THE PRAYER ROOM🌿

A Quiet Place to Lift Your Heart & Mind Before God

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🙏🏼Welcome to The Prayer Room

A peaceful, faith-filled space created to help you pause, breathe, and meet with God.

Here, we seek Him together in honesty, in hope, and in expectation.

Whether you pray often or you’re learning to pray again, this room is a gentle invitation to draw near.

 

✨A Lifestyle of Prayer

Prayer is not a one-time event.

It is not a performance.

It is not a spectator sport.

Prayer is a lifestyle — a daily posture of the heart, a rhythm of communion with God, and a way of walking through life with peace, strength, and clarity.

God invites us not only to pray in moments…

but to live in prayer.

Here in The Prayer Room, we quiet our minds, strengthen our spirit, and allow the Holy Spirit to guide our steps — one prayer, one breath, one moment at a time.

 

This Week’s Prayer

PRAYER FOR STRENGTH & STEADFAST PEACE

Heavenly Father,

I come before You with a grateful heart, asking for Your strength to meet me right where I am. Lift every heavy place in my spirit. Steady my mind with Your peace. Remind me that I am never walking alone — You go before me, behind me, and beside me.

Teach me to guard my words and my thoughts this week.

Help me respond with grace, speak life, and walk in purpose.

Order my steps. Set my heart on You. Renew my strength daily.

I trust You with my worries, my needs, and my future.

Fill my home, my classroom, my workplace, and my relationships with Your presence.

In Jesus’ powerful and matchless Name we praise and we pray — Amen.

“The joy of the LORD is your strength.” — Nehemiah 8:10

PRAYER FOR OUR WORDS TO PLEASE GOD

Amazing LORD,

Let the words of our mouth and the meditation of our heart be pleasing to You this week.

Be our Rock when we’re unsteady and our Redeemer where we’ve missed it.

Fill our homes, classrooms, and conversations with Your peace and Your presence.

In JESUS’ Matchless Name we Praise and we Pray—Amen & Amen

PRAYER OF GRATITUDE FOR GOD’S FAVOR

Amazing God, thank You for growing us in Your Favor and Knowledge through Jesus Christ!

Thank You for teaching us to serve others as a demonstration of our devotion and gratitude to You.

We lift up every need and concern, and everyone’s salvation.

In Jesus’ Matchless Name we Praise and we Pray! Amen and Amen!


PRAYER FOR TAKING BETTER CARE OF OUR BODY DURING AND AFTER THE TEMPLECARE CHALLENGE

Heavenly Father,

Thank You for creating us — body, soul, and spirit.

Thank You that our bodies are temples of the Holy Spirit and that You care about every part of our well-being.

Lord, many of us are tired or stressed and not always feeding our bodies in ways that honor You.

We bring our habits, cravings, and weaknesses to You today.

As we prepare for this 21-day TempleCare Clean Eating Challenge, give us discipline, wisdom, and grace.

Help us see food as a gift, not a god.

Help us choose what nourishes our energy, clarity, and peace.

Strengthen those who feel discouraged in their health.

Encourage those who feel like it’s “too late.”

Remind us that as long as we have breath, it is never too late to start again.

We commit our bodies, appetites, and this upcoming challenge into Your hands.

In Jesus’ mighty name we Praise and we Pray,

AMEN.

TEMPLECARE PRAYER FOR DAY 1

“Father, thank You for this new day and this new beginning.

Renew our strength, calm our mind, and help us honor You in every choice we make today.

Guide our thoughts, steady our heart, and let Your peace cover our mind and body.

Give us grace to begin well, courage to continue, and joy in the journey.

We praise You, Lord, and we pray all of this in Jesus’ mighty, powerful, awesome Name — Amen and Amen.”

A Prayer for Peace — John 14:27

There are moments in life when our hearts feel heavy

—even when we don’t speak it out loud.

But Jesus left us a gift that the world can’t imitate:

“Peace I leave with you; My peace I give to you.

Do not let your hearts be troubled.” — John 14:27

This is not the kind of peace that depends on circumstances.

It’s the peace that meets us exactly where we are,

steadies us, and holds us together.

Let us pray:

“Lord, we come together asking for the peace You promised.

Strengthen our hearts and quiet the places where we feel shaken.

Cover our minds from anxiety and protect our spirits from fear.

Remind us that we are held, we are guided, and we are never alone.

Let Your peace flow into our homes, our decisions, our relationships, and our steps.

We receive what You freely give — Your peace, Your comfort, and Your presence.

In Your Matchless, Peaceful Name we Praise and we Pray, Amen and Amen.”

May this prayer settle over every reader, every home, and every heart.

  • Jesus is the reason for the season

  • Jesus is the source of our peace

  • Jesus is the giver of John 14:27

  • Jesus is the anchor of the prayer

  • Jesus is the One calming troubled hearts

  • The candles = His light

  • The flowers = His beauty

  • The banner = His identity

  • The dimness = His stillness

  • The table = His fellowship

  • The prayer = His voice

🌿A Pause and Pray Moment!

Father, thank You for guiding us into a new week of grace, strength, and renewal.

Cover every Encourager reading this.

Help us honor You through TempleCare, through our discipline, and through the celebration of Jesus’ birth.

Renew our hearts, quiet our minds, and steady our steps.

In Jesus’ mighty, powerful, awesome name — Amen

🗣️Speak the Word Over Yourself

“Precious LORD, may You nourish my heart and renew my mind.

Let Your Word be life, strength, and peace within me today. May Your Words open the eyes of my heart to

see You and to discern Your Presence and Your Will. In Jesus’ Perfect Name, Amen and Amen.

📖SCRIPTURES OF NOURISHMENT

Your Spiritual Food Pantry — Feasting on God’s Word for Strength, Peace & Transformation

This page was born from prayer.

Long before Encouraging Mondays became a ministry, I was asking God to help my family read His Word daily — to feast on it, to be transformed by it, and to let His voice shape their hearts, minds, and decisions.

In prayer, the Holy Spirit said:

“They’re not going to open the Word right now.

You give it to them.”

And so I did.

Encouraging Mondays began with obedience — sharing the scriptures God placed on my heart.

Every week, God confirmed it, because the very scriptures He gave me beforehand were being preached that Sunday.

This space continues that calling.

Think of it as your Spiritual Food Pantry —

a place to feed your heart, strengthen your faith, renew your mind, and stay anchored in truth.

💛Opening Scriptures to Steady Your Heart

Before reading or looking up each Scripture, pause and invite the Holy Spirit to speak to you, guide you, and nourish your heart.

✨Isaiah 26:3

“You will keep in perfect peace those whose minds are steadfast, because they trust in You.”

🍀Proverbs 3:5–6

“Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge Him, and He shall direct your paths.”

🌿Psalm 19:14

“Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable in Your sight, O Lord, my Strength and my Redeemer.”

🔥Jeremiah 15:16

“Your words were found, and I ate them, and your word was to me the joy and rejoicing of my heart.”

🍉Scriptures for TempleCare & Healthy Living

  • 1 Corinthians 6:19–20

  • Daniel 1:12–15

  • Romans 12:1–2

  • Psalm 103:2–5

🌿Scriptures for Peace

  • Isaiah 26:3

  • John 14:27

  • Philippians 4:6–7

  • Psalm 29:11

💪🏼Scriptures for Strength

  • Isaiah 40:31

  • Psalm 27:1

  • Joshua 1:9

  • Nehemiah 8:10

✨Scriptures for Wisdom & Clarity

  • James 1:5

  • Proverbs 3:5–6

  • Psalm 32:8

  • Colossians 1:9–10

📖Scriptures for Encouragement & Identity

  • Psalm 139:14

  • Ephesians 2:10

  • 1 Peter 2:9

  • Jeremiah 29:11

✨Scriptures for Perseverance

  • Galatians 6:9

  • Hebrews 12:1–2

  • Romans 5:3–4

  • James 1:12

💛Closing Scriptures to Anchor Your Heart

✨Psalm 119:105

“Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path.”

💛Psalm 121:1–2

“I lift up my eyes to the hills—where does my help come from?

My help comes from the Lord, the Maker of heaven and earth.”

🌞Matthew 4:4

“Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God.”

👂🏼Romans 10:17

“So then faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.”

🌿STAY CONNECTED

Encouraging Mondays is more than a website — it’s a growing community of faith, reflection, and peaceful transformation. If God has been speaking to your heart through these messages, I’d love for you to stay connected throughout the week. Each platform gives you a unique way to receive encouragement, grow spiritually, and walk in God’s perfect peace.

LinkedIn — Weekly Encouragement & Reflections

https://www.linkedin.com/in/shawna-stately-853771390

YouTube — Encouraging Mondays Video Messages

http://www.youtube.com/@EncouragingMondays

Podcast Devotionals With Shawna S. — Listen on the Go

https://open.spotify.com/show/3pT2RcBNOKpa8A2vuYIJ4W

Wherever you choose to connect, may these messages speak life to your spirit and peace to your heart! 💛