You want to get closer to God, right? This is a noble cause. It is one that all of us should desire to achieve and that’s why I have compiled this list of 8 prayers to get closer to God.
They are prayers that I pray always because there is nothing more important than intimacy with God.
In John 17 verse 3, Jesus says “Now this is eternal life: that they may know You, the only true [supreme and sovereign] God, and [in the same manner know] Jesus [as the] Christ whom You have sent.”
Knowing God is the foundation for anything we want to do as believers. I am even excited about the fact you are trying to get closer to God and while these may not be the best prayers to get closer to God, they are going to set you on the right track.
8 Best Prayers to Get Closer to God
Father, I desire to know You. Help me to know you. Teach me your ways and cause me to know your path, O Lord
Teach me Your way, O Lord, that I may walk and live in Your truth; direct and unite my heart [solely, reverently] to fear and honor Your name. – Psalm 86:11
This is one of the best prayers to get closer to God drawn from scriptures. One of the most powerful ways to pray is to pray scriptures.
Among my daily prayers to get closer to God, I never forget to ask God to teach me His ways because it is in knowing His ways that I can become closer to Him.
Father, rid me for every pride that keeps me from You. I want to be closer to You Lord, in the name of Jesus
You might be wondering, why are we praying against pride? What does pride have to do when you need prayers to say to get closer to God?
These scriptures will answer that:
James 4:6 “But he giveth more grace. Wherefore he saith, God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace unto the humble.”
Psalm 25:9 “The meek will he guide in judgment: and the meek will he teach his way.”
The Bible shows us that anyone who is proud will be resisted by God. He will only teach those who are meek and humble not those who are proud.
So as you are praying that God teaches you His way, you should also pray against pride which is capable of keeping you from receiving answers.
Father, stir in me a deeper thirst for Your presence until knowing You becomes my greatest need. Let my soul long for You like the deer for water, until nothing else can satisfy me
Psalm 42:1-2 “As the hart pants and longs for the water brooks, so I pant and long for You, O God. My inner self thirsts for God, for the living God. When shall I come and behold the face of God?”
In my daily prayers to get closer to God, this scripture is almost the most important. It is a cry for a soul that desires to pursue God.
You see, God grants heart desires from the sincerity of heart. If you have a genuine thirst for God, He will grant it.
Matthew 5:6 “Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled.”
If there is hunger for God, He will fill it. Now the interesting side to this is you can ask for hunger which is why you are praying this prayer.
Lord Jesus, I want to know You beyond words. I want to share in Your power and in Your suffering with faith. Like Apostle Paul, reveal Yourself to me
Phil 3:10 “That I may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, being made conformable unto his death;”
You know God through His word and all that but you see drawing closer to God involves knowing His power and sharing in the allocation of suffering.
This is why Apostle Paul prayed in Philippians 3 verse 10 that he may know Him. There is no knowledge of God without His power and the allocation of suffering – the suffering is the starvation of your flesh from earthly pleasures and more.
This is one of the most powerful prayers to get closer to God because you are literally setting yourself up.
Father, teach me to abide in you daily. May I never leave the place of fellowship, may I never always stay with You
John 15:4-5 “Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine; no more can ye, except ye abide in me. I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing.”
You see the best part of that verse about is that “for without me ye can do nothing.”
That is how deep it is. Even drawing closer to God requires help from God.
No man can come to God except God draws him or her and that is why you have to stay in constant fellowship with Him.
God desires consistency and that is you will need to pray that He teaches you to abide with Him daily.
Lord, quicken me when I start to feel too weak in my pursuit of you
Psalm 80:18 “So will not we go back from thee: quicken us, and we will call upon thy name.”
There are so many prayers to say to get closer to God but you see if you are not quickened to pray, you won’t be able to pray.
That is why among my daily prayers, I pray this scripture. It is a scripture that says if God gives me strength, then I will pray.
Lord, let my one desire be to dwell in Your presence. Let this be all I seek
Psalm 27:4 “One thing have I desired of the Lord, that will I seek after; that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of the Lord, and to enquire in his temple.”
You want to draw close to God, you have to love to dwell in the presence of God. This is not even about attending church – that is important – it is also about spending time in the presence of God.
It is more about spending private and personal devotion with God, in His presence.
Father, awaken my hunger for You. Set my heart on fire for you once again. I want to burn for you
Psalm 63:1-3 “O God, thou art my God; early will I seek thee: my soul thirsteth for thee, my flesh longeth for thee in a dry and thirsty land, where no water is; To see thy power and thy glory, so as I have seen thee in the sanctuary. Because thy lovingkindness is better than life, my lips shall praise thee.”
Sometimes you find yourself with a dying desire for God – like a fire about to go out. This is when Psalm 63:1-3 becomes really powerful.
It is a prayer to reawaken your hunger for God.
I recommend quoting that scripture over and over again.
Conclusion
That does it on the best prayers to say to get closer to God. These list of prayers are not exhaustive. As you pray, with the scriptures, trust the Spirit of God to impress more prayers to your heart.