Here is a simple prayer tip for a prayer room, a 24-7 season of prayer, or for families at home. One person will need to monitor the activity and keep things in order. This is easily adaptable to your own creative ideas!

Materials Needed:

Small clothespins or other kinds of similar clips

Large corkboard, bulletin board, or really any kind of board.

Sturdy twine or wire

Any kind of paper or 3×5 cards

Small table with instructions, cards/paper, things to write or draw with, Bibles, etc.

Two baskets or boxes – one for prayer requests/praises that have yet to be put up and one for the prayer requests that have been prayed over for a specified season of time.

Set-Up: The picture here is just one way to do this prayer station. Be as creative with this as you wish – there is no right or wrong way! Your prayer wall might look very different from this one. It’s just here to give you the basic idea.

Attach two or more strands of twine or wire to the back of the board and stretch horizontally to the other side in the back.

Put clips or clothespins several inches apart along each wire all the way across.

Label each strand above or below as to what the focus is. We suggest leaving the top strand for PRAISES/ANSWERED PRAYER. Others can be labeled things like: One Another, Pastors & Staff, Missionaries, Lost people, etc. Whatever you wish to focus on.

Consider leaving all of the praise reports up as they don’t need to be moved – maybe get some additional clips, or clip one to another so that people can see all of the amazing ways God moves.

The person monitoring the requests should check regularly to be sure everything is in order and perhaps follow-up on the requests that are in the basket to see if they need another round starting at the beginning. If possible, follow up to see if the prayer has been answered or needs an update.

Instructions for use (again, just a suggestion):

Use this prayer wall to lift up the needs of others, to leave a request of your own, and to share praises/answered prayers.

1. To post a prayer request:

• Use one of the cards/papers provided or bring your own to write your prayer requests/praises. You can even put a picture up if you wish (this is good for young pre-readers/writers). Be sure you have the person’s permission.
• Be sure to put the date on the back of your request.

2. To pray for others:

• Read and then pray for one or more of the requests that has been posted.
• When you are finished praying, put your initials on the back with the date and move the card/picture/etc. one clip to the right. This way, as each person prays, the request keeps moving to the right and will be prayed for multiple times.
• If the request you are praying over has reached the last clip to the right, put it in the basket to your right.

3. To post a praise or answered prayer:

• Clip your praise/answered prayer anywhere on the designated row for praises and answered prayer, and be sure to write the date when the prayer was answered or the praise was given on the FRONT!

4. To join in the praises, read through what has been posted!

Remember, you can use this idea as a jumping off place for your own creative ideas!