What Do You Pray for Your Children?
The following are the prayers that my husband and I pray for our children and their spouses, our grandchildren, great-grandchildren, and generations to come. We pray personally by name for each one. We do not pray for every one of these requests every day but pray for different ones each day as the Holy Spirit directs.
I have printed out the following for myself, covered with plastic. Many times, I like to lay it upon my heart as I am praying for our children so God can see the longings and requests I have for each one as we bring their names before Him in prayer.
You may like to also copy and print this out to have as a guide in praying for your children. You won’t be able to pray all these Scriptures over your children each day, but choose a different point each day. Pray the Scriptures OUT LOUD before the Lord. This is a very powerful way to pray for your children.
"Oh God, hear our cry for our children, grandchildren, great-grandchildren, and the children who are yet to be born. We pray . . .
1. That they will have a real born-again experience and come to know God personally
John 3:3: “Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say not thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.”
2 Timothy 3:15: “And from a child thou hast known the holy Scriptures, which are able to make thee wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus.”
Revelation 3:20: “Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me.”
2. That they will have soft and tender hearts to hear and obey the voice of the Lord.
1 Samuel 3:10: “And the LORD came, and stood, and called as at other times, Samuel, Samuel. Then Samuel answered, speak; for thy servant heareth.”
Isaiah 57:15: “For thus saith the high and lofty One that inhabiteth eternity whose name is Holy: I dwell in the high and holy place, with him also that is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite ones.”
Isaiah 66:2: “For all those things hath mine hand made, and all those things have been, saith the LORD: but to this man will I look, even to him that is poor and of a contrite spirit, and trembleth at my word.”
3. That they will walk humbly before the Lord
Micah 6:8; “He hath shewn thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the LORD require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God?”
1 Peter 5:5, 6: “Likewise, ye younger, submit yourselves unto the elder. Yea, all of you be subject to another, and be clothed with humility: for God resisteth the proud, and giveth grace to the humble. Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exult you in due time.”
4. That they will love the Lord with all their heart, soul, mind, and strength
Mark 12:30: “And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength: this is the first commandment.”
5. That they will love to read and meditate on God's Word and will receive revelation and insight as they read
Joshua 1:8: “This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success.”
Psalm 119:9: “Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way? By taking heed thereto according to thy word.”
Psalm 119:11: “Thy word I have hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against thee.”
Psalm 119:18: “Open thou mine eyes, that I may behold wonderous things out of thy law.”
Psalm 119:97; “O how I love thy law! it is my meditation all day.”
Psalm 119:105: “Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.”
Psalm 119:130; “The entrance of thy words giveth light; it giveth understanding unto the simple.”
Ephesians 1:17, 18: “That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give unto you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him: The eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that ye may know what is the hope of his calling, and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints,”
Colossians 3:16: “Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom; teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord.”
1 Peter 2:2: “As newborn babes, desire the sincere milk of the word, that ye may grow thereby:”
6. That they will love to pray and be committed to prayer
2 Chronicles 7:14: “If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then I will hear from heaven, and I will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.”
Psalm 55:17: “Evening, and morning, and at noon, will I pray, and cry aloud: and he shall hear my voice.”
Luke 18:1: “And he spake a parable unto them to this end, that men ought always to pray, and not to faint.”
1 Thessalonians 5:17: “Pray without ceasing.”
7. That they will be committed to the regular gathering together of God’s people
Hebrews 10:25: “Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some is; but exhorting one another: and so much the more, as ye see the day approaching.”
8. That they will love righteousness and hate evil
Psalm 97:10: “Ye that love the LORD, hate evil: he preserveth the souls of his saints; he delivereth them out of the hand of the wicked.”
Psalm 101:3: “I will set no wicked thing before mine eyes: I hate the work of them that turn aside; it shall not cleave to me.”
Amos 5:15: “Hate the evil, and love the good, and establish judgement in the gate; it may be that the LORD God of hosts will be gracious unto the remnant of Joseph.”
Romans 12:9: “Let love be without dissimulation. Abhor that which is evil; cleave to what is good.”
9. That they will stand strong against the wiles of the devil and never compromise
Ephesians 5:11: “And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove them.”
Ephesians 6:13, 14: “Wherefore take unto you the whole armor of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand. Stand therefore, having your lions girt with truth, and having on the breastplate of righteousness.”
1 Peter 5:8, 9: “Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour: Whom resist stedfast in the faith, knowing that the same afflictions are accomplished in your brethren that are in the world.”
10. That they will hate the spirit of this world and not give in to the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life
1 John 2:15-17: “Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him. For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world. And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever.”
Romans 12:2: “And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.”
James 4:4: “Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that friendship of the world is enmity with God? whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God.”
11. That they will hate lies and deception and seek after truth
Psalm 51:6: “Behold thou desirest truth in the inward parts: and in the hidden part thou shalt make me to know wisdom.”
Psalm 119:30: “I have chosen the way of truth: thy judgements have I laid before me.”
Psalm 119:163: “I hate and abhor lying: but thy law do I love.”
Proverbs 12:22: “Lying lips are an abomination to the LORD: but they that deal truly are his delight.”
Proverbs 13:5: “A righteous man hateth lying: but a wicked man is loathsome, and cometh to shame.”
Proverbs 19:9: “A false witness shall not be unpunished, and he that speaketh lies shall perish.”
12. That they will shine as lights in this dark and deceived world
Isaiah 60:1, 2: “Arise, shine; for the light is come, and the glory of the LORD is risen upon thee. For, behold, the darkness shall cover the earth, and gross darkness the people: but the LORD shall arise upon thee, and his glory shall be seen upon thee.”
Matthew 5:16; “Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.”
John 17:18: “As thou hast sent me into the world, even so I have also sent them into the world.”
Philippians 2:15: “That ye may be blameless and harmless, the sons of God, without rebuke, in the midst of a crooked and perverse nation, among whom ye shine as lights in the world.”
13. That they will understand true justice and have discernment regarding good and evil, the holy and the profane
Leviticus 10:10: “And that ye may put difference between holy and unholy, and between unclean and clean;”
Isaiah 59:14-15: “And judgment is tuned away backward, and justice standeth afar off: for truth is fallen in the street, and equity cannot enter. Yea, truth faileth; and he that departeth from evil maketh himself a prey. And the LORD saw it, and it displeased him that there was no judgment.”
Jeremiah 15:19: “Therefore thus saith the LORD, If thou return, then I will bring thee again, and thou shalt stand before me: and if thou take forth the precious from the vile, thou shalt be as my mouth: let them return unto thee; but return not thou unto them.”
Ezekiel 22:26: “Her priests have violated my law, and have profaned mine holy things: they have put no difference between the holy and profane, neither have they shewed difference between the unclean and the clean, and have hid their eyes from my sabbaths, and I am profaned among them.”
14. That they will seek God with all their hearts
Psalm 27:8: “When thou saidst, Seek ye my face; my heart said unto thee, Thy face, LORD, will I seek.”
Psalm 105:4: “Seek the LORD, and his strength: seek his face evermore.”
Psalm 119:2: “Blessed are they that keep his testimonies, and that seek him with the whole heart.”
Proverbs 28:5: “Evil men understand not judgment: but they that seek the LORD understand all things.”
Zephaniah 2:3: “Seek ye the LORD, all ye meek of the earth, which have wrought his judgment; seek righteousness, seek meekness: it may be ye shall be hid in the day of the LORD’s anger.”
15. That they will keep their whole spirit, soul, and body pure and blameless for the Lord
1 Thessalonians 5:23: “And the very God of peace sanctify you wholly; and I pray God your whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.”
16. That they will keep themselves from evil
1 Chronicles 4:10: “And Jabez called on the God of Israel, saying, Oh that thou wouldest bless me indeed, and enlarge my coast, and that thine hand might be with me, and that thou wouldest keep me from evil, that it may not grieve me! And God granted him that which he requested.”
John 17:15-16: “I pray not that thou shouldest take them out of the world, but that thou shouldest keep them from the evil. They are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.”
17. That their faith will not fail
Luke 22:32: “But I have prayed for thee, that thy faith fail not: and when thou art converted, strengthen thy brethren.”
18. That God will pour out His Holy Spirit upon them mightily
Isaiah 44:3, 4: “For I will pour water upon him that is thirsty, and floods upon the dry ground; I will pour my spirit upon thy seed, and my blessing upon thy offspring: And they shall spring up as among the grass, as willows by the water courses.”
Acts 2:16-18: “But this is that which was spoken by the prophet Joel; And it shall come to pass in the last days, saith God, I will pour out my Spirit upon all flesh: and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams; And on my servants and on my handmaidens I will pour out in those days of my Spirit; and they shall prophesy:”
19. That they will become laborers in God's harvest field
Matthew 9:37-38: “Then saith he unto his disciples, The harvest truly is plenteous, but the laborers are few; Pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he will send forth laborers into his harvest.”
20. That they will keep themselves pure and holy (body, soul, and spirit) for the man/woman that God has chosen for them.
Romans 6:12-13: “Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, that ye should obey it in the lusts thereof. Neither yield ye your member as instruments of unrighteousness unto sin: but yield yourselves unto God, as those that are alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness unto God.”
1 Corinthians 6:15-20: “Know ye not that your bodies are the members of Christ? shall I then take the members of Christ, and make them the members of an harlot? God forbid. What? Know ye not that he which is joined to an harlot is one body? for two, saith he, shall be one flesh. But he that is joined unto the lord is one spirit. Flee fornication. Every sin that a man doeth is without the body; but he that committeth fornication sinneth against his own body. What? Know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own? For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God’s.”
1 Thessalonians 4:3-4: “For this is the will of God, even your sanctification, that ye should abstain from fornication. That every one of you should know how to possess his vessel in sanctification and honor;”
21. That God will even now prepare for them a godly wife/husband who will be committed and faithful to the marriage to the end of their lives
2 Corinthians 6:14-18: “Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? And what communion hath light with darkness? And what concord hath Christ with Belial? or what part hath he that believeth with an infidel? And what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? for ye are the temple of the living God; as God hath said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.”
22. That they will love and embrace children and establish a godly home
Genesis 1:28: “And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.”
Deuteronomy 7:13: “And he will love thee, and bless thee, and multiply thee: he will also bless the fruit of thy womb, and the fruit of thy land, thy corn, and thy wine, and thine oil, the increase of thy kine, and the flocks of thy sheep, in the land which he sware unto thy fathers to give thee.”
Psalm 127:3-5: “Lo, children are the heritage of the LORD: and the fruit of the womb is his reward. As arrows are in the hand of a mighty man; so are children of the youth. Happy is the man that has aquiver full of them: they shall not be ashamed, but they shall speak with the enemies in the gate.”
Psalm 128:3: “Thy wife shall be as a fruitful vine by the sides of thine house: thy children like olive plants round about thy table.”
Malachi 2:15: “And did he not make one? . . . And wherefore one? That he might seek a godly seed. Therefore take heed to your spirit, and let none deal treacherously against the wife of his youth.”
That God will keep them from accident, harm, sickness, danger, and all enemy attack--physically, emotionally, mentally, and spiritually (Psalm 91). Amen."
NANCY CAMPBELL
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