Overcoming Poverty Through The Power Of Prayer
Poverty is a distressing and debilitating condition that affects millions of people around the world.
The harsh realities of not having enough money for basic necessities like food, shelter, healthcare, and other critical needs often lead to feelings of helplessness and hopelessness.
However, there is power in turning to prayer in faith during trying financial times. Prayer can provide strength, hope and a positive outlook when you feel like giving up.
In this blog post, we will explore how heartfelt and faithful prayer can help overcome poverty.
We will look at:
- Understanding the Root Causes of Poverty
- Finding Strength Through Prayer
- Praying For Provision and Blessing
- Asking God to Open Doors of Opportunity
- Seeking Wisdom and Guidance Through Prayer
- Building Faith That Moves Mountains
- Maintaining an Attitude of Gratitude
- Serving Others With an Open Hand
Understanding the Root Causes of Poverty
In order to pray effectively against poverty, it helps to understand some of the underlying reasons why people end up in difficult financial circumstances.
Some common causes of poverty include:
- Loss of livelihood and inability to get well-paying work
- Struggles with debt obligations and bad financial decisions
- Lack of education and skills training opportunities
- Physical and mental health challenges
- Exploitation and discrimination
- Being born into generational poverty.
Often, those struggling in poverty work extremely hard but still cannot catch a break or get ahead financially. While external factors are sometimes to blame, prayer helps shift focus to areas where we do have control.
We can reflect on our own habits, seek wisdom and new creative solutions to generate sustainable income. Most importantly, prayer allows us to tap into supernatural provision, blessing and favor.
Finding Strength Through Prayer
When you feel drained, exhausted and beaten down by the daily grind of just trying to survive, pouring your heart out to God in prayer brings strength and renewal. In those quiet moments as you shut out life’s noisy distractions to connect with your Creator, you can be revitalized with energy, motivation and new perspective.
prayer for strength during financial hardship:
“Father God, I come before you weary, worn out and feeling hopeless from the immense financial struggles I face. Please forgive me when I have doubted your power and grace to provide.
Flood my heart with your supernatural peace and strength. Help me to stand firm in my faith despite all opposition and lack that surrounds me currently.
You promise to never leave me nor forsake me. Help me trust that you have purpose for me beyond my current circumstances.
When I feel too weak to pray or press on, carry me by your strength and mighty right hand. Thank you that you love and care for me in spite of temporary lack. I choose to rejoice and praise you even now! Amen”
Praying For Provision and Blessing
God promises to supply all our needs according to His riches in Christ Jesus. (Philippians 4:19) We serve a Father who owns the cattle on a thousand hills! (Psalms 50:10) He controls all wealth and resources on the earth.
Despite financial struggles, be encouraged that your Heavenly Father has limitless ability to meet your every need miraculously!
prayer you can pray for provision and blessing:
“Almighty Father, there is none like you. You reign over the earth and own everything in it. Right now, circumstantially I lack but your Word says you supply all my needs according to your glorious riches. So I ask you now to make a way for me where there seems no way.
Rain down your blessings and supernatural financial provision upon me according to your will. Send me the money and resources I need to pay my bills, support my family and fulfill my obligations.
Give me wisdom to steward anything you bless me with. I choose to use your financial blessings to be a blessing to others as the hands and feet of Jesus.
I pronounce blessings over my life and financial situation now by faith and by patience, I inherit the promises you have given me in your Word. To you alone be all the glory in Jesus Name, Amen!”
Asking God to Open Doors of Opportunity
When finances seem beyond hopeless, pray for God to open new doors of opportunity. Ask Him to show you creative, ethical and mutually beneficial ways to generate sustainable income through entrepreneurship, investments, career enhancement or benefactors. Petition heaven to send divine connections across your path for increase.
Prayer for doors of opportunity:
Father, I come to you desperate and in dire need. My resources are dried up but I refuse to give up hope. I choose to believe with expectant faith that you will make rivers in my wilderness. Where there are no obvious ways and means in the natural to create wealth, I ask for you to open supernatural doors of opportunity.
Guide me by the Holy Spirit to walk through new doors you set before me. Give me divine ideas, entrepreneurial creativity, inventions and innovations. Connect me to pivotal mentors, investors, partners and high-level decision makers who can help me.
I pray for uncommon favor and blessing in the business arena. Strengthen me to do my part with due diligence and step out in courage. I trust that you will back me up with Heaven’s resources.
Thank you for equipping, empowering and enabling me financially. I give you praise in advance for the awesome turnaround coming my way soon, in Jesus Name, Amen!
Seeking Wisdom and Guidance Through Prayer
Scripture encourages us that if we lack wisdom and guidance for any situation, we can simply ask God who gives it abundantly. (James 1:5) Financial realms require much prudence, planning and wise counsel. Yet, our Heavenly Father has all we need and promises to reveal it to us. Come humbly asking for clarity, ideas and every kind of assistance to manage money and increase it.
Prayer for financial wisdom:
“Father, your Word declares that if any of us lacks wisdom, we should ask you and it will be given to us generously without finding fault. Right now, I really need your direction and clarity regarding my finances, debt, investments and profit opportunities.
Forgive me where I have mismanaged money you entrusted to me. Teach me to steward resources wisely for your glory.
I welcome your infinite wisdom and understanding to do business, grow wealth and prosper your way. Send me advisors, coaches and mentors full of insight to guide me along the right path to financial freedom.
Thank you for being a merciful, gracious God who gives wisdom liberally as I acknowledge my total dependence on you in this area. In Jesus Name, Amen.”
Building Faith That Moves Mountains
Jesus said in Mark 11:23 that if we do not doubt in our hearts but believe what we ask for in prayer is granted, it will be done for us.
He says that with faith, we can tell a mountain to be moved and cast into the sea and it will happen! This includes the mountain of poverty and lack if we refuse to lose heart. Let’s build tenacious faith through prayer to move your financial mountain into abundance.
Prayer to build mountain-moving faith:
“Father God, the odds seem insurmountable in the natural that my family can go from barely surviving to thriving financially. But I make a firm decision to build my faith strong through prayer and trust in your promises.
Forgive me when I have allowed fear, doubt and hopeless thinking to fill my mind and heart instead of faith. I reject those lies now. You said faith the size of a mustard can move mighty mountains.
So I ask for a renewal of childlike faith welling up on the inside of me. I will not consider the deadness of my financial situation or get distracted by current circumstances. I will keep my eyes fixed firmly on you because you are the Author and Finisher of my faith.
Where I currently lack, I ask for you to increase my capacity to believe for supernatural turnarounds, miracles and manifestation of provision. Thank you that breakthrough is coming my way as I put all my faith and confidence in you. In Jesus’ mighty name, Amen!”
Maintaining an Attitude of Gratitude
No matter how tough things may seem at the present time, it is vital we maintain an attitude of praise and thanksgiving to God. Count your blessings – name them one by one!
You may feel you have nothing to be grateful for but repent of that thinking immediately. As long as you have life, health, strength, sound mind and Jesus; you have what money cannot buy! Cultivate a heart posture of gratitude.
Thank God that He loves and cares for you. He promises to never leave nor forsake you. Thank Him in advance for the financial miracle He is setting you up for. Prayer with gratitude builds our faith muscles.
Gratitude prayer:
“Abba Father, I come before your throne today with a heart filled with praise and gratitude. Despite the financial struggles I face, I refuse to have a spirit of bitterness, anger or pride. I repent if I have complained excessively without counting the blessings you have given me already.
Forgive me when I have been ungrateful instead of trusting your divine plan and perfect timing to meet my needs. I reject all temptations to feel envious of those prospering around me. Instead I thank you for all that I currently have – my health
Bible scriptures to stay on when struggling with poverty:
“And God is able to make all grace abound toward you; that ye, always having all sufficiency in all things, may abound to every good work.” – 2 Corinthians 9:8
“For ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that, though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, that ye through his poverty might be rich.” – 2 Corinthians 8:9
“But my God shall supply all your need according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus.” Philippians 4:19
“I have been young, and now am old; yet have I not seen the righteous forsaken, nor his children begging bread” Psalms 37:25
“For the Lord your God is bringing you into a good land, a land of brooks of water, of fountains and springs, flowing out in the valleys and hills” Deuteronomy 8:7
“And my God will supply every need of yours according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus”. Philippians 4:19
“Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights with whom there is no variation or shadow due to change”. James 1:17
Meditate on these words
“But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you”. Matthew 6:33
“And my God will supply every need of yours according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus. To our God and Father be glory forever and ever. Amen”. Philippians 4:19-20
“And God is able to bless you abundantly, so that in all things at all times, having all that you need, you will abound in every good work. 2 Corinthians 9:8
“Cast your burden on the Lord, and he will sustain you; he will never permit the righteous to be moved”. Psalms 55:22
“For the Lord your God is bringing you into a good land, a land of brooks of water, of fountains and springs, flowing out in the valleys and hills” Deuteronomy 8:7
“And you shall remember the Lord your God, for it is he who gives you power to get wealth, that he may confirm his covenant that he swore to your fathers, as it is this day”. Deuteronomy 8:18