Prayer Chapel
About the Youth Prayer Chapel
An authentic place where you can talk with God, make prayer requests, and encourage one another. Here you can be real as we come together into the very presence of God.
Jesus, I praise you for coming to this world and for living with such integrity. You were so amazing and brave to die on the cross. Your suffering showed us how much you love us-you were willing to sacrifice your life for us. Lord, help me to do whatever I can to help others and spread God's word. -Nicole
God, I'm truly sorry that I have sinned against you time after time. You have been so good to me and still I choose things that are wrong. Please help me to resist temptation and evil in the future. God, I humbly ask you for forgiveness for all my sins. Please give me your blessing this day. In Jesus' name, I pray. Amen. -Brianna
"God, things are out of balance in the world. Some people have lots and others don't have enough. Some countries are so powerful and others can't get the help they need. Some people are hungry and sick and others waste food and throw away clothes when they get tired of them. God, inspire governments and world leaders to realize that power and money aren't the most important things, and to work to eliminate hunger, unemployment and disease. God, grant us the desire to understand other cultures and give us peace in our day. Amen. -Liz
I need prayer. I am really struggling a LOT right now. Since I was about six my dad has verbally abused me, and on occasion physically. When I was twelve, my great-grandfather started molesting me. And then seventeen days ago... this hurts me the most, I was raped when I was leaving work. I feel so dirty and used and abused and ashamed and I don't know what else. I feel like I'll never be clean. I have so much hatred in my heart right now. I hate my life. I want to kill myself to get away from the pain! It hurts! I can't handle it anymore! PLEASE HELP! - Anonymous
Father, drinking has taken over my life: bring me back to you. Alcohol clouds my judgment: give me your guidance. It brings me further into sin: make me pure of heart. Father, you and only you can help me. I understand that without you I am weak. I need you to guide my actions and my words. I am lost, Lord, bring me home. -Jan
Dear Jesus, many times I go along with a group of friends and do something I shouldn't be doing, just so they'll like me. Help me to stand up to my peers and do what is right. -Melissa
Father, you've created me in your beautiful image and likeness. In my heart, I know you love me, but I'm constantly confronted with the picture that society paints as beautiful. Help me to realized that you truly know each hair on my head, each gleam of light in my eyes, and every wrinkle when I smile. You mold me as a potter shapes a piece of clay, perfecting each part with your loving hands. I'm the child you envisioned I would be. I am perfect in your eyes, and each day you look upon me in love. Let me always remember that you've created me uniquely and beautifully. Help me to see you each day when I look in the mirror, and to realize that physical beauty is so small in comparison to the beauty of who I am. Amen. -Joan
Dear God, I don't know what's happening, but I need your help. I want to understand love, but all I can think about is sex. I don't want to be obsessed by it or afraid of it, but sometimes I feel like I'm both! Sex is supposed to be a gift for marriage, but I'm struggling to understand it now. I don't want to be immature about it, but I just don't know how to handle things: my feelings change, my attitudes change; I feel curious and then nervous and then guilty and then anxious. Please, God, just help me to live faithfully and with integrity, bringing my confusion to you with straightforward confidence in your all-powerful love for me. Guide me, Lord! Amen. -Juanita
Dear Lord, help me to know that I am your beloved, created in your image. Help me to realize that you created me to be me, and no one else, and that I am irreplaceable and wonderful in your eyes. Your fingers fashioned me in my mother's womb: I am your treasure. Help me to see that beauty is something that you have placed within me. It's not something that I can put on or take off. I have to uncover it. Help me to know that my worth isn't based on what anyone thinks of me. Help me to believe that I have dignity, as your precious child, forever. And help me to always see the dignity in others, too. Amen. -Melissa
Lord, I appreciate my relationship with family and friends, but lately, I feel kind of obsessed about finding "that special someone." I'm always searching for a special relationship, someone to go out with on the weekend, someone to call every night. Lord, help me to know that it's okay not to be dating right now. It's hard to feel like I'm alone when everyone else "has someone," but help me to feel secure in who I am. Help me to grow closer to you, Lord, and to enjoy the good things in my life. Thank you, Lord. Amen. -Daisy
Oh God i'm drowning in my sea of blood, hate, and deception. I'm drowning... dying. Do you even care? -Beth
Right now, life just doesn't feel worth living. And yet I know you want me to go on. Lord, you have to help me see the way. I feel darkness pressing in all around me and I need your light. Lord, help me to find the way out. Help me to know you are there. Please send someone to reach out a hand to show me that you are with me. Amen. -Paul
My God, I know I can't do anything without you. I know I'm weak. I need you. I explain to others how anorexia feels, but you already know. You know me so well. Continue to give me the strength to fight this battle, and to ask for help when I need it. In the long hours of the day when I feel lonely or sad, be with me. Help me to run to you, give me the grace to continue on. Let me remember today how much you love and care for me. -Erin
My Savior, please lift the darkness from my heart and show me your light. Amen. -Rachel
Why, Lord? Why are the ones I love gone while I'm still here? I know that they would want me to live on, but still, Lord, it feels so wrong. Help me to keep living and to find joy again, and to do some good in honor of my loved one who is gone. Please help me to follow you one day at a time. -Jan
Help me shut out the sounds of my parents' fighting. They're breaking up my home-I feel like my whole life is falling in around me and I can't stand it! Please help me not to take sides and to forgive them for this enormous hurt. Let me love them both and see the good in both of them. I know that you're always with me and you love me. I know Mary is near to comfort me, and I know your angels surround me to protect me. The problem is that I can't see you, and the people I can see are tearing my life apart. Help me, God, help me. Amen. -Jo
Dear God, please forgive me for yelling at my siblings. Help me to let them know I care. Help me to become a better role model. Help me to value time with my family. Amen. -Emily
God, please help me to get along with my family. It seems like I'm always messing up. I know that when they criticize me they are trying to motivate me to do better, but it still hurts. Help me to look for the good in them and to learn to think before I get angry and say awful things. When I fail, help me to say I am sorry. Please help me in difficult situations and show me how to offer others respect and love. Amen. -Justin
Dear God, there's a kid at school who is always alone. He doesn't eat with anyone, doesn't meet anyone between classes, doesn't look at anyone. I've said something to him a few times, but he doesn't really answer. It's like he doesn't want friends. He must be really lonely. Should I tell someone, a teacher or coach maybe? Lord, I've been lonely, too, and I know how much it hurts. If you were in my place, Lord, you'd find a way to be is friend. Guide me to find a way to be a Good Samaritan, Lord, and to lighten his load if I can. Amen. -Jack
Dear Lord, thanks for letting me have such a good time last night. It's fun being with a bunch of classmates, cheering for the team and just hanging out. Thanks for giving me such great friends, too. I feel like I can talk to them about anything-serious stuff and "whatever stuff"-and they'll be there for me when I need them. I'll be there for them, too, because that's what friends are for. -Zach
Lord, I've been putting if off, but I can't delay much longer. I have to make the important college decision. I'm excited and afraid, too. I want to go one minute and the next I want to stay right where I am. I don't know what you want me to do. Help me to choose well. Help me to find what I should do with my life. Give me the wisdom and strength to do the right thing. Amen. -Ann Marie
Dear God, Sometimes I feel like you are calling me. I can almost see you beckoning me to come and follow you. To be honest, I'm not sure I want to, Lord. I don't know if I can give my life to you. How can I leave behind everything I've known? Lord, if you're really calling me to serve on your behalf, show me. Give me the strength to hear your voice and to follow your plan for me. Amen. -Chris
Dear God, Help me know what to do with my life. I'm confused. I want to live my life according to your will and to serve you in whatever I do. But there are so many choices. Please help! - Drew
Lord, please forgive me for making fun of others. Sometimes I feel so insecure with myself that I find things wrong with everyone else, just to make myself feel better. After gossiping about someone, I feel better for a while, but then I feel guilty about it. Sometimes I make fun of somebody without noticing what I'm doing. It's a bad habit, and I know it's wrong. Help me not to get wrapped up in the moment when I'm the center of attention, feeling popular and cool, and make the wrong decision. I want to start following you more closely; I need to start treating others as I would like to be treated. Please forgive me for making fun of others and help me to be strong enough to resist this temptation. Amen. -Anna
God, don't teachers know that their class isn't the only one? I have so much homework tonight I don't know how I'm going to do it all. There are books everywhere-my room looks like the library. I want to do well, but I feel a lot of pressure right now. And when I'm stressed-out, it's hard to focus. My parents want good grades, I just want to pass. Be with me, God. Help me to get through this night! -Kip
Dear God, please help me to be myself. Sometimes I act differently when I'm around others. I'm not exactly sure why; maybe I'm just trying to show off or act cool. Don't ever let me forget that if you wanted me to be different, you would have made me that way. Please help me be myself around others. I like the way you made me and I want everyone to know the real me. -Lori