Prayer is not just submitting our requests to God but also ourselves to Him. Prayer invites the Lord’s presence into our lives, so we practice various prayer methods to cultivate greater awareness of the Lord’s nearness.
As a church, we pray each week for different church and ministry partners in our community and around the world. In the early days of Christ Central, we would pause during our service and take prayer requests each week.
We would like to better engage our congregation and community through prayer this season as a larger church. To do so, we have created a form below that you can use to submit a prayer request. These requests will be submitted to our prayer team and prayed for individually!
View our Prayer Wall of requests here.
1. God has commanded us to pray.
2 Chronicles 7:14, James 5:13, Philippians 4:6, 1 Thessalonians 5:17
How crazy is it that we need to be commanded to commune with the living God? Yet because God knows how prone we are to wander, He calls us to pray as an act of obedience.
2. Prayer is one of the greatest privileges given to the children of God.
Ephesians 2:18, Hebrews 10:19-22, Matthew 27:51
In the Old Testament, only one man could come before the God of the Universe once a year. Because of what Christ has done and because the veil has been torn, we have direct access to our Heavenly Father. What a glorious gift!
3. Apart from God we can do nothing.
John 15:5, Isaiah 40:31, Proverbs 3:5-6, Psalms 20:7
It is so easy in our culture of abundance to think that we don’t need God – that we can purchase or achieve everything we want through our gifts and talents. However, the Bible is clear that we cannot do anything apart from God’s sovereign blessing.
4. With God we can do all things.
Mark 11:24, 1 John 5:14-15, Psalms 102:17
Although we can do nothing on our own, in Christ all things are possible. We should have great confidence that if we pray, God will hear us and answer our prayers!
1. With eyes toward the coming kingdom.
Revelation 21:1-5
The Bible gives us a picture of the renewal that Christ will bring when He returns. So, knowing that God’s word is true, we pray with that glorious end in mind, when all things will be made new, and God’s glory will fill the earth like the water covers the sea.
2. Alone and in community.
One of the greatest blessings of prayer is that we can do it anytime and anywhere. Our heavenly Father even encourages us to cry out to Him without ceasing (1 Thes 5:17). Yet, there is much to be gained by praying with one another. Jesus declares that He is uniquely present when two or more are gathered in His name (Matt 18:19-20).
We’d like to encourage each of you to set aside a few times this week to pray with one another–whether in your family, with your City Group, or simply alongside some brothers or sisters that you’ve gotten to know here at the church.
Caleb, Nick, and Nate. Dash the cynicism and addictions and give them a hunger for Christ and community.
Submitted 07.12.26 by Linda W.
Please pray boldly for Duke's campus, for unity among believers, for revival across darkness, and for incoming freshman to find communities to support their faith.
Submitted 07.12.26 Anonymously
My brother, Jordan, may the Lord draw near to him and soften his heart. May Jordan experience the healing power of God and find comfort.
Submitted 07.12.26 Anonymously
Our oldest, Lucy, is traveling to Germany. Please pray for safety, good connections with new friends, and a deeper sense of Jesus with her.
Submitted 07.12.26 by Ashley C.
Chepe, our dear friend, a meticulous craftsman, who is awaiting deportation to Honduras from a detention center in GA.
Submitted 07.12.26 by Emily & Neal
A broken friendship. Pray for a desire on both sides to repair, reconcile, and move on in peace for both of us and those who this lost friendship impacts.
Submitted 07.12.26 Anonymously
My unborn niece, Catherine Elizabeth, who has been diagnosed with hypoplastic left heart. For her parents (Lizzie and Tommy) and for God's healing.
Submitted 07.12.26 by Gracie E.
We need prayer for Nancy Lifer, Faith's mom, who has just been diagnosed with breast cancer. Please pray for her healing!
Submitted 06.28.26 by Faith and Marco
Caleb, Nick, and Nate - time together with sons - God would draw us closer to one another and Himself through our time together.
Submitted 06.28.26 by Linda W.
Trusting in God while dealing with the instability of work.
Submitted 06.28.26 by Vanessa R.W.
Sixth orthopedic surgery in five years tomorrow. Pray that this is a step in the right direction, as well as for strength & wisdom.
Submitted 06.28.26 by Ian J.
Our family is recovering from several challenges. Prayer for God's blessing, wisdom, and guidance.
Submitted 06.28.26 by Jason M.
Clarity about the future after college and how I can put roots down and grow my faith concurrently.
Submitted 06.28.26 by Josie H.
Caleb, Nick, and Nate - they would seek and know the love of their heavenly Father in the loss of theirs.
Submitted 06.21.26 by Linda W.
Will, Grace, Oliver Hefner - currently going through high risk pregnancy loss.
Submitted 06.21.26 Anonymously
Hefner family who just suffered a loss. Sharon's health and doctors appts.
Submitted 06.21.26 by Avery M.
To get a job, my family and health
Submitted 06.14.26 by Jose O.
Anxiety, turning my attention towards God.
Submitted 06.14.26 by Megan E.
God to provide community for me in LA as I'm there for the next six weeks for my internship and that God can help me be a light to nonbelievers.
Submitted 06.14.26 by Anna L.
Liam Pointer (15 years old) going for open heart surgery at Duke on June 24th.
Submitted 06.14.26 by Ivy P.
Direction for the rest of the summer, rest, my sister finding Christian community at UNCW.
Submitted 06.14.26 by Mikhail H.
A good friend who has recurrent glioblastoma. He has young children and is not a believer.
Submitted 06.14.26 by Andrew M.
My close friends who have family members with cancer. Both Genny and Ryan have been fighting. Help them not grow weary.
Submitted 06.14.26 by Alyssa S.
