Most often, the prayer requests we receive are very human and very honest. They usually aren’t dramatic or polished — they’re quiet cries for help, clarity, or relief.

Here are the themes we see most consistently:

• Stability and provision People asking for prayer around rent, utilities, food, transportation, or work. Often it’s not long-term crisis — it’s “I just need help getting through this moment.”
• Family and relationship strain Marriages under pressure, parenting exhaustion, prodigal children, co-parenting challenges, or broken trust within families.
• Health and emotional weight Chronic illness, sudden medical concerns, anxiety, depression, burnout, and the heaviness that comes from carrying too much alone for too long.
• Direction and transition People standing at crossroads — job changes, housing changes, recovery, grief, faith questions, or simply not knowing what the next step should be.
• Quiet spiritual weariness Not always doubt — more often fatigue. People who still believe but are tired of being strong, tired of pretending they’re okay, or tired of carrying faith alone.

As for support, what people usually need most is not fixing — it’s being seen without judgment.

They need:

• Prayer that isn’t rushed
• Presence that doesn’t interrogate
• Help that doesn’t require explanation
• Support that preserves dignity

Sometimes that support looks like an immediate, tangible blessing.

Sometimes it looks like ongoing prayer, time, and community remembering them.

The Well and The 1 of 99 Blessing exist to meet people right where they are — whether the need is urgent, unfolding, or still unspoken. We don’t try to rank pain or measure worth. We simply hold space and allow care to flow where it’s needed most.

If someone brings a real need, it belongs here.

Are there any specific guidelines or information you'd like people to know before they submit a prayer request?

 

There are no requirements, expectations, or qualifications for submitting a prayer request at The Well. If it matters to you, it belongs here.

A few things we’d like you to know:

• Be as open or as brief as you’re comfortable with.
• Your request doesn’t need to be detailed, polished, or complete. A sentence, a phrase, or even a few words is enough.
• Prayer requests are handled with care and respect.
• What you share is treated with dignity. We don’t analyze, rank, or question the validity of your need.
• Giving is never connected to prayer.
• Submitting a prayer request does not require attendance or participation in giving. Prayer is always unconditional.
• You may submit more than once.
• Life changes, needs evolve, and returning is always welcome.
• Immediate needs are okay to name.
• If you are facing something urgent, there is space to share that honestly.
• You are not committing to anything by submitting.
• No follow-up is required unless you choose it. This is about care, not obligation.

Most importantly, please know this:

You don’t have to have the right words. You don’t have to have strong faith. You don’t have to explain how you got here.

Come as you are. Share what you can. That is enough.