Prayers for loneliness

Four short prayers for when you feel alone. God sees you. These prayers also ask for people, because you were made for them.

When I feel alone

Any time the quiet is too loud.

Lord, you see me. You said you will never leave me. I am lonely tonight, and I tell you so. Be near. Amen.

Draws on Hebrews 13:5 and Genesis 16:13

For a friend

When you want people in your life.

God, it is not good to be alone, and you know it. Bring me one good friend. Give me the courage to say yes to the invitation, to send the message, to walk into the room. Help me be the friend I am hoping for. Amen.

Draws on Genesis 2:18 and Proverbs 18:24

In a new place

After a move, a new school, a new job.

Father, everything here is new and no one knows my name. You knew me before I came. Lead me to a church, a table, a neighbor. Make this strange place home in time. Amen.

Draws on Psalm 68:6 and Psalm 139:1-3

In the evening

When the day ends and no one calls.

Lord, the day is over and the house is quiet. Thank you that you are here in it. Remind me of the people who love me, even far away. Let me rest knowing I am not forgotten. Amen.

Draws on Isaiah 49:15-16 and Psalm 4:8

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The verses behind them

Bible verses for loneliness

Read one aloud, or pray it back to God in your own words. Every verse is from theLumin Translation.

Let your way of life be free from the love of money, and be satisfied with what you have, for he himself has said, “I will never leave you, and I will never abandon you.”
Hebrews 13:5I will never leave you nor forsake you.
God gives the lonely a home to live in; he leads prisoners out into prosperity, but the rebellious live in a parched land.
Psalm 68:6God gives the lonely a home.
Turn to me and be gracious to me, for I am alone and afflicted.
Psalm 25:16Turn to me, for I am lonely.
So she gave this name to Yahweh who spoke to her: “You are a God who sees me,” for she said, “Have I really seen here the One who sees me?”
Genesis 16:13Hagar, alone in the desert: you are the God who sees me.
Can a woman forget her nursing child, or have no compassion on the son of her womb? Even these may forget, but I will not forget you. See, I have engraved you on the palms of my hands; your walls are always before me.
Isaiah 49:15-16I will not forget you. I have written you on my hands.

What the Bible says about loneliness, with more verses and one next step

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Questions

Did Jesus feel lonely?

The Gospels show him alone in Gethsemane while his friends slept, and crying out on the cross that God had forsaken him (Mark 15:34). He knows what it is to be left. That is one reason Christians bring loneliness to him in prayer.

Can I change the words of these prayers for loneliness?

Yes. They are a place to start, not a formula. Use your own words, add names, or pray just one line. God hears the prayer, not the wording.

Who wrote these prayers?

Lumin wrote them from the passages named under each prayer. They are not Scripture. Every reference is checked against the Bible text each time the site is built. The verses are quoted from the Lumin Translation, so you can open each one and read it in context.