Prayers for the Vulnerable

Monday:
Pray for children in vulnerable situations. Pray for their protection (Psalms 91:1-5). Pray for children in unsafe homes that they would find rest, safety, and be covered by heavenly care. 

• Psalms 91:11-12 For he will command his angels concerning you to guard you in all your ways. On their hands they will bear you up, lest you strike your foot against a stone.
  

• John 10:27-28  My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me. I give them eternal life, and they will never perish, and no one will snatch them out of my hand.
  
• Proverbs 4:23 Keep your heart with all vigilance, for from it flow the springs of life.
  

Tuesday:
Pray for people in sexual slavery in our world today. Pray that where there is darkness God’s light would shine, and by His Spirit be with the men, women and children in this vulnerable situation. 

• John 1:5 The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.
  
• Psalms 82:3-4 Give justice to the weak and the fatherless; maintain the right of the afflicted and the destitute. Rescue the weak and the needy; deliver them from the hand of the wicked.”
  

• Isaiah 61:1 The Spirit of the Lord GOD is upon me, because the LORD has anointed me to bring good news to the poor; he has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to those who are bound.
  

Wednesday:
Take a prayer walk in a different neighborhood than your own and pray for each home you see. Pray for the families, children, and home life. Pray for healthy connections, pray that any danger to children would be exposed to safe people, and pray for safe and loving environments.

• Isaiah 32:18 My people will abide in a peaceful habitation, in secure dwellings, and in quiet resting places.
  
• Proverbs 3:33 The LORD’s curse is on the house of the wicked, but he blesses the dwelling of the righteous.
  
• Proverbs 24:3-4 By wisdom a house is built, and by understanding it is established.
  

Take a photo on your walk and tag @hccnapa via social media so we can celebrate and agree in prayer with you for this neighborhood.

Thursday:
Pray for law enforcement, social workers, clinical professionals, and government workers who are interacting with vulnerable people. Pray they would have wisdom in their work. Pray they would approach each vulnerable person with sensitivity and care. Pray they would have clarity of mind about how to handle the new challenges that COVID-19 has presented. 

• Hebrews 13:17 Obey your leaders and submit to them, for they are keeping watch over your souls, as those who will have to give an account. Let them do this with joy and not with groaning, for that would be of no advantage to you.
  
• Proverbs 28:26 Whoever trusts in his own mind is a fool, but he who walks in wisdom will be delivered.
  

Friday:
Pray for those who have been neglected and are forgotten. Pray for the elderly person that lives alone that they would find connection. Pray for young adults who live alone without community. Pray for the courage to reach out for help and divine connections to be made. 

• Psalm 94:18-19 When I thought, “My foot slips,” your steadfast love, O LORD, held me up. When the cares of my heart are many, your consolations cheer my soul.
  
• Philippians 4:19 And my God will supply every need of yours according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus.
  
• Deuteronomy 31:6 Be strong and courageous. Do not fear or be in dread of them, for it is the LORD your God who goes with you. He will not leave you or forsake you.