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“Now for this very reason also, applying all diligence, in your faith supply moral excellence, and in your moral excellence, knowledge, and in your knowledge, self-control, and in your self-control, perseverance, and in your perseverance, godliness, and in your godliness, brotherly kindness, and in your brotherly kindness, love. For if these qualities are yours and are increasing, they render you neither useless nor unfruitful in the true knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.” II Peter 1: 5 – 8 (NASB) A Prayer Over Our ChildrenDear Lord, let my daughter possess faith, goodness, knowledge, self-control, and perseverance with increasing measure. Likewise, let her grow with godliness, brotherly kindness, and love. Clothe her in these qualities so that she will be made effective and productive in her knowledge of You. Cleanse her from her sin, oh God, and make her calling sure. May she never fall and may You richly welcome her into Your kingdom. Remind her of these truths, oh God, and firmly establish her in them. Oh Lord, let Your light shine through the darkness like the dawn. Be like the morning star to her, rising high to light her path and illuminate her heart. Carry her, Holy Spirit, and reside in her that You may commune with her and speak through her words to others. ...
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“And the God of all grace, who called you to his eternal glory in Christ, after you have suffered a little while, will himself restore you and make you strong, firm, and steadfast.” I Peter 5:10 (NIV) A Prayer Over Our ChildrenOh Lord, give my child a heart eager to serve others that You may crown her with unfading glory. May she respect and submit to those older and mature in the faith as You clothe her with humility. Lift her up, oh God, and grant her Your grace. Make known Your deep love and care for her that she may cast all her anxieties and burdens upon You. Oh Lord, cause her to be self-controlled and alert that she may resist the enemy. Help her stand firm in the faith, I pray, and restore her. Make her strong, firm, and steadfast in You, calling her to eternal glory with Christ. Oh God, I plead that You will bless her with faithful brothers and sisters in Christ who will encourage each other to testify and stand fast in Your truth. Fill her with Your peace, oh Lord, and surround her with Your love. ...
“And coming to Him as to a living stone which has been rejected by men, but is choice and precious in the sight of God, you also, as living stones, are being built up as a spiritual house for a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.” 1 Peter 2:4-5 (NASB) A Prayer Over Our ChildrenFather God, may malice, deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and slander hold no foothold in my child’s life. I pray that You will nourish her with Your spiritual food so that she may taste of Your goodness and grow in her salvation. Like living stones, choose her, find her precious, and build her up as a spiritual house to be a royal priesthood. How I plead that her sacrifices of worship will be pleasing and acceptable to You, oh God. ...
“In all things show yourself to be an example of good deeds, with purity in doctrine, dignified, sound in speech which is beyond reproach, so that the opponent will be put to shame, having nothing bad to say about us.” Titus 2::7-8, (NASV) Prayer Over Our ChildrenLord, bless my daughter with a mentor who is respected and will set an example by doing what is good. Teach my daughter to possess an encouraging tongue rather then one of slander. Model before her abstinence from self-indulgences or addictions, teaching all good. Train up my daughter to love her husband and children, be self-controlled, pure, and kind while she wisely manages her household. May my daughter also learn to respect and submit to her husband. In the same way, bless my future son-in-law with a mentor; one who sets an example by doing what is good. Teach my future son-in-law integrity, seriousness, and wise speech so that he is above reproach. ...
“For to this end we toil and strive, because we have our hope set on the living God, who is the Savior of all people, especially of those who believe.” I Timothy 4:10 (ESV) Prayer for Our ChildrenKeep my child faithful to You, oh God, never let her abandon Your truth, and allow her to delight with thanksgiving, in the goodness of Your creation. Bring her up in the Truths of the faith and in sound doctrine so that she may minister in faithful witness. Be her Hope, oh God, ...
“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. ...
“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. ...
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.
“I press on towards the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus.” (Philippians 3:14, NIV) A Prayer for My DaughterMay my daughter place her confidence in You, oh Lord, and not in the fleshly things of this earth. Help her to worship by the spirit of God and glory in Christ Jesus. May she gain Christ and a righteousness that is through God and is by faith. Let her know You and the power of Your resurrection. Give her the strength and perseverance to press on and strain toward the prize for which You have called her heavenward. ...
“…at the name of Jesus, every knee should bow in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord to the glory of God the Father.” (Philippians 2:9-11, NIV) A Prayer for My DaughterOh Lord, grant my daughter a oneness and like-mindedness with the body of Christ. Give her a humble heart, one that delights in serving others. May You, Oh Lord, work in and through her by Your own Will and for Your own good purposes. Let her shine like stars in the universe, blameless and pure, filled with the Light and Life of Christ. ...
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