Teens
Teens Prayer for March 13th
A short, Scripture-shaped teens prayer for an ordinary moment of Christian faith.
The prayer
A prayer to pray now
Father, I have to do a thing I do not want to do. I have been putting it off and arguing with You about it for days. In Your Word, four men sat at the gate and asked, "Why sit we here until we die?" I feel like that right now. I am sitting here, and the thing I am avoiding is not going to do itself. Get me up. The feeling of not wanting to is not going away, and I am not going to wait for it to disappear. Today I take the first step: open the document, send the email, write the thing that needs writing. I know You care about my heart and my hands. Help me obey You even when I do not feel like it. Take my reluctance and walk me into the start. After the start, the rest is just more of the start. Help me begin.
Amen.
How to pray it
- Read it slowly. Move through this prayer one line at a time, out loud if you can, letting each phrase land before the next.
- Make it personal. Pause where a line meets your day and name the person, fear, or hope it touches before God.
- Carry it with you. Keep one sentence with you — on your phone or in your pocket — and return to it when the day gets loud.
Verses to pray
Pray these slowly, one line at a time. Scripture quoted from a public-domain translation.
Now there were four leprous men at the entrance of the gate. They said to one another, “Why do we sit here until we die?
2 Kings 7:3
Questions about this prayer
When should I pray teens prayer for march 13th?
Pray it whenever the words fit your moment — at the start of the day, in a hard stretch, or when you simply want to turn toward God.
Which Bible verses anchor this prayer?
This prayer is anchored in 2 Kings 7:3. The "Verses to pray" section above quotes them in full.
Can I save or share this prayer?
Yes. Use the Copy prayer button to copy the words, or open the Chosen Portion app to keep a daily prayer, devotional, and Scripture with you.