Tuesday at BSF, we received a handout on how to pray for our children. As a mom, it is both a responsibility and a privilege to pray for Finley. As soon as I became pregnant, I began earnestly praying for her and even now I am seeing the answers to those prayers and know that I will continue to see these prayers for her answered in the future.
I made a Prayer Ring of 31 Days of Prayers for My Children , but I really like this list of 12 Prayers that BSF provided because I can concentrate and meditate on one prayer each month. I thought I would post my Monthly Prayer for Finley on the side of my blog so that I would be reminded to pray it throughout the month, but I'm also going to post all 12 Prayers below!
Pray that your child will:
1. Know Jesus Christ as Savior early in life (Psalms 63:1, 71:17, 2 Timothy 3:15)
2. Have a hatred for sin and a fearful respect for his/her own vulnerability to temptation (Psalm 97:10, Matthew 26:41)
3. Be caught and called to account when guilty (Psalm 38:5-6, 17-18, 119:71)
4. Be protected from the evil one in each area of his/her life: spiritual, emotional, and physical (Luke 22:31, John 17:15)
5. Have an attitude of Christian morality and responsibility in all his/her interpersonal relationships (Romans 14:21, I Corinthians 13:4-5, I Timothy 4:12)
6. Respect those in authority over him/her (Romans 13:1)
7. Desire the right kind of friends, be protected from the wrong associations, and be hedged in by God so that he/she does not find his/her way to wrong people or wrong places and that the wrong people do not find their way to him/her (Psalm 91:9-11, Proverbs 1:10-11, 15; Hosea 2:6)
8. Rely on God's direction regarding marriage, being kept from the wrong choice, and being saved for the right marriage partner (Psalm 37:4-5; 2 Corinthians 6:14-17)
9. Choose to remain pure until the time of marriage and that the one he/she is to marry will also remain pure (I Corinthians 6:18-20)
10. Learn to submit totally to God and resist Satan actively in all circumstances (Psalms 119:1, 143:10, James 4:7)
11. Be single-hearted in loving and applying God's Word, using its wisdom rather than the world's standards to make decisions in his/her life (Pslams 19:7, 84:10, 119:10, Romans 12:1-2)
12. Allow God to mature within him/her the character of Christ that will be lived out in a lifetime of service and submission to Him (Psalm 90:12, 17; Luke 2:52; Romans 8:29)
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I love prayers written to pray over children. It sounds like you would like the book Praying the Scriptures Over Your Children. That is one amazing book and it's powerful to pray the BIBLE over them. One of my top 5 books for parents for sure.
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