Psalm 135:6-7

English Standard Version (ESV): Whatever the LORD pleases, he does, in heaven and on earth, in the seas and all deeps. He it is who makes the clouds rise at the end of the earth, who makes lightnings for the rain and brings forth the wind from his storehouses.

Directions:  Choose a translation of the Bible that you easily understand, but that has depth of meaning.  I recommend that you keep a special journal just for praying the Psalms.  Try praying the Psalms for yourself before reading my version of these verses.  The point of this method is for the Spirit to speak with your heart and that you will commune with God about how your own experience relates to His word.  I only include my sample to help you understand what I mean in the steps and because it is always good for Christians to share their thoughts about God and experiences with Him.

Step 1:  Choose a verse or two from one of the Psalms and write it out in a notebook. 

Step 2: After reading a thought from the verse, begin writing your own version of that thought.  This is not exactly paraphrasing the Psalmist’s words although you can paraphrase if you wish.  This is taking the thought and applying it to your own life and changing the words to fit your own experience.  Continue writing about your experience with God until you no longer have anything more to say.

Step 3:  Go to the next thought in the verse and repeat Step 2. 

Step 4:  Continue this process until you feel satisfied that you are finished or until the verse’s thoughts are finished.

My version (verses 6-7): 

You set in motion pleasures all around Your children from the greens of the plants to the colorful birds of the air. You delight in giving us gifts of pleasure. Satan always reaches out to crush and corrupt Your perfect gifts, yet he cannot totally succeed because You are the Creator of all the objects of space, and You know every part of the earth from the tiniest microscopic level to the giant mountains. It pleases You to create beauty and to settle my restless heart with the peace of Your natural delights, to excite my humdrum life with the excitement of Your weather phenomenon–the electric feel on my skin as lightning flashes across the sky, the accelerated beat of my heart as the ocean waves roll in, and the freshness in my lungs as the wind flows over me. You bring me pleasure that heals me.