“. . . and to make it your ambition to lead a quiet life: You should mind your own business and work with your hands, just as we told you, so that your daily life may win the respect of outsiders and so that you will not be dependent on anybody.” (1 Thess 4:11-12 NIV) A Prayer for Our DaughterGrant my little one a love of Your ways and a love for Your people that increases and multiplies throughout her years. May she desire a peaceful, quiet life that is free from idleness and gossip. Dear Lord, even at this tender age, may her life be characterized by good, hard, honest work that exemplifies Your integrity and joy. May she glory in the knowledge of Your triumphant return and find this Truth an encouragement to her spirit in the days of difficulty and trial. ...
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“For God did not call us to be impure, but to live a holy life.” (1 Thes. 4:7 NIV) Prayer for Our ChildrenOh God, please help my daughter and her future spouse stay sexually pure throughout the entirety of their lifetime, from the bloom of their youth to the end of their days. Protect them from impurity, perversion, and harm. Keep them from lustful temptation, and guard their eyes, thoughts, impulses, and bodies. Bless them with a faithful, loving, and lasting marriage that reflects the love and light of Christ. Help our little ones to live a life, holy and pleasing unto Yu. Make Your ways and Your instruction a delight to their ears and a joy to their hearts. May Your Word be a lamp unto their feet and a Light unto their paths. ...
“May he strengthen your hearts so that you will be blameless and holy in the presence of our God and Father when our Lord Jesus comes with all his holy ones.” (I Thess. 3: 12-13 NIV) A Prayer for My DaughterStrengthen and encourage my little one’s faith and help her stand firm in the Lord. Bless her with Your joyful presence and bring into her life those who will serve as iron sharpening iron. May You increase her love to overflowing for You and for Your people. Strengthen her heart so that she may be holy and blameless before You. ...
“For you know that we dealt with each of you as a father deals with his own children, encouraging, comforting and urging you to live lives worthy of God, who calls you into his kingdom and glory. And we also thank God continually because, when you received the word of God, which you heard from us, you accepted it not as a human word, but as it actually is, the word of God, which is indeed at work in you who believe.” (I Thessalonians 2: 11-13 NIV) Prayer for Our ChildrenEntrust my daughter with the spreading of Your Word. Test her heart, Oh God, and find her in favor, laboring to please You and not man. Fill her heart with a gentle and loving spirit that is spurned on by holiness and righteousness. Encourage her, comfort her, and urge her to live a life of Christ, calling her into Your Kingdom. Let Your Word be at work in her heart so that she will embrace You as Lord and Savior. Be her Hope, her Joy, and the Crown of glory around her head. ...
“We remember before our God and Father your work produced by faith, your labor prompted by love, and your endurance inspired by hope in our Lord Jesus Christ. For we know, brothers and sisters loved by God, the he has chosen you, . . .” (I Thess 1:3-4 NIV) A Prayer for My DaughterChoose my daughter, oh Lord, to be one of Your own. May her faith in You produce great works and be a labor of love. Fill her with an endurance inspired by Your Hope and let Your Word take root in her heart through the Holy Spirit, with power, and deep conviction. ...
“Devote yourselves to prayer, being watchful and thankful.” (Colossians 4:2) A Prayer for My DaughterMay You, oh God, devote my little one to prayer and open a door for her to proclaim your message. Let wisdom and grace guide and govern her words and interactions with the world so that she may spread Your light. Bless her with Godly friends who will encourage her, wrestle in prayer for her, and stand firm in the Lord beside her. Abide with her, Oh Lord, and call her deeper so that she may rest in the assurance of Your love and Your promises. Equip her, oh Lord, to do the work You have called her to do and help her to persevere to its completion. ...
Colossians Chapter 3:18 – 25 Part II“Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for human masters, …” (Colossians Chapter 3:23) A Prayer for My DaughterI pray, dear Lord, that You will bless my daughter with a loving, Godly marriage. May You bless her with a husband who loves and cherishes her as Christ does the church. Likewise, may she respect and submit to her husband in love. Bless them with children who will honor and obey. Fill her future husband with a patient and wise love of their children that builds and encourages them up in Christ. May my daughter labor in all sincerity and reverence for the Lord, offering her best and working her hardest for the glory of God.
Colossians Chapter 3:1 – 17 Part I“Therefore, as God’s chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience.” (Colossians 3:12) A Prayer for My DaughterSet my daughter’s heart and mind on things above and not on earthly things. Rid her of any anger, rage, malice, slander, and filthy language from her lips. Clothe her in Truthfulness, compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness, and a spirit of forgiveness. Adorn her with love above all other virtues and let peace reign in her heart with thanksgiving. May Your Word dwell richly in her heart with songs of praise and gratitude flowing from her lips. Help her to do all things in You and for You with a heart of thanksgiving. ...
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