How to help | Intercession

Below are specific prayers for the homes of LifeHouse. Please feel free to use these or simply pick a number between 1 – 11. Since we have 11 beds, you will be praying for the resident in the number you selected.

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  • Prayer for Counselor’s Office

    Discernment – I Kings 4:29

    Now God gave Solomon wisdom and very great discernment and breadth of mind, like the sand that is on the seashore.

    Deliverance – Psalm 60:11-12

    O give us help against the adversary, for deliverance by man is in vain. Through God we shall do valiantly, and it is He who will tread down our adversaries.

    Healing – Isaiah 53:5

    But He was pierced through for our transgressions, He was crushed for our iniquities; the chastening for our well- being fell upon Him, and by His scourging we are healed.

    Instructed Tongue – Isaiah 50:4

    The Sovereign Lord has given me an instructed tongue, to know the word that sustains the weary. He wakens me morning by morning, wakens my ear to listen like one being taught.

  • Prayer for Dining Room

    Fellowship – Acts 2:42

    They were continually devoting themselves to the apostles' teaching and to fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer.

    Unity – Romans 15:5

    May the God who gives endurance and encouragement give you a spirit of unity among yourselves as you follow Christ Jesus, so that with one heart and mouth you may glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.

    Family Environment – Gal. 6:10

    Therefore, as we have opportunity, let us do good to all people, especially to those who belong to the family of believers.

    Prayer – Matt 6:9-13

    This, then, is how you should pray: “Our Father in heaven, hallowed be Your name, Your kingdom come, Your will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Give us today our daily bread. Forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one.”

  • Prayer for Houseparents’ Children’s Rooms

    Spiritual Growth – 2 Peter 3:18

    But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To Him be glory both now and forever! Amen.

    Protection – Psalm 91:11

    For He will command His angels concerning you to guard you in all your ways.

    Knowledge of the Love of God – Col. 1:9

    For this reason also, since the day we heard of it, we have not ceased to pray for you and to ask that you may be filled with the knowledge of His will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding.

    Refuge – Proverbs 14:26

    He who fears the Lord has a secure for- tress, and for his children it will be a refuge.

    Training – Proverbs 22:6

    Train a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not turn from it.

  • Prayer for Kitchen

    Teachable Moments – Deuteronomy 4:9

    Just make sure you stay alert. Keep close watch over yourselves. Don't forget anything of what you've seen. Don't let your heart wander off. Stay vigilant as long as you live. Teach what you've seen and heard to your children and grandchildren.

    Fellowship/Team Work – I Cor. 12:12

    For even as the body is one and yet has many members, and all the members of the body, though they are many, are one body, so also is Christ.

    Grace-filled Talk – Col 4:6

    Let your conversation be always full of grace, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how to answer everyone.

  • Prayer for Living Room

    Devotional Time – II Cor. 1:3-7

    Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves have received from God. For just as the sufferings of Christ flow over into our lives, so also through Christ our comfort overflows. If we are distressed, it is for your comfort and salvation; if we are comforted, it is for your comfort, which produces in you patient endurance of the same sufferings we suffer. And our hope for you is firm, because we know that just as you share in our sufferings, so also you share in our comfort.

    Rest – Matthew 11:28-30

    “Come to Me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For My yoke is easy and My burden is light.”

    Love of God – I John 4:16

    And so we know and rely on the love God has for us. God is love. Whoever lives in love lives in God, and God in him.

    Peace – James 3:18

    Peacemakers who sow in peace raise a harvest of righteousness.

  • Prayer for Primary Houseparents’ Quarters

    Marriage – Proverbs 12:4

    An excellent wife is the crown of her husband, but she who shames him is like rottenness in his bones. Proverbs 31:11 The heart of her husband trusts in her, and he will have no lack of gain.

    Wisdom – James 3:16-17

    For where you have envy and selfish ambition, there you find disorder and every evil practice. But the wisdom that comes from heaven is first of all pure; then peace- loving, considerate, submissive, full of mercy and good fruit, impartial and sincere.

    Renewal – Psalm 51:10

    Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a steadfast spirit within me. Refuge – Psalm16:1 Keep me safe, O God, for in You I take refuge.

    Daily Quiet Times – Romans 12:12

    Base your happiness on your hope in Christ. When trials come, endure them patiently; steadfastly maintain the habit of prayer.

    Rest – Gal. 6:9

    Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.

    Priority – Matthew 6:33

    But seek first His kingdom and His righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.

    Protection – Psalm 91:14-15

    “Because he loves Me,” says the Lord, “I will rescue him; I will protect him, for he acknowledges My name. He will call upon Me, and I will answer him; I will be with him in trouble, I will deliver him and honor him.”

  • Prayer for Relief Houseparents’ Quarters

    Rest – Exodus 33:14

    And He said, “My presence shall go with you, and I will give you rest.”

    Wisdom/Discernment – I Kings 3:9

    So give Your servant a discerning heart to govern Your people and to distinguish between right and wrong. For who is able to govern this great people of Yours?

    Strength – Isaiah 40:29-31

    He gives strength to the weary and increases the power of the weak. Even youths grow tired and weary, and young men stumble and fall; but those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint.

  • Prayer for Residents’ Rooms

    Refuge – Psalm 17:7

    Show the wonder of Your great love, You who save by Your right hand those who take refuge in You from their foes.

    Protection – Psalm 91:1

    He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High will abide in the shadow of the Almighty.

    Salvation – Acts 4:12

    Salvation is found in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to men by which we must be saved.

    New Work – Isaiah 43:18-19

    Forget the former things; do not dwell on the past. See, I am doing a new thing! Now it springs up; do you not perceive it? I am making a way in the desert and streams in the wasteland.

    Unity – Ephesians 4:13

    Make every effort to keep the unity of the Spirit through the bond of peace.

    Bondage Breaking – Isaiah 61:1-3

    The Spirit of the Sovereign Lord is on Me, because the Lord has anointed Me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent Me to bind up the brokenhearted, to pro- claim freedom for the captives and release from darkness for the prisoners, to proclaim the year of the Lord's favor and the day of vengeance of our God, to comfort all who mourn, and provide for those who grieve in Zion—to bestow on them a crown of beauty instead of ashes, the oil of gladness instead of mourning, and a garment of praise instead of a spirit of despair. They will be called oaks of righteousness, a planting of the Lord for the display of His splendor.

    New Mercy – Lamentations 3:21-24

    Yet this I call to mind and therefore I have hope: Because of the Lord's great love we are not consumed, for His compassions never fail. They are new every morning; great is Your faithfulness. I say to myself, “The Lord is my portion; therefore I will wait for Him.”