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“Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, and today, and forever.” Hebrews 13:8, NIV Prayer Over Our ChildrenOh God, fill my child’s heart with brotherly love and a desire to be hospitable to all. Oh Lord, place a hedge of protection around her, that she may stay faithful in marriage and free from sexual immorality. Oh Lord, may contentment rein in her heart that the love of money may never possess a foothold over her. I plead that You will remain faithful to her all the days of her life, never leaving her nor forsaking her so that she may walk in Your confidence without fear of man. ...
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“Pursue peace with all men, and the sanctification without which no one will see the Lord.” Hebrews 12:14, NASB Prayer Over Our ChildrenLet my daughter live a life of holiness and harmony so that all those with whom she meets will see You. Make Your grace richly abound in her life while You keep bitterness from possessing any foothold. Oh God, I pray You will keep her sexually pure, strengthening her and protecting her against temptation. Usher my child into the presence of rejoicing angels and sanctified saints with You as Judge and Jesus as Mediator, through the blood of His holy sacrifice. Oh Lord, write her name in heaven and bless her with a heart of thanksgiving which overflows as reverent offerings of worship to You. I pray she will always remain steadfast and firm in her faith as an heir to Your Kingdom which will always remain and never be shaken. Oh God, be a holy and consuming fire in her life. ...
“Therefore, since we have so great a cloud of witnesses surrounding us, let us also lay aside every encumbrance and the sin which so easily entangles us, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us.” ~Hebrews 12:1 NASB Prayer Over Our ChildrenHeavenly Father help my daughter throw off every hindrance and all sin. Let her run with endurance the race You have laid before her. Fix her eyes upon You so that she will not grow weary or faint of heart.
Encourage my daughter through your loving accountability, oh God, allowing her to endure hardship like discipline which comes from a loving parent. Let her not grow discouraged under Your rebuke but ... “Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen.” Hebrews 11:1 NASB Prayer Over Our ChildrenGrant my daughter a sure Hope and a certainty in the unseen. Through her faith oh God, bless her understanding, commend her as righteous, and find her pleasing unto You. I pray that You would give her a faith which seeks You in earnest and obeys in trust. Bless her and her future husband with children, oh Lord, multiplying her descendants in Your holy inheritance. Help her put away what is past and strain forward with faith while she looks towards Your heavenly reward. Prepare a place for her, oh God, and may she be proved faithful when tested. ...
“. . . how much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered Himself without blemish to God, cleanse your conscience from dead works to serve the living God? For this reason He is the mediator of a new covenant, so that, since a death has taken place for the redemption of the transgressions that were committed under the first covenant, those who have been called may receive the promise of the eternal inheritance.” Hebrews 9:14-15 NASB Prayer Over Our ChildrenKeep my daughter from useless rituals but cleanse her by the blood of Your perfect sacrifice. Call her to You so that she may receive Your promised eternal inheritance and that she may serve You, the Living God. Purify her, oh God, and take away her sin so that she may know salvation and await Your glorious return. ...
“This is the covenant I will establish with the people of Israel after that time, declares the Lord. I will put my laws in their minds and write them on their hearts. I will be their God, and they will be my people.” Hebrews 8:10, NIV Prayer Over Our ChildrenCover my little one with the greater promises of Your covenantal love so that she may be found faultless and pure. Do not turn away from her, oh God, but help her remain faithful to You, placing Your law in her mind and writing it upon her heart. Be her God, oh Lord, and help her to know You. Forgive her of any wickedness and do not remember her sins but wash her clean through Your new covenant. ...
“Therefore He is able to save completely those who come to God through Him, because He always lives to intercede for them. Such a high priest truly meets our needs – one who is holy, blameless, pure, set apart from sinners, exalted above the heavens.” Hebrews 7:25-26, NIV Prayer Over Our ChildrenBless my daughter, oh Lord, through the inheritance of Your promises. Raise her up from her family line to serve You in deeper, new ways. Set her apart, oh God, from what has previously been weak and useless so that You may draw her close to You through the introduction of Your Greater Hope. Thank You for how You live to intercede for her and for each one of us. May she come to You and may You meet each one of her needs through Your holiness, purity, innocence, preservation from sin, and exalted seat above the heavens.
“God is not unjust; He will not forget your work and the love you have shown Him as you have helped His people and continue to help them.” Hebrews 6:10, NIV Prayer Over Our ChildrenGrow my daughter in maturity with Your Word beyond just elementary understandings and fill her with light so that she may share in the Holy Spirit, taste in Your heavenly gift, know the goodness of Your Word, and the powers of the coming age. Let her never fall away from You, oh God, and always lead her back to repentance. ...
“During the days of Jesus’ life on earth, He offered up prayers and petitions with fervent cries and tears to the one who could save Him from death, and He was heard because of His reverent submission.” Hebrews 5:7, NIV Prayer Over Our ChildrenDraw my child to You in reverent submission, oh Lord, and hear her cries. Call her to do Your good work with a heart of obedience. May You deepen Your Word in her to maturity so that she no longer needs milk but solid food. Oh God, use Your truth constantly in her life so that she may know righteousness and distinguish good from evil. Train her up in the teaching of Your Word, dear Lord, making her an apt student who is quick to learn. ...
“But encourage one another daily, as long as it is called ’Today,’ so that none of you may be hardened by sin’s deceitfulness” Hebrews 3:13, NIV Prayer Over Our ChildrenOh Lord, may my little one share in Your heavenly calling. Fix her thoughts upon You and may she confess Your Name. Be faithful to her, oh God, just as You were to Abraham and Moses. Help her hear Your voice and keep her heart tender to You, never testing or trying. ...
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AuthorMarried to my best friend for over 20 years, my husband and I are the proud (and often exhausted!) parents of a vivacious kindergatener. As a vision-impaired mom, prayer and trust in the Lord play a vital and moment-to-moment role in my life. Read more ... Follow me:
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