We give thanks for our family

And for all that we share together;

Keep us safe and in your fatherly care.

Change any scripture into prayer by personalizing it.

“Help (ask this for yourself or insert a loved one’s name) begin to understand the incredible greatness of your power for us who believe you. This is the same mighty power that raised Christ from the dead” (based on Eph. 1:19).

Ask the Holy Spirit to reveal how you should pray. That’s based on Romans 8:26, which tells us the Spirit helps us in our weakness when we don’t know what to pray for.

When praying for the younger generation, pray Psalm 119 which tells how to live a godly, successful life. (It’s a long chapter so it may take several days or weeks to get through it. Pray only the verses that strike you as you read.)


After you’ve failed miserably, pour out your grief to the Lord with Psalm 51. Then claim Romans 8:1, “So now there is no condemnation for those who belong to Christ Jesus . . . “ and Romans 8:38, 39, “ . . . Nothing in all creation will ever be able to separate us from the love of God that is revealed in Christ Jesus . . .”


For loved ones in danger, or for all soldiers and American civilians in Iraq and Afghanistan, pray Psalm 91 daily. It is also a great Psalm to pray during natural disasters.


Pray along with any prayer in the Bible. Start with Paul’s prayers in the early chapters of Ephesians and Colossian then, changing the specifics to fit our own nation, pray Daniel 10: 7- 19.


Anything God says is a promise. When you find a promise as you read, claim it for yourself. Thank the Lord for it. That sort of grateful prayer delights him.


Below is a “wrecking ball prayer” to pray daily for yourself, your family or your friends. Written by Barb Martin, based on a concept in Intercessory Prayer by Dutch Sheets:


“Knowing God’s weapons for fighting the stubborn problems (strongholds) in my life are spiritual (see 2 Cor. 10:3 – 5), in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, I destroy you, strongholds of (see below). I declare no weapon of Satan will prosper in _____________’s life.”

(Ask the Holy Spirit to identify strongholds for you. Some possible strongholds: fear, feelings of worthlessness, rebellion, pride, control, defiance, procrastination, laziness, denial, passivity, rebellion, selfishness, lying, intellectualism, strife, self-sufficiency, contention, competition, domination, manipulation, hiding, negativity, anger, lack of wisdom, skepticism, workaholism, god of science or sports, hedonism, self-indulgence, materialism, resentment, occult, religious spirit, stubbornness, adultery, lust, other sexual sins, etc.)


The above suggestions barely make a dent in the many ways you can turn to the Bible for help as you pray. There is nothing better than praying God’s own powerful words back to him. You can’t go wrong when you do that.

How in the world can we pray without ceasing in a literal sense? I mean, we have to eat, go to work, sleep, do chores, shop for groceries… you get the picture. At this point, we were tempted to head in one of two directions: decide that “without ceasing” is not intended to be applied literally; or, re-examine our definition of prayer....

I have felt compelled to simply pray for the people and situations God has brought across my path and my heart in the past few days.  Please join me.

Come into our lives, Lord

Come and saves us

From all our worries,

Our daily problems.

Makes us strong and

Mighty, through the power

of your word.

Where am I?
Why am I here?
What am I doing?
Lord, I want to do your will.

Bless this night, oh Lord, we pray,
Bless our families we love so dear,
Bless our friends far and near—
Lord, give peace in every way.

A prayer based on Psalm 6, for all those who are hurting. In the generation that we live, crying out to God is a necessity. May these words inspire you to talk to your heavenly Father. He is always ready and willing to hear and help you. Give God your problems, there is no need to carry the burdens of life when the Lord can do it for you.

Gracious Heavenly Father,

The financial crisis in our nation seems never-ending; every day we hear of additional business closures. Even some reading this prayer have lost jobs and are looking for work; a few have had to choose between food and rent or gas. Heaviness and fear weigh them down and every waking moment is filled with worry over the future. We ache for them, Jesus, and we know you empathize with them even more than we do, because you love them so much.

LONDON, ENGLAND - As millions around the world gathered for the 11th Annual Global Day of Prayer on Pentecost Sunday (June 12, 2011), churches of all denominations and ethnic backgrounds across London and throughout the British Isles prayed as the heavens poured out rain to end the season of drought.

Many farming communities rejoiced to see their land soaked which was a poignant prophetic sign that prayers will end the spiritual drought in Britain.

1 John 5:14-15 says: And this is the confidence that we have in him, that, if we ask any thing according to his will, he heareth us: and if we know that he hear us, whatsoever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we desired of him.

James 5:13-16
If any one of you in trouble? He should pray. Is anyone happy? Let him sing songs of praise. Is any one of you sick? He should call the elders of the church to pray over him and anoint him with oil in the name of the Lord. And the prayer offered in faith will make the sick person well; the Lord will raise him up. If he has sinned, he will be forgiven. Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of the righteous is powerful and effective.

Christmas is over and another year is drawing to a close. As 2010 approaches and I reflect back on the past 12 months, I thank God for all he has done in my life. I praise God for big blessings and small as each one etches itself as a memory for the future.

In the sad times and the bad
In the sorrow of my pain
In the darkness of the night
Oh, how I love the presence of my Lord.

Psalms 121:7-8

"The LORD shall preserve thee from all evil: he shall preserve thy soul. The LORD shall preserve thy going out and thy coming in from this time forth, and even for evermore."

Dear Heavenly Father,

We come to you today on behalf of all adults and children who have been or will be affected by the Swine Flu. At this point we don't know if this scare is much-ado-about-nothing or a true worldwide pandemic as some predict. Neither do we know if any in our little group will be personally affected. But we do know that several people have already died in Mexico; we do know that those families are already grieving and perhaps suffering from the illness themselves. Please comfort them, Jesus; please protect them. Give them access to doctors and medicine and grant wisdom to caregivers.