Pray to End Hunger
Prayer is essential to ending hunger by 2030. God’s grace in Jesus Christ moves us, and prayer equips us to take faith-grounded advocacy actions.
Through prayer, we acknowledge our insufficiency and our dependence on the Holy Spirit to effectively witness to God's love for humankind. Through prayer, God’s story and our story connect to transform the world.
We invite you to make prayers to end hunger part of your regular prayer life.
Why We Pray
The Bible provides numerous examples of men and women like Nehemiah, Esther, Daniel, and the prophets, who prayed intensely prior to carrying out acts of justice, advocacy, or service.
Jesus, our ultimate advocate and example of spiritual discipline, prayed and fasted for 40 days before beginning his earthly ministry.
In Luke 18, Jesus shows us what it looks like to declare our dependence on the Holy Spirit.
In a parable, he tells of a widow demanding a righteous judgment from an unjust judge. Despite the judge’s unwillingness, he eventually gives the widow what she asked for because of her sheer persistence.
Christ explains: "And will not God grant justice to his chosen ones who cry to him day and night? ... I tell you, he will quickly grant justice to them…" (Luke 18:7-8). Like the widow, we too must cry out to the Lord regularly because we know that God listens. View prayers from Bread for the World.
Commit to Pray Regularly
Will you pray for an end to hunger?
Philippians 4:6 tells us to "let your requests be made known to God.” When we call upon God's promises, the Bible assures us that God hears us (Psalm 10:17) and will answer (Isaiah 58:9). Pray without ceasing (1 Thessalonians 5:17).
You can make prayers to end hunger part of your regular prayer life. When you pray Give us this day our daily bread, include people who are hungry in our country and around the world in your petition.
Bread can help you deepen your prayer commitment. Through prayer, we acknowledge our insufficiency and our dependence on the Holy Spirit to effectively witness to God's love for humankind. Through prayer, God’s story and our story connect to transform the world.
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Pray Now
Here are some concerns you can include in your prayers right now. Pray for:
- people who experience persistent hunger, especially women and children
- God’s love to guide our steps as we work to end hunger
- the Church to advance the Gospel by working for justice and an end to hunger
- the leaders of our country, that they will make ending hunger and poverty a priority by 2017
- an end to hunger globally by 2030
“He has heard my voice and my supplications.”
Psalm 116:1
Tools
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