daily prayers for spiritual growth

25 Prayers for Spiritual Growth (With Scripture References)

These are Short & Simple Daily Prayers for Spiritual Growth based in Scripture to pray daily, written specifically to help you live the amazing life God has for you! 

The following are short and specific prayers carefully written based on Scripture.

These prayers are not just words; they are powerful tools chosen specifically to help you embrace the extraordinary life that God has destined for you!

When you add prayer with the power of God’s Word, the result is phenomenal!

These prayers for spiritual growth when prayed from an honest heart will bring change and growth in your spiritual walk with God! 

I am so passionate about these prayers that I’ve incorporated them into my everyday routine by setting reminders on my phone.

Each day, I am reminded to tap into the incredible power of prayer and connect with my Lord. The results have been nothing short of awe-inspiring.

I have found that God uses these heartfelt prayers to grow me spiritually in ways I could never have dreamed. 

Now, it’s your turn to benefit from my journey. These proven and practical strategies are here to guide you on your own Christian journey.

Embrace these short prayer points for spiritual growth and watch as your prayers manifest before your very eyes.

Extraordinary things are about to unfold as you engage in these daily prayers for spiritual growth. Get ready to witness the wondrous miracles that await you!

A Prayer For Christian Spiritual Growth

Dear Lord, I thank you for life and breath to seek you. As the deer pants for the brook, I long for you my God. I open my heart and surrender my will to Yours. I ask you to lead me and guide me into deeper depths of your Spirit. Show me things I need to deal with in my own life and heal all my life traumas. Teach me about who You are and how much You love me. Thank you. Amen.

Short Daily Prayers For Spiritual Growth

Prayer of Adoration

1. Our Father who is in heaven, hallowed be Your name. Your presence is beautiful, glorious, strength, and peace. There is none like You! All the treasures of heaven and earth are in Your presence. All the answers are in Your presence. I wait in Your presence.

“Yet those who wait for the Lord will gain new strength. They will mount up with wings like eagles; They will run and not get tired. They will walk and not become weary” (Isaiah 40:31 NASB).

“Christ Himself, in whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge” (Colossians 2:3).

Prayers of Forgiveness

2. Lord, Jesus, forgive me for missing the mark. And forgive me my trespasses, as I also forgive others. Thank you for Your blood that covers me.

“All have sinned and continually fall short of the glory of God” (Romans 3:23 AMP).

“If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness” (1 John 1: 8-9 NKJV).

3. Lord search my heart to make sure I’m not mad at anybody today. I forgive those who would come against me. Help me be honest with myself and others.

“Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me” (Psalms 51:10).

A Prayer of Thanksgiving

4. I am thankful for this day; I am truly thankful from my heart for ________. Therefore, I will be thankful in every circumstance today. God, I know that you are working good things in all areas of my life. Thank you.

“In everything give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you” (1 Thessalonians 5:18).

“And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose” (Romans 8:28).

Prayer for Desire in Spiritual Growth

5. I need you, Lord, more than anything else in my life. As the deer longs for streams of water, so I long for you, O God. Give me a deep desire to know you more and grow spiritually.

“As the deer longs for streams of water, so I long for you, O God. I thirst for God, the living God” (Psalms 42:1-2 NLT).

My soul yearns for you in the night; my spirit within me diligently seeks You. (Isaiah 26:9 NIV).

Prayers to Know God More

6. Dear God, teach me to hear your voice and know your ways.

My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me. (John 10:27 ESV)

7. Dear God, teach me how to recognize Your presence like Adam and Eve recognized your presence in the Garden of Eden. Help me to know your love.

“Let not a wise man boast of his wisdom, and let not the mighty man boast of his might, let not a rich man boast of his riches; but let him who boasts boast of this, that he understands and knows Me” (Jeremiah 9:23-24).

John 14:16 KJV; Genesis 3:8

Prayer to Know God’s Love

8. I pray that You will teach me more about Your love, how dearly you love me and all your children.

Ephesians 3:17-19

Every single moment you are thinking of me! How precious and wonderful to consider that you cherish me constantly in your every thought! O God, your desires toward me are more than the grains of sand on every shore! When I awake each morning, you’re still with me (Psalms 139:17-18 TPT).

9. Thank you God, that I am blessed because I am Your much-loved royal child! Teach me more about my identity as a royal child of God.

“‘And I will be a father to you, and you shall be sons and daughters to Me,’ says the Lord Almighty” (2 Corinthians 6:18).

“God created man in His own image, in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them” (Genesis 1:27).

Prayer for Daily Provision

10. Dear Lord, help me today. Provide the things I need this day, I pray. Empower me with your strength. It is not in my own strength that I seek you, but only by your grace. Give me grace for this day.

“God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in trouble” (Psalms 46:1).

I pray that out of his glorious riches he may strengthen you with power through his Spirit in your inner being (Ephesians 3:16).

“Grace and peace [be granted] to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ” (1 Corinthians 1:3).

The Lord’s Prayer (Matt 6:9-13).

11. Lord, I ask you to help me to look not only on my interests but also on Your interests today! Lead me in Your ways. Show me opportunities to do good to others today.

“Do not merely look out for your own personal interests, but also for the interests of others” (Philippians 2:4 AMP).

12. I declare that I will be on purpose and not passive; I am powerful and not pitiful, and I am a mover and a shaker for the kingdom of God. I have hope and a great future ahead of me!

“Whatever you do or say, do it as a representative of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks through him to God the Father” (Colossians 3:17 NLT).

“‘For I know the plans I have for you,’ declares the LORD, ‘plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future’” (Jeremiah 29:11).

Prayer for Growth in Relationships

13. Lord, Help me be wise in the way I act toward others. Let me make the most of every opportunity. Let my conversation be full of grace. Teach me discernment & how to answer everyone.

“Conduct yourselves with wisdom toward outsiders, making the most of the opportunity. Let your speech always be with grace, as though seasoned with salt, so that you will know how you should respond to each person” (Colossians 4:5-6).

Prayer for Transformation, Wisdom & Revelation

14. Open my heart and mind to your sanctifying work. Help me to be led by Your heart and see as you see! Change my mind to think as you think.

“That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give to you a spirit of wisdom and of revelation in the knowledge of Him. I pray that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened” (Ephesians 1:17-19).

Whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is of good repute, if there is any excellence and anything worthy of praise, dwell on these things (Phil 4:8).

15. Jesus, I pray that you would grant me wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of You. I ask for my spiritual sight and understanding to be enlightened by your Spirit. Thank you!

Daily Prayers to Maximize Your Spiritual Growth with Scripture References

“That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give unto you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him:

The eyes of your understanding being enlightened” (Ephesians 1:17-18).

Spiritual Protection Prayer with Verses

16. I pray You keep me and my family from falling to temptation and deliver us from all manner of evil.

The Lord’s Prayer, Matthew 6:9-13

17. Free me from every chain the enemy has attached to me. Dismantle all the lies I have believed in my heart. I ask You to heal my heart. I give these feelings of _______to you.

“The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised, to preach the acceptable (favorable) year of the Lord” (Luke 4:18-19 KJV).

18. I take authority over and destroy all the power of the enemy that would come against me or my family today. I pray whatever is causing me to be stuck in any area be demolished!

“Behold, I give unto you power to tread on [spiritual] serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy: and nothing shall by any means hurt you (Luke 10:19 KJV).

19. Teach me about the anointing of the Holy Spirit. I pray for increased anointing to break every yoke that would hinder me from going forward in God.

Isaiah 10:27

but the anointing which you received from him abides in you, and you have no need that any one should teach you; as his anointing teaches you about everything, and is true, and is no lie, just as it has taught you, abide in him (1 John 2:27 RSV).

Prayer for Physical Healing

20. I bind and destroy all sickness in my body; I loose the healing power of God into my body; I loose health, strength, energy into my body, so that I may seek You more dilegently!

“Assuredly, I say to you, whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven” (Matthew 18:18 NKJV).

Prayer for Alignment with God’s Will

21. God, I trust you and commit my way to you! Lead me in the right path. Help me to discern your will from all else. Help me to focus on what you want me to focus on.

“In all your ways acknowledge Him, and He will make your paths straight” (Proverbs 3:6).

“So that you will walk in a manner worthy of the Lord, to please Him in all respects, bearing fruit in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God” (Colossians 1:9-10).

22. I ask You to bring every part of my life and heart into alignment with Your will and purpose.

“Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways submit to him, and he will make your paths straight” (Proverbs 3:5-6).

23. Lord, let Your kingdom come and Your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.

The Lord’s Prayer (Matthew 6:9-13).

Prayer of Thanks and Praise

24. Thank you for hearing and working on every level, in every circumstance for your glory. I declare that I am strong in Christ’s strength; I can do everything I need to do today!

“Let the weak say, I am strong!” (Joel 3:10). “I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me” (Philippians 4:13).

25. For Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen!

The Lord’s Prayer (Matthew 6:9-13).

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20 thoughts on “25 Prayers for Spiritual Growth (With Scripture References)”

  1. God bless you
    I love the fact that you back the prayer point with Bible reference
    Is very impactful, more grace

  2. I’m so greatful for these prayer points because right now I’m on fasting for spiritual growth and these prayer points are so helpful not only that but the Bible verses to back them up God bless keep up the good work ?

  3. Thank you for your encouraging words. I am glad these prayer points help you in your walk with God! Blessings!

  4. God bless you and more Grace I have looking for help ever since for my growth in God

  5. Dr. Dr. Cynthia these prayers are such a blessing , so wonderful to read, so enjoyable to read , so heartfelt , powerful, so right on the spot, just a blessing.Thank you thank you thank you thank you . I will say these prayers in my daily prayer time.

  6. Glory be to God for walking in your purpose for Him! Thank you, you have helped me by your fruits. Keep going! God bless you!

  7. Amstrong Noumssi

    Hallelujah. Thanks much for the prayer point, i feel alive as fresh and more connected in my spirit. GOD BLESS !!!?❤️

  8. Thank you for these prayers. They are relatable. The presentation also makes it easy and exciting to follow. God bless you and give you the strength to continue.

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