Do you ever find yourself at a loss for what to pray? Do you want to pray in alignment with God’s will but you’re not exactly sure what that looks like for your life?
A powerful practice is praying the Word of God. The Bible, especially the Book of Psalms, is filled with authentic and applicable prayers. When you take a passage, such as Psalm 25, and make tit your personal prayer, you can be confident that God hears you and will honor His words in your life.
Praying Scripture will bolster your faith, root God’s promises in your heart, and align your desires with your Heavenly Father’s.
Today we’re praying these words for you:
Show me the right path, O Lord;
point out the road for me to follow.
Lead me by your truth and teach me,
for you are the God who saves me.
All day long I put my hope in you.
Psalm 25:4-5 NLT
How else can we pray for you?
Here at (in)courage, one of our greatest privileges is turning to God together in prayer. Join us in holding space for one another in prayer. Leave a prayer request in the comments and then pray for the person who commented before you.
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I’ve been hit with depression, loss of home and place I am staying is nothing more than chaotic and confusing. I feel like I have nothing left as a home was my refuge. I thought I could do this couch surfing thing, but at my age of 50… my home was always the center of everything. My children visits, visits from my grand babies, holiday decorations…. And Christmas was my cherished holiday and I decorated my home to the hilt…. I always felt this was the most perfect, peaceful time of the year….
I also feel like Satan is trying to take me down and I’m just to weak to battle him on my own.
Thank you for all your prayers over my life for Gods will.
Dear Lord, please be very real to Joan at this time in her life. I to understand about the loss of home, and I pray that her eyes would remain fixed on You, and that she would not listen to the lies of the enemy that want her to compare everything to what used to be. Help her remember Your words, “Forgetting the former things; do not dwell on the past. See, I am doing a new thing! Now it springs up; do you not perceive it? I am making a way in the wilderness and streams in the wasteland.” Isaiah 43:18-19 Also, remind her that Your mercies are new every morning (Lamentations 3:22-24. Thank You, Lord.
Dear Lord, please hear the pleas of Joan, Meghan, and Mary, and shower them with your goodness and grace.
I humbly continue to ask for your divine mercy and heal the hearts of my
two sons, so they might feel new again.
Joan,
Father please help Joan fight Satan. Take away the depression. Shower her with your love & peace. Send people alongside her to befriend her & love on her. Keep her heart, mind & soul fixed on you alone. Don’t let her be swayed by worldly things.
Blessings 🙂
Lord, please be with Joan and help her to feel your presence and peace during this time. Provide everything she needs in your name. Amen. I ask for prayers for my mom who starts radiation and chemo treatments this week, and for traveling mercies as my son and I visit her this week. Thank you
Holy Lord, Precious Father, Holy Spirit, we call on all the heavenly army of angels to provide protection. We also pray for healing and purification for mom. We bind and cast out this cancer, the spirit of infirmity and all spirit of fear and despair in the name of Jesus. In its place we will see and experience peace, wellness, wholeness; Shalom – nothing missing, nothing broken. We thank you Lord that you’re working all of this out right now. In Jesus holy name we pray with much thanksgiving and expectant hearts.
Praying for serious health issues for my husband and son. My husband is 82 and needs surgery asap, but due to hospital ” technical issues ” is still waiting . My son is an addict, and is attending a treatment center daily, but it seems like outside of the center, there is no support for him and so many other who battle this disease. I pray for all who feel the hopelessness and frustration of fighting our health care system.
Mary,
Jehovah Rapha- you are the God who heals. Please allow Mary’s husband to get the needed surgery soon. Send healing to him & peace to the family. Help her son to find a Christian Recovery Program like Recovery Soldiers. Guide their steps & thoughts. Be with them & comfort them during this time!
Blessings 🙂
Dear Mary,
Our hearts grieve for you. We have an adult son who has been homeless for 10 years and lives in his car. He has mental health issues. He needs to get back to church for fellowship but he’s lost his courage to walk in the door and ask for help.
Dear Father, Please infuse your servant Mary and her sweet husband who needs surgery with your compassion and strength. Her family needs YOU to be real to them. Her son who needs YOUR tender touch of healing and grace . They need answers, they need YOUR promises that YOU will go before them, that YOU will never leave them or forsake them. In Your precious name we pray believing! Amen.
Dee
Abba Father please send some Christian organization to Dee’s son. Help guide him to find a good, loving, caring church. Give him the courage he needs to ask for help. Shower him with your love, & peace. You are the only one who can change his heart.
Blessings 🙂
Lord, for every need presented here I pray for your healing, protection and your peace. Where there is lack, I pray you provide, where there is disease, I pray for healing.
My sister is facing some unknown health issues. She has an appointment tomorrow and we are praying that the doctors can identify what is causing these issues and that her body will be healed.
I praise God because He alone is worthy! And I asked that He give my 29-year-old son discernment around marriage!
Lord, I lift up Lisa’s son. Please, Holy Spirit, given him discernment around marriage. We know that You alone can resolve this issue. We ask this in Jesus name. Amen.
Please pray for me that I can stop cussing. I never take HIS Name in vain….but other words I know are not what I am supposed to say.
Holy Lord, we thank you for this self awareness and desire to reflect you more clearly. We bind this spirit of cussing and cast it out by the power and blood of Jesus. It is replaced by loving speech and self discipline. Fill T with faithfulness and peace. I thank you and cover this by the blood of Jesus. May it be done on earth as it is in Heaven. In Jesus holy name we pray. Amen
In Courage,
Just got a call from a sister. Her daughter had a colonoscopy & they found precancerous tumors. Took them out, but the tumors have grown back. Pray she doesn’t need chemo or radiation. Niece has a husband and a 19 yr old son.
Another nephew has tumors on his gallbladder. They will have to remove the gallbladder. He has other health issues also.
Prayers for two friends Tanya & Reva. They recently lost their sisters. They need to be comforted.
Abba Father, Please hear the cries of your children here. Give them wisdom to know your will. Provide for all their needs as you always do. Heal them from their sickness in your perfect timing. AMEN
Blessings 🙂
Dear Beth….I am so sad for what you are going through right now and I read today’s devotional and you are the woman who left a comment before me, so I am praying for you today that things turn around for you, your family and friends. I pray that God will hear the cries of your children and heal them in His own timeline. My name is Betsy Basile and I think this is a great thing to do. I am 77 years old and going through the worst season of my life…………………….Love and prayers to you and if I may I also send a big hug. I am alone and that in itself is a big struggle.
incourage community…………………..What an uplifting devotional today. I do pray many times, but I do sometimes wonder if I am praying correctly. Your devotional today and reading the Bible has truly helped me to understand what is right. Have to go right now as it is church time, but I request that you pray for my husband Jim who has violent dementia and we no longer can live together for my safety. I will check the other comments and pray for the person who left their comment before me. What a great idea. Thank you and have a Blessed Day and know that I also pray for all of you and thank Jesus and my Holy Spirit for guiding me to your community. All of you have changed my life in a very positive way. I am 77 years old and am going through the worst season of my life………………………Love to you all……………….Betsy Basile
I am praying for you now…
I am praying for the Lord to show me the next right steps to take. I want to know his purpose for me in this next season of my life.
Thank You Heavenly Father for hearing and answering our prayers, in Your perfect timing and according to Your will. Please Lord, lead and guide Birdie. May Your word be a lamp unto her feet and a light for her path. Fill her with Your Holy Spirit and give her heavenly wisdom and understanding. Lead her to take the next right steps and help her to do Your will. Thank You for Your Word and prayer. In Jesus’ Name, amen.
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Praying for you and with you Birdie!
Holy & most gracious Father, thank you for hearing all of our prayers! Please protect and direct Birdie’s steps. Illuminate her path and give her more revelation as she reads Your word. Fill her with as she reads and braves the next steps in her life. We love you and thank you Lord. Amen
Please pray for me to attend the church that’s right for me. I want to attend a Christian church but I’m often scared to take the step of going on a Sunday morning. Please pray for peace, wisdom and discernment to be planted in a sound and Bible based Christian church. Thank you so much ❤️ God bless you all!
I pray that you would meet someone who would go to church with you so that first step is an easier one to make. Walking in the door is often the hardest part. Even meeting someone outside and walking in together helps doesn’t it. Praying that church buddy into your life. Xx
I have a desire for joy, physical strength, and faith to return (or be renewed) in my mind, body, and spirit; and God’s perfect love to triumph over fear, dread, and doubt in my life. Also desire/need to value and give permission to self-care and love so that I can ultimately serve well in His Kingdom.
Dawn, I pray that you feel God strength in all areas of your life. God wants us to be healthy in many ways, in our faith, mentally, and physically and are reminded to take care of all aspects with His help. God bless.
I need prayer for the right job opportunity to open up for me. I’m recovering from some long enduring health issues so I’ve been praying specifically for a remote position or a PT position closer to home in a new building (or an older one that’s been renovated and will not aggravate health issues). I’m praying for one that still allows our church family commitments – small group and class Tuesday nights and my volunteering on Wednesday nights. The role itself doesn’t matter but being not extreme stress would also be beneficial. Thank you for praying!!!
Praying He knows the plans he has for you… Praying that you not only find a job but that you find one you love. That gives you energy to continue your commitments (unless they aren’t Gods plan for you) and that you feel surprised to be paid for it because it is so “you” praying for continuing healing for your health issues and that you would bless those you meet in your new job by introducing them to the Grace and love of Jesus.
I have prayed for all of you today that our Precious Lord Jesus heal, protect, provide for your every need. That He will encourage your hearts and be the Lifter of your heads. I am 77 and also have needs, but I will save them for another day. God’s richest blessings be upon you all!
All I want to do say thank you Lord and this my prayer. That God may really bless you all in incourage for all you do all of you in the readings you all write. As they do speak to me. I want to ask the Lord to bless your Families to. Keep you all safe and in good health. For waking you all up to enjoy another day in his beautiful world. As this is day the Lord has made. Psalm 118:24. Plus Lamentations 3:22-27. Through the Lord’s mercies we are not consumed. Because His compassion fail not. They are new every morning. Great is your faithlessness. The Lord is my portion “says my soul Therefore I hope in him.” The Lord is good to those who wait for him. To the soul who seeks Him. It is good that one should hope and wait quietly For the salvation of the Lord. It is good for a man to beat The yoke in his youth. That all in this message I wrote is my prayers for you all. Thank you again for all you do. Writing the reading. My God bless you all. Love Dawn Ferguson-Little Enniskillen Co.Fermanagh N.Ireland xx
I pray that I get back on a better sleep schedule soon and for an upcoming doctor’s appointment. I pray for rest and peace in those areas. I also want to pray for all the requests that are before me in the comments and all the comments that are after me.
Amen
I pray for rest and comfort and ease in falling asleep. I pray for peace of mind and trust in Jesus’ power to heal your sleep issues. There is power in His name.
I ask for prayer concerning finding a new home and neighborhood. There are several issues forcing us from our home of over 40 years. We have looked for a long time and can’t seem to find something suitable for us. Development is forcing prices upward making it very difficult. We love our home, but recent developments are making it look impossible to stay.
I am so grateful for any prayers to help us.
I know God is able. I pray for a much needed vacation to Delaware before the summer ends.
Also…I ask for prayer concerning finding a new home in Delaware and a nice neighborhood. I am so grateful for this ministry.
Please pray for my son. He needs a job since he was laid off a year ago. He is a scientist and jobs are not plentiful in his field. He has an interview Thurs. and I pray that God would guide and direct him. Pray that his will be done.
I would love prayers for safe travel. I leave on the 6th for London. England and come home on the 14th. I’ve been a mix of excitement, anxiety and scared. I’ve never flown overseas by myself. I know that I’ll be fine. God has put this trip into motion and everything has fallen into place. I just need to trust.
God has got you, and you will have a wonderful time. I prayed for safe travels and a spirit of peace for you.
My husband and I are wanting to move to another state to be near my son, but our homes have been up for sale for 9 months and nothing is happening. This leads me to question whether or not it is Gods will. Please pray that God will give us patience in the waiting and lead us where He wants us to go.