Do you ever feel like you want to have a daily quiet time or renewing-of-the-mind time, but you just can’t make yourself do it? If so, try praying through some of these Bible verses
A tranquil heart gives life to the flesh, but envy makes the bones rot. | Proverbs 14:30
And to be renewed in the spirit of your minds. | Ephesians 4:23
And you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free. | John 8:32
And I pray that the sharing of your faith may become effective for the full knowledge of every good thing that is in us for the sake of Christ. | Philemon 1:6
And you, who once were alienated and hostile in mind, doing evil deeds. | Colossians 1:21
And have put on the new self, which is being renewed in knowledge after the image of its creator. | Colossians 3:10
But to all who did receive him, who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God. | John 1:12
But I say to you that everyone who looks at a woman with lustful intent has already committed adultery with her in his heart. | Matthew 5:28
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. | Isaiah 40:31
Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me. | Psalm 51:10
Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect. | Romans 12:2
Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus. | Philippians 4:6-7
Do not desire her beauty in your heart, and do not let her capture you with her eyelashes. | Proverbs 6:25
For he is like one who is inwardly calculating. “Eat and drink!” he says to you, but his heart is not with you. | Proverbs 23:7
For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord. | Romans 6:23
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. | John 3:16
For the weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh but have divine power to destroy strongholds. We destroy arguments and every lofty opinion raised against the knowledge of God, and take every thought captive to obey Christ. | 2 Corinthians 10:4-5
For who has understood the mind of the Lord so as to instruct him?” But we have the mind of Christ. | 1 Corinthians 2:16
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. | Jeremiah 29:11
Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is commendable, if there is any excellence, if there is anything worthy of praise, think about these things. | Philippians 4:8
Have this mind among yourselves, which is yours in Christ Jesus. | Philippians 2:5
I appeal to you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship. | Romans 12:1
I have stored up your word in my heart, that I might not sin against you. | Psalm 119:11
Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly, teaching and admonishing one another in all wisdom, singing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, with thankfulness in your hearts to God. | Colossians 3:16
Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; it does not rejoice at wrongdoing, but rejoices with the truth. Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. | 1 Corinthians 13:4-7
Now this I say and testify in the Lord, that you must no longer walk as the Gentiles do, in the futility of their minds. | Ephesians 4:17
Of David. The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? The Lord is the stronghold of my life; of whom shall I be afraid? | Psalm 27:1
Set your minds on things that are above, not on things that are on earth. | Colossians 3:2
So we do not lose heart. Though our outer self is wasting away, our inner self is being renewed day by day. | 2 Corinthians 4:16
Sanctify them in the truth; your word is truth. | John 17:17
Therefore be imitators of God, as beloved children. | Ephesians 5:1
There is one body and one Spirit—just as you were called to the one hope that belongs to your call. | Ephesians 4:4
To the pure, all things are pure, but to the defiled and unbelieving, nothing is pure; but both their minds and their consciences are defiled. | Titus 1:15
The Lord is good, a stronghold in the day of trouble; he knows those who take refuge in him. | Nahum 1:7
Therefore, preparing your minds for action, and being sober-minded, set your hope fully on the grace that will be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ. | 1 Peter 1:13
This Jesus God raised up, and of that we all are witnesses. | Acts 2:32
When you spend time studying the Word and renewing your mind with the Truth, it helps you set your mind in the right direction so you can have more victory in Christ in your life. And as this new way of thinking gradually renews your mind, it dilutes the old thinking and transforms your perspectives and attitudes.