{"id":24310,"date":"2026-03-11T15:55:38","date_gmt":"2026-03-11T15:55:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/uncategorized\/new-guideposts-devotional-pray-a-word-a-day\/"},"modified":"2026-04-10T06:18:00","modified_gmt":"2026-04-10T06:18:00","slug":"new-guideposts-devotional-pray-a-word-a-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/prayer\/how-to-pray\/new-guideposts-devotional-pray-a-word-a-day\/","title":{"rendered":"New Guideposts Devotional: Pray a Word a Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When I was a child, a single \u201cyes\u201d or \u201cno\u201d from my mom or dad could change the course of my day\u2014sometimes seemingly my whole life. \u201cAre we there yet?\u201d \u201cCan I go outside?\u201d \u201cCan I have a dog?\u201d <\/p>\n<p>As an adult, I\u2019ve learned to employ that power in my daily life, through prayer. Like many people, I pray every day, and often use many words to ask God, tell God, beg God to work in my life and in the lives of those I love. But I will often <a href=\"https:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/prayer\/bible-resources\/4-one-word-prayers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">adopt a single word to pray<\/a> throughout my day. It might be \u201chelp.\u201d Or \u201cyes\u201d or \u201cno.\u201d Or \u201cmercy.\u201d Among many, many others. <\/p>\n<p>So, I was delighted when <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shopguideposts.org\/guideposts-magazine.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Guideposts<\/a> asked me to contribute to the collection, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shopguideposts.org\/bibles-devotionals\/devotionals\/pray-a-word-a-day.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Pray a Word a Day<\/em>.<\/a> It\u2019s a non-dated, 365-day devotional that helps you to be intentional about connecting with God by focusing on a different word each day. Each day\u2019s reading starts with an inspirational quote or Scripture based on one word, followed by a short anecdote and a prayer. Here\u2019s one of my contributions:<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<h3>Change<\/h3>\n<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><em>Change your thoughts and you change<br \/>your world.<\/em> \u2014Norman Vincent Peale<\/p>\n<p class=\"rtejustify rteindent2\">Recently, the word of the day suggested by my Bible reading was \u201cchange.\u201d So I prayed that short word throughout the day: \u201cChange my heart, O God. Give me strength and hope through the changes of these coming weeks.\u201d A grocery-store transaction put change in my pocket, prompting a prayer for the wise use of our \u201cloose change.\u201d A sudden schedule change seemed providential. And so on.<\/p>\n<p class=\"rtejustify rteindent2\">Even <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/guideposts\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook<\/a> somehow got into the act. I know Facebook\u2019s algorithms detect websites I visit or purchases I make and incorporate those into ads and promotions, but I couldn\u2019t think of any online hint I gave of my word-of-the-day prayer. But \u201cchange\u201d nonetheless became a theme, popping onto my computer screen through the rest of the day. I even noticed the word in a television commercial or two, which sent me back to prayer when I saw and heard it.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><em>Father, change my heart, thoughts, life,<br \/>\nand circumstances as You will. Amen.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Each page of this devotional also offers a few lines for you to <a href=\"https:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/prayer\/prayers-for-stronger-faith\/write-your-prayer-down\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">jot down your own thought or prayer<\/a> in response to the reading. And I hope that you will (as I often do) take that single word with you each day, meditating on it, praying it and letting God use it to speak to you\u2014which He will do, often in surprising ways. <\/p>\n<p>You may not think a single word can do much, even if you pray it. But I\u2019m hopeful and faith-filled that <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shopguideposts.org\/bibles-devotionals\/devotionals\/pray-a-word-a-day.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pray a Word a Day<\/a> <\/em>will show you just how powerfully life-changing a single word can be.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shopguideposts.org\/bibles-devotionals\/devotionals\/pray-a-word-a-day.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em><strong>Order your copy of Pray a Word a Day!<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When I was a child, a single \u201cyes\u201d or \u201cno\u201d from my mom or dad could change the course of my day\u2014sometimes seemingly my whole life. \u201cAre we there yet?\u201d \u201cCan I go outside?\u201d \u201cCan I have a dog?\u201d As an adult, I\u2019ve learned to employ that power in my daily life, through prayer. 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