Prayer guides

Verses to pray when you don't have the words.

Short, free guides for the prayers people actually pray. Every verse is quoted from the World English Bible, the same text Prayed matches on your phone.

Anxiety

Bible verses for anxiety, and how to actually pray them

Twelve verses for the racing-thoughts kind of night, grouped by what the anxiety is doing to you.

Fear

Bible verses for fear, for the night before

Twelve verses for when you are frightened of something specific, with a prayer to write for each.

Grief

Bible verses for grief, for the weeks after

Fourteen verses for mourning, arranged for the first days, the long middle, and the hope that comes later.

Family

Praying for a sick parent, when you are the one holding it together

Thirteen verses for the hospital corridor, the long diagnosis, and the slow years. For the child who has become the caregiver.

Guidance

Bible verses for a hard decision, and a way to pray one through

Fourteen verses on guidance, arranged as a way of praying through a decision over weeks: asking, listening, choosing.

Marriage

Praying for your marriage, when it is harder than it used to be

Fifteen verses for a marriage in a hard season: soften my heart, help us forgive, hold us together.

Family

Praying for your children, at every age including the ones who are far away

Fourteen verses for a parent's prayers: the small years, the teaching years, and the child who has wandered.

Gratitude

Bible verses of gratitude, and how to keep a record that lasts

Thirteen verses on giving thanks: the ordinary morning, the answered prayer, and the hard season.

Practice

How to keep a prayer journal you will still be using in a year

The four habits that make a prayer journal last, and the verses that explain why each one matters.

Loneliness

Bible verses for loneliness, for the evenings that are too quiet

Fifteen verses for being by yourself, for being left, and for being lonely in a room full of people.

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