8 Restoration Prayers With Scriptures
A full moon lifts her pale face above the horizon as I amble along the snowy path. Blinded by the brilliance, I breathe deeply and pray for God’s restoration washes over me. Perhaps you need this today as well. I invite you to join me as we explore eight restoration prayers with Scriptures to lift our heads.
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Restoration Prayers With Scriptures
Here are God’s words about restoration, followed by eight powerful prayers.
8 Restoration Prayers With Scriptures
1. 1 Peter 5:10 (ESV)
And after you have suffered a little while, the God of all grace, who has called you to his eternal glory in Christ, will himself restore, confirm, strengthen, and establish you.
God permits suffering in our lives because it helps us become more mature in Christ (James 1:2-4). Suffering is never pleasant; however, we can pray for restoration during these times, trusting that God will not waste it.
Restoration Prayer:
“Lord God, thank you for your promise to be with me even in my darkest moments. It can be difficult to trust you in times of suffering. Thank you for your promise to restore, confirm, strengthen, and establish me through this time of suffering. Please give me strength as I endure.”
2. Job 42:10
And the Lord restored the fortunes of Job, when he had prayed for his friends. And the Lord gave Job twice as much as he had before.
Job lost his health, his fortune, and his family. But he did not lose his faith.
Meanwhile, his friends antagonized him, accusing him of bringing suffering upon himself by sinning. None of these accusations were true.
God restored Job, but we often miss the prerequisite: God restored Job after he forgave his friends.
Restoration Prayer:
“Heavenly Father, thank you for your love for me. Please search my heart. Show me any roots of bitterness or sin. If I am suffering because of an ungodly attitude, or if I need to repent of a sin, please show me. I open myself to you and commit to following wherever you lead me, even if it means forgiving someone who has hurt me.”
3. Acts 3:19-21
Repent therefore, and turn back, that your sins may be blotted out, that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord, and that he may send the Christ appointed for you, Jesus, whom heaven must receive until the time for restoring all the things about which God spoke by the mouth of his holy prophets long ago.
Again, this verse reminds us that repentance is the first step toward restoration.
Here is a prayer of repentance.
Restoration Prayer:
“Father God, thank you for caring for me so much that you don’t allow sin to remain unchecked in my life. Please reveal any sins I am harboring so that I might confess them, repent, and receive your restoration.”
4. Jeremiah 29:11
For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope.
God spoke these words through Jeremiah when the people of Judah were enduring a 70-year span of captivity in Babylon. God permitted this because they had turned away from him.
Yet God also promised to restore them.
God wants to restore you as well.
Restoration Prayer:
“Father, I receive your promise to the people of Judah as a promise for me today as well. Your plans for me are good. My future is filled with hope. Please help me rest in this as I pursue you and follow you.”
Four More Restoration Prayers With Scriptures
5. Hosea 6:1
Come, let us return to the Lord; for he has torn us, that he may heal us; he has struck us down, and he will bind us up.
God permits suffering to refine us.
But suffering is never his ultimate plan. He wants to heal us, restore us, and build us up.
Restoration Prayer:
“Heavenly Father, as I return to you, please heal me. I trust that you are the God of restoration. Guide me so that all my actions will honor you. Lead me to repentance. I trust you.”
6. James 5:16
Therefore, confess your sins to one another and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person has great power as it is working.
God restores us when we confess our sins to others.
Bringing a shameful sin into the light strips its power.
Do you need to bring any sins into the light with a trusted friend, pastor, or therapist today?
Restoration Prayer:
“Lord God, thank you for calling us to live in the light with others. Please show me if I need to bring any hidden sins into the light with someone else so that I might be healed. Give me the strength to push through the shame and share honestly so that I might be restored and healed.”
7. 2 Corinthians 5:17
Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come.
When we receive Christ as our Savior and Leader, he transforms us. Our old, sinful nature is nailed to the cross, and we become new creations.
Have you become a new creation in Christ? If so, thank him for it. If not, why not make today the day when Christ becomes your Savior and Lord?
Restoration Prayer:
“Lord God, thank you for sending Jesus to die on the cross and receive the punishment I deserve for my sins. Thank you that I am a new creation in you. Help me remember that you have given me all I need to walk out this new identity. My old, sinful nature has died. Help me daily crucify my flesh and walk in your power.”
8. Isaiah 40:31
But they who wait for the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings like eagles; they shall run and not be weary; they shall walk and not faint.
As we walk with God, he gives us strength for life.
Here is a prayer of restoration.
Restoration Prayer:
“Lord God, thank you for the promise to give me strength as I follow you. Please uphold me today. Wash over me afresh as your Holy Spirit cleanses me. I receive all your goodness.”
Practical Applications of These Restoration Prayers With Scriptures
Let’s now shift gears and apply these restoration prayers with Scriptures to our lives. Below, you’ll find three ways to be restored as you turn to God for healing and peace.
As often as possible, I walk through this field as the late afternoon daylight fades to dusk. Here, I find space to let go of my cares and connect with my Creator. Here, I find peace.
Perhaps you long for God’s restorative touch as well. Let’s discuss how to embrace God’s restoration, peace, and healing as we follow his directives in Scripture. This might include taking an evening walk in the moonlight, but we don’t need to leave the comfort of our homes to follow these three steps toward restoration.
God’s Restoration: 3 Steps Toward Healing and Peace
Let’s begin by exploring the familiar words of 2 Chronicles 7:14. This verse reads, “If My people, who are called by My Name, humble themselves, and pray and seek (crave, require as a necessity) My face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear [them] from heaven, and forgive their sin and heal their land” (AMP).
To understand this verse, let’s take a moment to explore the context.
The book of 1 Chronicles focuses on King David’s life, and 2 Chronicles focuses on the life of his son, Solomon.
After Solomon finished building the temple, the Lord spoke to him and gave his instructions for his people: “If My people, who are called by My Name, humble themselves, and pray and seek (crave, require as a necessity) My face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear [them] from heaven, and forgive their sin and heal their land” (2 Chronicles 7:14).
3 Ways to Experience God’s Restoration
This directive taught God’s people how to find healing and have peace in Solomon’s time, and it’s true for us today, too. Let’s break this verse into three parts and learn how to apply this teaching to our lives.
1. We humble ourselves and declare our need for God’s help.
First, God told the people to humble themselves and declare their need for him.
This might seem like a simple command, but it’s easy to overlook. We often forget that we need God, relying only on our human strength.
I disobey this command every time I turn to my strength and intellect instead of turning to God for help. This happens when I try to bring my goals to pass in my own strength and when I hurry through my days without even thinking about God.
God wants us to remain aware of our desperation for him at all times and continue to lean on him. I have learned that when I lean on my own strength, my life always lacks deep peace. However, as I acknowledge my need for God and humbly depend on him to guide me, he covers me with his peace.
As I acknowledge my need for God and humbly depend on him to guide me, he covers me with his peace. #peace #faith #God #trust Share on X2. God’s restoration comes as we pray and seek his face.
The second part of this verse is a reminder to pray and seek God’s face. When the Bible tells us to seek God’s face, this is encouragement to seek God’s presence. You might be wondering what it means to seek God’s presence.
Some put it like this: “Seek God’s face and not just his hand.”
In other words, prayer is meant to be more than just listing requests and telling God everything you need him to do for you. In addition to asking for God’s help, learn to spend time with him for the sake of simply enjoying his presence.
For me, this most often looks like spending a few minutes each day sitting beside the window, imagining God’s arms around me, and resting in his love.
Some days, I seek his face by listening to worship music while I rest on my bed.
As I shared earlier, I often walk through the fields behind our house and imagine God walking with me. I don’t ask him for anything during these walks. I just enjoy being with him.
God wants us to seek his face and not just his hand. As we do so, he restores our souls in ways that surpass understanding.
3. Turn away from deliberate acts of disobedience.
The third directive in today’s verse is to repent and turn away from deliberate sin.
Many people don’t understand the difference between confession and repentance. Confession is naming our sins in God’s presence or the presence of others. Repentance goes beyond naming our sins; repentance is turning away from sin and turning toward God. It is a change in direction.
Changing Directions
Repentance is more than saying, “I messed up, and I’m sorry.”
Repentance says, “I messed up, I’m sorry. I turn away from this sin and turn toward you, Lord.” When we repent, we sincerely want to change.
Now that we’ve studied this verse, let’s directly apply it to our lives.
Your Invitation to Seek God’s Restoration
I invite you to begin by humbling yourself and admitting that you need God. It might help to consider the past day. Ask God to show you any moments when he wanted to help you, but you barreled ahead of him in your own strength. Ask God to humble you and help you become more dependent upon him.
Next, seek God’s face by spending a few minutes resting with him, listening to a worship song, watching a candle flicker, or walking outside. Just enjoy being with him. Imagine him smiling at you. He loves spending time with you.
Last, ask God to show you if you are disobeying him in any area of your life. Have you been disobeying him in your attitudes, words, or actions? Have you been repeatedly complaining, spending too much time worrying about what other people think of you, lying, or indulging in a behavior that you know you should avoid?
If so, name your sin in God’s presence. Tell him you are sorry. Thank Jesus for the forgiveness he purchased for you on the cross. Tell God that you will turn away from this behavior and turn toward him in obedience.
If you’re not sure that you want to change your behavior, ask God to change your heart. Also, tell someone you trust—someone who can hold you accountable and help you live the godly life you desire. You are moving toward a life of healing and peace.
This process can be a good way to end every day.
Calling All Parents and Grandparents!
As the parent of two sons and a daughter, I have a heart for helping parents develop deeper relationships with their children and with God. Our kids, ages 6, 11, and 15, share this vision. They have helped me write three family devotionals for parents or older relatives to read with the children and teens they love.
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God’s Warrior: Devotions for Boys Who Want to Grow in Courage and Strength helps young boys, ages 5-13, learn what it means to trust God and become strong warriors for his kingdom. Now, more than ever, our world needs men who are willing to boldly carry God’s love into the world. I wrote this boys’ devotional book with our two young sons, Aiden and Caleb, ages six and eleven! You’ll enjoy their honesty as we teach boys how to be strong warriors for the Lord. Find this life-changing devotional book here.
Mother-Daughter Devotionals by a Mom and Daughter
Girl to Girl: 60 Mother-Daughter Devotions for a Closer Relationship and Deeper Faith is written for girls ages 7-12. It includes 60 devotions with Scripture, conversation starters, and a shared journaling section for moms and daughters after each devotion. I wrote this book with the help of our daughter, Bekah, when she was eleven. Find this one-of-a-kind shared devotional here.
Heart to Heart: A Mother-Daughter Devotional With 50 Devotions for Teen Girls is for teenage girls ages 13-20. It includes 50 devotions, each with a shared journaling section to help moms and daughters connect through writing. This is a great book for moms who want to communicate about awkward topics—like dating, sexuality, peer pressure, and more—but don’t know where to start. Bekah and I will help you right here.
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