If My People Will Pray...

NOTE: The example prayers listed below are exactly that! They are not intended to replace your own feelings. Confess how you feel to God and don't expect anyone to speak for you except the Holy Spirit who intercedes for you before the Father. He, on the other hand, even understands your groans when you can't speak and pleads your case when you do. You can use these examples as a primer in order to get started, but ask the Holy Spirit to help you.

Praying for my husband or wife...
Build a spirit of sacrificial love in me toward my life partner.
Teach me to love my wife today the same way Jesus loves me.
Bless my spouse today with your richest blessing in Christ Jesus.
Provide the spiritual needs of my spouse in a way that glorifies You.
Teach both of us to trust your Word without compromise.
Help me keep be faithful to the covenant I made with my eyes.

Praying for my children...
Protect them from trouble unless in so doing you're preparing them to serve you.
Lead my children in paths of righteousness and keep them from straying too far.
Protect my kids today, but do what's necessary to train them to make decisions based on your Word.
Lead my children to learn a gentler, more teachable spirit.
Remind my children of Scripture as they contemplate action today.
Grant my children a healthy appetite for your Word.

Praying for schools...
Keep those of bad influence from teaching in our schools.
Make our schools platforms for learning virtue and praticing it.
Give our kids a heart for God that is unapologetic.
Build strong character in our school kids.
Teach our children character as much as knowledge.
Don't allow self-centered religious leaders into schools to teach hypocrisy.

Praying for teachers...
Grant boldness to godly teachers to speak the truth, even when threatened for doing so.
Protect those teachers whose passion it is to teach what is right in Your eyes alone.
Bless godly teachers richly as they serve you and not man.
Build strong character in teachers who are mature and wise.
Give our students teachers who have godly character.
Bless the teachers who instruct by godly principles rather than secular humanistic values.

Praying for my chilren's friends...
Teach my kids to stand alone inspite of the influence of ungodly friends.
Give my children godly friends who are committed to do what is right in Your eyes.
Protect my kids from the bad influence of other kids.
Protect my children from "friends" who influence them in the wrong way.
Protect my kids from taking advice from ungodly friends.
Lead them in the path of righteousness, helping them stand when their friends won't do so.

Praying for my friends...
Teach me how to be a good friend toward another person today.
Help me be a friend to the friendless and faithful to those who befriend me.
Help me be a true and loyal friend today.
Build a spirit of mutual cooperation between myself and a friend.
Teach me how to be a good friend to another person today.
Give me an opportunity to make a new friend today and lead me.

Praying for my employer...
Bless my business unless you find it ungodly. In that case, help me find work that honors you.
Make me a diligent worker, one who inspires my boss and leads him to trust you.
Bless my family and other families through my business.
Use my business to glorify God in whatever way you can.
Give my business a firm foundation on which to grow spiritually.
Keep my employer from making mistakes that would jeopardize the employees.

Praying for my city...
Break down every attempt of those seeking to raise revenue through unholy means.
Take my city one where truth and liberty are dominant and favoritism has no place.
Teach our leaders the "right" way to act.
Give our city strong leaders with strong spiritual wisdom.
Guard our leaders from making laws that lead people to sin.
Help our leaders take care of business without compromising godly principles.

Praying for government leaders...
Keep our leaders from making ungodly decisions, but lead them to be righteous instead.
Guide government leaders to do only that which Scripture teaches.
Slow the growth of evil in government and strengthen your people.
Impede the progress of those civic leaders who are unrighteous.
Give our city godly leaders upon who you have influence.
Reveal the hidden dangers in all revenue generation based on immoral activity.

Praying for my country...
May our citizens recognize the greatest patriot is the one who recognizes Jesus as Lord.
Convert our country's patriotism "fever" into a passion for holiness under Your Banner.
God bless our country if she blesses and honors your Name.
Restore godly principles to our judicial system
Refresh our memory of the spiritual foundation upon which our country was founded.
Restore a spirit of humility that comes by realizing we moved away from you, not the other way around.

Praying for my church...
Keep church members out of leadership who work on the basis of their own ability.
Give my fellow church members a passion to be clean and reconciled to each other.
Make our church a place where Jesus is praise, worship is predominant and open to your leading.
Teach us to seek holiness and turn from worldliness.
Humble us if we've taken our eyes off you and put them on men and programs.
Give our church a real desire for revival.

Praying for my pastor...
Give my pastor the courage to shepherd the church as you would in his place.
Direct him to lead resolutely, anchored on the rock of uncompromising faith.
Bless those who shepherd rightly; keep the "rancher" mentality away from your flock.
Give my pastor strength and energy to do Your work in your power.
Make our pastor a man of prayer that leads a people of prayer.
Bless my pastor and his family as he watches the flock.

Praying for our church leadership...
Restore the joy of those church leaders who are serving without passion.
Teach the leaders in our church to serve faithfully, even when none one is looking.
Magnify the work of our church workers to reach your objective.
Draw all church workers to work in Your energy and not their own.
Restore the joy of those church leaders who are serving without passion.
Grant creative juice to those who assist the pastor in serving the flock.

Praying for sister churches...
Use all the Spirit-filled churches in this area to make a real impact on the lost.
Bless those churches whose stand is uncorrupted by a world value system.
Make all our sister churches as one body doing one work.
Bless the work of discipleship and evangelism in sister churches.
Use all the Spirit-filled churches in this area to make a real impact on the lost.
Bless those pastors who are building up the church.

Praying for churches that are persecuted...
Provide the needs of persecuted brothers and keep moles away from the flock.
Protect persecuted brothers, giving them a testimony that extends around the world.
Make a way to escape for our brothers in persecution, if you can be glorified that way.
Protect those churches suffering from persecution.
Provide the needs of persecuted brothers and keep moles away from the flock.
Protect the persecuted church from destroyers.

Praying for missionaries...
Give missionaries the resources they need to do the work to which you called them.
Bless them. Meet their ministerial and personal needs to overflowing.
Provide richly their emotional, spiritual, emotional and physical needs.
Go before them in glory and behind them in power; surround them with your faithfulness.
Give them creative means to teach the Gospel that inspires a thirst for the Living Water
Meet the need of the missionaries abundantly and to overflowing.
Watch over their kids and their family removed.

Praying for the sick...
Restore those who are suffering from illness in a way that you receive the glory.
Sustain those on his or her sickbed.
Heal those suffering with illness in your time and in your way.
Keep their spirits high even though sickness has made them feel low.
Comfort those suffering from illness.
Relieve the pain and suffering of those who are ill today.

Praying for the lost...
Convict the lost of sin today and give them desire to do something about it.
Direct them to someone willing and ready to present the Gospel of Jesus without compromise.
Win them through the witness of your children.
Lead the lost to a believer with the words of life.
Give me boldness to speak the gospel without compromise.
Reveal your gospel through creative means to those who act like they don't want to hear it.

Praying for those in despair...
Give hope to those who may be in despair today.
Remind those in despair that it is only ignorance of God that's hopeless.
Show those in despair the peace of trusting in Your Name.
Strengthen those who are in despair today.
Heal the hurt in the heart of those who have lost a loved one.
Refresh us with new insight from your Holy Word.

Praying for those hospitalized...
Place your hand in the gloves of the doctor(s) and nurses today.
Protect those in the hospital from infectious germs that might exasperate their condition.
Protect them from neglect and/or abuse.
Bless the physicians and care givers who listen to your instruction.
Use doctors and nurses today to do your work.
Keep them from discouragement and restore them to health as soon as possible.

Praying for those grieving...
Comfort those grieving and build in them a spirit of trust to replace the doubts.
Give hope to those who grieve so they will know it's purpose and not be servants to it.
Draw the fatherless to a reliance on you - our heavenly Father.
Grant hope to those in despair.
Comfort those grieving and build in them a spirit of trust to replace the doubts.
Restore those who grieve in a spirit of hope for the future based on Your Word.

Praying for widows...
Take care of the widows using the Church to do the work by which you called them.
Protect the widows and provide their needs. Bless those who serve them.
Help us care for those widows who feel alone.
Supply the need of widows according to the richest of Jesus' glory.
Give us a heart for those in need and feet to move when your Spirit moves.
Let us know when there is a need we should meet.
Comfort them if their heart is still tender having lost a mate.

Praying for orphans...
Place orphans in the care of godly men and women who know you.
Let the orphans know of Your care. Bless those who care for them.
Help your people care for those orphans who feel alone.
Give orphans the peace of God that passes all understanding.
Place orphans in the care of godly men and women who know you.
Help me love an orphan today in Your Name.

Praying for myself...
Bless me with spiritual discernment and use me to help others.
Give me the confidence to speak your Word boldly today.
Use me to do your work and receive my gratitude- a sacrifice of praise, the fruit of lips that praise your Name.
Restore my soul, extend my bondaries and bless my ministry.
Magnify the work of my hands to bring glory to your Name.
Make the desires of my heart the absolute same as Yours, Father.