A Prayer Before Exams
If any of You lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all liberally and without reproach, and it will be given to him.James 1:5.

Loving Heavenly Father!I am so worried and anxious about my studies. I am scared of my exams and I have absolutely no confidence on my own wisdomLord! You have promised to give wisdom to those who ask You. So I have come to You with faith and great expectations. Father! Forgive me for all the time I have wasted and forgive all my shortcomings. I realize the importance of my studies and I look to You for help. I totally rely upon You Master for You are the treasure house of all wisdom and knowledge. Even now Lord! I find it difficult to cope up with all the subjects and my memory power often fails me. Please strengthen my memory power and grant me Your grace to grasp my subjects easily. Without Your help and guidance I can never achieve any success Lord! I completely surrender myself to You and plead for Your divine guidance. Help me learn my subjects in the correct way so that I can answer my papers in an excellent manner. Please remove this fear from my mind and fill me with confidence. I know I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me! So I depend on You Lord Be with me while I write my exam and hold my hand! Keep me in good health and peace so that I can do well in my exams. I thank You for helping me Lord. I take success in Your mighty name. In Jesus name I pray.

Loving Father,Source of all wisdom,help me to use my timeand my intelligence wiselyas I prepare for my exams.Help me to dispose myselfto listen to Your Holy Spirit,so that You, as my Loving Father,may place me in a state of prayerand lead me to understandthat the supreme wisdomis knowing I am Your child.Help me to remain sereneso that my work may truly reflectthis profound truth.Mary, Mother of my spiritual life,guide me in the ways of your Son,so that my work may helpto transform this world for His glory.

The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not flunk; He keepeth me from lying down when I should be studying. He leadeth me beside the water cooler for a study break; He restores my faith in study guides. He leads me to better study habits For my grades' sake. Yea, tho' I walk through the valley of borderline grades, I will not have a nervous breakdown; For Thou art with me; My prayers and my friends, they comfort me. Thou givest me the answers in moments of blankness; Thou anointest my head with understanding, My test paper runneth over with questions I recognize. Surely passing grades and flying colors shall follow me All the days of examinations; And I shall not have to dwell in this university Forever!

Amen.