The Lord Counsels Me

A prayer for doubt, from Psalm 16:7

Questions multiply at night, when the house is quiet and there's nothing left to distract you from them. The psalmist knew that hour and prayed inside it. A prayer for the person whose doubts do their loudest work after dark.

I will praise the Lord, who counsels me; even at night my heart instructs me. Psalm 16:7 (NIV)

The prayer

God, even when I doubt, You counsel me. At night when questions multiply, my heart still receives Your instruction. You are at my right hand.

Make it yours: change any words that don’t fit, or stop at the one line that’s true today. Amen can wait until you mean it.

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