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.

Lisa B. - Prayer Candidate 148

Lisa is 43 years old and grew up in Pratt City, Alabama. Lisa has had a hard life that has included severe addiction, prostitution, and a few months served in prison. After her release she was placed at the Lovelady Center where she entered a Celebrate Recovery Program that helped her to walk out of her addiction. After graduating from the Lovelady Center she was re-united with her husband Michael who is also a member of the homeless community due to the loss of his job. In the summer of 2009 Lisa was diagnosed with breast cancer and underwent surgery and chemotherapy. She suffered greatly from the side effects of the chemo treatments for many months. In the fall she learned she would have to undergo another surgery because the cancer had spread to her lymph nodes. She is currently recovering from the second surgery and suffering through another round of chemo therapy. Lisa and her husband now have temporary shelter in a downtown hotel. Lisa asks that you pray for her recovery and that she will be able to keep her spirits up through the continuing chemo therapy treatments. She also asks that you pray for her friend Edwina who is also suffering from breast cancer along with the others in the homeless community who are suffering from cancer and other illness.

Update:  Lisa has suffered greatly from the side effects of chemo therapy during the holidays, as well as the stress of learning she has cancer in other areas of her body. Christmas is a very hard time for those who are homeless, but for those who are homelesss and facing cancer, it is twice as discouraging. Lisa has been fighting feelings of hopelessness and is now missing. Please pray she will be found safe and be willing to return to treatment.

Update:  Lisa has completed outpatient treatment for addiction returned to cancer treatment. She has been drug free for nearly 100 days as of early April. She has reccently rededicated her life to Christ and rejoined her husband. They were able to move into a new apartment in March which they received through participation in the Shelter Care Plus housing program at Church of the Reconciler. Please continue to pray that Lisa will have the courage to face her third round of chemo therapy and that her spirits will remain high.

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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.