Psalm 145:13

New International Version (NIV): Your kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and your dominion endures through all generations. The LORD is trustworthy in all he promises and faithful in all he does.

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 (verse 13): 

The kingdom of heaven is not an unrealistic pipe dream as our modern culture implies. The skeptics say that living in love is impractical, but the reality is that Your kingdom of love is the only sustainable kind of government. Kingdoms of the world rise and fall because selfishness has the seeds of its own destruction within it, but love can create and expand and has no limiting factors. That’s why Your kingdom endures through all generations. I can trust in Your promises. Your commands and Your promises are intertwined to create a basic way of life that engenders growth and health. I can trust You to know how the system works and what will result from following Your will. When You promise peace, I can know that You will deliver on that promise if I focus on You and Your words, not because of an arbitrary grace that You provide, but because it is the natural outcome of living out love. Yes, You provide grace for the parts of me that have roamed outside Your will, but living within Your will brings about Your promises naturally. Your words can be counted on for results.