I say a prayer for each bead. For the first set, I say a prayer for myself or my fiance. For the next set, I say a prayer for my friends or my family, and the final set, I say big-scale prayers for the world, or prayers from requests, etc.

Sometimes I say the same prayer over and over again, or sometimes I say different prayers. The bead colors in correlation to the prayers aren’t set in stone, rather I see the beads as a handy tactile object to help me keep my focus, especially for evening prayers.