Psalm 135:13-14

New International Version (NIV): Your name, LORD, endures forever, your renown, LORD, through all generations. For the LORD will vindicate his people and have compassion on his servants.

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 13-14): 

You are known by many names: Jehovah, Yahweh, God, Jesus, the Spirit, the Father, the Lord, the Son, but You are one. You are multifaceted and complex beyond understanding, yet You are simple and pure in essence. You are always moving and transforming, yet You never change. I can never understand You, yet I can know You. Your name will never be lost among the people. It has been obscured by the names of the false ones in the past, and many today try to deny that You exist, yet Your name always shines through breaking down barriers and bringing light into the darkness that enshrouds captive minds. Your name brings vindication to Your people. Many people scoff and mock Your word, but when their time of need comes, they call on You in desperation. It is tragic that they soon forget Your blessings afterwards, but not all of them; some remember. Some look and see Your love. Many may perish because they refuse to acknowledge Your sovereignty and reject Your love, but many also call upon You remembering Your great works to benefit them and Your great love to redeem them. They meditate upon Your name, and their hearts fill with a desire to be like You, to be one with You. You are eternally beautiful and ever approachable to those whose hearts are willing to open to Your beauty, love, and mercy.