Praying for the Neighborhood
Today let’s join in prayer for our neighbors—our own neighborhood where we live!
Here is one titled “Prayer For My Neighborhood” taken from our book Warfare Prayers For Women. It may be a starter prayer for you.
Lord, I pray that those in my neighborhood will experience Your love. Strengthen the hedge of protection around us and station Your angels to guard us. I say no to the enemy’s efforts to cause strife and distrust among families living here. Touch those who need healing–some from disease, others from grief and broken relationships. I pray my neighbors will have strong marriages, family unity, security and a strong faith in you. Be with the parents of young school children in our neighborhood who need your wisdom and guidance. For neighbors suffering financial lack, show them the way to financial freedom. For those in their senior years who deal with loneliness and health challenges, meet their needs—letting them feel Your comfort and blessings. Lord, help me be a good neighbor, sensitive to encourage or help when needed, but not judging or interfering where I have no business. Lord, bless my neighbors and let your Kingdom come to this area, Amen. (1)
More Scriptures to study:
“Do not pervert justice; do not show partiality to the poor or favoritism to the great, but judge your neighbor fairly. Do not go about spreading slander among your people. Do not do anything that endangers your neighbor’s life. I am the LORD. (Leviticus 19:15-16)
“The most important one,” answered Jesus, “is this: ‘Hear, O Israel, the Lord our God, the Lord is one. Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.’ The second is this: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no commandment greater than these.” (Mark 12:29-31)
“Also, seek the peace and prosperity of the city to which I have carried you into exile. Pray to the LORD for it, because if it prospers, you too will prosper.” (Jeremiah 29:7 NIV)
Footnote: 1. Warfare Prayers for Women, Quin Sherrer and Ruthanne Garlock (Bloomington, Minnesota, Chosen Books, 2020), 216. Available in ebook.
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