10 Powerful Prayers for Your City and Community

Pray with purpose for your city, your community, and your country. These 10 intercessory prayer points are rooted in Scripture and focused on revival, righteousness, and God’s kingdom work in our cities.

1. Pray for God’s Blessing on Our City

Pray for God’s blessing on this city and the surrounding districts. Ask the Lord to cause businesses to prosper and for new initiatives to bring jobs and blessing to those living in our city, according to His will and timing.

2. Pray for Christ’s Lordship

Pray that Jesus Christ would be Lord over our city and over our nation, that every knee would bow and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord!

3. Spiritual Warfare Against Darkness

Pray that every demonic assignment, plan, and strategy of the enemy to violate our city or raise up unrighteous activities and schemes to ensnare souls would be bound and shut down in the mighty name of Jesus Christ.

Pray against the schemes of witchcraft, addiction, sexual immorality, worldliness, gambling, perversion, violence, murder, false religion, religious cults, and spiritual indifference.

Ask that every stronghold raised up through these sins be torn down in Jesus Christ’s mighty name. Rebuke the spirit of Antichrist from our city and ask God to bind every power that would oppose the preaching of the gospel.

4. Pray for Spiritual Breakthrough

Pray for an open heaven over the city and for the favor of God to rest on us, so that the gospel may be boldly preached and many would be saved.

5. Intercede for the Lost and Backslidden

Ask the Lord to send His angels to protect and deliver those in bondage. Pray that many in our city would be called to repentance and saving faith in Jesus Christ.

Intercede for those who have fallen away, that they would be awakened by God’s love and return to His household. Call in souls from the north, south, east, and west, and pray for laborers to join in the work of God in our city and nation.

6. Pray for Deliverance and Freedom

Pray for every soul in the city to be drawn to Christ, and that every spiritual stronghold and ruling spirit would be broken down and driven out in Jesus’ name.

7. Pray for the Churches

Pray that the churches in our city will be filled with the Holy Spirit and boldly preach the uncompromised gospel. Ask that men and women will be convicted of sin, righteousness, and judgment.

8. Pray for Unity in the Body of Christ

Pray for unity among believers and churches, that we may stand together in faith and uphold Jesus Christ as Lord.

9. Pray for Provision for the Needy

Pray for God’s provision to help establish homes, hostels, and support for the broken, homeless, and disadvantaged in our society. Ask for effective rehabilitation programs for ex-prisoners.

10. Pray for Financial Provision for Ministry

Pray for God to provide for the work of ministry, especially for those labouring to build churches, missions, and outreaches to the poor and needy.

Pray that God would supply according to His riches in glory and move hearts to support His kingdom work.

Pray that favor will be given in the city for building churches and facilities to train and equip the saints, and that Jesus would be glorified and lifted high throughout our city, in Jesus’ mighty name!