Below, you’ll find 3 prayers to lead you in praying with your prayer beads. Remember that the goal is only connection with the heart of God for you. I pray these bless you!

Breath Prayer

Breath Prayer is simply where you pray something on your inhale and exhale. We use our breath and the beads as anchors to bring our attention back to our prayer, and to help us to recenter in the heart of God for us.

Recounting Prayer

Recounting Prayer is probably my favorite way to pray with prayer beads. We use the beads to help us recount the ways we’ve felt cared for, seen, and loved by God over the last day, week, month, or year.

Emotion Prayer

In Emotions Prayer, we use our beads to help us name what we're feeling and bring those feelings to God as honestly as we can. This is a really practical way to process through our emotions instead of pushing past them. Be encouraged that God already knows exactly what you’re feeling, and can help you process through it. He created emotions to help us connect to ourselves, our loved ones, and to Him.

Here’s what I want you to do: Find a quiet, secluded place so you won’t be tempted to role-play before God. Just be there as simply and honestly as you can manage. The focus will shift from you to God, and you will begin to sense his grace.

Matthew 6:6 MSG