# 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. Source: https://www.lumin.faith/prayers/loneliness. Scripture quotations are from the Lumin Translation. These prayers are not Scripture; each names the passages it draws on. > **If you are thinking about ending your life or hurting yourself, talk to a person now.** > > - United States and Canada: Call or text 988, any hour. > - United Kingdom and Ireland: Call Samaritans on 116 123, any hour. > - Australia: Call Lifeline on 13 11 14, any hour. > - Anywhere else: Find a free line in your country at findahelpline.com. > > If you are in danger right now, call your local emergency number. Lumin is an AI. It cannot sit with you, and these people can. ## Prayers ### 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](https://www.lumin.faith/read/hebrews/13#5) and [Genesis 16:13](https://www.lumin.faith/read/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](https://www.lumin.faith/read/genesis/2#18) and [Proverbs 18:24](https://www.lumin.faith/read/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](https://www.lumin.faith/read/psalm/68#6) and [Psalm 139:1-3](https://www.lumin.faith/read/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](https://www.lumin.faith/read/isaiah/49#15-16) and [Psalm 4:8](https://www.lumin.faith/read/psalm/4#8). ## Bible verses for loneliness - **[Hebrews 13:5](https://www.lumin.faith/read/hebrews/13#5)**: “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.”” I will never leave you nor forsake you. - **[Psalm 68:6](https://www.lumin.faith/read/psalm/68#6)**: “God gives the lonely a home to live in; he leads prisoners out into prosperity, but the rebellious live in a parched land.” God gives the lonely a home. - **[Psalm 25:16](https://www.lumin.faith/read/psalm/25#16)**: “Turn to me and be gracious to me, for I am alone and afflicted.” Turn to me, for I am lonely. - **[Genesis 16:13](https://www.lumin.faith/read/genesis/16#13)**: “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?”” Hagar, alone in the desert: you are the God who sees me. - **[Isaiah 49:15-16](https://www.lumin.faith/read/isaiah/49#15-16)**: “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.” I will not forget you. I have written you on my hands. More: [What the Bible says about loneliness](https://www.lumin.faith/what-the-bible-says-about/loneliness). ## 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.