We invite you to remember Hope Ministries in your prayers. We welcome your prayers for the following:

• Continued generosity of donors as we reach the halfway point of our fiscal year.
  
  
• Those who are without a home during winter. While we know homelessness is a year-round challenge, the dangers become life-threatening during winter cold. We pray individuals and families will accept the help we offer.
  
  
• The health of volunteers, staff and residents.

And praise God for



• The generous outpouring of time, food and financial help from volunteers and donors this Christmas! We were able to serve and deliver thousands of meals on Christmas Day thanks to their help.
  
  
• Lives changing daily at our ministry centers around Des Moines. We are especially overjoyed when our recovery residents grasp the love of Christ and come to know Him as their source of Hope.
  
  
• Men and women entering our long-term recovery programs - the sense of renewal, determination and a fresh start as they begin their journey to recovery.

Hope Prayer Team

Devote yourselves to prayer, being watchful and thankful.
Colossians 4:2

• Introducing Hope Prayer Team
• Prayer Team Membership Form
• Pause for Hope Prayer
• Remember us in prayer when we are in prayer
• Daily Ongoing Prayer Needs at Hope Ministries
• God’s Word and Prayer
• Submit Your Prayer Requests

Introducing Hope Prayer Team

Prayer is one way we fulfill our core value that states: We honor God by trusting and obeying Him. Bringing the message of hope and healing to the homeless is not an easy task. For that reason, we believe prayer is the single most important daily discipline at Hope Ministries. We rely heavily upon God’s guidance and blessing, and we invite you to “Pause for Hope” daily.

We invite you to become a member of our Hope Prayer Team as (together) we daily dedicate and surrender this Ministry to our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. As a member of Hope Prayer Team, you will become part of a group of Christians who commit to make every effort to pray daily for our board, staff, volunteers, donors, guests, residents and other we serve.

To become a member of Hope Prayer Team, please complete and submit the registration by clicking here. You will receive a special membership bookmark with our theme prayer titled “Pause for Hope” and periodic communication about prayer needs and praises through our Hope’s Helper E-bulletin which you will receive monthly. You can return to this web site page for the most current prayer requests and praises.

We encourage you to keep your membership bookmark in a place that will remind you to “Pause for Hope” daily for Hope Ministries.

Hope Prayer Team Membership Form 

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Pause For Hope

I pause to pray for Hope today, for the homeless and the poor.
I pause to pray for hungry souls, who come knocking at Hope's door.
I pause to dedicate the work of staff and volunteers.

I pause to ask Your blessing Lord, as You have down through the years.
I pause to pray because I know, You're present when we fall.
I pause to glorify Your name, for the hope You give to all.  Amen.

Remember Us in Prayer When We Are in Prayer

We encourage you to remember Hope Ministries in prayer during any of our following group prayer and chapel meetings:

Weekly “Send-Off” Ceremony
Every Tuesday we hold a “send-off” ceremony at our Bethel Mission emergency shelter at 1 p.m. This is a celebration for homeless men who have completed the first phase of our Journey of Hope recovery program. Following the ceremony in our chapel, these men transfer to our Door of Faith facility where they will live with us in for another nine to 12 months and complete our long-term recovery program. Below are the first names (used by permission) of the men completing phase one of STEP in recent weeks. We invite you to pray for them by name as they continue their recovery.

December 6, 2011: Tony, Christopher, Steve

Daily Ongoing Prayer Needs

We thank you for remembering daily ongoing needs at Hope Ministries by praying this prayer:

Father in Heaven, I lift in prayer Hope Ministries this day. Specifically, I pray for:

• The board of directors, leadership team, staff, volunteers and donors. I pray Your hand will guide and bless our collective efforts to bring hope and healing to those who are hungry, homeless and hurting.
• All of the men, women and children who are receiving shelter at Hope Ministries today, that they will come to know You through the care and counseling they receive.
• Those who come from the general community to receive a meal at Hope Café or clothing at Hope Bargain Center, that they will feel affirmed and validated by the staff and volunteers.
• Those at the Door of Faith and at Hope Family Center in recovery programs, that they may be granted courage, self-confidence and inner peace.
• I pray this day Your spirit will move mightily through Hope Ministries and bring hope and comfort to the lost, the lonely and broken as only You can do.

I dedicate and surrender Hope Ministries to you today. I pray this in the mighty name of Jesus. Amen.

God's Word And Prayer

Ephesians 4:4
We are ALL one body, we have the same Spirit, and we have all been called to the same glorious future!

I Corinthians 12:26
When one member suffers all suffer together.  When one member’s honored, together rejoice.

Timothy 2:1
urge, then, first of all, that requests, prayers, intercession and thanksgiving be made for everyone—

James 5:13
Is any one of you in trouble? He should pray. Is anyone happy? Let him sing songs of praise.

Philippians 4:6
Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.

Colossians 4:2
Devote yourselves to prayer, being watchful and thankful.

Romans 12:12
Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer.

Mark 11:24
Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask for in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours.

James 5:15
And the prayer offered in faith will make the sick person well; the Lord will raise him up. If he has sinned, he will be forgiven.

James 5:16
Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous man is powerful and effective.

Ephesians 6:17-19
Take the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God.  And pray in the Spirit on all occasions with all kinds of prayers and requests. With this in mind, be alert and always keep on praying for all the saints. Pray also for me, that whenever I open my mouth, words may be given me so that I will fearlessly make known the mystery of the gospel,

Luke 19:46
"It is written," he said to them, 'My house will be a house of prayer'[a];

Acts 1:14
They all joined together constantly in prayer, along with the women and Mary the mother of Jesus, and with his brothers.

Acts 10:5
The angel answered, "Your prayers and gifts to the poor have come up as a memorial offering before God.”

Submit Your Prayer Requests

Our ministry reaches beyond our shelter and recovery residents.   Our staff lifts up in prayer the needs of our volunteers, donors, other rescue missions, friends and their families as well.  We encourage you to submit your prayer requests by completing the form below.  Our staff will include your request in our daily morning prayer meetings.