Prayer Companion

About the Prayer Companion

The Prayer Companion is for the moment when you know what is wrong but cannot find words for it. You describe the situation in plain language — a diagnosis, a job loss, a fracture in a family, a long silence — and receive relevant Scripture, a written prayer you can pray or adapt, a reflection, related accounts from the Bible, cross references, a journal prompt and a seven-day reading plan.

A written prayer is not a lesser prayer. The Psalms are prayers written by other people, and they have been prayed by Jews and Christians for millennia. The Lord's Prayer was given as words to use. Liturgical traditions have always relied on written prayer; other traditions have leaned toward extemporary prayer. Both are recognisably prayer, and Scripture models both.

What the tool cannot do is more important than what it can. It does not know your situation, it does not speak for God, and it makes no claim about the outcome. Scripture is honest that prayer is not a mechanism: Paul asked three times for a thorn to be removed and it was not, and the request in Gethsemane was answered with a no. Prayer here is presented as addressing God honestly, not as a way of arranging results.

How it works

1. 1.Write what you need prayer about, in as much or as little detail as you want.
2. 2.Read the passages first. The prayer is built to sit under them, not to replace them.
3. 3.Pray the written prayer as it stands, change it, or use it only as a starting point for your own words.
4. 4.Save it if you want to come back, and use the seven-day plan if you would like to keep reading around the situation.

Common questions

Is it acceptable to pray words someone else wrote?

Yes. The Psalms are exactly that, and Jesus gave his disciples words to pray in Matthew 6. Using written prayer and praying spontaneously are both long-standing Christian practice.

Does this tell me what God is saying to me?

No, and it should not be read that way. It gives you passages and words to pray. What God is doing in your situation is not something a website can tell you.

What if I do not know what to ask for?

Describe the situation rather than the request. Romans 8:26 addresses precisely the case of not knowing what to pray.

Is what I write stored or shared?

Entries are private to you. As a guest they are kept on your device; signed in, they sit in your own library and are not shared.

Passages to read

• Matthew 6:5-15 — Jesus on how to pray, and the words he gave.
• Romans 8:26-27 — Prayer when you do not know what to ask.
• Philippians 4:4-7 — Requests made with thanksgiving, and the peace promised alongside them.
• 2 Corinthians 12:7-10 — A request repeated three times and answered differently.