Praying For Your Children
Praying for Your Children
Use this prayer guide to lift up your children as you commit to raising them in a Christ-centered home.
Day 1: Salvation
Lord, let salvation spring up within my children, that they may obtain the salvation that is in Christ Jesus, with eternal glory. (Isaiah 45:8, 2 Timothy 2:10)
Day 2: Growth in Grace
I pray that they may "grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ." (2 Peter 3:18)
Day 3: Love
Grant, Lord, that my children may learn to live a life of love through the Spirit who dwells in them. (Ephesians 5:2, Galatians 5:22)
Day 4: Honesty and Integrity
May integrity and honesty be their virtue and their protection. (Psalm 25:21)
Day 5: Self-Control
Father, help my children not to be like many others around them, but let them be "alert and self-controlled" in all they do. (1 Thessalonians 5:6)
Day 6: A Love for God's Word
May my children grow to find Your Word "more precious than gold, than much pure gold; [and] sweeter than honey, than honey from the comb." (Psalm 19:10)
Day 7: Justice
God, help my children to love justice as You do and to "act justly" in all they do. (Psalm 11:7, Micah 6:8)
Day 8: Mercy
May my children always "be merciful, as [their] Father is merciful." (Luke 6:36)
Day 9: Respect (For Self, Others, Authority)
Father, grant that my children may "show proper respect to everyone," as Your Word commands. (1 Peter 2:7)
Day 10: Strong, Biblical Self-Esteem
Help my children to develop a strong sense of self-esteem that is rooted in the realization that they are "God's workmanship, created in Christ Jesus." (Ephesians 2:10)
Day 11: Faithfulness
“Let love and faithfulness never leave [my children],” but bind these twin virtues around their necks and write them on the tablet of their hearts. (Proverbs 3:3)
Day 12: A Passion for God
Lord, please instill in my children a soul with a craving for You, a heart that clings passionately to You. (Psalm 63:8)
Day 13: Hope
May the God of hope grant that my children may overflow with hope and hopefulness by the power of the Holy Spirit. (Romans 15:13)
Day 14: Responsibility
Grant that my children may learn responsibility, "for each one should carry his own load." (Galatians 6:5)
Day 15: Generosity
Grant that my children may "be generous and willing to share [and so] lay up treasure for themselves as a fi rm foundation for the coming age." (1 Timothy 6:18-19)
Day 16: Peace, Peaceability
Father, let my children "make every eff ort to do what leads to peace." (Romans 14:19)
Day 17: Humility
Lord, cultivate in my children the ability to show true humility toward all. (Titus 3:2)
Day 18: Compassion
Lord, please clothe my children with the virtue of compassion. (Colossians 3:12)
Day 19: Perseverance
Lord, teach my children perseverance in all they do, and help them especially to "run with perseverance the race marked out for [them]." (Hebrews 12:1)
Day 20: Prayerfulness
Grant, Lord, that my children's lives may be marked by prayerfulness, that they may learn to "pray in the Spirit on all occasions with all kinds of prayers and requests." (Ephesians 6:18)
Day 21: Contentment
Father, teach my children “the secret of being content in any and every situation through Him who gives [them] strength.” Philippians 4:12-13
Day 22: Faith
I pray that faith will find root and grow in my children’s hearts, that by faith they may gain what has been promised to them. (Luke 17:5-6, Hebrews 11:1-40)
Day 23: Joy
May my children be filled "with the joy given by the Holy Spirit." (1 Thessalonians 1:6)
Day 24: A Heart for Missions
Lord, please help my children to develop a heart for missions, a desire to see Your glory declared among the nations, Your marvelous deeds among all peoples. (Psalm 96:3)
Day 25: A Servant Heart
Lord, please help my children develop servant hearts, that they may "serve wholeheartedly as if [they] were saving the Lord, not men." (Ephesians 6:7)
Day 26: A Willingness and Ability to Work Hard
Teach my children, Lord, to value work and to work hard at everything they do, "as working for the Lord, not for men." (Colossians 3:23)
Day 27: Purity
"Create in [them] a pure heart, O God," and let their purity of heart be shown in their actions. (Psalm 51:10)
Day 28: Kindness
Lord, may my children "always try to be kind to each other and to everyone else." (1 Thessalonians 5:15)
Day 29: Courage
May my children always "be strong and courageous" in their character and in their actions. (Deuteronomy 31:6)
Day 30: Self-Discipline
Father, I pray that my children may develop self-discipline, that they may acquire "a disciplined and prudent life, doing what is right and just and fair." (Proverbs 1:3)
Scriptures to Confess Over Your Children
Scriptures to Confess Over Your Children
Proverbs 18:21 says, "The tongue has the power of life and death." As parents, you have the power to speak life or death to your children and over your children. When you choose to speak the Word of God over your children, you are choosing to speak life over them. Jesus said in John 6:63, The words that I speak to you are spirit, and they are life. The following are scriptural confessions that you can speak over your children–and as Isaiah 55:11 says–these words will not return to you empty, but will accomplish and achieve the purpose for which they are sent.
ROMANS 12:2
My children are not being conformed to this world system, but they are constantly being transformed by the renewing of their mind, that they might know what is the good, acceptable, and perfect will of God for their lives.
PSALM 127:3
My children are a reward and gift from the Lord, and I will enjoy them.
1 CORINTHIANS 6:18-19
My children will flee from all sexual immorality and impurity in thought, word or deed, and they will realize that their body is the temple of the Holy Spirit.
EXODUS 20:12
I thank You, Father, that my children honor and obey me; therefore, they please the Lord and will live a long life. (Also found in Colossians 3:20 and Ephesians 6:2.)
PSALM 112:2
My children are blessed and will be mighty in the land.
DANIEL 1:4
My children are children in whom there is no blemish, but they are well favored. They are skillful in wisdom, cunning in knowledge, and understand science. They have the ability to stand in the king’s palace and teach others.
1 TIMOTHY 4:12
My children are examples to others in life, in love, in faith, and in purity.
PSALM 138:8
My children will fulfill God’s will and purpose for their lives.
