December 2025 Prayer

Dear Church on the Street Family,

Christmas Blessings and Happy New Year!

We trust in God’s steadfast presence today and always.

With love so deep that God dwells with us as human made flesh, Jesus Christ.

We continue to live as the body of Christ, seeing Christ in all we meet.

May we continue to hold one another in prayer as we bid farewell to 2025 and move forward with hope into 2026. 

Thank you for your continuing partnership. Thank you for your support throughout the year.

It's great to be Church together!

Journeying together in the promise of God's love!

Journeying together with Advent hope!
Pastor Chris & Deacon Mara

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Please lift these prayer requests, given to us with the great trust and hope of a promise that God answers prayers.

Prayers of the people...

Calling on the spirit of Wisdom to guide our hearts and our minds, let us pray for the church, the world, and all in need. 

Katline Prewitt: Pray for my father-in-law and my mother-in-law in Texas. Father in law was in the hospital and went through a blizzard and it tore his roof off.

Julene Curling: Pray for my family and for Tasha Benard’s grandson, Stephen Hollow.

Leon White: Pray for our family dog, Rosey. She is 14 years old so this makes her 98 in human years. Rosey has an infection in her right eye. We’re praying for healing. Because of where it is she can go blind or get an infection in her brain. Prayers for my neighbor’s family, my friend James died on Wednesday at home alone and in his bed-how do we get through this? I need to be able to understand. I don’t want to die alone. I am afraid and I am scared . I know God hears, I just don’t understand. Please pray for our family.

Heaven Leigh: Pray for my enemies near and far and pray for me to get the strength to speak up and tell the truth, and accept whatever they’re not accepting. That the children I’ve ever held are safe and loved by you, Heaven Father.

Kylie H: Pray for health, peace and for all the suffering addicts out there.

Mike Sanoyia: Pray for my wife, my son, my daughter and grandkids. Peace for all.

Anonymous: First, please pray for my mom, Joannie, for her health, her pain and other health issues that keep her stuck at home which causes her a lot of sadness. Also please pray for guidance for Keith. He is in a place of indecision. He has a lot of pain and other issues. He doesn’t want to go to the doctor, but he wants a job.

John: Pray for my Dad battling cancer and for a job.

Amber Lynn Zielieke: Pray for me to get through this hard timing, that there is a way to the light from the darkness, for my family that they  find love and themselves, for my friends  and everyone in the world. That they find them and faith over fear. Thank you.  God bless and love always.

Anonymous: Pray for Bryce, Jr, he is getting his molars and it hurts.

Angeli: Pray for everyone and all the new court dates coming up. Pray for my brother, Jr that he stays strong minded. Pray for my family to have a great Christmas and a Happy New Year. Prayer for healing and fast recovery for my little sister, Pixie. Thank you. God Bless You.

Alwood: Pray for employment, the homeless, you and me. Merry Christmas

Victoria: Pray for peace and understanding of all conflicts and strength to deal with my own personal struggles to turn all into a positive outcome. For life to be easier in bad times.

Anonymous: Pray for my 3 children, Bubba, Ducky and Little Bit. They are all three in the military and are deployed in harm’s way. Also pray for their brothers and sisters in arms. Pray for Jake getting ready to head to Army boot camp. Pray for my brother, Bryan, and his new job. Pray for good health, mainly for seizure disorder that the new meds will work, also for getting a place to live.

Timothy Posey: Pray for all those homeless and aren’t with their families. Pray for my friend, Nick Calient who has lost his path of drugs and homelessness and no family. Prayer for all the people in this world. Amen

Anonymous: Pray for family. Just pray for all them and we all have our issues. I pray for all the homeless animals and children who are abused. And to keep helping and prayers where I can help out.

Mary Andrews:  Pray for family to get well and get themselves together. Pray for Christmas us being together. Pray for my man to get well in every way possible.

Pat E: Pray for brother in Sanford for healing. Guidance , patience. Thank you for all you do. Prayers for all the grandchildren that they will know that they are children of God. Prayers up for Pat’s healing on bad leg, for continuing  sobriety, for all the homeless shelters. Healing for all. Thank you.

Traci Praul: Pray for my health and doctor appointments.

Li Ramirez Garcia: Prayers for good health for my children. Prayers forThose who are cold outside without a home. Prayers for all who are sick right now.  Amen

Anonymous: Prayers for Jeff Hurdlicka, my nephew from Ros Peters. He has a brain tumor. Please say prayers that he gets well.

Dra: Pray for healing and health. For us, the church, the body of Christ. People affected by homelessness, addiction, mental health, trafficking, prostitution, slavery, any kind of abuse, hunger, self-harm, and miscarriages, against demonic and satanic attacks.  Our leaders-spiritual, government, police, first responders, nurses, doctors, teachers and any other people who save lives or rescue or risk their own lives for others. Blessings and favor to God and his Kingdom and thanksgiving for every other thing in life that He blesses us with.

Paradis Sickler: I pray for a few things not for me but for one: women. I pray that the women giving birth will deliver with safety like Mary with Joseph. And the women are confident in their body like me. God created you perfect so own it. And last, I pray for the people in Palestine right now. The murder needs to stop, the bloody roads are dreadful and awful. May God bless their souls as they rest in peace. And last thing I want to pray for are the Jews that passed away in the war and Holocaust. God bless them as well.

Woniya Herrera:  Pray for my daughter, Tiana Herrera, Ian Herrera, Tomas Herrera, Herneer Herrera to please help them to allow Jesus Christ, our Lord and Savior to be forgiven and try to please find faith, belief, acceptance and most of all to be saved.

Karla Rivers: Pray for myself, for my daughter Darcy, for Angel and his addictions and to keep his job. For Dawson in the Vermillion group home. For Julie in  HSC in Yankton, for an electric heater in my apartment.

Thank you. God Bless

Barbara Appel: Pray for me. I am having carpal tunnel surgery on Jan. 2, 2026. I am scared I will never use it again. Please pray it will heal to work again. Prayers for our elders who are losing their health insurance.

Jonna: Prayers for my daughter in a new prison in West Virginia. May this be a new path to a better life. For health for all my children and strength to keep going forward doing better, changing our lives wherever we are going from here. The clarity to follow where we are meant to be at.

Sue: Prayers for Andrea and Stacy. Give them hope and prayers and the strength of the Lord. Thank you. God Bless.

Destiny: Pray for Sidney, really for me but it's for my friend, she is getting picked on and I hope she can tell a teacher.

Anonymous: Prayers for all elders who are losing health insurance.

Amber Esquibel: Please pray for all our unhoused during this cold weather. May they have a warm place of sanctuary. Please pray for all our new parents. Pray for all the babies who are battling sickness. Pray for all our children and elders. Prayers of love for Deacon Mara, Pastor Chris, Pastor Lil, and Pastor Paul.

Sue Bunker: Pray for Sue Wilk. She is dying of brain cancer.

Leah Franco: Pray for my lower back to get better and to get housing.

Crystal: Pray that I keep getting stronger in my faith and my life. That God shows my next step and that I stop doing my own thing. I need to step back and listen more for his voice. Thank you Lord that I am clean and sober.

Daveion Bournett: Pray for me and my sister to have a good life together. I don’t want drama I just want happiness.

Anonymous: Pray for the family EagleRoad. I pray that my son finds peace with God. I love and miss him. May God give him guidance and peace.

Anonymous: Pray for the foster children and for the food.

Anonymous: Praying for a grandson, Josh. I am asking for clothes and I have nothing.

Anonymous: Pray for my family to stop smoking and I hope I have a good life. Amen.

Anonymous: I need prayers for my family (kids, grandkids) to keep from harm and the right choices in life. And that they will get employment (permanent). Lord, watch over my Mom, siblings, all nieces, nephews, all grandkids, great grandkids. And for my spouse that he will be well and remain in good health. Lord, shield and protect all of us each and be strong and healthy each and every day.

Vena Mae: Pray for myself to be strong and healthy. I pray for myself to be happy. I’m abused by my ex-husband. I know he is crippled with no legs, he is so angry and I have so much stress being there for him. It’s just so hard, he blames Jesus for his bad health. I love Jesus with all my heart.I struggle with my bills alot and hardships on me, but Jesus protects me always. Love you all and staff.

Maria Standing Cloud:  Father God, I pray to you this day for all my children, grandbabies, family and friends. I ask you to watch over the homeless and the addicts who still suffer. I pray to you that city of Sioux Falls finds compassion for the homeless especially with the holidays approaching. I pray for you to continue to watch over us, my dear friend, Amber and family as well as our church family. We are all struggling. Please continue to guide us and keep us on the right path.

Anonymous: Pray for true mutual reconciliation between the church and the “sioux” people. 

Anonymous: Pray that we can get our laundry done. 

Anonymous: Pray for food and employment.

Lord, in your mercy,

Hear our prayers. Amen.