Someone you love is about to get on a plane and start their life over in a country they have only seen in photographs. Or it is you, and the suitcase is already by the door.
God has gone ahead of that flight. Genesis 12:1 is the whole story of a man told to leave his country, his people and his father household for a land he had not seen, and the God who said go is the same God who met him there.
These 50 steady prayer points for someone relocating to another country come with Bible verses attached, so you are standing on the Word and not on your own confidence.
Bible Verses For Someone Moving To Another Country
Send these with them. Put one in the phone, one in the passport wallet, one in the message you write the night before.
“Go from your country, your people and your father household to the land I will show you.” Genesis 12:1
“Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged, for the Lord your God will be with you wherever you go.” Joshua 1:9
“The Lord will watch over your coming and going both now and forevermore.” Psalm 121:8
“When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and when you pass through the rivers, they will not sweep over you.” Isaiah 43:2
“Seek the peace and prosperity of the city to which I have carried you into exile. Pray to the Lord for it.” Jeremiah 29:7
“The Lord himself goes before you and will be with you; he will never leave you nor forsake you.” Deuteronomy 31:8
What is a good Prayer for someone relocating?
One that covers the journey and the landing. Most people pray about the flight and forget the first six months, which is where the real difficulty usually sits.
1. Go before them. Father, go ahead of them into that country. Let them arrive somewhere You have already prepared. Deuteronomy 31:8
2. Guard the journey. Father, watch over their going out and their coming in, from the airport at home to the door they finally open. Psalm 121:8
3. Courage for the gate. Father, when fear meets them at the departure gate, remind them that You go with them wherever they go. Joshua 1:9
4. The right country. Father, confirm that this is Your leading and not only an escape. Let them go where You are sending. Genesis 12:1
5. Favor at the border. Father, give them favor before every officer who checks their papers. Let the way be smooth. Nehemiah 2:8
6. A soft landing. Father, prepare the room, the bed and the first meal. Let them not arrive to coldness in Jesus name. Psalm 68:6
7. Divine helpers. Father, send them one person who will show them how things work there. Let that person find them early. Genesis 24:27
8. Keep their heart. Father, guard their heart from bitterness in the hard weeks and from pride in the good ones. Proverbs 4:23
9. Peace in the waiting. Father, give them peace in the weeks when nothing moves and every answer says wait. Isaiah 26:3
10. No regret. Father, let them never look back on this decision with regret. Confirm it with Your goodness. Psalm 23:6
What are some good Prayer points for traveling abroad?
Cover the plane, the connection, the luggage and the officer at the other end. These are small things until one of them goes wrong.
11. Safety in the air. Father, keep that aircraft and everyone in it. Let them land safely and on time in Jesus name. Psalm 91:11
12. Through the waters. Father, when they pass through deep water, be with them. Let nothing sweep over them on this journey. Isaiah 43:2
13. Every connection. Father, hold every connecting flight for them. Let no delay cost them what they cannot replace. Psalm 37:23
14. Their documents. Father, let every document they carry be correct, complete and accepted without argument. Ezra 7:6
15. Their luggage. Father, let nothing of theirs be lost or stolen on this trip. Return everything that belongs to them. 1 Samuel 30:8
16. Health on the road. Father, keep their body strong through the journey and the change of climate on the other side. 3 John 1:2
17. Kind strangers. Father, surround them with kind people at every point where they will need help and have no one. Luke 10:33
18. No evil diversion. Father, every evil diversion planned against this journey, I cancel it now in the name of Jesus. Psalm 121:7
19. Wisdom in a new place. Father, give them wisdom to read a place they do not yet understand, and patience while they learn it. James 1:5
20. Arrive in peace. Father, let them walk out of that airport with peace in their chest and not panic. Philippians 4:7
Prayer Points For The Papers, The Status And The Waiting
This is the part nobody warns you about. The move is one day. The paperwork is years, and it decides whether you can work, travel home, or bring anyone to join you.
21. Every application. Father, let every application they file be approved, and let no file sit forgotten on a desk. Nehemiah 2:8
22. Favor with officials. Father, give them favor before every officer and every officer supervisor who touches their case. Proverbs 21:1
23. Honest counsel. Father, keep them from every dishonest adviser who would take their money and ruin their case. Proverbs 11:14
24. Permission to work. Father, open the door for them to work legally and with dignity in that country. Revelation 3:8
25. No long delay. Father, shorten the waiting. Do not let years pass while their life stands still. Habakkuk 2:3
26. Reunited family. Father, make a way for the family they left behind to join them at the right time. Psalm 68:6
27. Peace while waiting. Father, keep their mind from running the worst case every night. Guard their sleep. Psalm 4:8
28. Provision meanwhile. Father, provide for them in the gap between arriving and earning. Let nothing essential be missing. Philippians 4:19
29. No shame. Father, let them not be put to shame before the people at home who are watching and waiting. Romans 10:11
30. The right outcome. Father, if a door must close, close it kindly and open the right one quickly. Isaiah 22:22
Prayer Points For The First Year In A New Country
The first year is where people either build or break. Work below their training, a church that does not feel like home, and nobody to call at two in the morning.
31. The right work. Father, open a job that matches what they can actually do, not only what someone will let them do. Psalm 90:17
32. Dignity in small work. Father, if they must start small, give them dignity in it and do not let it define them. Zechariah 4:10
33. A church family. Father, lead them to a church where they are known by name and not only counted on a Sunday. Hebrews 10:25
34. Real friends. Father, give them two or three real friends in that city, not only acquaintances and colleagues. Proverbs 18:24
35. Against loneliness. Father, meet them in the loneliness of a country where nobody knew them before this year. Psalm 68:6
36. Guard their faith. Father, do not let the pace of that place strip their prayer life. Keep the altar burning. Leviticus 6:13
37. Wise with money. Father, give them wisdom with money in a place where everything costs more than they expected. Luke 14:28
38. Seek the city peace. Father, teach them to seek the peace of the city You carried them to, and to prosper in it. Jeremiah 29:7
39. Protect their children. Father, keep their children in a culture the parents do not fully understand yet. Isaiah 54:13
40. Settled, not stranded. Father, let them become settled in that land and not stranded in it. Psalm 107:7
Prayer Points For The Family Left Behind
Someone is staying. A mother at the airport, a wife counting months, children who will meet their father on a screen for a while. Pray for them too.
41. Comfort the ones staying. Father, comfort the family at home tonight. The house is quieter than it was this morning. 2 Corinthians 1:3
42. Keep the bond. Father, do not let distance cool the love between them. Keep their hearts tied across the miles. Genesis 31:49
43. Health of the parents. Father, keep their parents well, and let no emergency happen while they are too far to come. Psalm 91:10
44. Wisdom in sending. Father, give them wisdom in what they send home, and give the family wisdom in what they ask for. 2 Corinthians 9:7
45. Guard the marriage. Father, guard this marriage through the separation. Let neither heart wander while they are apart. Malachi 2:15
46. Children remember. Father, let their children know them, honor them and feel loved across the distance. Deuteronomy 6:7
47. A speedy reunion. Father, bring this family back under one roof sooner than anyone expects. Psalm 126:1
48. No family quarrel. Father, let money and distance not break this family into camps. Keep peace in the house at home. Psalm 133:1
49. Gratitude both ways. Father, teach both sides to be thankful rather than resentful about what this move costs. 1 Thessalonians 5:18
50. Sealed in Jesus name. Father, I seal every one of these prayers in the name of Jesus, over the one who is going and the ones who stay. 2 Corinthians 1:20
How To Pray These Prayer Points
If you are the one leaving, pray sections one and two before the flight and keep sections four and five for the months after you land. If you are the one staying, pray the whole page on the night they travel and then pray section five for yourself, because the people who stay are rarely prayed for and they carry a real weight.
Pray them with the person if you can, out loud, before they go. A family that prays together the night before a departure remembers that evening for years. Where you can be specific, be specific: name the airport, name the date on the application, name the job they are hoping for.
Read also: 50 Fervent Prayer Points For Visa Approval
Frequently Asked Questions
What is a good Bible verse for someone moving away?
Joshua 1:9 is the one most people reach for, and it earns its place: be strong and courageous, because the Lord your God is with you wherever you go. Psalm 121:8 is the other, because it covers both the going and the coming back.
What is a good prayer to say before traveling abroad?
Keep it short at the airport. Ask God to go before them, to guard the journey, to give favor at every checkpoint and to prepare the place they are landing in. Points 1 to 5 above are written to be prayed in under two minutes at a departure gate.
What is the psalm for travel?
Psalm 121. It is one of the Songs of Ascents, sung by people who were literally on a journey, and it ends with the promise that the Lord watches over your coming and going both now and forever. Psalm 91 is the other one to pray over a long flight.
What is a good Prayer for someone who is traveling to another country?
Pray for the journey, the paperwork, the landing and the first year, in that order. Most prayers stop at the landing. The first year is where a move either becomes a new life or becomes a regret, and points 31 to 40 above are written for that stretch.
Whether you are the one boarding or the one driving back from the airport alone, God is in both places at once. Keep praying these through the first year and not only the first week. If the paperwork is the heaviest part right now, these prayer points for visa approval and these prayers for a couple separated by a visa go deeper into it. For the flight itself pray these warfare prayer points before travel, and when the keys are finally in hand, these prayer points for a new home are the next ones to pray.