Blessing people is always the Father’s doing, because it is what’s in His heart. He loves to bless the people He created, whether they are good or bad people (see Matthew 5:45). Given that you are here looking for how to pray a blessing for someone in the morning, whether that person is your spouse, a family member, a friend, an enemy, a colleague, or a mentor, know that such is the heart of the Father.
There are two kinds of blessings that you can pray for someone: physical blessings and spiritual blessings. Depending on what you want to bless that person with and what the Holy Spirit is leading you to pray for, you can be specific in your prayer request or declare a Scripture about a more general blessing. For instance, you may want to pray for a safe pregnancy and a healthy baby blessing for a friend. You can pray a blessing prayer in the morning in this manner:
Heavenly Father, thank You for this wonderful day that You have given me. As You put in my mind my pregnant friend (name), may You bless her pregnancy journey with safety, good health, and a healthy baby. Your hand of protection is always upon her and the baby in her belly, in Jesus’ name. Amen.
Moreover, blessing someone in prayer is not only for those who are close to your heart, but also those you consider to be your enemies. These people may hate you, gossip about you, lie to you, and use you, but Jesus said to love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you (see Matthew 5:44). When you bless your enemy, great eternal rewards await you. So, whenever God wants you to pray a blessing for someone in the morning, you can include those people as well.
What blessings can I pray for someone?
As mentioned earlier, there are two kinds of blessings that you can pray for in the morning: physical and spiritual blessings, depending on what you want.
For physical blessings, here are some of the things you can pray for someone:
- Financial blessing
- God’s provision of food, shelter, clothing, etc.
- Blessing of a new home or car for family use, ministry, or business.
- A good grade for an aspiring student.
- Career promotion and blessings.
- Specific material and electronic needs at home or in the ministry.
- A good job and stable income for someone who is unemployed.
- Blessing of a baby for someone desiring to conceive.
- A godly husband or wife for a single friend.
For Spiritual blessings, here are some of the things you can pray for someone:
- Wisdom
- Strength
- Discernment
- Gift of the Spirit
- Fruit of the Spirit
- Christlikeness
- Protection
- Guidance
- God’s presence
- Hunger and thirst for righteousness
- Restoration of family relationships and friendship
- Healing and good health
- Peace of mind and heart
- Salvation for someone unsaved
- Deliverance and freedom from demonic oppression
There are many other blessings that you can pray for someone in the morning, as the Holy Spirit leads you. There also may be more specific prayers of blessing that you can offer as you intercede for others first thing in the morning. You can always trust that the Holy Spirit will help you in praying for someone, for He is reliable and trustworthy in all things (see Romans 8:26).
What Scripture about blessings can I pray for someone?
Another way to pray powerfully and effectively for someone as soon as you wake up is by declaring a Scripture about blessings. God’s Word contains many Bible verses about His promises of blessings, mostly spiritual blessings, for these are more important than physical blessings.
Here are some Scriptures about blessings that you can pray for someone on your mind:
1. Deuteronomy 30:16
In that I command thee this day to love the Lord thy God, to walk in his ways, and to keep his commandments and his statutes and his judgments, that thou mayest live and multiply: and the Lord thy God shall bless thee in the land whither thou goest to possess it.
2. Philemon 1:25
The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit. Amen.
3. Psalm 23:1-2
1 The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want.
2 He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters.
4. Proverbs 16:20
He that handleth a matter wisely shall find good: and whoso trusteth in the Lord, happy is he.
5. Psalm 31:19
Oh how great is thy goodness, which thou hast laid up for them that fear thee; which thou hast wrought for them that trust in thee before the sons of men!
6. Romans 12:14
less them which persecute you: bless, and curse not.
7. Matthew 5:6
Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled.
8. Luke 6:27-28
27 But I say unto you which hear, Love your enemies, do good to them which hate you,
28 Bless them that curse you, and pray for them which despitefully use you.
9. 1 Peter 3:9
Not rendering evil for evil, or railing for railing: but contrariwise blessing; knowing that ye are thereunto called, that ye should inherit a blessing.
10. Galatians 5:22-23
22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,
23 Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law.
As you study God’s Word, you will find that there are countless more of God’s blessings that the Holy Spirit will highlight to you as you pray for someone in your heart.
May you always continue to be a channel for blessings to those around you as you pray blessings over them in Christ Jesus.