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.

Will L. - Prayer Candidate 151

Will is 53 years old and grew up in the Smithfield neighborhood of Birmingham, Alabama. He has been homeless for the past two years since he lost his job at the Winfrey Hotel where he worked in both the kitchen and in housekeeping. He now sleeps on the docks across from the railroad tracks near the bus station in downtown Birmingham. Like many others who sleep on the docks, Will has to pack up his belongings each morning and carry them to the railroad bridge across the street so their presence will not draw attention to the homeless population during the business day. This leaves his belongings vulnerable and all of his blankets were recently taken during the day. Will is thankful to God for healing him from a 20 year addiction to crack cocaine. He has been clean since 2004. He asks you to pray that the Lord will bless him and keep him out of trouble. Will also asks that God will give him the opportunity to help others. He also asks you to pray for his cousin who is a stroke victim that has been bed ridden for the past 3 years. Will visits her and helps to take care of her in order to give other family members a break.

Update:  Will ended up in the emergency room on March 2nd, with respiratory congestion. The doctors told him he has a light case of pneumonia. He was given medication and released the same day. Please pray for Will's health as he moves around the city and sleeps outside in this cold, wet weather.

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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.