Prayer Wall
Welcome to Q Christian Fellowship’s Prayer Wall, a space for requests–personal and anonymous–to be shared and prayed over by members of the community. You are invited to take some time and meditate, contemplate, and lift these requests up as a form of loving God and neighbor.
Submit a Request
How can we be praying for you? What are you experiencing, joys and struggles, that we can keep in our hearts and thoughts? Have a request on behalf of another? Fill out the form below, and we’ll add it to the Prayer Wall–we want to be a Fellowship in prayer.
Please be aware that prayers from our prayer wall are sometimes shared on our social media, with the level of anonymity that you select on the submission form, since most of our prayer warriors learn of the community's prayer needs through QCF's social media pages.
“I’m being attacked by the enemy this week. I was feeling torn about being queer and now I’m feeling torn about being Christian. Please help me to put his lies to an end.”
“Please pray that I will get a job in California that brings me joy so that I may move back home in peace.”
“I want there to be peace & reunition among LGBT & Christian communities. I want there to be acceptance as being a part of the LGBT community & being a Christian”
“help-God most high hear my suffering, expose every plan of enemy in the name of Lord of hosts, turn his face on me, comes as his Words with his mighty name, justice and rightouness, there’s no other God, and God is Word, theres no other saviour. will pray for my spritual support and protection. need strong warfare prayer, spiritual support and defence, and prayer chain. also get united with prayer warriors and send more prayer warriors. thank you”
“I want people to accept and NORMALIZE the LGBT community. I believe there might be hope for a decrease in anti-LGBT. I want peace for the LGBT community and I really want people actually to KNOW about them. I want a world where no one misgenders you PURPOSELY or shove hate bill at your face BANNING gender-affirming care.”
“I want a prayer for the entire LGBT community... I want this constant war between LGBT people and Christians to end. I want Christians to accept LGBT people and also I want protection for both communities. I don’t want society to attack LGBT ppl or Christians. I know for a fact that both communities have been viewed negatively and LGBT ppl are now facing injustices & discrimination ALL around the world.”
“That I will be able to see past the negativity toward certain groups that Christians often have and find an accepting Christian community.”
“That my parents would have a change in heart regarding LGBTQ+ issues and that they would be accepting of me and my sister.”
“Pray for my son, who is having a mental health crisis.”
“Praying for strength with finals season, as well as wisdom and peace as living in a homophobic and conservative environment is still harming.”
“These have not been easy months, I have had a lot of economic and emotional instability since the pandemic. I had to leave Europe and return to my country in South America in not-so-pleasant conditions on a professional and financial level. I have been without work since August 2022, I am hard looking for a job in Colombia. I have had health problems and my body feels very heavy. My emotional health suffers at times because here I cannot be free in terms of my sexual orientation for security reasons. It is not a safe area. I have debts to pay and because I’m unemployed I haven’t been able to, and I don’t have health insurance either, that’s why I haven’t been able to pay my therapist who is in NY and I saw her online. I do not lose faith, and I am not in a bad mood but I need you to pray with me so that through faith and work things change.”
“In desperation, I want to know God’s love. His unfailing, eternal, faithful love. Father’s love. I want to experience and [be] filled with this love. Can you pray for me to meet the God you met? The God of Love? Because I do need an encounter of God’s love.”
“In 2017, I was refused baptism at a mega church for being gay. I’ve decided to share my story of discrimination at Judah Smith’s church in Seattle called Churchome with the media. I have informed the church of my decision. They would like to speak to me. I pray God’s grace, protection, and clarity surround me as I navigate sharing my truth.”
“I pray that I can be able to see my girlfriend again soon, and if she’s able to visit me, my parents can come to love her and vice versa.”
“ I’m scared that being open about my autism and my questioning of my sexuality and gender will drive people away, especially my partner.”
“I lost my job due to recession. I’m the only bread-winner in my house. Kindly pray that I should find new job soon.”
“I’ve prayed to the Lord for me to recover my Mini DV Tapes that [were] stolen Jan 3rd, 2022. So far, nothing has happened. Please pray that I recover these stolen memories in whichever way possible.”
“Continual prayers for my mother who is very sick and would like to see her returned to the mindset she was in before falling ill.”
“I want my parents to be more affirming with me about my gender identity as nonbinary.”
“Please pray for my anxiety and high blood pressure.”
“I came out as lesbian to my mother recently, and she forced me to choose between her and my not-so-distant-future bride. I chose my bride and my mother turned her back on me completely. Please pray for my emotional healing.”
“Future therapy, safety in a homophobic home, and to heal from scars of the past.”
“Continual prayers a child to keep living with friend’s relatives.”
“Pray for right home, property for our family. What’s impossible with man is possible with God.”
“Heavenly Father we humbly come to You and asking You to set [this individual] free from any dark spirits and spirits of fear.”
“I am saved yet homeless at 76. The warfare is constant leaving me exhausted from fighting, but I know your prayers will help me prevail!”
“I pray to become a prayer warrior and I ask for help from the Holy Spirit of God to guide me with all the right things to say.”
“I would like to confess and rid myself of any sin or anything in my thought life I need to confess. Also, I do not want to be anxious for anything but to trust God. I seek prayer to be able to have that trust.”
“I work with some stubborn, non-affirming believers. Please pray for them as I do periodically.”
“Prayers for strength in the face of temptation, and guidance.”
“I need the Church to please pray to the Lord that the man that had something to do with stealing my relative’s car and stealing my mini DV tapes from out of it to return them to me in whichever way possible. My whole family need is depending on these footages for generations after us.”
“ I’m still asking for prayers for the right property [and] home for our family.”
“Please pray for a child to continue living with friend’s relatives. They’re giving the child love stability, security.”
“[Praying for] wisdom on a brand-new journey with my 19 year-old son [who is] trans—FTM.”
“I have met a wonderful sister in the Lord sister, Gretchen, and she—like 1 million other Americans—is suffering greatly from long COVID! It leaves you weak with brain fog and feeling just sick all over!”
“Thankful for this space where we can pray with and for one another. My God give us clarity and increase our peace, patience, and love in areas where we need it.”
“I have a friend that keeps drinking alot everyday. He has a lot to deal with and is not close to God. He is lost and needs direction. I can tell he also needs help financially. ”
“Need immediate strong prayer for protection for the next couple months, and years along with my finances, living situation, car, relationships, [and] for God to increase my life years for to reach more souls for the kingdom of God on this earth.”
“Recently, it has been hard being unsure of my future in faith when I marry, and even finding someone who’s Christian and queer.”
“[Praying for] a miracle because that’s what I need. A new body. A holistic breakthrough.”
“Please pray [for my] husband Felix’s salvation, [for my] marriage, [and for] deliverance from alcohol.”
“The recession is killing me—need a miracle of God’s help.”
“Please pray that I spend some nights at my aunt’s house... Please pray that I could be there to comfort and support her.”
“Please pray for complete restoration and reconciliation for my marriage, that God’s truth and God’s will would prevail in my husband’s heart and mind.”
“I have gone to Florida for the winter to stay alive. Being homeless at 76 with a history of pneumonia... is just a little scary!”
“I want to be more accepted into my family as a nonbinary person.”
“I’m a born-again Christian and queer. Only recently have I discovered Q Christian Fellowship, where I can be myself. I pray that more people will find this community and be able to embrace themselves for who they are without discouragement.”
“I’m physically, emotionally, and spiritually exhausted right now in every aspect of my life. Please pray for my healing and that I may be able to find peace and joy.”
“I came out to my Christian conservative mom as trans, and she isn’t taking it well and doesn’t fully understand it. I know it’s difficult for her. Please pray for her and me.”
“For Fred and his group to get along with Mike and all.”
“My friends are all struggling, and it’s hard watching them turn to substances and self-destructive behavior. I love them, and I want to help, but I don’t know how. I want them to find peace and know they’re loved. Pray for them if you can. Pray for their happiness and peace—for my partner too, who is struggling mentally.”
“I’m almost 18 and have been struggling with the idea of graduating. I am mentally unstable and don’t believe I’ll be able to make it on my own.”
“Please pray that I don’t lose the faith that I have. I am tired of the Bible being weaponized against LGBTQ+, women, and other communities. Also, please pray for my efforts to promote body positivity and stirring up the creative gifts in me.”
“Pray for the safety of myself and my family as they learn to accept my identity as a bisexual Christian.”
“Homeless at 76—asking prayer for strength. There are some moments I do not feel like going on, and that is when
your prayers get me through.”
“Pray for God’s love and protection for [my son Leo] and that God sends him a Godly wife and children. Please pray that God sends angels to protect him from evil, and for God to bless him all the days of his life.”
“Pushing 60. A lifetime of stagnation, loneliness, broken dreams, unanswered prayers. One minimum wage job after another since high school, paycheck to paycheck, never making enough to save. No wife, no friends. Failing health with extreme brain fog and severe exhaustion. Bad back. Unemployed again. Rent raised by 25%. Tired of the struggle. Seeking financial breakthrough along with my health, and seeking some long-awaited happiness and luck. Restoring the years the locusts have eaten.”
“I ask God... to restore our marriage. I would ask God to send warrior angels to protect my wife from this evil and fill her heart with the Holy Spirit and word.”
“Need prayer that I find a rental—a small home for myself, partner, and dogs.”
“Pray my grandmother’s health improves, that I meet a kind a husband, and have a healthy baby. Pray for my health, safety, and protection. Pray that I reconcile with my friend Eric.”
“I’m trying to put myself together and repair the damage caused by my addiction. Please pray for healing, deliverance and salvation.”
“Someone at work made an HR write-up that contained some information that was not true. HR is investigating this. Please pray for the investigation and what I say about the person who did this in public.”
“I am 31 years old. I am not out yet. I feel lonely and sad as i feel I will be alone all my life. I pray to Jesus daily. I just wish to be happy someday with someone.”
“Please pray that I have courage and wisdom to come out to my very narrow-minded and homophobic parents. Please pray my partner and I are able to find jobs near his family. Praying I stay focused on the path that God has placed me on.”
“Please pray I don’t have cancer.”
“I only ask that Jesus, who has so many far worse off than me, not forget about me.”
“Peace and guidance for a weary soul and hardened heart.”
“I’ve recently come out to my accepting Christian family, but I go to a university where we can be kicked out if we’re publicly gay. We have mandatory Bible classes where our professors use my Savior against me. I’m stuck here for another year and a half and am having such a hard time right now.”
“I’ve only recently started my transition journey by coming out at 29, but I have limited resources and live in a very non-affirming area. I believe God wants me to be honest and go this path, but I feel stuck. I struggle with hopelessness and depression. Please pray for me.”
“Dennis continues to trust Jesus to overcome breathing difficulties; please pray for his healing. Rev. Mary is trusting Jesus to be healed of ear infection; please pray for her healing. Elliot invited Christ into his heart a few years ago; please pray for his on-going growth in the Lord. Please ask the Lord to open the heart of Terence to receive and understand the cell phone text I’m sending him about Jesus Christ. Please ask the Lord to motivate Glenn to own up to and take actions to help him overcome depression and increasing memory problems.”
“My son Markus—he has just come out at 15.”
“My boyfriend asked me to move to across the country with him. I am worried about moving right now (finances, finding a new job, etc.). I am praying for guidance and peace.”
“Pray that I recover my box full of recorded mini DVDs with sentimental church memories that has been stolen out of my relative’s car since January.”
“Pray that God help me to stop smoking, for my finances, for a car for work and business, new friends, marriage and kids, business adventures, protection, abundantly above all I can ask or think.”
“Please pray for my husband Felix, salvation, our marriage, [and] deliverance from alcohol.”
“Pray for my family. They are anti-gay, and [I] would wish they had a more humble and open heart and dig into this type of stuff, especially when I’m gay. I also pray that I and my family be on fire for God. Depression and anger is getting to me, too. I pray that I have an affirming family and friends. If not, then new friends that are affirming Christians, and close friends that act like family that are Christian and affirming.”
“Hoping that the truth finally comes out about some things once and for all and justice is served to some people who tried their best to wreck and destroy me and my life. They are corrupt, and they aren’t wanting the truth to come out about some things for fear of how they will look if it gets out, wanted me dead, and going to take nothing short of about a miracle to heal internally from what happened.”
“Please pray for me and my family who’re going through separation, depression, and anxiety.”
“For my family. They are so filled with hatred and bigotry, and I know it hurts not only myself, but them as well as it takes up so much of their life. I pray God will rescue them from this angry lifestyle into one with much more love.”
“Loss of close family member. Going through a hard breakup of long-time partner and friend(s).”
“Need guidance as I begin baptism classes.”
“Struggling with my 13-year-old, assigned [female] at birth, beginning transition to a male. Starting to dress like a boy and change pronouns, and I’m trying to be supportive, but I can’t stop crying about it. Would love prayer. Also, my husband is still trying to convince him he can choose to be cis-gender, and so we are not on the same page, which is also very hard.”
“For my family, grades and career as a basketball player. I pray that I continue to have a loving family.”
“I have been treated for anxiety-depressive disorder for over three years now. Help doctors determine the cause and prescribe the correct treatment.”
“Prayers for a new job where I can fully come out, for an apartment, and for my partner and her new job.”
“I need some serious healing and some serious deliverance, too.”
“I ask for prayers for me (help, discernment, courage) as I navigate discerning marriage to my partner and multi-generational fear of my matriarch’s reaction to me being queer; that I don’t take on more responsibility for my family than I should—that the path of love would be clear.”
“My son is gay and because of how he has seen Christians speak so hatefully about people in the gay community, he has a wall in his heart toward God. Please ask God to reveal the truth of His love to him.”
“I need prayer for the people who are saying I am not a “true Christian” because I am bisexual. I came out 3 or 4 months ago, and my parents are accepting, but not a lot of other Christians are. They completely ignore my relationship with Christ.”
“Please pray for me as I find a way to tell my family that I’m bisexual. I know my mom will support me, but my dad is very traditional. Trying to find more friends and other resources.”
“I’m separating from my same-sex partner. I’ve been suffering from panic attacks and feeling disassociated, worrying that I’m having some psychotic breakdown or that I’d end up in hospital. [I] sometimes worry that it is a demon and I need deliverance but worry that I would be told I need to be straight or I’d end up straight.”
“Please pray for my transition, for God to guide me, for my children and my ex-wife to find peace, and that we release our anger at each other.”
“Trying to reconcile my faith with my orientation. Please pray for discernment and clarity.”
“My family put me in juvenile hall at 9 for being gay. I’m 43 now, and l have tried to be a good Christian. I live my life by Ephesians. 4:32. My new church thinks that it’s my choice to be gay, so please pray for them”
“I’m struggling. Please pray the Lord delivers me from spiritual oppression and mental torment, and [for] deep healing of a crushed spirit and soul.”
“When was at my job I did something wrong, but they have harped and harped about what I did and how bad it was, but they are exaggerating what I did.”
“The Baptist church tells me I’m going to hell for liking women.”
“Please pray that I hear and follow my calling to serve the Lord.”
“Please pray for my friend Q.F. He is sick from Covid and in the hospital.”
“Contemplating how/when to fully come out and wrestling with the uncertainty of what the aftermath may be.”
“My 23-year-old son told us this weekend that he will not attend his sister’s wedding (soon to be announced engagement) to her female partner. He became very conservative and feels “convicted” that he can’t go. So much anger, sadness, and pain in our family right now.”
“Please say a prayer for me—I am saved yet homeless in NYC at 75 and have never been so tired in all my life!”
“Please pray for my mom Lorraine’s salvation and pray for her healing. She lost her hearing, has memory loss, bad posture, body pain, and blood pressure issues. Pray for excellent health. Pray for a long life for Lorraine. Pray for the removal of debt and financial blessings and financial security for Lorraine. Pray Lorraine’s possessions last a hundred times longer and become newer each day. Also, please pray for salvation and excellent health and long life for my Uncle Steve and Aunt Jackie.”
“My wife has left me and our four children for another man. We are devastated. Please pray that she repent and return to the Lord and that our family is restored.”
“Praying the blood of Jesus, God’s protection, favor, and divine intervention for L’s freedom and mental health rehab. Praying for God’s angels to intervene and for a miracle breakthrough blessing to prevail in L’s favor. Thank you for keeping L in prayer.”
“I’m asking for prayer that all distractions... be broken from my life forever so that I can go forward in Christ Jesus.”
“Please pray that Derrick quits drinking and follows the Lord.”
“Please pray David will submit to the Lord and quit drinking.”
“My dad is experiencing some anxiety right now, and it’s been really affecting him. Please pray for peace and safety and for his mental health. Thanks, everyone!”
“I’m reaching out today to ask [that you would] please be in prayer for my marriage. We have been separated for over two years. I have caused a lot of damage to our marriage and pain to my wife. I made a lot of changes over the last year, and I’m asking for healing for my wife from past behaviors of mine and fear she has. Also for the restoration of the marriage.”
“Two co-workers have made false allegations against me claiming I pushed and threatened one of them and the other is falsely claiming to have witnessed this. I have lost my job over these false allegations. Please pray that God reveals the truth about the false allegations the co-workers have made against me.”
“I’ve been struggling with depression and anxiety—please pray for me and for wisdom for my doctor. Thank you.”
“Please pray for my mom Lorraine’s salvation and pray for her healing. She lost her hearing, has memory loss, bad posture, body pain, and blood pressure issues. Pray for excellent health... Also, please pray for salvation and excellent health and long life for my Uncle Seve and Aunt Jackie.”
“My family is in need of a home. The uncertainty of still not having a home is something that the enemy has been using to weigh me down and make me feel hopeless. This has made me feel as if I am going backward instead of moving forward. Please pray for me.”
“Praying the blood of Jesus, God’s protection, forgiveness, grace , mercy, favor, and leniency regarding an unfortunate, important legal matter. Praying for Leland’s freedom and the focus to be on getting proper mental health care rehab during this difficult time. Praying for God’s angels to intervene and for a miracle blessing to prevail in Lelands favor.”
“After growing up attending and spending the majority of our teenage years working at the same non-affirming bible camp, myself and a friend are getting ready to make both of our same-sex relationships public on social media, and would appreciate prayer for our strength as we know the backlash will be heavy.”
“I am at a crossroads and pray for Truth to be revealed to me. I don’t know what I believe in, I feel torn about my sexuality, and I’m unsure as to what I even want out of life anymore... [Praying] that God may untangle me.”
“Oftentimes, I am anxious that I will go to hell and that God will leave me because I have messed up really bad. I also get really sad when I think about how gay christians are made fun of like me. I just ask that people pray for the healing of other people’s hearts and for understanding among the Christian community of gay Christians. I also ask for prayer for my anxiety because I never want God to leave me, and I know I am going to heaven, but I just need clarity of mind. Thank you so much.”
“Please say a prayer for me! Saved, yet homeless sleeping under a bridge at 74! When I get to the library and see someone is praying for me, it makes me so happy and not so lonely.”
“I feel unable to pray. For most of my life, I have been the archetypal church kid and I had all of the right answers to questions of faith and God. I would advise those who felt alone to call to the Father, our ever-present comfort. But even as I know this to be the answer, I cannot feel His love or care in this moment. I cannot see beyond the blinding pain of this affliction, and I do not feel safe talking to my conservative faith leaders. The idea of speaking to a gay-affirming Christian is equally troubling to me—I can almost hear the voices of my pastors telling me my very question means perhaps I was never saved at all.”
“I ask for prayer for the Lord to provide my mom and I a house or duplex. We have been moving a lot for years and been homeless twice and we would like to settle in a place without having to worry about moving again.”
“For God’s hand on my life and the direction that I take, now that I’ve come out as gay to my wife and family.”
“O Lord Jesus Christ who’s my Saviour in life, You give me strength every day, and you guide me home safe every night. The birds sing for your love in life, and all the flowers smile in your beautiful sunlight. May your joy shine through me. I come before you O Lord Jesus Christ and You lead me to enjoy the beauty of peace and love of your creation in life. And I carry your hopes and joys and your everlasting love forever inside my heart. Amen, Lord Jesus Christ.”
“Please pray for me that I can find a church that welcomes queer people in our place (our country is conservative about this topic so it’s hard to find one). As of now I still live with my parents and I am not the kind to randomly go out of the house even before the pandemic so I’m not sure how I would attend church services once I find one but I believe this is the first step.”
“Please pray for me as I’m in a tough situation with my mother.”
“I’m struggling with mental health and mental breakdowns. My depression has spiked, and it’s hard to feel a lot of emotions and to feel a connection with God. I hope I’ll be able to feel connected spiritually.”
“Due to unfortunate circumstances, soon after coming out, I had to move back home with my parents. They are non-affirming Christians and are not accepting of me, and they spew hatred towards people of the LGBTQ+ community. I regularly am told I’m going to hell and don’t ‘really’ believe the Bible and can’t be a Christian if I don’t share their views. I’m probably stuck here until summer or even fall.”
“Seeking prayer for my trans child and myself, needing peace as I navigate their experiences.”
“Praying for a reconciled and restored relationship, for a caring and loving heart and healing from Hashimoto disease.”
“Praying for continued prosperity in my romantic relationship with the man I adore.”
“I’ve been feeling very lost right now, I don’t really have anyone to talk to since I’m still furloughed from work. I feel very alone. My hope of returning to work soon is dwindling. Prayers for some news of returning to work soon.”
“Struggling with homophobic family and coming out to them some day.”
“I recently came out to my family, but had to move back in with them after losing my job due to COVID-19. My mother refuses to accept me as a homosexual male and berates me with scripture. She has tried to gain control over me like I’m a teenager again. Please pray for me in this situation and that my mother will begin to hear me.”
“I’m asking the Lord to help me navigate my trans identity and whether or not I am living my life based on God’s plan for me.”
“Asking the Lord for friends on Twitter who will be more responsive to my posts about failing mental health. Also for healing of insomnia and a variety of mental health issues.”
“Praying for a relationship to be mended, for a supportive and understanding husband.”
“Struggling with homophobic family.”
“Grant us favor this coming week. Let the authorities in this cause see what is truly happening in regards to the girls and give us a favorable outcome. I am being patient, Lord. Please forgive me for any sins I have committed. I know you are for me and want what is best. Please bring your perfect will for us, Lord. Please keep us safe and bring financial relief.”
“I ask for prayer for the Lord to provide my mom and I a house or duplex. We have been moving a lot for years and been homeless twice, and we would like to settle in a place without having to worry about moving again.”
“I recently was forced to break up with my boyfriend because my mom searched through my phone and asked God what to do ([she said God] said to have me break up with him). I’m confused and depressed, because I had been asking God for ages to send me someone to love and care for, and now that I finally have him he’s gone. I pray for answers, and I pray that my boyfriend is still taking care of himself.”
“My grandson joined the National Guard, and he shipped out Monday. Pray he has the stamina and desire to finish strong! Also, my granddaughter is lesbian and struggling emotionally with lots of anxiety. Pray for my heart to stay peaceful.”
“Realized I had feelings for a woman, dated her, broke up, and then came out to my parents about it. Struggling with the idea that someone can be gay and Christian... I’m facing the possibility of getting kicked out and trying to prepare myself for everything my dad will say, that I’m “living in sin” and “homosexuality is clearly wrong in the Bible”. I’m scared and don’t know if what I’m doing is okay with God.”
“The Lord Jesus Christ keeps me safe and warm every day, and he’s forever Inside my heart beating away, and I’m smiling today, because the Lord Jesus Christ is in my heart every day. Amen. I love You, Lord Jesus Christ.”
“Praying that I would be able to love and forgive Christians who don’t understand LGBTQ+ community members who have the desire to follow Christ.”
“Thank you for the amazing, loving, [and] caring family [and] friends I have.”
“Praying for freedom dead religion, for repentance and cleansing; for work superiors treating me poorly; for God to stir up the hearts of my family for ministry; for God’s will, wisdom, discernment, revelation, and recognition for me and my family; for God’s order in my work.”
“Please pray that my photography will sell in spite of the economy and that I will develop more self confidence.”
“I want to give praise to God for answering prayer to restore a friendship and softening a coworker’s heart. There is much more progress needed, but there has been a start or seemingly positive step forward on being on good terms with this individual... I would ask/request continued prayers.”
“Pray that God will give me a wonderful significant other (friend, companion, lover).”
“My 40 year old daughter with bipolar condition in MS is lonely and afraid. May she find trustworthy friends and be a trustworthy friend to them. [May] they all know God’s trustworthy love.”
“I am thankful for my friends at Open House, A place for housing and services for LGBTQ+ Seniors in San Francisco. Many are isolated today because of COVID, and I ask you pray for someone to reach out in a meaningful way. Here and across the nation.”
“Renew a right spirit in all believers, dear God. Please stop this COVID plague and bring medicines to treat, a cure, and vaccines safe for humans to take. Help us to love each other and ourselves.”
“A trans girl I have liked for a while asked me to be her girlfriend I’m a cis girl). My parents (I’m out to both) are confused by trans people, and my mom wants me to marry a man. I just want to understand the truth about what God says. Do I stay single or do I date her?”
“I recently moved to a small, conservative, Southern town that has been hit hard by COVID-19. My friends and family live 3,000 miles away, so I am isolated, alone, and feeling intense loneliness like I have never felt before. I’d like to meet a good, honest, trustworthy, kind, and faithful man to share my life with and build a future as part of a loving, healthy, positive, and Christian LTR. I pray that God will bless me and send His choice of a compatible life partner my way soon.”
“There is a lot of tension right now [in my family] due to all that’s going on. Requesting prayers for employment, family relationships, self-awareness, confidence in who/whose we are. Requesting prayers for those in my life who know too much, those who accept me for me, and those who don’t... that’s okay! Prayers for those in my life who have let me lean on them, I pray we hold each other up. Prayers for my brain and body, as I work on healing physical and emotional trauma. Prayer for peace, guidance, friendships and genuine people who want me in their lives. I’m tired of feeling like I’m being judged, or that I just don’t have what it takes to level up. I don’t want to be the person who lets those down in my life that I care about. I’m tired, I’m leaning on the Holy. Creator God, heal my family, my broken relationships, my late-blooming self; please surround me with your peace, grace and protection so I can be of service to others.”
“Lord, help me find a good oral Surgeon to get me through this.”
“I am in quite a bit of debt and it’s been causing a lot of stress. I even have a hard time sleeping.”
“[Praying] to have the opportunity to arrange my residence in Europe and thus have access to a better quality of life. [Praying for improved] health since it is possible that I have Cushing’s Syndrome. Likewise, may God bless me for his mercy with a job to be able to give my 10% and also his protection to my heart for my mental and emotional health. [Praying for my] health, my finances/job, and the fact to get a job would help me to be better.”
“Struggling with depression, a feeling of abandonment, and trauma after coming out to family in Uganda. Feeling empty and broken. What is love from God and others?”
“Struggling with depression and loneliness for a while and am having a hard time keeping up with work.”
“Pray for Chelsea, who is transitioning and feeling alone.”
“I am dealing with constant pain from Lyme Disease. Years before I was healed from another disease which caused constant pain, so I am struggling to deal with being in this position again and learning again to cope with suffering.”
“I have been suffering with chronic pain in my left shoulder blade since 2017 and have found no medical or alternative solutions. Exhausted, need relief.”
“*Content warning for sexual assault and trauma; amended version of original requst:
Pray for Alan who is a victim of sexual assault as his first sexual experience. Struggling again with reliving the attack.”
“Many western U.S. states are experiencing the worst wildfires in modern history right now. Where I am in Portland, Oregon, we’ve been in a gloomy, smoky haze for multiple days. Pray for those who have been impacted by these terrible fires.”
“Please pray that I will find someone. I don’t want to lose hope but I am struggling with staying hopeful.”
“Recently, my relationship ended. I am heartbroken, to say the least. I’m left questioning everything I thought was good and true. How will i ever trust again? Please pray I sleep and find peace.”
“I ask for prayers in healing of my injury. It’s been very difficult without being able to get to any physical therapy during the height of the COVID-19 Pandemic. I’m trying to follow all of the directions I was given for PT, care, etc. And keep my mind in a positive state. This has been an extra challenge with everything going on right now.”
“Praying that we find a new doctor that takes my partner’s severe chronic pain more seriously than her current doctor.”
“Pray for financial help, please.”
“A recent email to my son saying “I’m thinking of you and hope things are going well, I love you mom.” received a very angry response. It has been almost 3 years of a very broken relationship. My heart breaks for all his anger and pain. I pray for healing and that we can find some way to work towards mending our family.”
“First queer and affirming romantic relationship, and now we’re not together. I love her. I miss her. Struggling a lot.”
“Please pray for my friend who came out to her dad a couple weeks ago, and it did not go well. She’s struggling with major depression.”
“I’m just so tired of the struggle. Does it ever get better?”
“I’m looking for a job, and more importantly a car so I can get to a job. My mental health is getting worse while I’m stuck at home trying to figure things out.”
“Praying that a meaningful job opens for me or any job at this point. Rent is getting harder and harder to pay and my meaning in life after graduating this year is non-existent.”
“A prayer of gratitude and humility. Thank you God for the LGBTQ+ inclusion team at my church. All of the members are straight allies. They didn’t let the pandemic stop their efforts. They just moved their events and meetings to Zoom. Their hard work gives me so much hope. Amen.”
“My heart feels heavy after spending a vacation week with my family and knowing that most of them don’t know I’m bisexual. Relationships have come a long with with the ones who do know but I know they don’t approve although they’ve expressed they love me and want me in their lives. I’d like to start my own family before long and worry about how my child will navigate having a queer parent in a very conservative extended family around them. Would love prayers for peace and wisdom in my coming out process.”
“My partner and I are moving in together next month. I’m leaving my life in New Orleans to be with him in Denver. It’s a little scary in these times but we want to build a future together. I just hope and pray that everything goes well and that God provides.”
“I am queer, my spouse is trans non-binary, and I pastor a church in which it is not safe for us to disclose much about who we are. And because of the pandemic, we feel even more isolated from people who would be our chosen family.”
“I would like to pray for everyone that is fighting injustice across the globe. At this very moment, there are people undermining rights of the most vulnerable in society (women, LGBTQ+, and ethnic minority groups), which is meant to cause chaos in the social order. Dear God, only you can give people the will to fight for a better tomorrow. Please bless us with your grace. In the name of Jesus Christ, our Lord, and savior. Amen.”
“My partner and I are moving in together next month. I’m leaving my life in New Orleans to be with him in Denver. It’s a little scary in these times but we want to build a future together. I just hope and pray that everything goes well and that God provides.”
“I am in the middle of coming out and leaving my church to find a new one. Prayers for strength and comfort as I open up to family, friends, and others.”
“With quarantine, I have been separated from my LGBTQ+ friends and have had to live with my family. They don’t know I’m gay. It’s so lonely.”
“Possible exposure to COVID. Been trying to book a test with no success. Some friends very sick here in GA. Worried about feeling sick, work and behind in school.”
“I pray for peace over everyone life who is struggling with self identity or have parents who aren’t supportive. Know God still loves you. Jesus made a way for us. God made us the way we are, I had prayed for years for him to change me and kept praying, but now I know God doesn’t make mistakes, and he made each and everyone of us. I also ask for help on how to minister to my partner more, I was raised in church and he was not and has different beliefs, but he’s trying.”
“I am planning to come out to my parents this weekend which is causing a lot of stress.”
“Please pray for the relationship between me and my father. And pray that he’d realize the hurt he’s done to me and apologize, as well as recognize how biblical scholarship is important.”
“I’m looking to become not the prayer but the prayer.”
“I’m in love with a wonderful woman and I’m scared to love; I’ve been single for a long of a time. I’m struggling because of my legal papers on the country, and I’m struggle to find a job in this pandemic and be economically stable again. Being unemployed and with low income has affected me, and I want to be free of all those things because my physical health has not been well. But there is a love of love, laughter, and courage to move on, and I’m thankful for that.”
“I am so, so afraid that I’m never going to be happy in my life because of my fear to come out. I feel like I have so much more to offer and just need prayers of hope.”
“For Daryl who was just diagnosed with lung cancer, and his family. For the doctors for wisdom, and for his healing. And for Daryl’s trans-child who is not yet out about it and trying to figure out the right way to come out about it.”
“I struggle with accepting my sexuality and have great worry over finding a partner that is also Christian.”
“I’m trying to come out to friends and loved ones. I want to be authentic as God made me without shame.”
“*Content warning for sexual abuse and trauma; abbreviated version of original prayer request:
After suffering sexual assault and becoming a victim of sex trafficking, I had trouble finding the right clinicians. I’m in need of clinicians to fight for me, for community, and for God to show up.”
“Feeling hopelessly lost in grief after 3 sudden deaths over a 5 month span. My younger siblings don’t live close, and they’re struggling to find their way as orphans. All I can do is pray and be a good big sis as I try to heal after a year of agoraphobia and self-harm struggles. It’s hard to “feel” and care so deeply, yet feel helpless.”
“Starting to comes to terms with my feelings of SSA. Prayers for how to navigate this would be appreciated.”
“One of our Q community members has COVID-19 symptoms and is being tested Saturday 5/16, and has to anxiously await the results for 4 days. This friend is not young, so they are more at-risk, and they have been an essential worker, driving and delivering, so they’re now out of work. They need our love and support!”
“Sheltering with my parents, who are kind but very conservative and non-affirming; they don’t know yet that I’m bi. ALL of this taking a toll on my mental health.”
“For wisdom as different locations altering easing social-distancing guidelines. And for patience for us non-experts as we keep doing our best.”
“That the world and my country will be more accepting of GLBT+ people and not so judgmental.”
“Prayer for my family as they’ve recently found out that I’m gay and in a serious relationship. I love Jesus and the girl I’ve been praying for my entire life. I’m 48.”
“Acknowledgement comes long before acceptance. And it is acceptance of my orientation that I struggle mightily with. I could use some prayer. This is not easy.”
“My son does not want anything to do with our family. I pray that there is some way that we can communicate to him how much he is loved and how much his family wants him in our lives. I pray that we can find a way to move forward and begin to mend our broken relationship.”
“I’m a grocery worker with HIV. I also live with my elderly parents. I feel blessed to be working, but concerned about myself and my family. Please keep us in your prayer. I just want to hug my folks again. Please keep people in recovery in mind as well. It’s rough without the meetings.”
“Right before the pandemic, I was about to move to a full-time job with benefits, and for the time being, I am staying about my toxic job that is part-time and has a culture of judgement. I came out to my boss, and his advice was to keep it quiet. Honestly, being at home has been the best for my sanity and am praying the new job will reopen in July so I can move on.”
“My 40-year-old son, with whom I’ve been in close touch, cut off all communication after discussing my same-sex attraction. I’ve been divorced from his mother and single for 20 years. He’s known I was bisexual for 10 years. But we were talking for the first time about my having found a Christian man with whom I want to be in a committed relationship. He emailed a scathing letter the next day saying he’s lost all respect for me, and immediately changed his phone number and email address. I’m dealing with this loss that’s left a hole in my heart.”
“Manifestation of my divine mate. It’s lonely and a burden being the chef, cook, and bottle-washer.”
“For discernment as I consider entering another committed relationship, now that my marriage has ended.”
“I love Jesus and I am gay, but it’s hard for me to feel “right” about this: I need the freedom and peace in my mind.”
“Pray for health for me and my parents. My father is a COVID-19 risk factor person in Colombia, and my mother has a lack of oxygenation in the brain. Pray that I can regulate my immigration status in Europe as a resident so that I can work formally and not live legally submerged, be able to develop my professional projects, and above all, my mental and spiritual peace within Christianity, and thus be accepted as a Christian bisexual.”
“Process of coming out has led to job loss, divorce, and anxiety over future.”
“After visitors were restricted during the COVID-19 pandemic, grandfather sank into a depression, stopped eating, and passed away.”
“Praying that parents would open up their hearts and learn to love and accept me as a gay Christian.”
“Pastor in need of wisdom, grace, and courage to navigate difficult time.”
“Mother died last year, father’s health has deteriorated, and now my health has deteriorated.”
“Partner’s friend is on a ventilator with COVID-19. Family is struggling to cope.”
“Socially distancing with non-affirming mother who tries her best but still has a long way to go.”
“Struggling with denominational challenges. Concerned for mother’s health.”