Scripture prayers for the PEOPLES OF THE WORLD version 1.1

He will say, “Build up, build up, prepare the way! Remove the

stumbling-block out of the way of my people.” ISAIAH 57:14

SCRIPTURE PRAYERS FOR THE PEOPLES OF THE WORLD

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I ask you O Lord for the ______ as myinheritance and the uttermost parts of the earth for my possession. I lift up my voice with strength and say to the cities of the ______, “Behold, your God!” PSALM 2:8; ISAIAH 40:9

You are inquired of by the ______ who didn’t ask and you are

found by the ______ who didn’t seek

you. You said, “See me, see

me,” to the ______ that

were not called by

your name. ISAIAH 65:1

O Lord God! behold, you have

made the heavens and the earth by your

great power and by your outstretched arm; there is nothing too hard for you.

Show your loving kindness to the ______. You are the mighty

God, the Yahweh of Armies is your name. You are great in counsel, and

mighty in work; let your eyes be open to all the ways of the ______. JEREMIAH 32:17-19

Lord Most High, you are awesome. You are the great King over the ______. May the ______ sing praise to you for you are King of all the earth. You reign over the ______. You sit on your holy throne. PSALM 47:2, 6-8

I draw near with boldness to your throne of grace, that the ______ may receive mercy, and may find grace for help in time of need. I build up the wall and stand in the gap for the land of the ______, that you O God should not destroy it. As awatchman on the walls, I will never be silent day nor night. I will take no rest until you O God make the______ a praise in the earth. HEBREWS 4:16; EZEKIEL 22:30; ISAIAH 62:6,7

All the ______ will

worship you, and will sing to you; they will sing to your name. Come, and

see God’s deeds O ______—awesome work

on your behalf. He turned the sea into dry land.

Rejoice in him for he rules by his

might forever. His eyes watch you O ______. Don’t be

rebellious and rise up against him. PSALM 66:4-7

Be still O ______ and

know that Yahweh is God.

He will be exalted among you. The

earth is the Lord’s with its fullness; the

world and the ______ who dwell therein. Arise,

God, judge the ______, for you inherit all of the nations.

PSALMS 46:10; 24:1; 82:8

For your name’s sake, Lord God, pardon the iniquity of the ______, for it is great. PSALM 25:11

Arise O ______, shine; for your light has come, and the Lord’s glory has risen on you. For behold, darkness will cover the earth, and thick darkness the peoples; but the Lord God will arise on you, and his glory shall be seen on you. Nations will come to your light, and kings to the brightness of your rising. Lift up your eyes O ______ all around, and see. May your sons come from far away and your daughters be carried in your arms. See and be radiant, let your heart, O ______, be thrilled and enlarged. ISAIAH 60:1-5

O God, engrave the ______ on

the palms of your hands. Cause their destroyers and those

who devastated them to leave. ISAIAH 49:16-17

Bless the Lord, my soul. Yahweh, my God, you are very great. You are clothed with honor and majesty. I give thanks to you, Lord God, among the ______. I sing praises to you among the ______. Sing praises to the Lord, O ______, and declare among your people what he has done. PSALMS 104:1; 108:3; 9:11

I declare your glory among the ______, your 

marvelous works among all the ______. For great

are you Lord, and greatly to be praised! You are to be feared above all gods. For you, Lord God, are

most high above all the earth. You are exalted

far above all gods. PSALMS 96:3, 4; 97:9

Be exalted, God, above the heavens! Let your glory be over all the earth. For you, Lord God, are high above all the ______, your glory is above the heavens. Yes, you, O Lord, are on high forever more. PSALMS 108:5; 113:4; 92:8

Let the ______ praise you, God. Let all the ______ praise you. Oh let the ______ be glad and sing for joy, for you will judge themwith equity, and govern the nations on earth. Let the ______ praise you, God. Let all the ______ praise you. PSALM 67:3-5

I pray that repentance

and remission

of sins would be preached in Jesus’

name to all the ______.

LUKE 24:47

O Lord, the Good News is veiled to the ______ who

are perishing, in whom the

god of this world has

blinded their minds. Cause

the unbelieving ______ to see the light of the

good news of the glory of Christ,

who is the image of God. I pray that the ______ would

see Christ Jesus as Lord. May your light shine 

out of darkness and into their hearts to give the light

of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ. 2 CORINTHIANS 4:3-6

May the ______ walk in the light of the Lord. May they come to know Jesus as the light of the world, not walking in the darkness, but having the light of life. ISAIAH 2:5; JOHN 8:12

O Lord, bring the blind by a way that they don’t know. Lead the

______ in paths that they don’t know. Make darkness light before

them and crooked places straight. Do not forsake

the ______. ISAIAH 42:16

Lord, you sent Jesus as a witness to testify about the light so that all the ______ might believe through him. He is the light for revelation to the ______, announcing to them that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all. JOHN 1:7; LUKE 2:32; 1 JOHN 1:5

Father, I ask that you would open the eyes of the ______, that they may

turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to

God. I pray that the ______ may receive remission of 

sins and an inheritance among those who are

sanctified by faith in Jesus. ACTS 26:18

I pray that as the ______ walk in the light, they would have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus Christ would cleanse them from all sin. I pray that the ______ will not deceive themselves but accept the truth. I pray that they will confess their sins to you O God, who are faithful and righteous to forgive them and cleanse them from all unrighteousness. 1 JOHN 1:7-9

Shake the ______ and fill your house with

glory, O Yahweh of Armies.

HAGGAI 2:7

May the ______ sing a new song, saying, “You are worthy to take the book, and to open its seals: for you were killed, and you bought us for God with your blood, out of every tribe, language, people, and nation, and made us kings and priests to our God, and we will reign on the earth.” REVELATION 5:9-10

Lord, feed the ______ like a shepherd. Gather their lambs in your arm and carry them in your bosom. Gently lead those who have their young. ISAIAH 40:11

I pray that the families of the ______ would ascribe to you, Lord God, glory and strength. May they bring an offering and come into your courts. Cause them to worship you in holy array.  May the ______ tremble before you. The Lord reigns! The world is also established. It can’t be moved. Lord, judge the ______ with equity. PSALM 96:7-10

Lord God, cause the ______ to

come and reason with you. Though

their sins be as scarlet, may they

be as white as

snow. Though they be

red like crimson, may they be as wool. Cause the ______ to be

willing and obedient so they can eat the good of the land. ISAIAH 1:18-19

I ask, Father, that you would sprinkle clean water on the ______ so that they will be clean from all their filthiness and from all their idols. Give the ______ a new heart and put a new spirit within them. Take away their stony hearts and give them hearts of flesh. Put your Spirit within the ______, and cause them to walk in your statutes. May they keep your ordinances and do them. EZEKIEL 36:25-27

Father, I pray that the ______ would be called by your name, that they would humble themselves and pray, and seek your face, and turn from their wicked ways; for then you will hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land. 2 CHRONICLES 7:14

Lord, I thank you that you will bring health and a cure to the ______. Reveal to them abundance of peace and truth. Bring them back from captivity and build them up. Cleanse and pardon the ______ from all their iniquities, by which they have sinned and transgressed against you. JEREMIAH 33:6-8

I pray against the principalities, against the powers, against the world’s rulers

of the darkness of this age, and against the spiritual forces of wickedness in the heavenly

places that are warring against the ______. I pray that you—

King of glory—will come in, the Lord strong and mighty,

the Lord mighty in battle. Lift up your heads, you gates; yes,

lift them up, you everlasting doors, and the King of glory

will come in. Who is this King of glory? Yahweh of

Armies is the King of glory! EPHESIANS 6:12;

PSALM 24:7-10

O God, open to us a door for theword, to speak the mystery of Christ to the ______. Cause us to lift up our eyes, and look at the fields, and see that they are white for harvest already. I Pray that you—the Lord of the harvest—will send out laborers into your harvest among the ______. COLOSSIANS 4:3; JOHN 4:35; MATTHEW 9:37-38

Father, in your love for the souls of the ______, deliver them from the pit of corruption. Cast all their sins behind your back. I praise you that you have swallowed up death forever! You Lord God will wipe away tears from off all faces. You will take the reproach of the ______ away from off all the earth, for you Lord God have spoken it. ISAIAH 38:17; 25:8

I thank you, Lord God, that the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit

offered himself without defect to God, can cleanse the ______ conscience from dead

works to serve the living God. HEBREWS 9:14

There is no one like you, Lord God; you are great, and your name is great in might among the ______. Who should not fear you, King of the ______? For glory belongs to you; because among all the wise men of the ______, and in all their royal estate, there is no one like you. JEREMIAH 10:6, 7

I pray that all the ______ will remember and turn to

you, Lord God. May all the ______ worship before

you. For the kingdom of the ______

is yours. You are

the ruler

over the ______.

PSALM 22:27-28

I pray that the ______ will not hurt nor

destroy in all your holy

mountain; for the earth will be full of the knowledge of

the Lord, as the waters cover the

sea. Let your Kingdom come

among the ______. Let your will be done,

as in heaven, so on earth. ISAIAH 11:9;

MATTHEW 6:10

I pray that the ______ will come and worship before you, Lord. May they glorify your name for you are great, and do wondrous things. You are God alone. PSALM 86:9-10

I pray that the ______, who live in the land of the shadow of death, will see you, Lord God, their glory and everlasting light. May the ______ who sit in darkness see a great light, for on them your light has dawned. ISAIAH 9:2; 60:19-20; MATTHEW 4:16

For the ______ are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy

nation, a people for your own possession. May they proclaim

your excellence, for you have called them out of darkness

into your marvelous light. 1 PETER 2:9

I pray that the ______ will not be afraid or ashamed. Prevent them from being confounded or disappointed in their search for you. Cause them to forget the shame of their youth and reproach of widowhood. May the ______ know you, their Maker, as husband—Yahweh of Armies is your name. You are the Holy One and Redeemer of the ______. Although once forsaken and grieved in spirit, as a wife of youth, when she is cast off, now gather the ______ with great mercies. Although in overflowing wrath you once hid your face from the ______, now with everlasting loving kindness have mercy on them, O Yahweh Redeemer. ISAIAH 54:4-8

Lord, I speak comfort to the ______ and call out to her that her warfare is accomplished, that her iniquity is pardoned, that she has received of your hand double for all her sins. ISAIAH 40:1-2

This booklet is a tool for declaring God’s truth over peoples living in falsehood. Through prayer, you can cultivate the rocky soil of hearts resistant to the Gospel and prepare entire people groups to receive the good news of Jesus Christ. With the knowledge of God’s desire for all peoples to know him (1 Timothy 2:4, Revelation 7:9), pray in faith, claiming unreached peoples for the Kingdom of God. All prayers in this resource are oriented in the Biblical text. Praying Scripture is praying God’s way. When praying the text, you can know with full assurance that you are praying that which is on God’s heart.

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Scripture prayers for the PEOPLES OF THE WORLD version 1.1