17 Prayers
Comfort Prayers
A gathering of comfort prayers, written with care to help you find the words. Take one, sit with it, and make it your own.
- Prayer Before Surgery Facing an operation, your own or a loved one's, can be frightening. This is a prayer before surgery, for peace, for the hands that will do the work, and for healing.
- Prayer for a Broken Heart Heartbreak has a weight all its own. This is a prayer for a wounded heart, asking the God who is near to the brokenhearted to bind up what is broken.
- Prayer for a Funeral As we say goodbye to someone we love, this is a prayer for a funeral, for comfort in grief and the hope that death is not the end.
- Prayer for a Loved One with Cancer Few words land as heavily as a cancer diagnosis. This is a prayer for someone facing it, for healing, courage, and the presence of God through every step.
- Prayer for a Sick Friend When someone you care about is unwell, you long to help and often feel helpless. This is a prayer to lift a sick friend into God's healing care.
- Prayer for Anxiety When worry races and your mind will not settle, prayer can be a place to lay it down. This is a prayer for anxiety, to hand your fears to the One who carries them.
- Prayer for Comfort When you simply need to feel held, this is a prayer to the God of all comfort, asking Him to draw near and ease your heart.
- Prayer for Depression When a heavy darkness settles over your days, this is a prayer for the low seasons, asking God to be near and to be the lifter of your head.
- Prayer for Difficult Times Some seasons simply feel like too much. This is a prayer for the hard times, when you need God to be a refuge and a very present help.
- Prayer for Grief and Loss Grief can leave us without words. This is a prayer for the brokenhearted, asking God to draw near in sorrow and to carry you until joy can return.
- Prayer for Healing When illness or pain weighs on you or someone you love, it can be hard to find the words. This is a prayer for healing, for the body, the heart, and the spirit.
- Prayer for Hope When discouragement settles in and the way forward feels dim, this is a prayer to ask God to renew your hope and lift your eyes again.
- Prayer for Mental Health Caring for your mind is part of caring for your whole self. This is a prayer for mental health, for a quieter mind and a steadier heart.
- Prayer for Peace When your heart is troubled and the world feels heavy, this is a prayer for peace, the kind that can quiet the soul even when nothing around you has changed.
- Prayer for Recovery Recovery can be slow, and patience wears thin. This is a prayer for the road back to health, for yourself or someone you love.
- Prayer for Someone in the Hospital Hospital days are long and frightening. This is a prayer for a loved one who is unwell, and for the peace of everyone waiting and watching.
- Prayer for Strength There are seasons when our own strength simply is not enough. This is a prayer for the days when you need to borrow strength from God to keep going.