Prayer Resources By Topic
We receive prayer requests about a variety of topics. These resources are meant to empower you to engage in a quality prayer conversation that includes a warm and empathetic introduction, an authentic and compassionate prayer, and helpful next-step suggestions.
Prayer Topic: Overcoming Addiction
People who are struggling with addictions are usually feeling powerless. Their desire to break free may be accompanied by feelings that the addiction is greater than them. Fortunately when Jesus died on the cross, He broke the chains of those addictions and overcame it for us.
Possible Things to Pray for:
- Repentance and surrender of the appetites of the flesh to God.
- Strength to fight addictions with God’s Word.
- Divine power to resist the addiction.
- Understanding that the addiction does not define who they are; their identity comes from Christ.
Verses to Share:
1 Peter 3:11 NIV - They must turn from evil and do good; they must seek peace and pursue it.
1 Corinthians 10:13-14 NIV - No temptation has overtaken you except what is common to mankind. And God is faithful; he will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, he will also provide a way out so that you can endure it. Therefore, my dear friends, free from idolatry.
1 John 2:16 NIV - For everything in the world––the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life––comes not from the Father but from the world.
James 4:7 NIV - Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
Psalm 50:15 NIV - “…and call on me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you will honor me.”
Other Resources:
Restoration Groups (When in session) -
Celebrate Freedom: https://www.freechapel.org/discipleship