A Parent's Prayer Program |
We all pray for our children but sometimes the prayers become very similar and even repetitious. We wonder what we should be praying and how to get there. Bob Hostetler developed a unique 30 day prayer program where you pray in a specific area each day of the month.
1. Salvation: Lord, let salvation spring up within my children, that they may obtain the salvation that is in Christ Jesus, with eternal glory. (Isaiah 45:8, 2 Timothy 2:10)
2. Growth in Grace: I pray that they may "grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ." (2 Peter 3:18)
3. Love: Grant, Lord, that my children may leam to live a life of love through the Spirit who dwells in them. (Ephesians 5:2, Galatians 5:22)
4. Honesty and Integrity: May integrity and honesty be their virtue and their protection. (Psalm 25:21)
5. Self-Control: Father, help my children not to be like many others around them, but let them be "alert and self-controlled" in all they do. (1 Thessalonians 5:6)
6. A Love for God's Word: May my children grow to find Your Word "more precious than good, than much pure gold: (and) sweeter than honey, than honey from the comb." (Psalm 19:10)
7. Justice: God, help my children to love justice as You do and to "act justly" in all they do. (Psalm
8. Mercy; May my children always "be merciful, as (their) Father is merciful." (Luke 6:36)
9. Respect (for self, others, authority) Father, grant that my children may "show proper respect to everyone", as Your Word commands. (1 Peter 2:17)
10. Strong, biblical self-esteem Help my children develop a strong self-esteem that is rooted in the realization that they are "God's workmanship, created in Christ Jesus." (Ephesians 2:10)
11. Faithfulness "Let love and faithfulness never leave (my children),: but bind these twin virtues around their necks and write them on the table of their hearts. (Proverbs 3:3)
12. A passion for God Lord, please instill in my children a soul with a craving for You, a heart that clings passionately to You. (Psalm 63:8)
13. Responsibility Grant that my children may learn responsibility, "for each one should carry his own load." (Galatians 6:5)
14. Kindness Lord, may my children "always try to be kind to each other and to everyone else," (1 Thessalo- nians 5:15)
15. Generosity: Grant that my children may "be generous and willing to share [and so] lay up treasure for themselves as a firm foundation for the coming age." (1 Timothy 6:18-19)
16. Peace, peaceability: Father, let my children "make every effort to do what leads to peace." (Romans 14:19)
17. Hope: May the God of hope grant that my children may overflow with hope and hopefulness by the power of the Holy Spirit. (Romans 15:13)
18. Perseverance: Lord, teach my children perseverance in all they do, and help them especially to "run with perseverance the race marked out for [them]." (Hebrews 12:1)
19. Humility: Lord, please cultivate in my children the ability to "show true humility toward all." (Titus 3:2)
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