05 Oct 10 Things to Pray for Your Children
My precious baby boy lay sleeping peacefully in my arms during his afternoon nap time. This has become our routine: sometime between one and two o’clock, I tell him its time for a nap. He then tells me what I must do: “Mommy, get your coffee and Bible.” Yes, he knows me well!
I sit propped up on pillows and he lays his head in my lap (sometimes after a lot of chit-chatting about his day). I read my Bible and begin to pray (sometimes softly out loud) and he (usually) drifts off to sleep. This is essential time for both of us. It gives him a much-needed break in the middle of the day and it gives me much-needed time with Jesus.
Having him asleep next to me often inspires me to begin praying for my kids. I mean, just look at this….
When you pray for your kids, where do you begin? Often there is so much on my heart for them, it can be hard to organize my thoughts. I have found that simply turning to God’s Word is the best place to start.
Every time we read the Bible, we are not just reading words on a page, but truth that is “living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing to the division of soul and of spirit, of joints and of marrow, and discerning the thoughts and intentions of the heart.” (Hebrews 4:12).
One day as I was searching the Bible and praying over my kids, I made a list of different Scriptures I like to pray over them and specific areas of their lives I’m asking for God’s Spirit to move. I had the thought to turn it into a pretty PDF so that others can put it on their fridge or in their Bibles too. There are hundreds of Scriptures that we can pray over our children and this is by no means exhaustive, but I hope that it will bless you as you seek to cover your children in prayer.
10 Things to Pray For Your Children
1. Rooted and Grounded in Christ’s Love: Ephesians 3:17-19: “so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith—that you, being rooted and grounded in love, may have strength to comprehend with all the saints what is the breadth and length and height and depth, and to know the love of Christ that surpasses knowledge, that you may be filled with all the fullness of God.”
2. Walk in Truth: 3 John 1:4: “I have no greater joy than to hear that my children are walking in the truth.”
3. Holistic Growth: Luke 2:52: “And Jesus increased in wisdom and in stature and in favor with God and man”. – I pray for my children that they might grow healthy and strong physically, emotionally, mentally, relationally, and spiritually. My they walk in your favor and blessing each day and may you grant them favor with those around them for your kingdom purposes.
4. Filled with God’s Spirit: Galatians 5:22-23: “But walk in the Spirit and you will not fulfill the lusts of the flesh. But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law.”
5. Wisdom and Revelation: Ephesians 1:17-19 “that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give you the Spirit of wisdom and of revelation in the knowledge of him, having the eyes of your hearts enlightened, that you may know what is the hope to which he has called you, what are the riches of his glorious inheritance in the saints, and what is the immeasurable greatness of his power toward us who believe, according to the working of his great might”
6. Choose Friends Wisely – Proverbs 12:26: “the righteous should choose his friends carefully, for the way of the wicked leads them astray.”
7. Walk in Integrity and Honesty – Psalm 25:21: “May integrity and uprightness preserve me, for I wait for you.”
8. Respond to Christ’s Call – Matthew 4:19-20: “And he said to them, ‘Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men.’ Immediately they left their nets and followed him.”
9. Teachability and Humility– 1 Peter 5:5: “Likewise, you who are younger, be subject to the elders. Clothe yourselves, all of you, with humility toward one another, for “God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble.”
10. Endurance and Perseverance – James 1:12: “Blessed is the man who remains steadfast under trial, for when he has stood the test he will receive the crown of life, which God has promised to those who love him.”Galatians 6:9: “And let us not grow weary of doing good, for in due season we will reap, if we do not give up.”
Here’s a link to the PDF:
I hope you enjoy it! What are some things that you regularly pray for your kids? I would love to hear from you!
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