Seventy-six Global "People Focused" Prayer Needs

  1. Pray for soldiers in the armies of the nations of the world.
  2. Pray for world leaders.
  3. Pray for people by language.
  4. Pray for people who are very poor.
  5. Pray for people who don't have enough to eat. (70 million live on the brink of starvation).
  6. Pray for people who have Bibles but don't have the Holy Spirit.
  7. Pray for missionaries working under extreme conditions.
  8. Pray for elementary, high school, and college teachers in our Seventh-day Adventist schools.
  9. Pray for pastors and elders in our Seventh-day Adventist churches.
  10. Pray for Bible workers around the world.
  11. Pray for colporteurs in every country they exist.
  12. Pray for writers and publishers who are specifically creating books to reach lost people.
  13. Pray for new types of evangelism and creative evangelists.
  14. Pray for people who are wavering in making a decision for Jesus.
  15. Pray for missionaries and members who are witnessing to Muslims.
  16. Pray for missionaries who are working for Jews.
  17. Pray for missionaries and members who are working for Hindus.
  18. Pray for missionaries who are living and working for the salvation of tribal people.
  19. Pray for people who are in restricted access countries and must work in secret.
  20. Pray for people who have endured jail, beating, and scorn for their love of Jesus.
  21. Pray for home and cell churches in China.
  22. Pray for missionaries doing church planting.
  23. Pray for endurance for missionaries working in extreme conditions.
  24. Pray for people who are witnessing in countries with a Catholic majority.
  25. Pray for clean water and help for people suffering from disease from dirty water.
  26. Pray for people who live sacrificially to give money faithfully to missions.
  27. Pray for kids of divorced parents.
  28. Pray for people who have heard of Christ only through radio and television broadcasts.
  29. Pray that there would be Bible workers enough to follow up contacts from Bible schools.
  30. Pray that the Bible could be translated into the 2000 languages that have no scripture.
  31. Pray that children would grow up with a desire to go and help the poor, needy, and lost.
  32. Pray for world church leaders to make wise plans and live prayerful lives.
  33. Pray for Sabbath School teachers.
  34. Pray for countries where Christianity is illegal to teach or even exist.
  35. Pray for churches in North America to grow in their global vision.
  36. Pray for people with leprosy and crippling diseases.
  37. Pray for house church leaders in Muslim countries.
  38. Pray that prejudices could be broken in countries where minorities are being neglected.
  39. Pray for people who are elderly with no one who cares for them or loves them.
  40. Pray for widows.
  41. Pray that God would help people enslaved in all countries by drugs, alcohol, and tobacco.
  42. Pray for our hospital workers to be ministers of the Holy Spirit.
  43. Pray for Asians who are malnourished and need food, education, and help.
  44. Pray for people who are famous and prideful.
  45. Pray for African children who have AIDS.
  46. Pray for people who control instruments of war.
  47. Pray for Pathfinder leaders.
  48. Pray for revival among churches all over the world that are stagnant or dying.
  49. Pray for truck drivers.
  50. Pray for schools to be well operated with high ideals and standards.
  51. Pray for people who live in slums, ghetto's and the homeless.
  52. Pray for people whose basic livelihood or survival is at stake because of changes in the environment.
  53. Pray for people distributing, publishing, smuggling, and translating Bibles.
  54. Pray for people who are producing and exporting evil media around the world.
  55. Pray for people living with terminal illnesses.
  56. Pray for people who grew up in the church but left.
  57. Pray for people who are rich.
  58. Pray for shelter and help to come to people who are victims of floods and earthquakes.
  59. Pray for people who are in countries that have terrorists, guerrilla activity and war.
  60. Pray for people around the world who are caught in witchcraft and sorcery.
  61. Pray for orphans.
  62. Pray for prisoners.
  63. Pray for people who have abusive spouses or parents.
  64. Pray for people who have been given visions and dreams and are contemplating Jesus.
  65. Pray for student missionaries, youth mission trips, and those youth preparing to be career missionaries.
  66. Pray for governments where basic human rights are denied.
  67. Pray for ability to minister to people of other cultures who live near you.
  68. Pray for the blind and deaf of poorer nations who likely will receive no special care.
  69. Pray for people who are in physical slavery to cover debts.
  70. Pray for ability for people who are studying languages preparing to be missionaries to unreached people groups.
  71. Pray for people who are producing Christian radio broadcasts.
  72. Pray for missionary pilots who are delivering supplies and help to remote outposts.
  73. Pray for public school teachers.
  74. Pray for women around the world who are treated unfairly because of being woman.
  75. Pray for Christian songwriters and worship leaders.
  76. Pray for people who are contemplating suicide.
Did you know you don’t have to be a doctor, nurse, or pastor to be a missionary? AFM missionaries come from all walks of life. In fact, more AFM missionaries come from construction trades than from any other profession.