What do we need to be praying for the people in our small group, our congregation, our accountability group? Paul gives us great insight in the first letter to the Thessalonians.

We thank God for you and always mention you in our prayers. Each time we pray, we tell God our Father about your faith and loving work and about your firm hope in our Lord Jesus Christ.

May the Lord make your love for each other and for everyone else grow by leaps and bounds. That's how our love for you has grown. And when our Lord comes with all of his people, I pray that he will make your hearts pure and innocent in the sight of God the Father.

I pray that God, who gives peace, will make you completely holy. And may your spirit, soul, and body be kept healthy and faultless until our Lord Jesus Christ returns. The one who chose you can be trusted, and he will do this. ... I pray that our Lord Jesus Christ will be kind to you!

(1 Thessalonians 1:2-3;  1 Thessalonians 3:12-13;  1 Thessalonians 5:23-28 CEV)