Welcome to prayforthehomeless.org. This site offers you the opportunity to meet someone who is homeless and pray for them. We also include people who have recently been homeless and are in recovery from homelessness. They all have one thing in common: they need the power and blessings of your prayers. A small percentage of the homeless are able to stay in public shelters or other temporary accommodations for short periods, but the majority of these people sleep in abandoned buildings, warehouses or under bridges each night. We invite you to pick a different person to pray for each week and share this idea with a friend. This site is in the process of development. You can expect it to grow and change over the coming weeks and months. We invite your feedback and comments by email at prayforthehomeless@gmail.com.


We have added a feedback feature that allows you to click to indicate your committment to pray, write or email others. Providing this response will let others know which homeless have many people praying for them and which ones are still waiting for prayer. At the bottom of this page click on "OLDER POSTS" to see more homeless prayer candidates.

Nicholas B. - Prayer candidate 116

Nicholas is 46 years old and suffers from extreme debilitating mental illness which is intensified by exposure to alcohol. Nicholas has been hospitalized many times in the past for mental health issues. He has a kind gentle spirit and is very industrious. Nicholas works to support himself by gathering aluminum cans from throughout the downtown area and recycling them. Other people in the homeless community help Nicholas by gathering and saving cans for him to sell. Nicholas is one of the more vulnerable members of the homeless community, so please pray for his safety and health as he struggles daily to create order in his life. He asks that you pray for him to be able to stay warm this winter, to be able to keep his stuff dry and that he will be healed of a bad tooth.

Update:  Nicholas was the victum of an assault in December when someone came to his camp and attacked him during the night. He sustained cracked ribs which are painful and will take many weeks to heal.
Update:  During the 3rd week of February Nicholas had an accident with his campfire and burned much of his camp under a bridge. His sleeping bag caught on fire and he sustained 2nd degree burns on his leg. This is the 2nd campfire accident Nicholas has experienced this winter. His mental illness makes managing fires and other things that require quick reactions and cautious planning dangerous for him. Please pray for his safety and that his leg will heal without becoming infected.

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Additional Candidates

Candidates appear in the order they were entered, beginning with the newest candidates at the top of the page and the candidates who have been on the site the longest at the bottom of the page. Click on Older Posts to see more prayer candidates or Home to return to the first page. You can also search for a particular candidate by entering their candidate number or name in the Google Search Box at the bottom of the right hand column of this page. All prayer candidates on this site have been entered since November 2009.