Prayer Guides for Loss

Honest reflections on prayer for loss — written for the person who needs a real conversation with God about exactly where they are.

6 prayer guides for Loss — page 1 of 2

  1. On Loss

    Prayer for Loss of Innocence After Trauma

    You miss who you were before it happened, and no one can give that person back. This is for the one grieving what was taken without being asked.

    Gregg Hovis, PhD 5 min read
  2. On Loss

    Prayer for Loss of Your Health and the Life You Had Before

    Your body no longer lets you live the life you built, and grieving that is not weakness. For the one who is tired of being told to look on the bright side.

    Robert Ford 5 min read
  3. On Loss

    Prayer for Loss When You're Grieving Something No One Else Understands

    Some losses don't have a name that other people recognize. The friendship that ended, the role that disappeared, the version of yourself that's gone. Grief without witnesses is still grief, and it still needs somewhere to go.

    Robert Ford 7 min read
  4. On Loss

    Prayer for Loss When Everyone Tells You to Move On

    Grief doesn't run on anyone else's timeline. But when the people around you have decided yours has gone on long enough, the pressure to perform recovery becomes its own weight on top of the loss itself.

    Robert Ford 7 min read
  5. On Loss

    Prayer for Loss of a Dream That Will Never Happen

    Grieving something you never had but fully expected to have is its own kind of loss. Without a before to return to, without a clear moment of ending. For the person mourning a future that isn't going to come.

    John Hovis 7 min read

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