Six Areas of My Life I’m Covering in Prayer This Year

Preparing for the life you desire through intentional prayer, clarity, and spiritual alignment

There comes a season in life when prayer stops being something you do only when things fall apart.

It becomes something you do to prepare for the life you believe God is guiding you toward.

That is the season I find myself in now.

This year has been a year of refinement for me. A year of returning to myself, listening more closely to God, and becoming more honest about the life I want to build. And with that honesty came a realization: if I want a different life, I need to begin praying over it intentionally.

Not vague prayers.
Not rushed prayers.

Intentional ones.

The kind where you pause long enough to ask yourself what areas of your life truly need covering.

For me, there are six.

But the order matters, because the way we pray often reflects the way we believe life should unfold. For me, prayer begins from the inside and moves outward, starting with the person God is preparing first.

Myself.

The first area I am covering in prayer is my own heart, character, and discipline. I pray over the way I think, the way I speak to myself, and the way I move through the world. If God is preparing me for a new season, then I want to be prepared to walk into it with clarity and integrity.

One of the biggest shifts I’ve experienced this year is learning to love the sound of my own voice again. I am no longer afraid to ask God for the life I desire, and I am no longer afraid of the answer.

The second area I am praying over is my children.

As a mother, nothing matters more to me than the direction their lives take. I pray that they continue walking paths that honor their purpose and their values. And when life becomes noisy or confusing—as it inevitably will—I pray they learn to recognize God’s voice above everything else.

The third area is my family.

Families carry history, love, and sometimes wounds that travel through generations. I pray for healing where healing is needed, for understanding where there has been distance, and for peace in the spaces where tension once lived. Because when a family begins to heal, it changes the environment for everyone connected to it.

The fourth area I am praying over is a healthy romantic relationship.

Not casual companionship.
Not dating simply to date.

Intentional love that leads toward marriage.

I pray that when the time comes, I will meet someone who values faith, partnership, and integrity in the same way I do. But just as importantly, I pray that I continue becoming the woman who is prepared for that kind of love. Healthy relationships do not begin the day two people meet; they begin long before that, in the quiet work both people do within themselves.

The fifth area I am praying over is the family I may one day marry into.

Belonging matters deeply to me. I pray for a family that welcomes me with kindness, respect, and dignity—the same way I hope to welcome the partners my children may one day bring into our lives. Because when families treat one another with honor, the home becomes a place of peace rather than tension.

And the final area I am praying over is friendship and sisterhood.

Meaningful friendships are one of the greatest forms of support we experience as adults. I pray for relationships with women who are honest, grounded, and generous in spirit—women who celebrate one another without comparison and who speak truth with love.

While these six areas represent the heart of my prayers right now, they are not the only things I bring before God.

I am also praying over the ecosystem I am building through this platform. I pray that it becomes a place that offers reassurance, wisdom, and clarity to the women who find their way here. I pray that it creates opportunities for financial freedom for my family and opens doors that allow me to step into rooms I have not yet had access to.

But the six areas I mentioned first are shaping the heart of my life in this season.

Because when the inside of your life is healthy, the outside begins to align with it.

Prayer, for me, is no longer about asking God to fix things after they break.

It is about preparing myself for the life I believe He is guiding me toward.

And preparation almost always begins in quiet places.

If you paused long enough to pray intentionally over your life…

What areas would you cover first?

With love, always — La O.