Prayer is the primary way Christians speak to God. You can talk to God on behalf of your friends to bless their day. Morning prayers for friends go a long way to ensure they have a stress-free day. In addition, they show how much you are connected, and how you bear one another burdens.
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Praying for a friend before the day starts is a sure way that God’s Presence will be evident in their life throughout the day. It’s a sure way of trusting in His power and relying on Him fully to make your friend’s day successful.
Prayer draws believers closer to God and shows total dependence on Him. You can pray for friends who are near or far away. If you cannot hug your friends with your hands, embrace them with prayers wherever they are every morning.
Short morning prayers for friends to bless their day
What are the prayer items when you are praying for your friends? All your friends have needs such as good health, financial breakthrough, stability in marriage, success in education and many others. Always commit your friend’s needs to God to bless their day.
Prayer of protection
The world is full of many disasters such as accidents, diseases, and attacks. It is essential to ask God to protect your friends against all these as they go through their duties every morning. A simple message such as have a blessed day my friend can make a significant difference. The following are sample prayers for your friend’s protection.
Father, we worship You. Thank you for giving us a new day and helping us to know your word. As we start this day, I commit all my friends to you. I prohibit all forces of the evil one in their lives. The Bible says whatever we refuse on earth will be forbidden in heaven, and whatever we permit on earth shall be allowed in heaven. Dear God, we let your Holy Spirit get into their ways to guard them. In Jesus name, we pray, Amen.
Dear Lord, we are your sheep, and I seek your shepherding to all my friends. Let them desire to follow you and run away from all others. Would you please help them to know your voice as the sheep knows the voice of the shepherd? Would you please lead them to greener pastures where they shall feed on your word this day? Lead them like a shepherd leads his sheep, and they shall follow. In Jesus name, I pray and give thanks. Amen.
Mighty Father, I welcome your Presence in my friends lives this day. Please send them your son Jesus to save them from all evil. Allow your Holy Spirit to help them to know your ways and your will. Your Presence makes a difference in our lives. Let it be evident to them now and forever, Amen.
Heavenly Father, You sent your Holy Spirit to your disciples on the day of Pentecost. I pray that you send your Holy Spirit to all my friends this day to help them succeed in today’s activities. May He be their companion to watch over them on the roads, places of work and homes. In Jesus name, I pray. Amen.
Dear Lord Almighty, your word reminds us to have fellowship with You, Your Son Jesus Christ and Holy Spirit. As we start this day, I desire that my friends will fellowship with the trinity. Lord, our Father, meet with their needs. Jesus, Son of God, save them from all evil, Holy Spirit, and help them know the right ways. May your Presence make a difference in their lives. Amen
Father Lord, let you will be done in my friends’ lives. When your son taught the disciples the Lord’s prayer, he taught them to seek your will. I seek your choice in their lives. Would you please meet their needs according to your will? Dear Lord, we are just pieces of clay; mould us according to your purpose. We release ourselves to your will this day, Amen.
Dear Lord, Your word says if we walk in the light, as You are in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus, his Son, purifies us from all sin.” Therefore, please help lead my friends in the light where you are found so that you may accept our fellowship with one another. Let your light shine on their paths and allow the blood of Jesus on Calvary to purify them from sins that our day’s activities and walks may please you. In Jesus mighty name, I pray, Amen.
Prayer for provision and God’s direction
As you make a good morning prayer message for a friend, never forget to mention their needs before God that he may provide for them. These are sample provision prayers for a friend.
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Jehova God, King of Kings and Lord of lords. Just like Moses in, when leading the Israelites, I request your Presence to go with my friends. Do not let them down this day. I release them to you in all their day’s activities that You may lead them. Without you, we are nothing. Fill your Presence in their lives and accept their sacrifice. In Jesus name, I pray, Amen.
Our Lord and saviour, Jabez, cried out to you, the God of Israel, “Oh, that you would bless me and enlarge my territory! Let your hand be with me, and keep me from harm so that I will be free from pain.” God, you granted his request. This is the same prayer I make to you. Enlarge my friends spiritual, emotional and financial boundaries. You are our only hope in our lives. Do not let them be ashamed for the glory of your name. In Jesus name, Amen.
Father Lord, you taught us through your son to forgive one another as you forgive us. Therefore, direct my friends to forgive those who have wronged them. Increase in them your love that they may love those who persecute them. May the blood of Jesus that was shed on Calvary plead their forgiveness from you. Make them white as snow that they may be acceptable to you. In the name of God the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit, I pray and believe, Amen.
Our Heavenly Father, in Jesus name, give us this day our daily bread. I present my friends’ different needs, financial, spiritual, emotional, physical, and all. Your heavenly stores are full. May you provide for them with what they need. Meet them at their point of need, for they rely on You alone, the provider. Let this day be the genesis of your provision as you have promised in your word. We know that you are always listening to our pleas; therefore, I fully trust you. This is my prayer in Jesus name, Amen.
Lord, I come before you with thanksgiving. Thank you for this day you have given us. Thank you for your grace and protection upon all my friends. I invite your Presence in their lives this day that you may amaze them with your provision. You who feeds the birds of the air, I trust you. May you feed them from your cisterns that they may not lack any good thing. In Jesus name, I pray, Amen.
Dear Lord, creator of heaven and earth, I bow before you this day. Thank You for giving me, wonderful friends. They are a gift to me. You have taken care of them in a significant way. I present them to you that you may lead them into your green pastures. Let them get the direction they need about their jobs, families and personal life from you, for you are a great leader. In Jesus name, I’ve prayed. Amen.
Jehovah, our Redeemer and Savior, I come before you asking for forgiveness of my friends’ sins. May you cleanse them that they may be acceptable before you this day. Please help them to know your ways, that they may walk in them always. Give them new directions in all the ways they may be lost in. Amaze them with new ideas and provisions. In Jesus name, we pray, Amen.
Prayer to truly worship God
God desires his followers to worship him in truth and spirit always. However, sometimes your friends may divert ways, and you must pray for them that God may help them worship him and him alone. Asking God to help them worship him is an inspirational morning prayer for friends. These short prayers can guide you to pray for your friends to worship the true God.
Almighty God, You are the Alpha and Omega, the Beginning and the End. I pray that you may remember my friends. Help them to know that you are the only true God and all other gods are useless. Please help them to worship you this day in truth and Spirit. In Jesus name, we pray and believe, Amen.
Thank you, Lord, because of this day, you set aside for us to worship you. I pray that you may show all my friends how to honour you with their wealth, bodies and all being. Thank You because of their lives. May You capture their minds so that they worship to you alone. Help them to focus on your teachings today and bless their service in your vineyard. This is my prayer in Jesus name. Amen.
Prayer for thanksgiving
God has always done great things in your life. Sometimes he does it for your friends, as you witness. You should always give thanks for all that the Lord has done for your friends. Thanksgiving attracts more blessings to your life. You can use the following prayer samples for thanksgiving.
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Our Dear Heavenly Father, we exalt you. This is the day you have made that we may rejoice and be glad in it. Thank you for taking care of us throughout the week. Bless my friends that they may listen to your word and meditate on it entirely. Prepare their hearts to receive from you. Show them in your still voice how they should follow you. In You our Lord, we pray, Amen.
What shall I render unto you Jehovah, for what you have done to my friends? You have walked with them and allowed them to worship you. Could you help us honour you in truth and Spirit? Let us worship you in truth and Spirit and enable them to submit to your willfully. In Jesus name, Amen.
Lord God Almighty, we celebrate you today. Thank you for creating my friends and everything in the world. You mandated us to rest on this day. May You send your Holy Spirit to help my friends understand your will in their lives. Protect us from all evil dear Lord. Provide unto them what seems so hard in the eyes of men. In Jesus name, I pray, Amen.
Heavenly Father, you alone are worthy of being praised. Thank you for the gift of friends. Uniquely bless them all. Show them your love that they may desire to walk with you. Bless my friends and help them to walk in your ways. We need you to mend our lives. Accept my friends’ sacrifices today as a sweet aroma in your eyes. In Jesus name, we pray, Amen.