A Prayer about Unspoken Prayer Requests
A Prayer about Unspoken Prayer Requests
For we do not know how to pray as we ought, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us with groanings too deep for words. Romans 8:26
Heavenly Father,
Today we come to you
on behalf of all of the people
who have “unspoken prayer requests.”
In our church prayer chains,
we have no qualms about asking for prayer
for our ailing aunt or our ongoing job search,
but we are far more reticent
to ask for prayer
for a husband’s struggle with addiction,
a daughter’s struggle with same-sex attraction,
or our own struggle with depression.
What’s worse,
we don’t even know
how to pray for ourselves.
So today, we lift up everyone
who has a prayer request they fear to name.
May we/they remember
“your Father knows what you need
even before you ask him” (Matthew 6:9).
You are listening, you are looking,
and when you see misery, you act (Exodus 2:23-24).
May we/they remember that your Holy Spirit
is actively groaning with and for us (Romans 8:26).
When we can’t put our prayer requests into words,
the Holy Spirit joins in our groans,
and you hear and understand.
May we/they remember that your Son,
our great High Priest,
is praying for us,
and “Therefore, he is able,
once and forever,
to save those who come to God through him.
He lives forever to intercede with God
on their behalf” (Hebrews 7:25).
Finally, may we/they
take heart that the church cares for us
and bears our burdens with us,
even the unspoken ones.
In Jesus’ comforting name. Amen.
Read Matthew 6:5-8; Romans 8:25-34; Hebrews 7:25; James 5:12.
![Have you ever felt forsaken?
He will be with you; he will not leave you or forsake you. Deuteronomy 31:8
Faithful Father,
In times that we feel forsaken,
whether because of betrayal or abandonment or loss,
may we remember,
“It is the Lord who goes before [us],”
and you will never leave us or forsake us.
You are a God who made a covenant,
a promise of love to your people
that you alone upheld.
Even after Adam and Eve disobeyed you in the garden,
you promised to send your Son to destroy Satan (Gen. 3:15).
You promised Abraham to make him a great nation (Gen. 12:2),
and you continued to love your people, the Israelites,
even though they continued to rebel against you:
“For the mountains may depart,
and the hills may be removed,
but my steadfast love will not depart from you” (Isaiah 54:10).
In your most stunning proof of your commitment
to bring your people back to you,
you allowed your Son to be forsaken on the cross,
to die for our sins,
that we might become your children.
Because you will never leave nor forsake
your children in Christ,
when we feel lonely
or exiled
or forgotten,
we need not “fear or be dismayed” (Deuteronomy 31:8).
In Jesus’ faith-full name we pray. Amen.
Read Deuteronomy 31:8; Isaiah 54.
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