One of the most vulnerable sets of people on earth whether physically or spiritually is the orphans. An orphan is anyone who has lost both parents. It is essentially bad when the people involved are children. It means they have lost apostolic oversights over their lives, they have lost the provider of their needs, they have lost their encourager, etc. With the loss of their parents come the loss of many things. Some may never be regained especially that relationship and share of love from their parents.
It is a very difficult point to be in life and no one prays for such. But once it happens, there is a need for people to rise for their rescue. First for comfort and also to see a way to help with their needs going forward. Another invaluable gift will be to pray for them sincerely. In fact, making it a point of duty to check on them and pray for them in your closet is a very rewarding spiritual exercise that God is happy with. So, here are some of the prayers you can pray for orphans;
- Father, I ask that you comfort these ones in these trying times in Jesus’ name. Please comfort them as they lose both parents in the name of Jesus. Lord, please bind their broken hearts in the name of Jesus. Let your love comfort them and bind their broken hearts in the name of Jesus. It is not easy to lose loved ones, Lord, please comfort them in Jesus’ name.
- Though the future looks bleak for these ones right now, when you step into their lives, the future is secure for them. Please, Lord, step into their life in Jesus’ name. As their parents depart, Lord please step into their lives in the name of Jesus. Let their future be glorious in the name of Jesus. We ask that you step into their present and make their future great in Jesus’ name.
- Dear Lord, I pray that you stand by these children in the name of Jesus. We know that you are the father to the fatherless, mother to the motherless, these ones do not have both father and mother, Lord, please stand by them. Let them always feel your presence in their lives in Jesus’ name. Every time they remember the loss of their parents, let them fill your presence in the name of Jesus.
- Father, I bring these orphans before you, please send them help in Jesus’ name. Lord, please send them help indeed in the name of Jesus. The help that will sustain them for the rest of their growing years, please send it to them in Jesus’ name. They can’t move ahead in life without your help Lord, please send them help in the name of Jesus. Lord, let your help be evident in their life going forward in the name of Jesus.
- Lord Jesus, let not the death of their parents be the cause of their downfall in life. Jesus, reach out to these ones in the best ways that will secure their present and their future. Let their lives not go empty and finished because of the death of their parents in the name of Jesus. Jesus, please reach out to them in the name of Jesus. Lord, let them not go down or fall short of their peers in life in the name of Jesus.
- Lord Jesus, as they grow in life, please be their guide. Never leave them to themselves in the name of Jesus. In every decision they will make, Jesus please be their guide. In whatever they may do on earth, please Lord Jesus, never leave them. Let your presence always be around their life in the name of Jesus. Lord Jesus, just be their guide as they go through life in the mighty name of Jesus.
- Oh God of heavens and earth, let these children not lack anything good in the name of Jesus. If you provide for the lilies of the field and the birds of the sky, Lord let these orphans not go hungry in the name of Jesus. Let there be divine provision for their needs in the name of Jesus. Jesus, please do not let them lack all that they need to be who you want them to be. Let there be provision beyond their understanding in the name of Jesus.
- Father, now that they are without shield, please shield them from the enemies in the name of Jesus. Please be their shield from the evil ones who may want to take advantage of them in Jesus’ name. When they sleep, go out or come in, please be their shield in the name of Jesus. The world is wicked, please shield them from the wickedness of the world in the name of Jesus. Give no place to the enemy in their lives in the name of Jesus.
- Father as they grow, help them not to give room for the enemy in their lives in the name of Jesus. We know that the enemy is always roaring looking for whom to devour, please Lord, help these ones that they may not give room to the enemy ignorantly in the name of Jesus. Let every deceit of the enemy to lure them go in vain in the name of Jesus. Irrespective of what the enemy may do now and in the future, Lord, let it be futile efforts in Jesus’ name.
- Father, every satanic attempt to waste these ones or use them to advance his kingdom be rendered void in the name of Jesus. None of such attempts and efforts will prosper in the name of Jesus. For they are wonderfully and fearfully made for the glory of the Lord, therefore they will shine the glory of the Lord in the name of Jesus. Irrespective of the operations of the devil around their lives, they will shine forth the glory of the Lord in the name of Jesus.
With these prayers and many other as the Holy Spirit inspires you to pray, you will be able to partner with God to raise another generation and bridge the gap. Who knows, the orphans you pray for sincerely today, maybe the one God will use to raise someone in your lineage when you are gone.