Prayers

Prayers for waiting and patience

For the seasons that ask you to simply wait.

  1. Waiting for an answer to prayer

    Lord, I've been praying about this for a long time and the answer hasn't come, at least not in the way or timing I hoped for.

    Habakkuk 2:3 · Psalm 27:14 · Romans 8:25 · 2 Peter 3:9 · Hebrews 10:23 · Lamentations 3:25 · Psalm 130:5 · Isaiah 40:31 · Psalm 37:7 · Romans 15:13 · Hebrews 6:19 · Psalm 33:20

  2. Impatient for things to change

    Lord, I want things to change faster than they are, and my impatience keeps turning into frustration with you and with my circumstances.

    Psalm 37:7 · James 1:2-4 · Romans 5:3-4 · Galatians 6:9 · Hebrews 12:1 · Psalm 27:14 · Isaiah 40:31 · Proverbs 19:2 · Ecclesiastes 3:1 · Philippians 1:6 · Psalm 130:5 · 2 Corinthians 4:16-18

  3. Waiting through a hospital or hard moment

    Lord, this waiting room feels endless, and I don't know what news is coming when someone finally walks through that door.

    Psalm 46:1 · Philippians 4:6-7 · Isaiah 41:10 · Psalm 34:17-18 · Psalm 121:1-2 · 2 Corinthians 1:3-4 · Psalm 27:14 · Lamentations 3:22-23 · Psalm 55:22 · Matthew 11:28 · Psalm 62:5-6 · Romans 8:28

  4. Trusting God's timing

    Lord, my timeline and yours don't seem to match, and that gap is where most of my frustration lives right now.

    Ecclesiastes 3:1 · Psalm 31:14-15 · Habakkuk 2:3 · Isaiah 55:8-9 · Proverbs 3:5-6 · Psalm 27:14 · 2 Peter 3:8 · Romans 8:28 · Psalm 37:5 · Jeremiah 29:11 · Psalm 62:1 · Galatians 6:9

The verses these prayers stand on

Every quotation on these pages is verbatim from the World English Bible, a public-domain translation: Habakkuk 2:3, Psalm 27:14, Romans 8:25, 2 Peter 3:9, Hebrews 10:23, Lamentations 3:25, Psalm 130:5, Isaiah 40:31, Psalm 37:7, Romans 15:13, Hebrews 6:19, Psalm 33:20, James 1:2-4, Romans 5:3-4, Galatians 6:9, Hebrews 12:1, Proverbs 19:2, Ecclesiastes 3:1, Philippians 1:6, 2 Corinthians 4:16-18, Psalm 46:1, Philippians 4:6-7, Isaiah 41:10, Psalm 34:17-18, Psalm 121:1-2, 2 Corinthians 1:3-4, Lamentations 3:22-23, Psalm 55:22, Matthew 11:28, Psalm 62:5-6, Romans 8:28, Psalm 31:14-15, Isaiah 55:8-9, Proverbs 3:5-6, 2 Peter 3:8, Psalm 37:5, Jeremiah 29:11, Psalm 62:1.