Sleep has never come easily to me. Mom said I didn’t sleep well as a baby and as an adult, I still struggle sometimes. I’ve never been one for counting sheep. Once my prayers are done, my mind continues to whirl around.
I read somewhere when you can’t sleep think of people with names that are an alliteration. Alan Alda, Brigitte Bardot, Charlie Chaplin and so on.
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/alliteration
Once I had it down, it wasn’t a game anymore and I could run through the list rather quickly.
It then came to me, that I could pray for groups of people. This prayer was divinely inspired, I believe.
The prayer isn’t to make me fall asleep. I do it to pray for different groups of people. I believe that the world would be a better place if we all prayed for one another.
Take what I give you and enhance the list. Make it your own. You will probably think of things because of your life and experiences that I haven’t.
Pray for groups of people with the letters of the alphabet
A-
Alzheimer’s, Alcoholism, Abused, Abusors (because they need prayer), Addicted, Arthritis
B-
Bullies, Babies, Bereaved, Bitter, Blind
C-
Cancer, Children, Chefs, Co-Workers
D-
Depressed, Diabetics, Deaf, Diseased, Doctors
E-
Egotistical, Electricians, Epilepsy
F-
Farmers, Friends, Family, First Responders
G-
Guards, Government Workers
H-
Homeless, Hurting, Hospitalized
I
Ignored, Injured
J-
Janitors
K-
Kidney Disease
L-
Lonely, Leaders (city, state, federal), Leprosy
M-
Missionaries, Muscular Diseases, Military
N-
Nurses, Needy
O-
Oppressed, Oxygen Dependent
P-
Pilots, Pastors,
Q-
Quiet (afraid to stand up)
R-
Railway workers, Radiologists
S-
Sad, Scientists, Sanitation Workers, Scared
T-
Teachers, Truck Drivers
U-
Unloved, Unwanted,
V-
Ventilator Dependent, Viruses,
W-
Weak, Worried, Wheelchair-Bound, World
X-
X-Ray Workers
Y-
Yearning
Z-
Zealots
I’m sure I’ve left a lot off the list. My list evolves depending on what I experience and things in my life. If you’ve thought of any I’ve missed, let me know in the comments and I’ll go back and add them to the list.
I hope this prayer will encourage you to broaden your prayer time and think of those throughout the world that could use prayer.
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