Prayers

Prayers for friendship and community

For finding, keeping, and being a real friend.

  1. Longing for real friendship

    Lord, I long for the kind of friendship that goes deeper than small talk, where I can be fully known and still fully loved.

    Proverbs 17:17 · Ecclesiastes 4:9-10 · Proverbs 18:24 · John 15:13 · 1 Samuel 18:1 · Proverbs 27:17 · Romans 12:10 · Galatians 6:2 · Psalm 133:1 · 1 Corinthians 13:4-7 · John 15:15 · Hebrews 10:24-25

  2. Hurt by a friend

    Lord, what my friend did cut deeper because I trusted them, and I didn't expect to be hurt by someone that close.

    Proverbs 18:24 · Psalm 41:9 · Proverbs 27:6 · Matthew 18:15 · Colossians 3:13 · Ephesians 4:31-32 · Psalm 55:12-14 · Romans 12:18 · Luke 6:37 · Proverbs 17:17 · 1 Peter 4:8 · Galatians 6:1

  3. Finding community in a new place

    Lord, building real community in this new place is harder and slower than I expected it to be.

    Hebrews 10:24-25 · Psalm 68:6 · Acts 2:42 · Ecclesiastes 4:9-10 · Romans 12:13 · 1 Peter 4:9-10 · Galatians 6:2 · Psalm 133:1 · Proverbs 18:24 · Joshua 1:9 · Genesis 12:1-2 · Isaiah 43:18-19

  4. Being a good friend to someone struggling

    Lord, my friend is going through something hard right now, and I want to show up well for them instead of saying the wrong thing or disappearing because I don't know what to do.

    Galatians 6:2 · Romans 12:15 · Ecclesiastes 4:9-10 · Proverbs 17:17 · 1 Thessalonians 5:11 · Job 2:13 · 2 Corinthians 1:3-4 · Colossians 3:12 · Proverbs 27:9 · James 5:16 · 1 Peter 4:8 · John 15:13

The verses these prayers stand on

Every quotation on these pages is verbatim from the World English Bible, a public-domain translation: Proverbs 17:17, Ecclesiastes 4:9-10, Proverbs 18:24, John 15:13, 1 Samuel 18:1, Proverbs 27:17, Romans 12:10, Galatians 6:2, Psalm 133:1, 1 Corinthians 13:4-7, John 15:15, Hebrews 10:24-25, Psalm 41:9, Proverbs 27:6, Matthew 18:15, Colossians 3:13, Ephesians 4:31-32, Psalm 55:12-14, Romans 12:18, Luke 6:37, 1 Peter 4:8, Galatians 6:1, Psalm 68:6, Acts 2:42, Romans 12:13, 1 Peter 4:9-10, Joshua 1:9, Genesis 12:1-2, Isaiah 43:18-19, Romans 12:15, 1 Thessalonians 5:11, Job 2:13, 2 Corinthians 1:3-4, Colossians 3:12, Proverbs 27:9, James 5:16.