Holy One, whose tender mercy walks with us on our Lenten journey, we find the wilderness of our world both confusing and full of wonder. In this season of Lent, remind of us of the pilgrimage Christ made to the Cross, while we also walk alongside our global family filled with refugees, those holding pain […]
O God, Our Help in Ages Past: Prayers for Madagascar’s Cyclones and Africa’s Drought (February 26, 2026)
We praise you, O God, for another day to see the dawn, another evening to see the dusk, for the moon and the stars that shine their light at night. We praise you for your great and mighty acts, for your favor to your creatures and your creation. We come to you with our hearts […]
Ashes and Renewal: A Lenten Prayer for Nations at War and for Rev. Jesse Jackson (February 19, 2026)
Heavenly Father, Having just observed the holy day of Ash Wednesday – as we enter the sacred season of Lent – we come before You in humility. The ashes that marked us, remind us we are dust, and to dust we shall return. Strip away our pride, our distractions, and our indifference. Create in us clean hearts, O God, […]
Blessed Are Those Who Have Regard for the Weak: Prayers for Disaster, Hunger, and Healing (February 12, 2026)
Oh, God of Light and Creator of the universe, shine on us as we pray for your intervention and healing for all mankind. Give us faith and comfort us while we wait upon answered prayers, for physical, emotional, and spiritual healing. In these times of extreme distress, we offer powerful prayers by David, the Psalmist, […]
Repairers of the Breach: A Prayer for Every Continent, from Africa to Antarctica (February 5, 2026)
Editor’s note: This may not be ‘the usual’ but it most definitely IS World in Prayer -including us all. The Lord will guide you continually and satisfy your needs in parched places and make your bones strong, and you shall be like a watered garden, like a spring of […]
Groanings Too Deep for Words: Winter Storms and a Ferry Sinking in the Philippines (January 29, 2026)
Likewise the Spirit helps us in our weakness. For we do not know what to pray for as we ought, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us with groanings too deep for words. – Romans 8:26, ESV Everlasting Comforter, Prince of Peace, Today we come to you not knowing how to pray. Our world often […]
And the Floodwaters Covered the Earth: A Prayer for Southern Africa’s Floods (January 22, 2026)
…And the floodwaters covered the earth… (Genesis 7) I thought I knew what I was doing, when I offered to cover for this week’s scheduled prayer writer, whose whole family had come down with the flu. Easy. I had half a week to prepare, nothing much booked for those days. Easy. I didn’t know that an […]
O God of Wonders: Prayers for Greenland, Venezuela, Protesters in Iran, and the World’s Children (January 15, 2026)
O God of Wonders, Grant us opportunities for celebrations of answered prayers this week, places where we see light break through the darkness, hope arise in the face of despair, and peace prevail in areas of conflict. Let joy and gratitude erupt spontaneously from our hearts, as we see you bring deep healing to places […]
Wrapped in the Love of God: Prayers for Aleppo, Aid Workers in Gaza, and Christians in India (January 8, 2026)
Creator and Giver of all Good, You are God Most High – the source of all life, light, and love. You are worthy of our praise and our adoration. We lift our collective voices to declare that you are majestic in holiness, perfect in wisdom, and boundless in mercy. It is of this mercy that […]
A Threshold Prayer for the New Year: Ukraine, Gaza, Sudan, and the Disasters We Carry Into 2026 (January 1, 2026)
By the tender mercy of our God, the dawn from on high will break upon us, to give light to those who sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the way of peace. Luke 1:78-79 God, at the end of […]
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