Slowly, at 7:45 p.m., Reverend Parsley entered the 12th Street Church. Members of the congregation were waiting expectantly in the seats for him to arrive so that he could begin his Sunday sermon. Hundreds of thousands of believers were praying in silence, full of hope and confidence. He ascended the platform and looked out over the listeners. He questioned the very nature of prayer itself. this article describes For the sake of those who do not believe, we pray for them every day for a whole nine days.
Various topics related to God and religion are discussed in the blog A Prayer For Unbelievers. The views expressed here are purely rational, and no disrespect is intended toward any religious group or its adherents. Healing for a family member or friend who doesn’t believe in God is discussed in this article.
If you’re an atheist, I pray that some of the information presented here may cause you to at least entertain the idea that God could exist. It’s intended for readers who don’t believe in God or any other “divine” entity as the source and/or manager of the universe. Even if we can’t provide conclusive proof, we have good reason to believe that we are not being watched from afar.
A Prayer For Unbelievers
Dear God,
I pray for those who do not believe in you that you would open their hearts and minds to your love and grace. May they come to know you as the one true God of the universe. May they know that you love them just as they are and that you want to be a part of their lives. May they sense your presence in their daily lives and draw closer to you. May they experience your peace and joy every day until they realize that there is no other place where they can find what they are looking for but in You! Amen
Dear God,
There are some people who have never met you, who have never heard of your love for them. They may be in a place where they can’t hear the gospel or they may be walking away from it because they don’t know it is available.
They may never have read your word or heard the story of the cross and resurrection. Lord, help these unbelievers to hear and know you.
Give them eyes to see and ears to hear that they might believe on Jesus Christ as their Lord and Savior. In his name we pray, amen
A Prayer for Unbelievers
Dear God, I don’t know if you exist or not. I’m an atheist, so I don’t believe in your existence. I’m also a rational person with an open mind. If you do exist and if you are real, then please reveal yourself to me and show me the truth. If you don’t exist or if you’re not real, then please reveal yourself to me and show me the truth.
I want to believe that there is a God out there who has created me and loves me unconditionally. But at this point in my life I can’t find any evidence that supports this belief.
I am going through some tough times right now in my life and it would be nice to have some sort of comfort from someone who cares about me no matter what happens in my life. It would be nice to have someone guide me through life and help me make better choices about how I should live my life each day.
I don’t want to just live my life without any guidance from someone who can provide it for me because then it feels like everything is up for grabs and I have no idea what’s going to happen next week let alone 20 years from now when I’m 40 years old and still single without children
Dear God,
Please help me to remember that not everyone believes in you. Some people are atheists or agnostics, some people have been hurt by Christians and don’t trust them anymore. Some people just haven’t gotten around to it yet.
Help me to be patient with them, realizing that they may be hurting or confused or just plain busy. Help me to remember that my job isn’t to convince them of anything; my job is simply to love them as you do.
Help me not to judge them for their lack of belief, but instead help me show them how much I care about them by being a good example and showing them how much joy can be found in your Word and through your Son Jesus Christ. Thank you for giving me the opportunity every day to share with others about our wonderful Savior who loves us and died for us so that we could live forever with Him. Amen
“For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the LORD, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.” – Jeremiah 29:11
“I pray that you may understand what I am saying so that you may experience the love of God that is overflowing in knowledge and all discernment. May we know the hope of His soon coming; for He will come with fire and burn up all things that are ungodly. Therefore, let us purify ourselves from everything that contaminates body and spirit, perfecting holiness out of reverence for God.” – 2 Corinthians 4:7-11
Dear God,
I pray for unbelievers. I pray that they will come to know you and be saved from this evil world. I pray that God will open their eyes to the truth about who you are and what you have done for them.
I pray that they will come to know what it means to have a relationship with you. I pray that they will know your love and feel your presence in their lives. I pray that they won’t settle for anything less than having a relationship with you.
I pray that they will experience the freedom only found in Christ Jesus. I pray that they will be set free from any bondage or addiction in their lives and be set free to pursue holiness and righteousness through faith in Christ alone (Romans 6:1-14).
I pray for those who have never heard of Jesus or have been deceived by the lies of false religions such as Islam or Buddhism. I pray for those who have never been taught about God’s Word or His plan of salvation through faith in Jesus Christ (John 3:16-18). I pray for those who have never read Scripture but only believe what other people say about its truthfulness (2 Timothy 3:16-17).
Dear Lord, please send your Holy Spirit into
Dear Father,
I pray for unbelievers.
I pray that they would come to know you. I pray that they would accept Christ and be born again. I pray that the Holy Spirit will lead them to your Word, and that their hearts will be open to receive it.
I pray for those who have been hurt by Christians, either in the past or present. I pray that they will find healing in your presence. I pray that they would be able to forgive those who have wronged them, and not let bitterness consume them.
I pray for those who struggle with doubt and unbelief, but still call themselves Christians. I pray that they would find confidence in God’s promises and peace with His sovereignty over their lives. I pray that they would stop trying to do life on their own strength and rely fully on Christ alone for salvation and victory over sin.
Father God,
I pray for the unbelievers.
I pray that you would open their eyes to see your truth. I pray that they would open their hearts to receive you into their lives.
Lord, I pray that you would show them how much they need you and how much they need to accept you as their Savior.
I pray that you would give them faith in Jesus Christ and the assurance of eternal life through him.
Lord, I pray that you will continue to bless them and help them grow in faith until they become believers themselves.
O my Lord, You have told me that if I ask anything in Your Name You will give it to me. I am asking, then, that You open the eyes of the unbelieving world, so they may see You as You truly are: the Son of God and the Saviour of men.
I pray that Your kingdom may come and Your will be done on earth as it is in Heaven; that there may be a greater understanding among men of the purposes of creation and of their relationship to each other and to You; that all men may become aware of their need for salvation; that they may turn from darkness to light, from the power of Satan unto God; that they may be saved from the evil one who deceives them into thinking there is no sin or eternal death.
In Jesus’ name we pray this prayer. AMEN
Dear God,
I know you’re there, even if I don’t acknowledge you.
I know that you are real, even though I don’t feel it.
I know you love me and want what is best for me, even though I don’t feel it at times.
But what I really need right now is for you to help me believe in you again.
Healing For A Loved One Who Is An Unbeliever.
- “I pray for healing for my unbelieving loved one.
- I pray that you would heal their heart, that they may know your love, and turn to you in repentance.”
Father God, I bring to you Your child who is struggling today or feels bound by anxiety and heaviness.
Father God, I bring to you Your child who is struggling today or feels bound by anxiety and heaviness.
May this person find healing, love and peace in your presence today.
May the heaviness that weighs them down be lifted from their heart and mind so that they can breath freely again. May this child of yours experience freedom from whatever holds them back from being able to live a full life as You intended for them to live it. May they feel comforted by Your endless mercy as it washes over their soul soothing any pain or sorrows that weigh down their heart with guilt or shame. May justice be shown through forgiveness when there is no hope left for redemption in this world but hope has been found in You, Father God! Help us all find You through our trials and tribulations because only then will we truly be set free!
Father God, I pray that You would open up their eyes.
Lord, I pray that You would open up their eyes.
I pray that You would show them Your glory and majesty.
I pray that You would reveal Yourself to them in a way they could not deny or resist.
Lord, I pray for unbelievers to be saved.
Let them see their need for You because they are loved by you.
God loves you deeply, personally, and unconditionally. He doesn’t love you because you are good or righteous or even because it is convenient for Him. He loves us because he simply does—and that’s all there is to it.
That means that your need for God is not contingent upon anything else in your life. You don’t have to be a great person; your life doesn’t have to be perfect; and even if you don’t believe in Jesus yet, this love will not change one bit at all. God still loves you the same way he always has: completely and totally without exception!
May they see their own sin and desire the forgiveness you offer through Jesus Christ.
Sin is a serious matter. The Bible says that “all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,” but God saves those who believe in Jesus Christ. He forgives all of our sins when we ask him, regardless of how big or small they may be (1 John 1:8).
But forgiveness doesn’t mean that there are no consequences for our sins. If someone steals from you and you forgive them, it doesn’t mean that they should be allowed to keep what they stole from you without any consequences—they must still return it! Likewise, if someone hurts your feelings by saying something nasty about you behind your back or on social media, but then apologizes to you later on because he realizes he was wrong for saying those things about you in the first place…the apology does not mean that his actions weren’t hurtful at all; it means only that now he wants forgiveness for doing something wrong against another person’s feelings!
You can ask God for these things too: forgiveness from others’ wrongdoing towards us; protection from pride & selfishness; strength in times where we don’t feel like trying anymore; and guidance during difficult times when life seems overwhelming with lots going on around us (Romans 8:26).
May they desire a relationship with You.
Pray that they may desire a relationship with You.
You might be saying, “But I don’t want to pray for them!” This is a legitimate concern. However, just because you don’t like the prayer doesn’t mean it’s not good. Praying for unbelievers has its own benefits—namely, it allows you to grow closer to God and give Him glory while using your time on Earth productively. If you are struggling with this approach or find yourself unable to pray in such a way, try praying the following instead:
May Your name be exalted because of Your great love for us (1 John 3:1).
May they see not only how much You love them but how much You love me.
Your love for all people is shown so clearly in how You sent Your Son to die for them. I pray they will see this and receive His gift of salvation. I pray that as they realize how much You love them, they will also realize how much You love me.
I know it’s not easy being an unbeliever, but if you could just take a moment to consider what it would be like if God were to pour out his grace on you right now, you would see that life with Him is better than anything else we could ever imagine.
Father, I pray for a healing in their life that can only come from You and Your Son, Jesus Christ.
Father, I pray for a healing in their life that can only come from You and Your Son, Jesus Christ.
You have given us everything we need to live a full life. You have shown us how to love each other and ourselves unconditionally. Your love is eternal, and because of that you know exactly what it’s like when things don’t work out the way they should.
So today as I pray to you, Father God – help me realize that no matter how someone else may feel about me or my faith – there is always hope for them! Help me reach out with your love so that no one has ever felt abandoned by You or rejected by our Savior because of who they are!
Glory be to God our Father, from whom all blessings flow – Praise Him!
>”Glory be to God our Father, from whom all blessings flow – Praise Him!”<
The source of all blessings is God. What are the best ways we can praise Him? By honoring His commands and showing love for one another.
Novena: Praying for Unbelievers
Jesus told us that when a lost soul repents, there is abounding joy in heaven.
I experienced this joy when I found Christ. I was driving to Enid Oklahoma to make a speech. I felt — actually felt — an Other. I felt ecstatic love and joy rushing into me. I’ve tried to describe this joy and love, but I can’t do it. Our language does not have the words.
Human language is inadequate to describe true encounters with God. The reason for this is simple and obvious, and yet we forget what it means.
God is not us. God is the I Am. The standards by which we measure reality do not apply to Him because He made what we call reality. Without Him, there is nothing. Not a vacuum, not non-existence, not oblivion: Without Him, there is nothing.
The concept of nothing in this eternal and absolute sense defies both our understanding and our imaging. We can not describe it any more than we can describe Him.
God is not an idea or an intellectual construct that we can manipulate and bring down to our understanding. God is a Being, a Personality, with a will and emotions of His own.
I did not convert to an idea. I was not embraced by a concept. I met another Being and this Other, even though He is transcendent, reached into my finiteness and loved me from death to life. The Way by which He did this is Jesus Christ.
Unlike those who lived before Christ, we can see the face of God and live. All we have to do is look at Jesus. He, and He alone, is the Way that leads to eternal life.
The idea that all faiths are equal is nonsense. There is only one empty tomb, only one Way out of the abyss of our sins. No one will ever approach the throne of God and live unless he or she is marked by the shed blood of the Lamb of God.
The Church teaches that it is possible for those of other faiths and those who have not heard His name to be welcomed to heaven, but they must come by way of their works and their sinlessness. They have to earn heaven.
Even then, the only entry, the only Way, is through Jesus. His grace and His mercy are the only hope that any one, anywhere, has. Without Him, we are damned, every one of us, by our own sinful and rebellious natures.
Jesus told St Faustina that unbelievers and those who had never heard His name were in His thoughts as He suffered and died two thousand years ago. He didn’t die only for you and me. He died for everyone, everywhere, for all time. He ransomed lost humanity with His blood — all of humanity.
All anyone has to do is choose Him over the world. Just as He did with the Israelites, God places before us Life and Death and lets us choose between them. Eternal hell is not a punishment. It is a choice that we make as free human beings clothed in radical freedom.
We are called to do more than glory in our salvation. We are called to be the Light in a dark world.
God has set us free, and now we must free others. The universal Christian vocation is the conversion of the world. We must offer Him to those who are perishing right in front of us, even if they rebuff us and shriek with the agony of devils touched by grace when we do it.
We Christians of the laity are conduits of the informal graces of life and love to the larger world. Our lives are the testimony and witness to our faith. We are the ones who go out from the churches, who step away from the altar and enter the fray of bashing and bloodletting that is modern society.
We go into the hospitals, schools, legislative chambers, court houses, construction sites, grocery stores, gyms and on-line com boxes. We go into all the places where ordinary life is lived and we enter them without the confining otherness of the collar. We are part of this larger world and we move inside it with the intimacy of fellow travelers.
Our priesthood is the priesthood of the laity. It is the priesthood that will either convert the world, or leave the world to die in its sins.
We are the People of God. We are the Easter people. We serve a Risen Lord. Our home is in heaven. We are, all of us, wayfaring strangers in this world of woe.
Even though you die, you will live. Jesus told us. Where I go, you will follow, he said.
We are going to die. I don’t write that to upset you, but to free you and comfort you. I want you to understand that there is nothing in this world for a follower of Christ to fear. You and I are just passing through this life. We are going to die. But when we die, we will live. Because of His Mercy.
So what should we do about those unbelievers who attack Christians? What should we do for those who have never heard His name?
Jesus says bring to Me those who do not believe in God and those who do not know Me.
He tells us that He was thinking about them when He suffered and died. His love for them is the unfathomable longing of God Who is love.
I don’t know which ones they are, but I believe that future evangelists for Christ are hiding among today’s Christian-bashing unbelievers. One day, they will say “yes” to Him, and He will fill them with the same love and joy that He poured into my soul and into yours. He will lift them up to testify to Him with all the fervor of someone who understands what it means to be rescued from eternal death.
I also know that among those who have not been told about Him there are people who will one day carry the news of His love to others who have not heard of him. Jesus is the Way, and that way is open to everyone.
But on this Easter Monday, they are still lost. They wander in the acrid bitterness of their unbelief, the noisy silence of their lack of knowledge. They are lost.
Christ’s mercy is the living water that enlivens our souls. Christ’s mercy is beyond our understanding, greater than our ability to reckon. It, like Him, is infinite. His mercy transcends time and place. It is available to everyone.
Please pray the Divine Mercy Novena today. Bring the lost souls of the world to Him and His mercy. He can change hearts that you and I think are beyond reaching.
I know.
I was once such a person myself.
Fourth Day
“Today bring to Me those who do not believe in God and those who do not know Me,
I was thinking also of them during My bitter Passion, and their future zeal comforted My Heart. Immerse them in the ocean of My mercy.”
Most compassionate Jesus, You are the Light of the whole world. Receive into the abode of Your Most Compassionate Heart the souls of those who do not believe in God and of those who as yet do not know You. Let the rays of Your grace enlighten them that they, too, together with us, may extol Your wonderful mercy; and do not let them escape from the abode which is Your Most Compassionate Heart.
Eternal Father, turn Your merciful gaze upon the souls of those who do not believe in You, and of those who as yet do not know You, but who are enclosed in the Most Compassionate Heart of Jesus. Draw them to the light of the Gospel. These souls do not know what great happiness it is to love You. Grant that they, too, may extol the generosity of Your mercy for endless ages. Amen.
*Our Lord’s original words here were “the pagans.” Since the pontificate of Pope John XXIII, the Church has seen fit to replace this term with clearer and more appropriate terminology.