I was in the restroom touching up my makeup before speaking to several hundred women. When I looked in the mirror, thoughts began swirling in my mind. What am I doing here? What do I possibly have to say to these women that could make any difference in their lives? I am not capable of walking to that podium tonight.
While I was mulling over the lies of the enemy telling me I wasn’t good enough, my cell phone rang.
“Hi Sharon. This is Mary. Where are you?”
“Actually, I’m standing in the restroom getting ready speak to a group of women and I forgot to turn my cell phone off!”
“I want you to know God interrupted me while I was cooking dinner and told me to pray for you,” Mary continued. “Not only that, He told me to call you and tell you I was praying.”
I was imagining Mary standing in her kitchen with spaghetti sauce simmering on the stove and stopping mid-stir. There might have been a little conversation with God that went something like this:
God: Call Sharon and pray for her.
Mary: Could you just wait a minute God? The sauce is almost done.
God: Call Sharon and pray for her.
Mary: OK, OK, I’ll do it now.
There was great power in Mary’s instant obedience. If she had waited, I would not have known that she was praying. Not only did God prompt her to pray at that moment, He wanted her to tell me she was doing so. Why? God knew that there was power in her prayer, and He wanted me to know that I was not going into battle alone.
He had called Mary to “struggle with me,” to “strive together in battle,” to lock arms with me and march into victory.
I am so glad God gave us friends who will struggle with us in prayer. Paul wrote, “Dear brothers and sisters, I urge you in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ to join in my struggle by praying to God for me” (Romans 15:30 NLT).
The New Testament was originally written in Greek and sometimes looking at the original definitions of the words can give us great insight. The Greek word Paul uses for struggle in Romans 15:30 is sunagonizomai, which means “to struggle in company of, i.e., to be a partner (assistant), strive together with.”
Prayer for another person is not simply a nice platitude or a pat on the back. I’ll be honest, when I’m having a difficult time and someone says, “I’m thinking about you” or “I’m sending positive thoughts your way,” I don’t feel encouraged. I don’t need happy thoughts sent my way. I need prayers sent God’s way!
When we tell someone that we will pray for them we are agreeing to put on the armor and head to the front lines of battle on their behalf. We are locking our shields and making our appeals with other warriors on someone else’s behalf.
Many ancient shields had brackets attached to the sides. These brackets were a type of latch that soldiers used to lock shields during battle. When the shields were locked together, the soldiers moved as one force, forming a barricade against the enemy.
Alone, the shield was a small defense. Together they formed a human wall. Do you see the significance? When we lock arms in prayer with others, we are locking our shields together and forming a powerfully strong fortress of defense.
I’d like to pray for you right now!
Heavenly Father, I thank you for my friend reading this devotion today. I pray that You will give her the strength she needs for the battle she faces. Fill her with Your Holy Spirit. Give her the power and provision to take her stand against the schemes of the enemy. Open her eyes to see that You are surrounding the trouble that is surrounding her. In Jesus’ Name, Amen.
Let’s link shields and pray for each other today. Leave a comment and tell one of your greatest prayer needs. You don’t need to give a lot of details. God knows them all. It might be a just name. Then spend some time praying for your sisters.
Digging Deeper
Sometimes it’s hard to know what to pray. When you can’t find the words, look to God’s Word. When you pray the Word of God, you pray the will of God. I have several prayer resources created just for you to help you pray Scripture over the ones you love. Praying for Your Child and Praying for Your Husband books, plus laminated prayer cards that fit snuggly in your Bible. Take a look. It might be just the help you need to become the prayer warrior you’ve always wanted to be.
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Please pray for my daughter, Christine. She is facing amputation of her left leg due to a blood clot disorder and vascular disease. She is only 35, she needs God’s healing touch spiritually and physically.
Praying g for Christine!
Please pray for me as I try to move into a greater, deeper, more profound surrender to Christ.
Karen
Praying for Christine that Jehovah Rapha bring healing to her. 🙏.
Dear Karen,
“I pray that out of his glorious riches he may strengthen you with power through his Spirit in your inner being, so that Christ may dwell in your [heart] through faith. And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, may have power, together with all the Lord’s holy people, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ, and to know this love that surpasses knowledge—that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God.”
Ephesians 3:16-19
Praying for you, Karen
Prayed for you Karen and also Christine.
Praying for my grandchildren Zach and Mackenzie. Zach is a single dad and struggling to find what he wants to do for a vocation. Mackenzie just graduated from high school and going to a junior college away from home. Praying they would seek God’s will
Please pray for my husband Chester, he has lung cancer and started his treatments today. Please join me in Thanking God for healing and for minimal side affects from Chemo. Thanks
Praying for you & your husband Chester.🙏🙏🙏praying you feel our Heavenly Father with you everyday! May he give you strength, courage & peace during your husband’s battle. I have to been through battle with cancer with my husband, I found daily devotional & prayer (a lot on my knees) will lift you up. And my husband would tell you to keep laughing, I know it sounds strange to say, but humor is an emotion God gave us & it helps heal. Praying everyday for you & Chester🙏
Please pray for my husband Chester, he has lung cancer and started his treatments today. Please join me in Thanking God for healing and for minimal side affects from Chemo. Thanks
Prayed for you Karen. God bless youl
Praying for Christine!!
Please pray for me, my husband and my children as we are facing many life challenges right now and need comfort and guidance that we know only God can provide. ❤️
Praying you can feel God’s comforting arms around you!
Prayers for your and you! Peace and Comfort!
I pray for the protection, provision the power of the presence the passion, purpose and the peace that transcends all understanding to guard Yvonne and Christine and all her medical staff, and with wisdom and discernment and may they claim, the victory you can give her body mind and soul and spirit in Jesus Christ of Nazareth name, we pray Jesus Jesus, Jesus🙏🏻🫶🏻🪽✨
Praying for Christine and complete healing.
Thank you for sharing. I am praying that God uses Christine in a mighty way as He heals her from the inside out.
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Newly diagnosed diabetic, anxiety and panic attacks.
Praying for you to find a caring knowledgeable doctor who will guide you in this new journey and for peace of mind and trust that God will take care of you through it all, and for healing strength for your body. In Jesus name. Amen.
Praying for Christine and her medical team.
Praying for Christine that Jehovah Rapha heals tChristine..
Praying for your daughter Christine! As a mom myself, I feel your pain. God is with you both.
Praying Christine will be healed. Our God is so good and all is possible thru him and our prayers surrounding Christine
Dear heavenly Father Our Lord and Savior please give this young lady your strength, peace, and your awesome love as she goes through this surgery.
It’s got to be heavy on her heart but she needes to know their are many people praying for her to give her the strength from You to have the peace she needs.ln your name Jesus. Love and prayers.
Praying for Christine. My Heavenly Father give her strength to endure this pain. Also my Heavenly Father I pray and that you will have my family to come to you and repent of their sins. In Jesus Christ name that than will be done . Amen
Praying for your daughter Christine.🙏🙏🙏❤️.
God hold Christine and Yvonne tightly and allow them to know you are always with them. You know their sadness and disappointment. May trusting in you make this very difficult surgery tolerable and may their hope. For the future be grounded in you. We praise you all knowing character, Jesus. Amen.
Jesus, we come together as Your daughters, lifting Christine up to You, boldly asking for complete healing of her leg! You see, feel and know what she is feeling and going through. We ask for Your compassion and mercy to give her strength to endure the plans You have for her. Wrap Your loving arms around her and hold her tight We trust and believe You have GREAT plans for her to bring You glory. We pray this all in the name of Jesus, amen!
Lifting you and your daughter up to our Abba Father. Healing and comfort and His peace that surpasses all understanding, I pray. You are not alone. 💗
I am a widow of 78 yrs and seek fellowship with other widows I feel alone and starting over again to find fellowship even after 5 years
To Julie Holiday – I prayed for you to find new friends & you will feel lifted up / encouraged/not alone. God is with you. 🙏🏻
To Julie Holiday – I prayed for you to find new friends & you will feel lifted up / encouraged/not alone. God is with you. 🙏🏻
Julie, I am praying for you – as a fellow widow of 5 years. I am asking God to fulfill Psalm 68:5-6 in your life now, as He has done in mine; He is our “Defender of Widows” who “sets the lonely in families”. Keep your eyes open and do not give in to the discouragement that comes while waiting for His answer. And maybe journal each tiny step – you will be amazed in retrospect how each piece fit together so perfectly for you, and also for the lives you will be touching as your new life unfolds. Hugs to you, sweet sister in the Lord!
Father God, we live up Christine, her family and the doctors that will be performing her surgery. Lord, we know that you are the great healer and physician, and we need you to come into her heart as she faces undergoing losing her leg. Jesus let her know that you will hold her up, You will be her leg to keep her balanced and spiritually strong and fit. Father, thank you in advance for giving Christine a spirit of peace, love and joy and not a fear. Let her know that you are with her if she faces this new chapter. Guide her on this new journey in Jesus name. Amen.
Praying for your daughter!
I continually speak “Jesus”! over Christine.
Praying right now in the Name of Jesus for Christine to be healed by the blood of Jesus Christ. Amen
praying for your daughter Christine.
father you are the true Healer, i pray for Christine and healing. you are the balm in gilead. i pray for her mom yvonne. you understand the heart and struggle of a mom. father, show them how you sent the holy spirit to be healer, comforter, peace, love,guide, all that they need. as she faces whatever the outcome may be, SHOW HER THAT IT DID NOT TAKE YOU BY SURPRISE, THAT EVEN IN THE MIDST OF CIRCUMSTANCES THAT SEEM INSURMOUNTABLE, YOU HAVE A PURPOSE. oh lord, your purpose will be revealed, but right now, at this moment show them the love and comfort that comes from their father, creator of every limb, every cell in the blood, in JESUS name. by his stripes, and for HIS GLORY. amen
Dear God,
I would like to pray, that if possible, this cup pass for Christine – and that there be some other way. If not, that you give her the strength that only your good Spirit can provide, a successful operation, freedom from infection, and smooth recovery, and that you will give Christine the “peace that passses all understanding” to guard her heart and soul and mind. Give them each strength for the days ahead, In Jesus’ Name, Amen
Dear God,
I would like to pray, that if possible, this cup pass for Christine – and that there be some other way. If not, that you give her the strength that only your good Spirit can provide, a successful operation, freedom from infection, and smooth recovery, and that you will give Christine the “peace that passses all understanding” to guard her heart and soul and mind. Give them each strength for the days ahead, In Jesus’ Name, Amen
Dear Yvonne,
I am praying for both you and your daughter Christine. I pray that God will heal her and that she will feel His presence.
Bless you both!
M
Father God, You are the Healer and there is nothing too hard for You. I don’t know Christine, but I don’t need to; You do and that is what matters. Your love for Christine surpasses any love she’s ever known. I pray she doesn’t lose her leg, Lord, but even more than that I pray she finds You in this trial. Bless her life with peace as she surrenders to You for salvation and healing. May she remember and acknowledge that You are the one who healed her, and may she testify of Your goodness. Guide the medical staff who are caring for her. Give her doctors who love You and will seek Your will in her treatment. Bless her mom with peace as she watches her baby girl go through this tough time. Thank You, Jesus. In Your Holy and Powerful Name I pray. Amen
Praying for Christine right now
Oh Jesus, as I link my arms with your daughter in prayer, I pray for her daughter. I pray that You would be with the doctors by granting wisdom. God, that you would be with this mama, whose heart is achingly painful due to the medical emergency that her girl faces. Oh Lord we ask for miracles, in mind, body and spirit! We ask for the comfort of the Holy Spirit to not only invade this mama‘s heart, but her family her life her everything. We just pray for a miraculous touch that only can come from the Father above. We ask all of this in Jesus name amen! 🙏🏼
Praying for Christine.
Yvonne,
My husband and I prayed for your daughter Christine. I also had my cousin that has a blood disorder to pray for her. She truly understands about what your daughter is going through and has been hospitalized with blood clots before.
Connie
I’m praying 🙏 for your Christine
Prayers for Christine to have strength to overcome
Praying for Christine
Praying for your sweet daughter.
Lord God, we thank you for Christine. Thank you for her mother who is interceding on her daughter’s behalf. Lord I pray that you be gracious to her daughter. In Jesus name we proclaim healing over Christine. Cleanse her body of the blood clots and allow for restoration to her leg. Lord we trust Christine to you. And in faith we wait on you. Shelter Yvonne and her daughter under the shadow of your wings. May your perfect peace rest on them. May they see the goodness of God through this story. Thank you Lord for your provision. For your love and goodness. Amen.
I pray in the mighty name of Jesus, the great physician, that this blood clot will dissolve! I pray for you and your daughter to feel the calming love and presence of the Holy Spirit. I love you, my sister, in Christ.
Millie Sheppard
Prayed for Christine. Blessings.
Praying for Christine!
I’m praying for Christine
I’m praying for Christine ! 🙏 🙏
Praying for Christine
Praying for Christine’s daughter 🙏🙏🙏
Amen. Yvonne. God be both Healer & Comforter to you both in Jesus name🙏🏾💯🙏🏾
Praying for you and your daughter.
Prayer on how to open myself up to knowing our lord. How to establish an authentic relationship with him. Thank you.
Your journey has already begun by taking the first step by asking others to surround you my friend, God knows you and sees you struggling but he will bring peace and enlightenment. Just ask him to take over while you rest in him.
I am praying for you Courtney! I pray that you will find a wonderful Bible teaching church and a women’s Bible Study group where you can grow in faith and your relationship with the Lord.
Transforming Bible study (that’s free) – Back to the Garden – at braveheart.run. It has changed me…there just aren’t words. I pray you look into it.
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wow father, one of your daughters is asking for an authentic relationship. she wants to get out of head space and get into heart space. you said in your word, in Jesus prayer, “that we may know you”. Courtney wants to know you, not know OF you, but she wants experiential knowledge and a deep relationship with you. break up every fallow ground, break up anything that surrounding her heart and not allowing the Holy spirit to burst through, any pre conceived idea of who you are, let those thoughts die, and allow your Holy Spirit to penetrate and lead. Give her a plan. you said in your word that we should present our plans to the Lord. Thank you for her and we speak faith that her request, which is from her heart, will happen. She will open up herself, she will die to herself; she will seek your face and you will indeed provide the help and encouragement and discipleship she needs from other believers. thank you for courtney. in Jesus name, AMEN
I have a prayer request. Please pray for my youngest son, Matt. He has really gone astray. He has gotten in trouble several times and is living for self and has hurt several family members souls. Pray God would soften his heart and give him a desire to follow Jesus and ask for forgiveness, from God and others. I also pray he would return to being a kind, thoughtful person. Thank you for your prayers! 🙏
Praying for you, Amy and for your son Matt. God tells us that His word will not return void.. “train up a child in the way he should go and when he is old, he will not depart from it. “ keep the prayers coming. God is faith and will never leave you nor forsake..
Praying for your son Matt Amy. May God soften his heart to return to Him!
Prayers for Matt
Prayers for Matt
Prayers for the power of prayer for all those who have commented today- God loves you ❤️
Amy, I can feel your distress, as my youngest son(also Matt) has been estranged for almost 7 years and has hurt his family members too. I pray that our precious Lord Jesus will soften Matt’s heart that he will accept our God’s grace and repent of his ways. I know that our Lord will welcome him into His loving arms and that you will too.
I’m praying for your Matt. Please pray for my Matt too.
In the wonderful name of Jesus.
Praying for your prodigal! God knows your heart’s desire! Trust Him! I understand your pain, as I had a prodigal so as well. Keep praying boldly.
I need prayers to find my purpose . I’ve lost a husband to cancer and a boyfriend to cancer . I had started another relationship but it’s ended and I feel so alone . I drink alone some and I know that I shouldn’t ! Please pray for me to have strength and direction ! Thank you .
Also for my 3 sons who have addictions !
Pam as part of the 3sons club I feel your pain. I can’t imagine what that was like to have two men in your life die from cancer. And you are finding yourself without a partner to share your life with. I hope you know you are never alone. Ask Jesus to fill your void with His love, so much so that it may spill out to others. Especially your sons who need you more than you know, praying for you and your boys.
Pam as part of the 3sons club I feel your pain. I can’t imagine what that was like to have two men in your life die from cancer. And you are finding yourself without a partner to share your life with. I hope you know you are never alone. Ask Jesus to fill your void with His love, so much so that it may spill out to others. Especially your sons who need you more than you know, praying for you and your boys.
Praying for you, Pam. You may not have a man as a partner right now, but you are not alone. God is within you and your constant companion. Next time you are drawn to drink, fight back and pick up your Bible and allow God to fill that void. We are with you. You got this!!
Praying for you Pam and that you will use God’s love instead of alcohol or any others to fill your void. Reach out to Him, read His word!
Pam, I so understand. Grief is a hard burden to bear! I lost my daughter to suicide, my grandson to murder, and my beloved husband of 45 years, to cancer, in a 3 year period of time! If I had not had God in my life, I’m not sure where I would be now, but he was always with me. I truly walked through the valley, but I did not walk alone. I was never angry with God because He taught me so much during this. None of us are exempt from life’s trials. After all, He never promised safety for the body, just for the soul!
It has been 14 years since this all happened and I now use it as my testimony to let people know that I am still standing and living for God. He has seen me though. I truly understand about the drinking and the addiction of your sons, and I pray that you will find the strength from God to stand strong in this.
I give my testimony anywhere that I run into people and listen to what they have to say. I spoke with a lady working in Walmart the other day, who suddenly told me that she had lost her husband in October, and I told her that I had lost my 10 years ago. She said please don’t tell me that it will get any better. I said I’m not going to say that because I don’t know that it does get any better, because it changes your entire life, but this I can tell you, with God by your side, it becomes a little softer around the edges to enable you to endure it.
God bless you in your journey and I will be praying for you.
Please pray for my daughters.
Sylvia and Mari.
Bill.
K.
Family.
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My daughter Julie
Knowing others are praying for you is very comforting. I need prayers for help in not always assuming my husband has misplaced or thrown away something of mine when I can’t find it. He has dementia and has been guilty of this, but he’s not always at fault when I have accused him of it and I later find where I have moved an item.
Heavenly father, first of all, let Melody know she is surrounded by your love and care. Help her to give grace to her husband during this time of struggle in their lives. And help her to know you are there with her during every moment of her day. Give her the courage and encouragement to be kind, especially when it’s hardest. Amen.
Melody, my father had Alzheimer’s, and would throw his hearing aids away. Eventually, if my mom couldn’t find them, she would look in the waste baskets! I feel for you, I will continue to pray for you. God bless you!
I pray that my adult children and grandchildren would turn to the Lord and have a relationship with Him. Thank you Sharon for your encouraging words.
I feel your pain as my prayer is the same as yours.
Philann,
I pray this daily for my adult children and my grandchildren. I will add yours into the prayers for mine.
Thank you for the prayer. Your posts are very encouraging. Prayers go up for you and your family.. Pray for me that I may learn to trust in the Lord more as I had a difficult time trusting in people as I grew up. Then I learned that I could trust Almighty God. He is pealing away the walls I have built up. Pray that I see His will and that I obey.
I could really use prayers for several areas in my life. I was laid off at the end of January this year and have had no luck in finding new employment. Prayer for my husbands release from prison, we have a pending pardon that’s just been sitting on the Governor’s desk awaiting his approval. Prays for financial increase as without my job, my bills has been mounting high. Prayers for spiritual breakthrough as I’ve been struggling in my faith walk and would love to find a church home where I can worship.
Prayer for my husband, my marriage, and future marriages of my 3 girls after seeing so much dysfunction and disrespectful behavior in my marriage. I pray they do not follow the same pattern of behavior in their marriages. I pray God would truly be at the center of their marriages from the beginning and throughout until completion.
Life choices are son has made have broken our hearts
Sons salvation – Tyler, Josh & Sam
Please pray for my family, which includes 2 daughters who have chosen to be estranged from me right now.
Jayne, I pray that your daughters come to God’s saving grace and then come home to you. My son Matt walked away from us almost 7 years ago and I still pray and cry for him every morning. I will add your 2 daughters to my prayers.
I understand how painful it is, but our children are in God’s hands and we have to trust Him that He will answer our prayers in His time.
Our God is a God of hope.
Please pray for my parents as my dad is in a nursing home trying to get stronger to come home and for my mom who is at home waiting for him to come home.
clarity and next steps
silence the enemy
Terry to come to know Jesus intimately and to find peace and happiness and freedom there!
Asking the Lord to strengthen and bless you too! Your books and devotionals are a great blessing to me. I particularly enjoy “Praying for Your Husband “ as it helps me stay scripture focused in prayer for him and is a useful tool in praying for anyone.
Thank you for this message! I couldn’t help but notice in the word sunagonizomai, the word agonize stood out to me.
Katie j. – Finding a church for our family that we can invest our hearts in and delivering me from battles at work
Please pray for me as I prepare to move. It seems overwhelming at times as a single 65-year old. Thank you!
Standing in the gap for healing and salvation of my husband, Mike.
Please pray for my relationship with my adult daughter Melissa , who lives with my 91 year old mother and myself . Please pray for her spiritual , mental and physical health. Thank you
Kathleen
My daughter and I used to text or chat everyday and then 3 weeks ago she just stopped. I haven’t heard anything, praying for her and my 3 grandsons to be ok and surrounded by God
Prayers are needed for my adult son struggling mentally with life issues & addiction..
Thank you for this message. It is so true that prayer partners are so important. Personal friends and my church family prayer partners are so important in my life. Your visit to Crossroads Fellowship was thoroughly enjoyed.
My prayer request is to revive and heal my friend, Eric. He is unconscious at this time, caused by heart attack. Thank you, Shirley
Wow!!!! Beautiful. Thank you for posting
Please pray for me, that God will help me with my weight loss struggles. I am trying to lose a lot of weight for my health & happiness. Then I pray that once the weight is off, I’ll be able to keep it off. Thank you so kindly for all your prayers. Amen!
i pray that you will establish a plan that you can present to the Lord to help you on this journey. I pray that you will be delighted as you see him helping you.
Father, reveal yourself to my sister, reveal that as she plans her weight loss journey, and presents it to you, you will refine and fix it, for you know what she truly needs. Thank you for your dramatic moving in her life. in Jesus name, amen
please look at Provers 16: 1, 3, 9. The Lord released this to me as I was praying for his help with weight loss. i was in such despair because its such a roller coaster, up 25 pounds, down 15, down 5 then up 10. He told me that I keep doing things without presenting them to him so that he could establish and show me what is best for me. i did that, i presented my plan to the Lord and supernaturally, It his power and help that I sense in my life right now. I just wanted to share that with you.
May he surround you with those who understand your struggle and can encourage you as you and the Lord plan and establish your steps to a healthy weight.
Thank you so very much for your kindness, words of wisdom & most importantly your prayers. It is so very much appreciated. I will the bible versus you shared. I pray that God shows you favor & blessings in every area of your life. God Bless!
My sister cousin Kathy who is having a colonoscopy this morning. Praying for a clear and clean scan with no signs of cancer or other signs of any kind of problem. In Jesus name. Amen and thank you!
Please pray for my son John who is struggling with depression which affects his work as well as seeking a new job. Also, pray he will return to his on fire relationship he had with God.
Please pray for my daughter, Megan, and my husband Mike’s, sobriety.
Prayers please for Gos to open the new door now. I need a new job and for my finances to be ok again please in Jesus name thank you and I pray to heavenly YHWH to bless heal and save all of you ! In Jesus name amen
My husband needs the Lord SO BADLY. We may be headed for divorce and I want him to repent and get saved. I don’t want a divorce.
My name is Kristen
Thank you for the devotion, your prayer, and any other prayers. I believe God lead me here because I do need the prayers of others desperately, and I’m the type I usually hide my pain and struggles and don’t like to ask for help.
I’m praying for my other sisters
I am in need of Total healing and restoration of health and financial breakthrough.
Please pray for me that I would have strength to live with my many health ailments and face them with grace.
Good morning! I just need prayer from others so that I can develop a consistent prayer life. This devotional really blessed me! Thank you!
One of my greatest prayer needs is for both of my daughters, Alivia and Addyson. They both have health issues and I pray that the Lord will heal them both and give me (the mom) the strength I need to help guide and take care of them.
Please pray for me and my daughter that we will get our Canadian citizenship. Also, I pray for my 2nd year of nursing this September, and that me and my daughter will be Christ-centered nurses. I pray for our own house and lot closer to nature, trees and lake, my daughter to pass driving test and a car for her. Good health and everything we lift up to God for healing and wholeness. In Jesus’ Nane. Amen!
Please pray for my granddaughter Anna. That she feels loved and protected..
I am a caregiver to two people. Pray for me. Thank you.
Praying for you Judith. 🙏🙏🙏❤️
I am a full time caregiver to my chronically ill husband for over 27 yrs. I pray for everyone that needs God to answer our prayers. 🙏🙏🙏❤️
Sharon I love your devotions and this one really touched me. I’ve been praying for my daughter to find a job in nyc and this devotional prayer spoke to me, Thank you.
Please pray for my family especially my foster son. He need prayer to help with everything, life, love, lying, manipulation, adjusting to life and rules, He needs to understand that we are trying to help him as well as the school administrator. Please pray for my strength, grace and mercy.
Thank you, Sharon, and others who will pray today for my husband and his caregivers. Thank you for praying for me to know ways to give me strength and patience to help meet needs.
Please pray for my granddaughter. She is a newly wed and is struggling with three autoimmune diseases, just recently diagnosed. She is a very sweet young lady and loves Jesus.
Thank you for your books Praying for your children and also Praying for your husband, I use these almost daily to life my family up to God in prayer. Such practical books.
I am praying for my daughter to find the right job in nyc. She has been looking for a month. Today’s devotional was very helpful. I need prayers for my anxiety and to be supportive. Thank you!
I need prayer for depression and anxiety that caused a job loss. I need help through your prayers!
Thank you
Need a financial breakthrough and to lose 66 pounds.
Please pray for a new job for my husband. His has become unmanageable. Thank you
I believe in the power of prayer and asking for prayer for my daughter Jasmine that God will send her a godly husband
and keep her safe.
Two weeks ago I totaled our car. Thank God the occupants of the other car were unhurt and my husband and I were unhurt. We are in the process of replacing our car. We are trusting God to confirm the right one. We have a tight budget and and we need to make a decision.
God knows… 🙏
Please pray for my addict son Brian. That God will restore all that he has lost and that Brian will come to know His love.
Jeremiah 29:11
Thank you Sharon for your prayer.
Prayer for a my son John, for deliverance from a 40 yr drug addiction
My son Brian, from bipolar and the manic highs and lows
There is power in prayer when we collectively pray for others!🙏
Thank you sweet sisters in Christ!
Praying for you!
Thank you Sharon!
God Bless you all
Please pray for me, I am struggling with depression and anxiety from being raised in an alcoholic family. I am 71 years old and trying to love myself and get the therapy I need! Thank you
I too am 71 & struggling with depression Andrea. I am praying over you today. Though we are aging, we are eternal beings. God cares deeply about you and your heart- now, at this very moment! Let’s look in the mirror this morning, put on our armor, straighten our crowns and tell the devil he has no power over daughters of the King!! I am praying with you. For the immediate and God’s leading to the help and support that is best! Be blessed and may you feel the presence & power of Jesus today and on this road. 🙏 ❤️ Fran- a fellow warrior
Lord Jesus, you are our peace. You say you do not give us a spirit of fear but of love, Power and a sound mind. Please surround Andrea with Your peace that surpasses all understanding and remind her that she is Your child. She is not anxiety. She is not depression. She is Your daughter whom you love dearly and created uniquely. Please show Andrea how much You love her and give her healing, mending, and comfort today. In Jesus’s mighty name we pray-Amen
Praying for u Andrea. I speak to the spirit of deposits and anxiety that it must come subject to the name of JESUS!! Isaiah 41:10 says: “Fear not for I am with you; be not dismayed for I am your God. I will strengthen you, yes, I will help you. I will uphold you with my right hand of justice.” May I cast all of your cares and anxieties on the Lord. He will give u strength to overcome every obstacle that comes your way. I will continue to keep u in prayer Sister. 🙏🏾💕
So much to be thankful for, and so many hopes and needs. Please pray for my daughter, who loves Jesus, to conceive and have a baby. She’s been married over a year and is 35. Thank you! 🙏🏾
Please pray for my granddaughter who is trying to adopt the homosexual lifestyle. Please pray those binds would be broken and that she will find her identity in Christ.
My husband and I have recently been church hurt by the pastor of the church. I grew up as a pastor’s daughter and I know that the way we were treated is not Biblical. Fast forward to today, God sent us to a sweet little church that we absolutely love. Please pray that God will continue to move in our lives and that we grow closer to Him each day.
Thank you, Sharon, for this post. I love your friend’s obedience to call you when the Spirit nudged her. That’s such a sweet friend for sure!
I’d appreciate prayer for:
My marriage
Ryan
Alicia
My husband lost his job at the end of April, and a 16-year-old new driver hit our car and totaled it. Please pray that my husband finds a better job and that the driver’s insurance company will be fair with the settlement so that we can get a new car.
Thank you so much for today’s message, Sharon. May you and your loved ones be blessed abundantly! I have read every comment and lifted all these women up in prayer.
I would ask for prayers for my daughter, Samantha – God knows. Also, prayers for salvation and revival! Thank you, Leslie.
Good morning everyone. Please pray for me as I struggle growing older alone. Yes, I do have family; however, they live their own lives. I’m single, never married and have no children (by choice). I love life and people and get so much joy in practicing random acts of kindness anonymously. Honestly, it’s what gets me through a lot of weeks. My biggest fear is growing old and never experiencing love. I’ll pray for you all as well.
Please pray for travel safety as we travel to Japan to visit my son who is stationed there.
Hello all of you beautiful sisters!!!!
Sometimes, when we are struggling, God can feel very far away. Our pastor told me that when this happens, God, obviously, has not moved. He is there, He will never abandon you.
He said to look for him in His word, through worship, and through the hands and feet of his people. If you do not belong to a Bible teaching church, go find one right now! You need your brothers and sisters in Christ!
I prayed over each one of you on this message board this morning, sweet sisters, and I’m so grateful for devotions like this that remind us that God has empowered us through prayer in the name of His Son Jesus.
Today look around and see what beauty and wonder the Lord has made for us and thank Him! There is great joy in Thanksgiving!
And if you would, would you please pray for the salvation of my father Graham and my brother Robert?
You are all loved 🙂
Please pray for me and my children. We are in a horrible custody modification. I feel helpless against the lies of the enemy that the judge assigned to the case is believing and refusing to accept evidence to support the truth. Please pray that the truth will be revealed. This has been going on for 4 years and I am bankrupt and the trial isn’t until January 2026. Please pray God will continue to provide the financial support for me to see this to the end.
Sharon, your book Praying for Your Child from Head to Toe, has been a saving grace! Thank you so much for praying for us!
Please pray for my son dealing with mental health/depression and for me as I try to be a support to him in his darkness/pain. A tough place to be for both of us. Thanks so much for praying and today’s devotional.
Please pray for my son dealing with mental health/depression and for me as I try to be a support to him in his darkness/pain. A tough place to be for both of us. Thanks so much for praying and today’s devotional.
I am praying for an excellent rewarding job with amazingly great colleagues and bosses & to be a captain in my industry. Praying this for myself and siblings in Jesus Christ name, amen.
Also praying for wisdom and discernment of spirit and God’s favor, mercies and protection upon our lives. In Jesus Christ name, Amen.
I join in prayers for all my sisters here. I pray our Lord looks upon you with mercy and grants our prayer requests, in Jesus name. Amen.
I am praying for an excellent rewarding job with amazingly great colleagues and bosses & to be a captain in my industry. Praying this for myself and siblings in Jesus Christ name, amen.
Also praying for wisdom and discernment of spirit and God’s favor, mercies and protection upon our lives. In Jesus Christ name, Amen.
I join in prayers for all my sisters here. I pray our Lord looks upon you with mercy and grants our prayer requests, in Jesus name. Amen.
I’m in need of prayer. So many things all happening in my life. Lost my father unexpectedly 1 month ago, my daughter is expecting and I’m hopeful she and the baby will be ok but not fond of the father. Dealing with past doubts from years ago. All these things have me in prayer but I feel overwhelmed mentally and emotionally. I am Praying for peace and a total surrender to allow God to manifest in every area of my life.
Please pray for my son Skyler. He has been struggling with a health issue for 3 years and fighting through depression every day. He had gone down a bad road for several years, but has been clean for 2 years and is doing daily devotions, praying, and trying to draw closer to God. Please pray for his faith to grow stronger each day and for healing in his body and mind.
Please pray for my daughter Julia and me Yolanda.
Please pray for my husband’s mental health battle and that he feels God’s presence all around him.
Please pray for my sister in law Arlene and her baby . She have a nuchal cord pregnancy. Praying for a safe and successful delivery 🙏
Pray my temp job becomes permanent.
Pray for my relationship with my son Bryan and my 3 son’s relationship with God
I need prayer over my relationship with my boyfriend. We started this relationship with the agreement of marriage one day and now live together but he is starting to be too scared to move forward and get married, due to traumatic things that have happened in his previous marriage. I also need prayer over my children. They go to visit their dad’s home on the weekends but he is doing demonic things and it is scaring them. There’s nothing legally I can do to protect my kids from this, but I know God’s protection is greatest of all. I’ve been in many legal battles over my kids the last 4 years and many spiritual battles as well, so I’m needing peace, strength and miracles in regards to the custody situation with my kids.
Please pray for me as I am waiting for the results on a test done . Pray for me to keep my faith and to be faithful.
Please pray for Erika & her infertility/IVF journey.
Please pray for my adult son Shane who has recently lost his job and is struggling with depression and obesity. He knows the Lord and is praying for guidance. I pray that he will feel God’s presence and be able hear clear guidance from our Lord!
Heavenly Father,
I lift up Sharon today, please continue to bless and keep her as she ministers to us.
Please pray for healing of arthritis and chest wall pain.
In Jesus Name,
Please Pray for my adult son, Reed, my only child, he suffers from daily headaches that have not been able to be stopped and he does not live his life the way Jesus would want him to
Please lift up procedures tomorrow on a lump in my breast.
GM my Sisters n Love….please I’m asking prayers for God to open the door of favor concerning employment for me. Everytime I think a door is opening, it closes. I know all things work together for my good and God’s purpose but I desire to know that purpose. Thank you n advance and God bless you.🙏🏾💕
I long to share God’s word with others, but I find so much resistance that I often find myself questioning myself.
Prayer that I have confidence in sharing His word and not be fearful. Amen
Pray for James, Joey, Liz to get saved and pray for my kidneys to start functioning properly they are functioning at 19 percent
Please pray for me to make the right decision about putting down a sick animal that is dear to my soul.
Sandy I let my cat Vittoria whom I have had as a faithful companion return home to her Creator. My husband and I moved to FL almost 3 years ago. Within 7 months he took sick and collapsed on the driveway from a massive stroke. Vittoria was just as upset as I was.
It was a difficult decision and I spent more money trying everything I could but she was suffering and had stomach cancer. My vet was not going to put a 17 1/2 year old cat under anesthesia. I have her ashes. Last week I distinctly heard a Meow at 4 in the morning. I know it was Vittoria letting me know she is home.
I will keep you in prayer Sandy!
Please pray for my granddaughter Kaylie to soften her heart about things of God and to give her a hunger to want more.
I continually speak “Jesus”! over Christine.
God answers prayers! God is faithful that promised! Keep moving forward! In Jesus’s name!
Prayers please for a home for my 7 1/2 month pregnant daughter. Either need a place to go or favor on a loan for the place we have been for almost 3 yrs. Moved from our home to here to take care of aging parents. Mom died, dad in rehabilitation and its been one struggle after another. Struggling in the wait….
I need your prayers to find a new place to live, a working car plus a remote job & equipment to do the job. Thank you.
There’s so much to be thankful for, I struggle with asking anything for/about myself. Who am I to deserve more than the many blessings already given? But here I am, well into life and realizing I’ve never truly known the all encompassing peace that only God can give. Please pray for me as I try forgiving myself for not believing I am worthy or being still long enough to hear and receive my Heavenly Father’s guidance – i need clarity in the direction for my life, and strength to wade through the murky waters to find my way and purpose, and the fortitude to recognize, know, and accept whatever that is – so that I may finally receive and know HIS peace. 🙏
I have loving friends and family – but I ache deeply. I’m so lonely and ashamed to admit how lost I feel, and so very tired from trying to figure out where or who I’m meant to be😔 ..please God come rescue me.🙏
I have two prayer requests. My 81 year old father was diagnosed with esophageal cancer last week. Decisions on treatment are happening today. I received a call from my doctor yesterday that my mammogram came back abnormal, so further tests are needed.
Please pray for my daughter Dawn. She is disabled and not receiving her spousal support. The financial hardship is about to overtake her. Thank you.
I am in the mental hospital on a healing journey for anxiety and depression. Pray for the battle against the dark spiritual forces to be won! I have a huge victorious God!
Praying for you Gloria for a hedge of protection from the top of your head to the bottom of your toes – bubble wrapping you in prayers that the devil cannot penetrate. The Lord is victorious & will win this battle for you. ✝️ Be strong & courageous – Lean on Him.
Praying for you Gloria. I’m dealing with depression and anxiety as well. God bless you.
Please pray for me and our LifeWise program. I attempted a grant that was for hunger and mental health. I did it biblically not physical hunger and mental health. The results are to be notified this month. We live in a very rural, poor community and need all of the financial help we can get. Please lift us up. 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
Please help me pray that I will stop beating myself up!! Also for a family lawsuit- that we can restore peace! And for Milani family
Praying for you, all the way from South Africa ❤️
Please pray for me, I am leaving my 6 month old baby to go back to work at a live in job that does not allow children. Pray for God’s hand of protection over my baby ( Isemihle) & God’s hand to be over my family & nanny staying with my baby & for me to get another job where I can live with her.
Please pray for my son Larry for his hearing. He’s 53.. my son Chris 46 has an auto immune system problem, he’s not saved, ty
I have several family members who are very liberal and they will not discuss salvation so I am afraid for their souls. Please pray for all unsaved persons that we may be a light that helps them find their way to the Lord
I would appreciate prayer for myself and my marriage. I am 68 years old and needed to separate from my husband last April due to emotional/mental abuse and to give my body space to heal from the stress-induced stomach issues I was dealing with (I had been in the ER 2x). I need wisdom on what to do next. Three years ago, God led me on a journey that ended with identifying narcissistic behaviors regarding my husband; I’ve also come to realized this has been my “normal” throughout my lifetime so I didn’t “get it” throughout our 23+ yrs of marriage. I’m learning to set boundaries instead of explaining/defending myself. I’m simply overwhelmed with life, but know the certainty of God’s love for me and that He sees me! Thanks for praying…
Praying for you Joyce & I’m in the same boat as you. I didn’t get it either as I had it my whole life, plus 3.5 decades of marriage. You can separate & leave. Hope that you will. One step at a time. Write down your plans & contact a lawyer. Find a place to stay. If you can’t leave, can you do in house separation? In separate rooms? That’s what I’ve done for now until my next step. Yes it does affect you physically. I’ve been in ER twice too. We’ve got this & God knows/sees all. You’re doing the right things. ✝️🙏🏻
Agreeing in prayers with all of the above women. May the Lord strengthen us daily with prayer and His Word🙏🏼🩷🙏🏼
Please pray for good biopsy results for me! Thank you!
Renee,
I have lifted you up in prayer this morning. Heavenly Father Renee has laid her request at your feet. You oh Father are a miracle working God. I ask Father that you heal her body and give her peace. Be her stronghold, her might tower to which she can run to.
In Jesus Name Amen
Praying for all my sisters in Christ. May blessings abound and may comfort, strength, guidance from above flow through each one’s situation. 🙏
Prayer request my husband of 50 years, doesn’t know God and says he doesn’t believe
I’ve prayed all these years and will continue to pray.
I have stage 3 kidney disease and heart disease and he doesn’t care, I’m dealing with depression and I hold to my Lord and Savior to heal my body and direct my steps to draw closer to have Christian friends, prayer warrior friends, friends that truly care with a listening heart. I have no friends. I am 70 years old.
Prayers for my brothers and sisters to open the eyes of their hearts and talk to me again, I need my family and I love them so much.
God already knows my heart, he can see all things, I give him all my praise in advance for what he is about to do for me. I love you Lord!! Thank you Sharon for caring about your sisters in Christ!
I have prayed for you all this morning (Sydney time). Have confidence in the goodness of God and how much He loves you. He will see you through, though maybe not in the ways you expect. Problems can feel overwhelming but God is not overwhelmed. May He bless you all, and your families, with healing and direction. In jesus name, Amen.
My son has been estranged from his family for almost 7 years. I pray for his salvation every day and that he would be convicted of the pain he has caused us. I know that if he comes to the Lord in repentance, he will come home to us. I struggle with keeping this hope, but I know that the Lord’s timing is not always our timing.
Please pray for Matt. I miss him terribly and long for his return.
My daughter wants to move in with me.. She wants to get a divorce from her husband. She’s not been the best Mom to her kids. Her kids love their Dad very much. She yells a lot at them and spends a lot of time on her phone. I’m pretty sure that two of her kids don’t want to live with her. This is giving me great anxiety. I don’t know what to do! Please pray that God will guide me what to do!
Leann praying for peace and wisdom for you. That you would know what to do and what the best steps are to take. Praying that you would feel God close to you.
I need prayers as I’m battling anxiety, and intrusive thoughts. I’m trying to remember who God says I am and my identity in Him and how much he loves me but I could still use prayers so peace and to grasp His love for me.
I am having a difficult time finding preceptors for my practicum at school. It is giving me a lot of anxiety. Pray that I trust God’s plan and have the patience to wait.
I am having a difficult time finding preceptors for my practicum at school. It is giving me a lot of anxiety. Pray that I trust God’s plan and have the patience to wait.
My mom is going through breast cancer chemo right now. It’s tough because we just lost my dad in February. And my youngest of two daughters is suffering from Long Covid which really is a terrible thing. My oldest daughter is disabled and still lives at home with my husband and me. My plate is full, but the joy of the Lord is my strength.
Clozapine medication willbwork but without the sedating side effect. Thank you for praying for me!
Please pray for me I am struggling to complete my dissertation and after months of procrastination time is running out and my anxiety is through the roof.
Father I thank you that you give us peace , you said in this world we will face affliction but in your name we will overcome all. I pray for everyone going through storms and say peace be still in Jesus Mighty Name. Amen.
To overcome addiction
Praying for all of you! I know the Great I Am can and will answer in His perfect timing 🙏. Please pray for my marriage, for God to continue restoring.
I am in the process of applying for a study visa to Canada. I am compiling the documents required. I have saved some of the money required and am still waiting on God’s provision for the rest of the funds needed for this application. The deadline is the end of next week. Thank you.
Prayers for healing for a loved one and a friend.
Please pray for my son, a single dad with debilitating back issues and currently unemployed. His desire is to work and is diligently seeking employment, We are praying for the right job so he can provide for his family and regain his self esteem. He loves Jesus!
Please pray for me as I’m dealing with clinical depression and anxiety. I have recently become unemployed due to my mental health. I need to find a job as soon as possible, but it needs to be the right fit and a salary that will cover my expenses. Please pray that God will not only heal me, but provide for me as well.
Thank you all for your prayers.
Demetria, I had a similar season of this in my own life. It was truly anguishing. However, in that time, God rested, healed, delivered, and taught me many things. I am now a new, more free person that I was before it. He helped me overcome and transform.
Praying a verse over you that meant a lot to me in that season…
That the Lord Jesus would “turn your darkness into light.” (Ps. 18:28)
Please pray for me. I’ve had nightmares for weeks, mental battles that feel disillusioning. My daughters Gabriella and Kaia also need prayer.
And for my fiancé, Ethan. Thank you so much <3
Paula, I’m sorry for the nightmares. That’s no fun and can be very frightening. Praying the following…
Lord Jesus, please have mercy on your daughter, Paula. She needs you.
I ask that you would help her resolve any trauma or built up emotions that haven’t been dealt with.
If this is spiritual attack, I rebuke the enemy in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and command him to leave her, praying the blood of Jesus over Paula.
I pray that you would teach her how to have her mind governed by the Spirit which is life and peace and not the flesh which is death (Rom. 8:6).
Fill her up with the word of God which renews the mind and remind her of Your love. In fact, would you show her it in a tangible, personal way today.
I thank You, Lord.
In Jesus’ name, Amen.
Please pray for my son Joshua. He graduated college over a year ago and is struggling to find a job. Also, pray for his health as has some health issues.
I’m currently setting new goals for the summer and I’m not sure what to aim for with work, fitness, and nutrition. I’d appreciate prayers for clarity and enthusiasm.
Pray for healing and guidance from God to open my eyes and ears in alignment to the plan he has for my life.
Please pray I can find an affordable, safe home for me & my emotional support dog, Peaches. Thank you! Blessings.
Sharon,
Oh thank you for this timely word. God is so good! You nor I will ever know, until heaven, just how much each of our faith-filled teachings or encouraging words have impacted others in the kingdom. On Tuesday am.-noon, I join forces, linking shields with 2 younger moms, to war for our young adult children. One mom’s ‘faith was stumbling’…and these words undergirded her. Prayer is such a powerful force, and I say when we pray together, in agreement and add fasting to it (we do on Tues. for 1/2 day)… well…that’s a ‘force multiplier’. Does not His Word say that “1 can put 1000 to flight, but 2 can put 10,000 to flight!??” There’s tremendous power in unified prayers of agreement. When God’s Church arises, with HE in our midst ,The enemy has no choice but to “skedaddle”, or as the Word says “scatters”! All praise to Him. (and we all need to LEAVE AT HIS FEET what we have brought to His Feet. He wields all control with wisdom, mercy and Grace, and w/a MasterPlan!) Let’s Trust Him!
Pray for Glory who has delayed speech to receive her healing and start talking. Also, I pray for promotion this year in my workplace in Jesus’ Name
Prayers needed for my son, Andrew who is struggling with alcohol addiction & mental health issues.
Please pray for my daughter. She has been estranged from our family for 3 years and my heart is broken. I do not know why or what brought this about. Also, my youngest son-he has been deceived by the enemy concerning an alternate life style. I am just praying and trying to hang on. The enemy is fighting my family.
Please pray for my son and his wife. They are expecting twins in November. My daughter in law is considered an high risk pregnancy. They lost a baby two years ago they are very nervous this time. Please pray for healthy pregnancy and two healthy babies!
Please pray for Barry, he needs God to be his lawyer in the court room, His mercy and grace.
My daughter Nikki, she is 47. She went completely blind about 8 months ago. Praying for strength for her being able to cope and for her to know God is with her. Also, for a miracle for some sight to return. She was told no hope.
Praying with you for Nikki for her healing
May the Lord bless her and encourage her as she walks through this.
I need prayer for healing of my eyes
My adult children facing addiction need to face their problems and turn back to God as their source of strength and hope. And for my loneliness and sense of failure.