A Birthday Prayer for a Dear Friend

Prayers are the best gifts for a friend having a birthday; friends who bring you closer to the LORD are the best kinds of friends. You are here because you want to offer a prayer to a dear friend of yours who is celebrating a birthday, and you want God involved in it. Praise be to God for a friend like you!

There are many ways to say a birthday prayer for a dear friend, but the best kind of prayer you can offer is praying the Scriptures. Here is an example:

Heavenly Father, I thank You for the life of my dear friend, who is celebrating another year of his life. May You continue to bless the works of his hands and may Your countenance be upon him in all things that he does. May his light shine bright so that the people around him may know You in Christ Jesus’ name. Amen.

The above is a prayer based on Psalm 90:17, “And let the beauty of the Lord our God be upon us: and establish thou the work of our hands upon us; yea, the work of our hands establish thou it” and Matthew 5:16, “Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.”

We know how God’s Word is more powerful than our own words. And sometimes, we want to pray for our loved ones with all kinds of wishes that may not be the will of God for that person. If you want your prayer to be powerful and effective for your beloved friend’s birthday, you may pray the Scriptures and declare the will of God. There are many promises in the Bible, but you only need to allow the Holy Spirit to lead you to be timely for your friend.

How do you say happy birthday to a close friend?

Greeting a happy birthday to a close friend can be done verbally, through a letter, with a surprise such as a video presentation, and in many more ways. You can be creative in how you greet a happy birthday for your dear friend. In your quality time together, you can also minister to them and pray the Scriptures over your friend’s life. However you do it, I know that your friend will indeed feel loved and valued by you. Be true to yourself and express your friendship and love for that person.

How do you wish your best friend a happy birthday long distance?

Suppose your dear friend is living far away from you. In that case, you can send them a surprise letter or a surprise video greeting with your prayer on it via a social media website, email, or whatever platform you use for your communication. You can make a short video of you greeting and praying over them, or if you are too shy to show yourself, you can put texts of your message in the video with some excellent background. There are many ways to reach a friend, and no distance or barrier can hinder your friendship from prospering in Christ Jesus.

What is the best birthday prayer for a friend?

Here are some ways that you can pray for your friend:

1. You can pray for your friend’s future with this scripture:

Jeremiah 29:11

For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says the Lord, thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you a future and a hope.

Prayer:

Heavenly Father, thank You for my dear friend’s birthday and for giving him another year to spend with his loved ones on earth. Thank You that Your plans for him are wonderful and full of peace. He has the good future and hope that is in Christ Jesus. May Your will be done upon his life this year and in the years to come in Jesus’ name. Amen.

2. You can pray for your friend’s relationship with God with this scripture:

Romans 15:13

Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that ye may abound in hope, through the power of the Holy Ghost.

Prayer:

Heavenly Father, today we are celebrating another year of a wonderful soul, my dear friend who is close to my heart. I know that you are filling him with all joy and peace in Christ this year and that his hope is never going to run out, by the power of the Holy Spirit in Jesus’ name. Amen. 

3. You can pray these scriptures for the assurance of your friend’s walk with God:

Philippians 1:6

Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ

Prayer:

Heavenly Father, as I come to You to bless my dear friend on his birthday, I want to thank You for all the goodness that You have done in his life this year. You have remained faithful even as he walks forward to another year and chapter of his life. I am confident that You who began a good work in him will complete it until the day Jesus Christ returns. Amen.

Romans 8:38-39

For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Prayer:

Heavenly Father, thank You for Your everlasting love for my dear friend even as he celebrates another birthday this year. I know that You have always been faithful to him in all facets of his life, and I am convinced that nothing can ever separate him from Your love through Jesus Christ. Amen.

There are so many more scriptures in the Bible if you allow the Holy Spirit to lead you in a timely prayer for your friend. 

The Lord is pleased when His children pray for each other in faith and sincerity. Know that your prayer for your dear friend’s birthday is like incense with a good aroma to the Father. 

God bless your friendship, and may Christ be the center of it all.