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title: Practicing Scripture Prayers | Week 6
description: Explore the beauty and intimacy of love in the Song of Songs, reflecting on God's delight and how it inspires our relationship with Him.
---

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# [Practicing Scripture Prayers | Week 6](https://theformed.life/blog/practicing-scripture-prayers-week-6)

 Written by [Christ Community KC](https://theformed.life/blog/author/christ-community-kc) | Thursday, June 25, 2026

## Read | Song of Songs 3:6–5:1

> *Narrator*  
> *Who is this coming up from the wilderness*  
> *like columns of smoke,*  
> *scented with myrrh and frankincense*  
> *from every fragrant powder of the merchant?*
> 
> *Look! Solomon’s bed*  
> *surrounded by sixty warriors*  
> *from the mighty men of Israel.*  
> *All of them are skilled with swords*  
> *and trained in warfare.*  
> *Each has his sword at his side*  
> *to guard against the terror of the night.*
> 
> *King Solomon made a carriage for himself*  
> *with wood from Lebanon.*  
> *He made its posts of silver,*  
> *its back of gold,*  
> *and its seat of purple.*  
> *Its interior is inlaid with love*  
> *by the young women of Jerusalem.*  
> *Go out, young women of Zion,*  
> *and gaze at King Solomon,*  
> *wearing the crown his mother placed on him*  
> *on the day of his wedding—*  
> *the day of his heart’s rejoicing.*
> 
> *Man*  
> *How beautiful you are, my darling.*  
> *How very beautiful!*  
> *Behind your veil,*  
> *your eyes are doves.*  
> *Your hair is like a flock of goats*  
> *streaming down Mount Gilead.*  
> *Your teeth are like a flock of newly shorn sheep*  
> *coming up from washing,*  
> *each one bearing twins,*  
> *and none has lost its young.*  
> *Your lips are like a scarlet cord,*  
> *and your mouth is lovely.*  
> *Behind your veil,*  
> *your brow is like a slice of pomegranate.*  
> *Your neck is like the tower of David,*  
> *constructed in layers.*  
> *A thousand shields are hung on it—*  
> *all of them shields of warriors.*  
> *Your breasts are like two fawns,*  
> *twins of a gazelle, that feed among the lilies.*  
> *Until the day breaks*  
> *and the shadows flee,*  
> *I will make my way to the mountain of myrrh*  
> *and the hill of frankincense.*  
> *You are absolutely beautiful, my darling;*  
> *there is no imperfection in you.*
> 
> *Come with me from Lebanon, my bride;*  
> *come with me from Lebanon!*  
> *Descend from the peak of Amana,*  
> *from the summit of Senir and Hermon,*  
> *from the dens of the lions,*  
> *from the mountains of the leopards.*  
> *You have captured my heart, my sister, my bride.*  
> *You have captured my heart with one glance of your eyes,*  
> *with one jewel of your necklace.*  
> *How delightful your caresses are, my sister, my bride.*  
> *Your caresses are much better than wine,*  
> *and the fragrance of your perfume than any balsam.*  
> *Your lips drip sweetness like the honeycomb, my bride.*  
> *Honey and milk are under your tongue.*  
> *The fragrance of your garments is like the fragrance of Lebanon.*
> 
> *My sister, my bride, you are a locked garden—*  
> *a locked garden and a sealed spring.*  
> *Your branches are a paradise of pomegranates*  
> *with choicest fruits;*  
> *henna with nard,*  
> *nard and saffron, calamus and cinnamon,*  
> *with all the trees of frankincense,*  
> *myrrh and aloes,*  
> *with all the best spices.*  
> *You are a garden spring,*  
> *a well of flowing water*  
> *streaming from Lebanon.*
> 
> *Woman*  
> *Awaken, north wind;*  
> *come, south wind.*  
> *Blow on my garden,*  
> *and spread the fragrance of its spices.*  
> *Let my love come to his garden*  
> *and eat its choicest fruits.*
> 
> *Man*  
> *I have come to my garden—my sister, my bride.*  
> *I gather my myrrh with my spices.*  
> *I eat my honeycomb with my honey.*  
> *I drink my wine with my milk.*
> 
> *Narrator*  
> *Eat, friends!*  
> *Drink, be intoxicated with caresses!*

[Click here to listen to the Scripture in ESV. ](https://www.esv.org/audio-player/Song+of+Songs+3%3A6%E2%80%935%3A1)

What stands out to you about how the man praises and describes his bride? Why do you think this is included in Scripture?

## Focus

[Watch this video from BibleProject (The Books of Solomon)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WJgt1vRkPbI)* *explaining the genre of this book of Scripture. What is one thing you learned from the video?

## Pray

Use today’s Scripture as a model for your prayer. Follow along using the prayer points below and reference the Scripture passages to inspire your own prayer today.

- The Song of Songs has been interpreted as a picture of God’s love for us, as well as the human love of a husband and wife as a signpost to Christ’s love for his Church (Ephesians 5:32).
- Slow your thoughts down by focusing on breathing deeply and slowly. Put yourself in God’s presence and recognize his coming to you (Song of Songs 3:6–8).
- The royal groom prepares a place with intention, beauty, and care for his beloved as an expression of his love for her (Song of Songs 3:9–11). Remind yourself of God’s delight and joy in you, and praise him for that.
- The groom celebrates the beauty of his beloved, expressing and affirming her dignity and honor (Song of Songs 4:1–7). Ask God to help you see yourself the way he sees you, and reshape the way you speak to yourself and other imagebearers to embody that.
- The groom invites his beloved into deeper intimacy in a garden scene (Song of Songs 4:8–15, 5:1). Ask Jesus to draw you deeper into his presence, and to experience what Adam and Eve did in the Garden of Eden. Invite him to remove anything that keeps you from experiencing intimacy with him.
- The beloved responds to this invitation, and invokes the winds to bring her to that place (Song of Songs 4:16). Ask the Holy Spirit, as in Hebrew the wind is often an image of God’s Spirit, to empower you to respond well to Jesus’ invitations to deeper intimacy.

## Going Deeper

If you are also following the BibleProject’s [One Story That Leads to Jesus reading plan](https://d1bsmz3sdihplr.cloudfront.net/media/reading-plans/BibleProject_Reading_Plan_2025.pdf), complete today’s reading.

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