Personal Prayer
Give praise to God as the Comforter, who feels deeply for those who have been mistreated and abandoned (Isa. 49:13). Thank him for calling many believers into compassionate ministries for the sake of those who are suffering. Confess those times when you may have withheld comfort from others who needed it. Commit yourself to receiving God’s encouragement and grace each morning and allowing that to flow through you to others. Ask God to fill you with the knowledge of his love, so that you may be filled with all the fullness of God (Eph. 3:19).

For Your Family and Friends
Pray that families in your church will open their homes to others who do not have a loving family to turn to.

For the Church
Pray for those in your church’s neighborhood who have no family or friends to turn to. Ask that God will touch their lives through your calls, visits, and expressions of concern.

For the Kingdom
Pray for the efforts of disaster relief teams from churches all over the world. Ask God to make their compassion and commitment a shining light to people who have been struck by famine, storm, earthquake, or poverty.

For People to Know Jesus
Ask God to show himself to the unsaved who live on your street as a God who saves, as one who daily bears our burdens (Ps. 68:19-20).