“Let love and faithfulness never leave you;
bind them around your neck,
write them on the tablet of your heart.
Then you will win favor and a good name
in the sight of God and man.
Trust in the Lord with all your heart
and lean not on your own understanding;
in all your ways submit to him,
and he will make your paths straight.
Do not be wise in your own eyes;
fear the Lord and shun evil.
This will bring health to your body
and nourishment to your bones.”
Proverbs 3:3-8 NIV
Even though we wish we could see all that is to come, let’s open our hands and trust God with the unknown. His goodness and love continue to be true. Always. It’s who God is. His faithfulness endures through every generation. Our path is made straight by Him.
Lord, there is so much ahead of us that we can’t predict or understand, so much we wish we could control but can’t. We hold all the questions, desires, and longings out to You. We want to trust You, but we acknowledge that we need help with that sometimes. Help us. We believe, help our unbelief. Thank You that we are anchored in faith when we are tethered to You. We surrender our plans and our anxiety and open our hands to receive your wisdom and direction. In Jesus’s name we pray, amen.
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Thank you. I am 70 and i am bleeding internally. I asked God for healing of my stomach.
I so much appreciate your prayers.
Prayers back to you. ♥️
Oh Charlene, I pray for your healing and for you to feel God’s presence and love as you go through this. Lord please be with Charlene, heal her and comfort her and let her always know that you are with her. Amen!
Charlene, I lift you to the Lord right now that He will bring you complete healing! May He give you comfort and peace as you rest in Him and wait expectantly!
Charlene,
Abba Father you are Jehovah Rapha the God who heals. Please send your healing touch to Charlene’s stomach. Take away the bleeding & any pain. Comfort her while she awaits for your perfect timing. AMEN
Blessings 🙂
My mother is suffering with pancreatic cancer that has spread to her liver. We are trying another kind of chemo but are unsure of what the future holds. My father is not handling any of this well. We all need prayers for comfort and healing
May God director the doctors to find what will work to help your mother in Her fight of this terrible disease. God in your goodness give her the miracle she needs. Bring peace to her and her family as they lean into your for the comfort and hope that you offer. In Jesus’s name, Amen!
Please pray that God will show me how I need to change to help him restore my marriage. May God remove the hardness of my husband’s heart and the scales from his eyes. Let God help us bring God back to the center of our marriage. Please God restore this gift you gave to us!
Dear God, may BAS feel the warmth of your presence as she relies on you to heal and restore her marriage. Give this couple your wisdom and strength to work through their situations.
Bas,
Lord Jesus please change both Bas & her husband’s hearts , minds & souls. Restore their marriage & the love they once had. Comfort Bas during this time. AMEN
Blessings 🙂
Good morning,
Pray for families that are struggling with teenagers.
Please pray for parents and give the wisdom we need.
Thank you!!
I will join you in prayer
Thank you Jesus for my salvation and your love. Please heal me of the afib I have in my heart.
Please Lord Jesus heal me from my chronic Lyme disease
We just heard the news our son and daughter-in-law are expecting their first baby. Prayers for health and protection.
Good morning,
Please pray for my family and me. We dealing with unemployment and homelessness. I am almost at my breaking point.
Lord Jesus, be especially near to Nekata and her family during this difficult time. Surround them with Your love and demonstrate Your faithfulness to them throughout this time. Provide for every need they have in ways they could never imagine. Draw each one closer to You daily as they travel this path.
Pray God will provide for me in my loneliness as a recent widow.,
Jesus, reveal Yourself in especially deep and intimate ways to Marjie in the coming days. Provide her with friends to help fill the loneliness, friends who will be just what she needs at any given moment. May Marjie know the love of Your people and may she grasp “how wide and long and high and deep” Your love for her is.
Thinking of your Marjie. Lots of hugs your way!
Please pray that I am able to fully submit to Gods will and plan for my career future. I know his path is the right one even when I don’t totally understand it.
Abba, Father,
Provide Melanie with assurance that Your plan is best. Please make Your way plain to her that she may be confident in following it. Give her exactly what she needs to accomplish the tasks You have planned for her. May her service at her job be a shining testimony of You to everyone around her.
Please pray for me as I navigate losing my home and living in my car. I am so thankful to have the car the be in, but managing things in this situation has challenges.
Thank you God for being with Rebekah always and providing her with a car to sleep in, drive in and stay warm in. Please God, our Father, help Rebekah during this challenging time. Keep her safe, warm, healthy and joyful. Please in Your perfect timing provide her with a safe and secure dwelling to live in on this side of Heaven. Thank you for always providing just what we need and thank You for the promise of Heaven and for every blessing. Your will be done. In Jesus’ Name, amen ❤️
“For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord. Plans to prosper you and not to harm you. Plans to give you hope and a future.” – Jeremiah 29:11
Please pray for my marriage & husband, guidance with choosing which school to apply to for graduate studies, which program specifically, favor regarding tuition/grant/scholarship assistance and employment with excellent benefits.
Prayers for Julianna, our special needs daughter who is almost done with her current school program. She will need an adult training facility and to date none have agreed to meet her many special needs. Thank you!!!!
I need patience and guidance when teaching and correcting my severely autistic son.
I blew up at God yesterday because I lost my temper with my son.I am wracked with anxiety and guilt.
I’m also a very lonely single mum that is giving attention to,and longing for the wrong partners..
Life is tough..
Our country and the election.
Dear Lord, I come to you this morning on behalf of each of these ladies and their requests for prayer. Please let them feel Your Presence and know that they are never alone. Please heal bodies, relationships, living situations, and all of those things that only You can redeem. Bring comfort and peace, wisdom and guidance to each situation. We thank You Father that you love and care for us more than we can even imagine.
This morning, Dear Lord, my request is for our country. I ask that You would give the American people wisdom and discernment. Confuse and confound the tongues of the wicked. Let the Christian people truly seek Your face about how to vote, and listen and act on Your wisdom and answer. No matter the outcome, we ask protection over our people and our land. We love You Lord, and we trust and surrender ourselves to You. Thank You.
In reading the Word, I thought it applied to one thing or another to mold me to be like Christ. When in actuality simple obedience is all that God is asking us to receive His riches in Heaven. I’ve had it wrong all these years aiming to make more money to be able to live when God provides all I will ever need. I’m yet again a volcano awaiting to erupt. Please pray that my zeal for God is deepened to my soul and that I’m obedient out of love for Him! Whomever answers, how can I pray for you?
Blessings,
Shantell
Please pray for continued healing for a pinched nerve in my neck.
Pray for family against depression, bipolar and schizophrenia.
In Jesus name.
Thank you.
Lord, bring healing to Linda’s pinched nerve and grace for the journey. Guard and deliver those in her family who struggle with depression and other mental illnesses. Lord bring victory to their minds in the name of Jesus!
It’s been a long wearying, physically painful journey for my husband & I this year. Pray for surrender to God’s perfect plans, peace, hope, endurance…all for His glory!
Thank You God for always hearing us! Please God help Susan and her husband. Provide all that they need and give them hope for the future. God, please protect them from every and all evil. You are greater God! Thank You for Your love and for healing for Susan and her husband. They will be done. In Jesus’ Name, amen ❤️
Susan, I’m praying that God refreshes your relationship with your husband and your marriage. I pray that God gives you zeal for His Word while you wait on Him! He’s a way maker! He’s got you!
Thank You for all your prayers for my dog Peanut. Please continue to pray for his healing. He is doing much better, praise God, praise Jesus! ❤️
Please also pray for my aunt Maryann who is very sick with cancer. Pray she can get her chemo and starts feeling better. Thy will be done, God. In Jesus’ Name, amen
Please pray for salvation for my husband,Bill and my daughter,Robin. I also ask that I will surrender fully to the Lord with no holding back! Thank you so much!!!
Heavenly Father,
I lift up Karen, Bill, and Robin to You, knowing that You love them deeply and desire for each of them to know the fullness of Your grace. Lord, I pray especially for Bill and Robin, that You would open their hearts to the truth of Jesus Christ. Reveal to them Your love and the beauty of a life transformed by Your presence. Break down any barriers or doubts that may stand in the way, and give them a hunger to seek You with all their hearts. May they come to know You personally as their Savior and be forever changed by Your grace and mercy.
Lord, I also lift up Karen, asking that she would find the strength to fully surrender her heart and life to You. Help her to release any areas of worry, control, or fear, and replace them with a steadfast trust in Your goodness and faithfulness. Guide her steps as she grows deeper in her walk with You, and let her be a light to her family, pointing them toward Your love.
I pray for Your Spirit to move powerfully in this family, drawing them close to You. In Jesus’ name, I pray. Amen.
Everyone no matter what religion they believe in need prayer at some time in their lives. We have a mighty God those that are saved the God that made the Heavens and the earth. The one true God we can pray to. But we have to believe that God hears our prayers. Sometimes we get into a panic forget to go to God in prayer first. We ask this and this one to pray for us. Instead of taking our prayers to God’s first. We don’t surrender all to God first. Sometimes we don’t tell the people we have asked to pray for the full story of what wrong why we need them to pray for us. As if we done something wrong we don’t want them to know what it is fully. All you want them to pray for you is that you will not do it again. You are afraid they will judge you. Say how did you that or why did you do it. Then your afraid they will tell someone else. Guess what so so did they asked me to pray for them. You get all these things in your head. Behind it you know they will not tell anyone else the person you have asked to pray for you. But still you don’t tell them the whole story of what you did. They pray for you anyway. But if a sickness like cancer to do with you are someone close to you or your going to loose your job or have lost it. Because of the age you are you may find it hard to get another one. You don’t mind telling them about that your not well or someone close to you not well. What they serious or about you. Plus if you are going to loose your job or have lost it to pray for you. Then we after all that then decide to go to all in prayer and surrender all to him in prayer. But as the song says. That we all know so well. Do we just sing it for the sake of singing it. But don’t do as the words says. I believe in this song. If not going to do as the words says. Just sing it in your Church as it one of the songs that have been picked to sing for the sake of it. Don’t sing it at all unless your going to do as the words say in the song. It is “I Surrender All. All to Jesus my saviour I Surrender all.” Do we Surrender all to Jesus and not do as this song says. Just Surrender the bits we want to tell Jesus we need prayer for. We expect Jesus to answer the prayer we told him about the bits we have told him. How can Jesus answer it and tell us what to do when we not Surrendered all to him meaning told him all. I done that in the past. So if a song like that played in our Church. I leave that part out I Surrender all to thee my Saviour. As most times after singing a song like that meaning I have Surrendered all to Jesus my saviour. When there are things I do that I have not Surrendered to Jesus that I should not do again. So that is not Surrending all to Jesus. I have song the song not Surrendered all to Jesus. So I believe don’t sing the song and don’t do as the words say. As it very hard to Surrender all to Jesus. We have to as Christian’s learn to get to that point in our lives that we Surrender all to Jesus as the songs says. Only way we can do that as I have learnt is to pray to Jesus to ask him to help us Surrender all to him. That me our Families or Husband if married if have kids them. Our life or Jobs if still have one if not retired etc. It means our everything to Jesus in pray. I pray for everyone asking for prayer in this reading today. I say Lord you know all they are going through you know what is on their mind. Should it a sickness or sickness in the Family like cancer. Let them no matter what the prayer requests they need prayer for hand it over to you in prayer and stand on the promises in your word. Trusting you for what ever they need prayer for. Knowing you are close to them. Like this other song which is so true “Standing on the promises of God. The promises that can not fail and will not fail” So Lord be with them all let them know you are close to them. I say Amen to that. Love Dawn Ferguson-Little Enniskillen Co.Fermanagh N.Ireland xx
I’m a teacher, and I just interviewed for a job I’d love to have. I recently had to leave my former job due to some personal reasons. Please pray I get this job, or any job so that I may be able to help support my family again.
Praying for God to lead you to a job where your gifts will be utilized and will provide for your needs. In the waiting, praying that you will be drawn closer to Him.
My son and daughter in law have been separated for a couple of months now. They have 3 children. I do not understand what is going on entirely- my son is so discouraged and struggling to keep walking in faith. There seems to be very little movement toward any kind of resolution. It feels as if our whole family has been through an earthquake. Pray for wisdom and endurance for us all.
Heavenly Father,
I come to You on behalf of Cheryl and her family, lifting up her son, daughter-in-law, and their children in this season of heartache and uncertainty. Lord, I ask for Your peace to wash over them, calming the storms in their hearts and minds. I pray for clarity and wisdom as they navigate this painful time, and for Your guiding hand to bring resolution in a way that honors You.
Father, please strengthen Cheryl’s son. He is struggling to hold onto faith and needs Your presence and reassurance more than ever. Surround him with encouragement, lifting his heart and renewing his hope. Remind him that You are with him in every trial, and that You see his pain and care deeply.
Lord, I also lift up Cheryl, her family, and especially the children. I ask for endurance for each of them and for Your hand to hold them steady. Bring comfort and healing where there is hurt, and patience where there is frustration. Help them to lean into Your strength and trust Your timing, even when answers seem far away.
Father, I pray for a spirit of reconciliation, humility, and love to work through the family. May Your presence be felt in every moment, and may they all find peace and restoration through You. In Jesus’ name, I pray. Amen.
Relationship crisis. Lying, and deep grief. Taking one step at a time sometimes feels like too much. Taking it hour by hour is kinda where we’re at.
Dear Father, please come meet M where she is, and comfort her as only You can, bring peace and strength in the midst of the all and please come heal the deep hurt. In Jesus name, Amen
I ask for prayer over my finances and pray for deliverance from debt. I pray that God will supply my needs and help me where I am weak.
Dear God, I pray for Kaitlyn as she interviews and applies for the job she needs. I ask for blessing over her employment situation and pray for provision for her family and for herself. You know our needs better than we do and only you know how to provide for them. Thank you for being our help, our portion, and our sustaining grace. Thank you for your perfect timing and knowing what is best for us. Make a way for Kaitlyn and her family as you are the great way maker. In Jesus’ name I pray, amen.
I pray for the salvation and healing of brokenness within my family.
Please pray for my ex-husband with violent dementia so bad that I had to divorce him after 54 years as he tried to kill me and he convinced our one son that I was lying about his condition so he called and told me I am a liar and he no longer considers me his Mother and hung up so please if you can pray for me too as I am now alone and my son will not allow me to talk or see my 14 year old 1 grandson and next month it will be 2 years that a have been brokenhearted an praying for answers.
Cheryl, I pray that your family can come to a resolution and I know how you feel about this situation feels like an earthquake as I am going through that. I pray that you receive the wisdom and endurance that you need so much at this time. For the children, I hope that things go gentle with them which I know Jesus will do, but it is difficult when children are involved. Cheryl, I do know how your son feels as least the way I think as I have gone through so many seasons in the past 2 years. I send love and prayer to you, Cheryl and your family and that this situation whatever it is can be resolved………………………..Betsy Basile
I would like to ask prayer for my Mom, she was diagnosed with thyroid cancer a month ago and is undergoing a thyroidectomy tomorrow. It is a bit of a shock and quite a difficult time for us as a family, but we are trusting God in this.
Please pray for my miracles for my health! Thank you so much!
My husband has a condition that requires the attention of a specialist but we have to wait for our appointment and we have a trip we’ve saved up for before that. He is in a lot of pain. Please pray for healing before the appointment and that we are able to somehow enjoy our trip.
In Courage,
I live in upper E. TN near NC, VA borders. Hurricane Helene came through here & devastated many people. Many bridges are out in certain counties making it hard to get around. We are still trying to get back to normal. Pray for those needing help. Some people still don’t have power or water. Schools are finally back in session. Also prayers for those in NC. Helicopters are being used to get supplies to them. Some towns don’t have infrastructure. Highways over there are unusable.
My old town of Brandon, FL outside of Tampa got hit with hurricane Milton. They also had tornadoes. The east coast of FL and Upper TN is not used to storms like this. It will take a long time to clean up & get back to normal.
Blessings 🙂
I have prayed for many of you, for healing, for provision, for all your needs. Our Lord is Jehovah Jireh who supplies all our need according to His riches in glory by Christ Jesus! I suffer seasons of depression and anxiety and I seek the Lord and your prayers. God bless you all !!!
Please pray for my mom—for strength and healing in body and spirit. Please pray that my daughter returns to strong faith in our Lord. Thank you.
Please pray for my son Cory that God would lead him to a job that’s right for him. I have been praying for him to find a job for a long time but it hasn’t happened yet.
Agnes, our God of impossibilities hears your fervent prayers. Rest in the knowledge that He is moving and working for Cory all the time.
And your faith in prayer has not gone unnoticed. Don’t give up.
Please pray for my dear friend with a recurrence of pancreatic cancer. We prayed so diligently and God worked a magnificent miracle and she was cancer free for two years! To the astonishment of all!
Now the cancer has returned.
And she is worn out from the first treatment of 5 chemos at once for months.
And now, a dear friend of HERS has suddenly been diagnosed with stage four cancer for which nothing can be done.
I’m at a loss as to what to say or do or how to pray for her.
Hope, trust, faith seem fleeting at best.
Please pray for my son who working hard to achieve his dreams. Please pray I can adequately support him in his journey both emotionally and financially.
Lord, I come before you and pray for every prayer request presented here. Please be with each situation. You are a loving; caring God and You know each one personally and intimately. I come before you with my daughter Shannon. She is estranged from us for many years. I pray Lord, you will direct us to help heal this relationship. Lord, I surrender her to the Foot of Your Cross, and that you would provide us with direction and wisdom and love & grace.
For the healing of my daughter, Avery. For the conversion of my husband, Aaron. For all souls in purgatory.
Please pray that the Holy Spirit helps me to trust Jesus completely no matter what. And that the Holy Spirit helps me overcome my anger issues and learn the roots of my anger. Blessings to all of you!
Praying for you. I am confident the Lord will show you how to overcome the anger. Praying you have faith and trust I. The Lord. His love never fails and he always gives us an answer. The lord is with you.
For relief of degenerating spine n disc pain n stiffness.
Relief of anxiety. That pain Dr can help me. Financial stability to buy a used car.
For my son and his wife. They are newlyweds and in the armed forces. His wife is getting bored living in Japan and they are arguing. My other son is in the Navy and he drinks to much because of the influence. He misses home. He only has 9 months left.
Praying for Rebecca and her children that they know love is patient and love is kind. I pray God will embrace this family and walk with them showing His love and bestowing His peace upon them. Amen!
That family will find salvation and faith in their life’s journey.
That those who already know Jesus will live to show Him to others.
Thank you!
I have two prayer requests that I can think of at the moment. One is for a cousin in my family who was killed a few days ago in a hit and run accident. I just want to ask for a sense of comfort around the family in this time of grief.
Also, I want to ask for a prayer request for myself. I have been having ongoing health issues for a few years and we might have finally found why I have been having those issues, Praise God. However, I won’t be able to go to the endocrinologist until February as that is the next available appointment. However, we are still trying to rule some stuff out until then, so I’m going for an MRI on my brain tomorrow. I ask that y’all pray for good results and that I feel a sense of calm over me as I go in for the test.
Thanks.
Also I just want to pray for all the prayer requests before my comment and after my comment. I know that God knows each and every one of your needs whether it be for healing, relief, comfort, guidance, wisdom, etc. so, I pray that God meets all your needs and that you can feel His presence surrounding with each day.
Amen.
Courtney – lifting you up as you go for this MRI tomorrow. I have been through many and understand the challenges you face.
Lord Jesus, surround Courtney with peace, Your presence, as she goes through this imaging and then waits for results. Please guard her life and bring encouragement from the outcome. Give doctors and Courtney wisdom in decisions, Your divine intervention in healing, strength in her faith that can be a light to others watching her and joy despite the circumstances. Please open up an appointment sooner than February for her to see the specialist. Cover her family in comfort and support from others as they grieve the loss of her cousin. Thank you for being a Good Shepherd in times of need. You see all the pain we meet on this journey and are sufficient for each day. We love you and trust You, In Jesus’ name.
Good evening, sweet (in)sisters ~
I’m not where I can reply to you individually, but our community manager (Becky) let our (in)writers know about the heavy burdens so many of you are carrying today. Please know that we see you, hear you, care about you, and are praying for you and this precious community often when you have no idea. Asking God’s peace and presence to be your comfort and guide over each of your individual situations. xoxo ~ Robin
Thank You Robin, Becky and all the (in) courage team writers for Shining your LIGHT with daily encouragement, support and prayers…We are so BLESSED and GRATEFUL for your team of writers!
May you all feel the arms of JESUS holding you and walking with you through these difficult situations in each of your life….I lift them up in prayer. No matter how enormous the problem, when God is with us there’s nothing that we need to fear. With His strength, we’re also mighty. Lifting these request up in my prayers. Also, I have a dear christian friend, Jolene, who lives in the state of Washington (around my age 63-64)who I have known most of my life who desperately needs a liver transplant quickly, her health has suddenly taken a turn for the worst as she has been in the hospital for over a month now and may be taken off the waiting list for a transplant since her health is declining. They need a miracle from God to touch her body and restore Jolene’s health. This has been so difficult for her four grown children and their young families to watch their momma’s health getting worst as she is fighting for her life. I’ve been encouraging the family with scriptures and sending care packages their way. He calls us to serve Him by loving others with helpful hands, encouraging words and open hearts, especially with our prayers!!! xo TRUSTING Him, Prayer Warrior in Pennsylvania…God Bless! xo
I pray God’s comfort for my 93 year-old sister whose oldest child died recently
Please pray for my mom who is in the hospital. She has cancer. Thank you
My prayer request is for my brother to find meaningful and financially viable employment. He has been unemployed for over a year now and is likely going to move Provinces in the next two months to move back home to live with my elderly parents.
My prayer is that he find employment, and something that will pay enough for him to flourish and not just exist, but I also pray for his heart and peace of mind during this time, to know that he IS enough and he IS worthy of a fulfilling life. I come against the attacks of satan on his self esteem and I bind each and every attack from satan in every other form that is being thrown my brothers way. In Jesus name I declare that what God set out for my brother will come to pass.
I have Parkinson’s disease and am struggling in many ways. I also have imbalances which makes me fall. I have chronic back pain every day. Thank you for praying for me.
Please pray for me to make good decisions
Navigating grief – having lost my husband after 31 years of marriage
Wanting to go back to work part time
Salvation for a friend of mine and his son
Thanks
I was abruptly unemployed (company closed their doors laid everyone off) and it is now going on month two. This is the longest I have been between jobs. I know God will care for me, he has been faithful and provided during worse moments (a divorce). I’m feeling anxious and worried being in this situation – again. I ask for prayers for my trust to continue and not let doubts or fear interrupt that, for job offers within a week, for offers that pay enough for me to live comfortably, as well as offering me medical insurance as I have had to pay that out of pocket the last 4 years. Thank you!
Thank you! This at this time is so very welcome and so needed. With every one seeming to be in such turmoil with all that is going on , I don’t think in my 75 years I can remember people being filled with such negativity and just outright hate about an election and voting! Satan is certainly stirring the pot and I have just been praying for everyone. I refuse to speak with anyone about it and that even seems to rile them. I am so happy that the Lord our God is truly in control and I wish more people realized it. This prayer was lovely and brought me peace. I have been praying almost non stop for months now with all that’s going on! Blessings to all and praise to our Lord.
Keep up the good work at in courage, you are all great and lift us up!
Praying for all who are in turmoil or who have loved ones with grief or troubles! Just reach out to Jesus. He is always right there waiting and will carry us through! Praying for each of you and hoping you feel His love.
Please pray that God will guide me, and bless me for where he wants me to be and do. Thank you!