Prayer Points: What They Are and How to Use Them

What prayer points are for

A prayer point is a single, clear focus — a person, a need, a situation. Working through a short list helps you pray with intention instead of staring at a blank mind, and makes it easy to pick up where you left off another day.

Prayer points to work through

• Yourself — your heart, your character, today's needs and decisions.
• Your family — each person by name, and your relationships with them.
• Your work or studies — diligence, wisdom, the people there.
• Your church and its leaders.
• Friends and neighbours who are struggling.
• The sick, the grieving, and the lonely you know.
• Your community, your nation, and those in authority.
• The persecuted church and the poor around the world.
• People who do not yet know God.
• Thanksgiving — what God has already done.

How to use the list

You do not have to pray every point every day. Take a few, pray them honestly, and rotate through the rest across the week. Keep a note of answered prayers as you go — it builds faith to look back.