Prayers

Prayers for loving difficult people

For grace toward the people who test your patience.

  1. Loving someone who is hard to love

    Lord, there's someone in my life who drains me every time we're together.

    Romans 15:7 · Luke 6:32-36 · 1 Corinthians 13:4-7 · Romans 5:8 · Colossians 3:12-14 · 1 Peter 4:8 · Ephesians 4:2 · 1 John 4:19-21 · Proverbs 10:12 · Philippians 2:3 · Romans 12:18

  2. Praying for someone who wronged me

    Jesus, you told me to pray for the people who hurt me, and this is the hardest prayer I've prayed in a long time.

    Matthew 5:43-45 · Luke 6:27-28 · Romans 12:14 · Romans 12:20-21 · Luke 23:34 · Acts 7:60 · 1 Peter 3:9 · Proverbs 24:17 · Proverbs 25:21-22 · Romans 12:17-19

  3. Losing patience with people

    Lord, I snap at people and regret it thirty seconds later.

    Proverbs 19:11 · Proverbs 14:29 · James 1:19-20 · Ephesians 4:2 · Colossians 3:12-13 · Galatians 5:22-23 · Proverbs 15:18 · Psalm 103:8 · 2 Peter 3:9 · Ecclesiastes 7:8-9 · 1 Corinthians 13:4

  4. Showing kindness to a stranger

    Lord, I rush past so many people.

    Luke 10:33-34 · Hebrews 13:2 · Matthew 25:35 · Galatians 6:10 · Leviticus 19:34 · Proverbs 3:27 · Micah 6:8 · Romans 12:13 · 1 Peter 4:9 · Ephesians 4:32 · Colossians 3:12

The verses these prayers stand on

Every quotation on these pages is verbatim from the World English Bible, a public-domain translation: Romans 15:7, Luke 6:32-36, 1 Corinthians 13:4-7, Romans 5:8, Colossians 3:12-14, 1 Peter 4:8, Ephesians 4:2, 1 John 4:19-21, Proverbs 10:12, Philippians 2:3, Romans 12:18, Matthew 5:43-45, Luke 6:27-28, Romans 12:14, Romans 12:20-21, Luke 23:34, Acts 7:60, 1 Peter 3:9, Proverbs 24:17, Proverbs 25:21-22, Romans 12:17-19, Proverbs 19:11, Proverbs 14:29, James 1:19-20, Colossians 3:12-13, Galatians 5:22-23, Proverbs 15:18, Psalm 103:8, 2 Peter 3:9, Ecclesiastes 7:8-9, 1 Corinthians 13:4, Luke 10:33-34, Hebrews 13:2, Matthew 25:35, Galatians 6:10, Leviticus 19:34, Proverbs 3:27, Micah 6:8, Romans 12:13, 1 Peter 4:9, Ephesians 4:32, Colossians 3:12.