Praying for Our Children Week 3

After this week we’ll be more than half way through our series on praying for our children.  How has your intentional praying been going?? Are you plugging along?  I have to confess I did even worse this week at consistently praying each day. 🙁  I can come up with an excuse ( I do know it’s an excuse)  but I didn’t print the prayers out this week like I did the first week and they weren’t with me at stop lights and with my Bible.  The minute I hit publish, I’m printing this weeks prayers and getting them in the proper place so they are handy.  Out of sight out of mind.


If you missed Praying for Our Children Week 1 you can find it here and if you missed Week 2 you can find that here.   Here is a copy of the calendar.  You can download a copy of it  here:

• Your word says that he who walks with wise men will be wise, but the companion of fools will be destroyed.  Don’t let my children be a companions of fools.
• God do not let __________ enter the path of the wicked, and do not let them walk in the way of evil.  Proverbs 4:14
• Lord let ________________ make no friendship with an angry man, and with a furious man do not go, lest you learn his ways and set a snare for your soul.  Proverbs 22:24-25
• Lord you say blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor stands in the path of sinners, nor sits in the seat of the scornful.  Psalms 1:1
• The righteous should choose their friends carefully, for the way of the wicked leads them astray.  Please guide ___________ in choosing good friends. Proverbs 12:26

Finding them the perfect mate:

• God, provide the perfect mate for _____________.  I pray that they will trust you with all their heart and lean not on their own understanding;I pray that they will acknowledge you in  all their ways so that you will direct their path.  Proverbs 3:5-6
• Unless the Lord builds the house, they labor in vain who build it.  Lord go before _________  and build their house.  Psalms 127:1
• Do not allow ________ to be yoked together with an unbelieving girlfriend or spouse.  For what do righteousness and wickedness have in common?  Or what fellowship can light have with darkness? Rather, let them be drawn to a woman who calls you God, who is counted among your people.  2 Corinthians 6:14-17
• Cause ________ to honor marriage, and to keep their marriage bed pure. Hebrews 13:4
• Bless _______’s marriage, Lord.  As they grow older, let them continue to rejoice in the spouse(wife) of their youth. Proverbs 5:18
• Show ______ and their husband how to love each other deeply, for love covers over a multitude of sins.  Let them make every effort to do what leads to peace and to mutual edification 1 Peter 4:8, Romans 14:19

Being the Person God made them to be:

• You know the plans you have for _________, plans to prosper them and not to harm them, plans to give them hope and a future.  Cause _________ to call upon you and come and pray to you. O Lord.  Let them seek you with all their heart, and find you because they do seek you.  Jeremiah 29:11-13
• Fulfill every good purpose in ___________’s life and every act prompted by their faith, so that the name of our Lord Jesus Christ may be glorified in their life.  2 Thessalonians 1:11-12
• Work in _______ so that they will think and act according to your good purpose.  Philippians 2:13
• Thank you for beginning a good work in ________ and that you will carry it on to completion until the day of Jesus Christ. Philippians 1:6
• No matter what _________ is planning in his heart, let your purpose prevail in their life.  Proverbs 19:21

Protection from Drugs & Alcohol:

• Put people in ___________ path who will gently teach them.  Cause them to come to their senses so that they will believe the truth and escape from the trap of drugs and alcohol and lies that satan has used to hold them captive.  2 Timothy 2:25-26
• Shield ___________ from the weapon of drugs and alcohol.  Banish terror from their life, and give them peace.  Isaiah 54:13,17
• When _________’s peers experiment with drugs and alcohol, do not let them conform to their pattern; rather, transform their life by renewing their mind so that they will want to do what pleases you.  Romans 12:1-2
• Demolish any strongholds of lying, rebellion, and drugs and alcohol in ___________’s life.  Remove anything that gets in the way of their knowledge of you, and cause their thought life to be obedient to Christ.  2 Corinthians 10:4-5
• Protect ___________ form the snare of drugs and alcohol that others lay out for them.  Shield them from things such as date rape drugs and other traps set by evildoers.  Psalm 141:9

Honoring Parents and Resisting Rebellion:

• Your word instructs, Children, obey your parents in all things, for this is well pleasing to the Lord.  Colossians 3:20.  I pray that you would turn the heart of this child toward their parents and enable them to honor and obey their father and mother so that their life will be long and good.
• If you are willing and obedient, you shall eat the good of the land; but if you refuse and rebel, you shall be devoured by the sword. Isaiah 1:19-20 Protect my children from rebellion. Make them willing and obedient.
• Lord help ____________ to obey their parents in the Lord, for this is right.  So that it may be well with _______ and they may live long on the earth.  Ephesians 6:1-3
• Teach ___________ to fear you and worship you and listen to your voice.  Do not let them rebel against your commands, but cause them to follow you, so that all will be well in their life.  1 Samuel 12:14
• Help me realize that _________ is a reward from you.  You compare him to an arrow; help me point him straight toward you.  Keep me mindful of my responsibility to contend with the enemies that want to tear our family down.  Psalm 127:1

Motivation for Proper Body Care:

• Help ____________ to know that their body is a temple of the Holy Spirit and that they were bought at a price.  Help them to know how important it is for them to glorify God in their body and spirit.  1 Corinthians 6:19-20
• I pray that they will not be bound by the lure of fashion magazines, television, or movies which try to influence them with an image of what they say they should look like.  Enable them to say, Turn away my eyes from looking at worthless things.  Psalms 119:37
• I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that you help ______________ present their body as a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your reasonable service.  Romans 12:1
• Help ___________ to put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh, to fulfill it’s lusts. Romans 13:14
• Therefore, whether ___________ eats or drink, or whatever they do, that they do all to the glory of God.  1 Corinthians 10:31

  Week 1 Praying for Our Children

Week 2 Praying for Our Chidlren

 Week 3 Praying for Our Children

 Week 4 Praying for Our Children

 Week 5 Praying for Our Children

Do you have any good advice on how you incorporate praying for your children? If so please leave a comment and share those with me.

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