What can I ask God for when I pray?

On this page we will think about the sorts of things we can ask God for. We will learn about praying for ourselves and for other people. And we will think about some prayers that God always answers.

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Why should I ask God for things?

What can I pray for myself?

What can I pray for people I know?

What can I pray for the world?

Prayers God always answers

God made us, and he loves us. The Bible says he is our Father. He wants to help us and give good things to us.

We all need help sometimes. So God wants us to pray and ask him for things. This shows we trust him. It shows we know he loves us.

Here are some of the things we can pray for ourselves.

We can ask God for things we want or need. We might pray for a new job or for our team to win a football match! God wants us to tell him what we are thinking and feeling. He wants us to tell him what we want, even when we want the wrong things. Click here to read more about why it is good to ask God for things we want.

We can ask God to help us with small things and big things. Whenever we find something hard, we can ask God for help. We might ask God to take away our illness. We might ask him to help us be kind to someone we do not like. Or we might ask him to help us do something well.

God helps us in different ways. He might show us what to do. He might take the problem away. He might help us not to be worried or afraid. Or he might help us keep going and do the right thing.

It is good to ask God for help because he is much stronger than us. He can do things no one else can do! Here is what the Bible says about this.

God wants to show us the best way to live. He loves us when we ask him to lead us.

When we pray this prayer we must listen for God’s answer. He might remind us of a Bible verse, or we might feel we should talk to or pray for someone we know. Things like this can be God’s way of leading us.

It is important to remember that God will never lead us to do something that is wrong. And if we think God wants us to do something big, we should talk about it with other Christians and pray about it for longer to make sure.

Here are some things we can pray for people we know.

It is good to ask God to help other people. We can pray for our friends and family. We can pray for people at church and for anyone we meet. We can ask God to help them and give them good things. We can pray for them just like we pray for ourselves.

Sometimes people might ask us to pray for them. We can pray for them on our own, or we can pray while we are with them if they want us to. It can be scary to pray out loud. But it is a good way of showing we care about someone and asking God for things together. Why not try it with someone you know well?

God wants everyone to know him. This is the best way to live. We can pray for people we love who do not know Jesus yet. We can ask God to help us talk to people about Jesus. And we can pray for ourselves and other Christians to get to know Jesus more.

There are lots of things happening around the world. We cannot always help people who are far away. But we can always ask God to help them. Here are some things we can pray for the world.

Everyone needs God’s help, even if they do not know it. We can pray for people anywhere in the world. We can pray for people who are poor or sick. We can pray for people in places where there is war.

Sometimes we hear about bad things happening people, and we cannot help them. But we can always pray. God can help people even we cannot help. So praying for people is a very good way to help. Click here to learn more about how to pray when bad things happen in the world.

The Bible says we should pray for people who are leaders. (1 Timothy chapter 2 verse 2) Leaders have a big job. What they do can help or hurt lots of other people.

We should pray for the leaders of countries to make good choices and good laws. We should pray that they treat people well and look after people who need help.

In the Bible, Jesus taught people to pray the Lord’s Prayer. Part of the Lord’s prayer asks for God’s kingdom to come. (Matthew chapter 6 verse 10) This means we want the world to be the way God wants it to be. It is a way of asking God to make the world better.

God wants the world to be peaceful and for everyone to be kind to each other. And he wants the whole world to worship him and live his way. This is best for everyone. But right now, some things in the world are not like this. When we hear about these things, we can pray for God’s kingdom to come. We can ask him to make the world better.

We know this prayer will be answered one day. God has promised he will sort things out in the world and make everything good.

God does not always say yes to our prayers. But the Bible says there are some prayers God always says yes to. Here are some prayers God always answers.

The Bible says we should say sorry to God for the bad things we have done. If we do this, he will forgive us and make our hearts clean.

Wisdom helps us make good choices and live God’s way. The Bible says God gives wisdom to everyone who asks for it.

Jesus has promised to give us his peace. So we can always ask God for peace when we are worried or afraid.

God wants to change our hearts to make us more like Jesus. He wants to help us be more kind, more honest and more loving. This is what God wants and it is good for us.

If we ask God to make us more like Jesus, it shows we want the same thing he wants. That means we we are already on the right path. We know God will say ‘yes’ to this prayer!