's Psalm 139. Pray this on the days something feels off and you can't quite name it. You're asking God to tell you what it is.

"Not my will, but yours be done." Luke 22, in a garden, under real pressure. It's short enough to pray while folding laundry and heavy enough that you'll mean it differently every single time.

"Create in me a pure heart, O God." Psalm 51. This one is for when you need forgiveness, and for when you want your heart lined up with His. Pray it and let Him do the creating.

"But thanks be to God! He gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ." 1 Corinthians 15:57. Some mornings the best prayer is a thank you. Pray this one out loud and let it remind you the victory is already His, which means it's already yours.

Borrowed prayers count. Half the Psalms exist because somebody needed words on a hard day, and God kept the whole book around so we'd have them too.