Prayer Guide
For (name) ____________
The People who Help Me
(Doctors, nurses, pastors, aides, others)
The People Who Live Here
More of my Friends
My Family
(children, grandchildren, sisters and brothers, others)
My Country
(President, governor, others)
My World
(for Christians in the world, for others to become Christians, for missionaries)
North America
South America
Africa
Europe
Asia
Australia and Pacific Islands
People to Pray for Every Day
Prayer Requests
and their answers
For My Own Needs
A Pattern for Prayer
Praise and Thank God
Examples: I praise you because …;
I thank you for ….
Confess Sins and Ask for Forgiveness
Examples: I am sorry that I …
Please forgive me for …
Pray for Others
(could pray for one person on each page, and put a mark)
Examples: Please help (name) to;
Please give strength to …
Pray for Self
Example: Please help me to …;
Please give me ….
End “in the name of Jesus.”
Examples: I ask because I belong to Jesus;
I come to you relying on Jesus.
Why Praise? Puts our thoughts on God.
Psalm 100:4. Enter into His gates with thanksgiving, and into His courtswith praise. Be thankful to Him, and bless His name.
In the Lord’s Prayer, the words “Hallowed be Thy Name” are praise. It starts in Matthew 6 verse 9: Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be Thy name. Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For Thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen.
Why confession and forgiveness?
1 John 1:9. If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
Why pray for others?
In First Timothy chapter 2, Paul writes:
1 Therefore I exhort first of all that supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks be made for all men, 2 for kings and all who are in authority,
How pray for others?
In Ephesians chapter 3, Paul prays like this for others:
14 For this reason I bow my knees to the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,[c] 15 from whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named, 16 that He would grant you, according to the riches of His glory, to be strengthened with might through His Spirit in the inner man, 17that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith; that you, being rooted and grounded in love, 18 may be able to comprehend with all the saints what is the width and length and depth and height— 19 to know the love of Christ which passes knowledge; that you may be filled with all the fullness of God.
Why pray for self?
In Philippians chapter 4, Paul writes:
6 Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God; 7 and the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.
Why end in the name of Jesus?
In John 16:24, Jesus says:
Until now you have asked nothing in My name. Ask, and you will receive, that your joy may be full.
The Lord’s Prayer is from the KJV (King James Version); The other verses are all from the NKJV (New King James Version). Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson, Inc.
Why Praise? Puts our thoughts on God.
Psalm 100:4. Enter into His gates with thanksgiving, and into His courts with praise. Be thankful to Him, and bless Hisname.
In the Lord’s Prayer, the words “Hallowed be Thy Name” are praise. It starts in Matthew 6 verse 9: Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be Thy name. Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For Thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen.
Why confession and forgiveness?
1 John 1:9. If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
Why pray for others?
In First Timothy chapter 2, Paul writes:
1 Therefore I exhort first of all that supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks be made for all men, 2 for kings and all who are in authority,
How pray for others?
In Ephesians chapter 3, Paul prays like this for others:
14 For this reason I bow my knees to the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,[c] 15 from whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named, 16 that He would grant you, according to the riches of His glory, to be strengthened with might through His Spirit in the inner man, 17 that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith; that you, being rooted and grounded in love, 18 may be able to comprehend with all the saints what is the width and length and depth and height— 19 to know the love of Christ which passes knowledge; that you may be filled with all the fullness of God.
Why pray for self?
In Philippians chapter 4, Paul writes:
6 Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God; 7 and the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.
Why end in the name of Jesus?
In John 16:24, Jesus says: Until now you have asked nothing in My name. Ask, and you will receive, that your joy may be full.
The Lord’s Prayer is from the KJV (King James Version); The other verses are all from the NKJV (New King James Version). Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson, Inc.
My Church
(Congregation and School, Staff, Building Project, Members (Ephesians 6:18). those with special needs)
Synod; Officials.
Whole Body of Believers
Headline News (James 5:13)
(Conflicts, Wars, Corruption, Calamities)
Answered Prayers
A person of prayer
Charles Cowman, founder and first president of the Oriental Missionary Society, won international attention when, from 1912 to 1918, his “Every Creature Crusade” was responsible for visiting 10,320,000 homes in Japan, completely evangelizing the Empire.
A heart condition developed during this campaign from which he never recovered. He returned to America and friends from around the world came to pray with him for his healing. “God had miraculously healed him in his earlier days. Now, it seemed God’s purpose to keep him in the prison-house to pray. As he neared the end of these six Gethsemane years he could say, ‘These have been the best years of my lifetime and I believe the most fruitful. Doubtless more has been accomplished for my Lord than when I was in my most active days.’ His cheer was such that he became known as ‘the smiling invalid.” To ease the night agony he would sit in a large leather chair. Before him on the wall were maps of every country, island and continent. For six years, now, he could do nothing, had done nothing – but pray! … He prayed with maps of the world on the walls, prayed with burning tears on his cheeks, prayed with the faith of God in his soul, prayed for a church that slept, prayed for leaders that scorned, prayed for a world that sinned, prayed believing, prayed in expectancy…He knew God loves to answer prayer.”
From But If It Dies by B. H. Pearson, Montreal: Christian Literature Crusade © 1970, pages 11, 89, 90.
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