To help you in your prayer life, Faith Community’s Prayer
Ministries has prepared special prayers on these
important topics:

·         Personal Prayers for Strength and Guidance
·         Prayers of Comfort and Loss of a Loved One
·         Prayers of Thanksgiving and Praise
·         Prayers of Confession
·         Prayers of Comfort

 Personal Prayers for Strength and Guidance
“Trust in the Lord with all your heart, And lean not on
your own understanding.  Proverbs 3:5

Father God, let me never take you for granted! I know you are the
God of all the universe, Lord. I must make more of an effort to
recognize that You are working in my life and guiding me. I want to
trade all my earthly dependencies for Your presence.

Please help me to sense Your hand on me as I go about my daily
tasks. Help me to sense your presence so strongly in my life that I
never doubt it again. When your presence poursthrough me, my
longings are filled more deeply and more completely than anything
this life has the offer. The sense of peace, the direction, the calm,
the strength wells within me that can only come from you. I
experience your power, and also the eternal goodness that
encompasses you. Glory radiates from you and yet I know that I can
approach you. I can come to you with anything, and you will talk to
me, become personal with me in my fragile human condition.

Thank you, Lord for loving me first…for pursuing me and wanting a
relationship with me. You are my Savior and I love you. AMEN

“He will teach the ways that are right and best to those who
humbly turn to him.”  Psalms 25:9

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 Heavenly Father, I know that you sent your Son here on earth and that
He died for me. It is hard for me to comprehend why such a powerful
God could love me as much as you do. Even though I cannot understand
a love so great, I know Christ laid down His life for me so that I might
have abundant life forever with you.

I ask you to forgive me for not living Your way. Father, I need you to
help me become all you created me to be. Show me where I am not
walking on your path. Come into my heart and fill me with your Holy Spirit.
Let all the wrong, the sin, the unhealthy and unholy thinking be crowded
out by the power of your presence.

Almighty Father, I ask for your help in living my life according to your will…
being all I can be in your name. I want this journey in you to continue. I
long for my relationship with you to grow. I want to know you intimately…I
want to learn more about you…I want to meet you in all the comings and
goings of my life. Come, Lord, take over my heart and live there forever. AMEN

“We know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him,
who have been called according to his purpose.” Romans 8:28

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Prayers of Comfort and Loss of a Loved One

“The Lord will be your everlasting light, and the days of your
mourning shall be ended.” Isaiah 60:20

Dear Jesus, I am hurting so it is hard for me to feel comforted.
The only thing that brings me any comfort, Lord, is You and Your
love for me. I cannot even begin to imagine where I would be
without Your love.

I am struggling now and feel such deep grief. I feel like I have
fallen into the bottom of a pit and I see no way out of it. And
yet I know this pain and sorrow will not last forever. There will be
a time when I will see positive things returning to my life. The loss
will still be there, but I will begin to look ahead.

Thank you, Jesus, for your mighty hand in my life. Thank you for
taking my hand and leading me out of the pit. Thank you for never
leaving me alone in my darkness….but being the light that I can
follow now and always. AMEN

Prayers of Thanksgiving and Praise

Prayers of Confession

“There was a time when I wouldn’t admit what a sinner
I was. But my dishonesty made me miserable and filled
my days with frustration. All day and all night your hand
was heavy on me. My strength evaporated like water on
a sunny day until I finally admitted all my sins to you and
stopped trying to hide them. I said to myself, ‘I will
confess them to the Lord.’ And you forgave me! All my
guilt is gone.” Psalms 32:3-5

Gracious Father, I am in awe of your love and your gift of
forgiveness. I know that I allow my pride to blind me from
you. Lord, how easy it is for me to make things about myself
and what is comfortable for me. I shift my focus from you
and your will, to me and what is easiest or most convenient
for me. That is so wrong, Father and I ask your forgiveness
now.

Dear Lord, I confess that I have spoken hurtful and unkind
words. I confess that I have struggled with envy and jealousy.
I confess that I have failed to reach out to family and friends
around me who are in need. Father, you see me with all my
flaws, all of my brokenness, all my sin, and you love me in
spite of that.

I humbly ask, Lord, that you forgive me of my sins. I ask you
to heal my brokenness. I ask that you open my eyes to your
love. I thank you for giving me new life through your son,
Jesus Christ who died for me. I thank you and I love you. In
Christ’s name I pray. AMEN

“Admit your faults to one another and pray for
each other so that you may be healed. The
earnest prayer of a righteous man has great
power and wonderful results.” James 5:16

Precious Father, thank you so much for this day
and all the opportunities I have had today. Yes,
there have been challenges. The day did not go
without hitches and there were potholes I became
stuck in. But there was a sense of steadiness when
I encountered an obstacle, not panic. A calm and a
confidence that I could call on you to help me find
the best way to manage. I praise you and thank you
for helping me maintain my focus…. that focus and
that center would be you, your work, your will, and
your way.

You know I stumble and fall flat on my face. I
become full of myself. I pat myself on my back and
congratulate myself on how clever or talented I am.
I develop the outlook that I have earned what I have
through hard work, lots of effort and sacrifice. Forgive
me, Lord, for those times when I applaud myself
instead of honoring and glorifying you. Without
hesitation I call on you when I’m struggling. And yet
I set you aside and sometimes forget about you when
I am feeling on top of the world. I need to remember
that there is a difference between earthly success and
eternal success. I confess that I never ask myself the
 questions, “What am I willing to do to live a life that
furthers your kingdom?” Or “What earthly things should
I set aside that are keeping me from spending time
with you?” I really don’t know if I would say “no” to
temptations and stand firm on your path. I just might
get sucked into the whirlwind of what man defines as
important and stray…I do need you, Father.

Dear Lord, I want to remain focused on you and use the
many blessings you provide to me for your kingdom.
Help me identify when I make earthly things more
important than you. Point out to me those things or
people in my life that I give greater value to than you.
Help clear me of earthly wants and infuse into me the
courage and strength and boldness to proclaim you as
the priority in my life that I might live according your word.
I will need your help in this, for I cannot do this alone.
Continue to lead me and use my life to glorify you. AMEN

“But if we confess our sins to him, he can be depended
on to forgive us and to cleanse us from every wrong.”
1 John 1:9

Prayers of comfort