BIG prayers for your child

BIG prayers for your child

1. Pray NOTHING hinders your child from accepting Christ as his/her personal Savior early in life. (Matthew 19:14)

2. Pray your child learns to know God and will have a deep desire to do God’s will for his/her life. (Psalms 119:27,30,34, 35).

3. Pray your child hears stories from the Bible that will be a basis for his/her decisions throughout life. (Ecclesiastes 12:1, Psalms 71:17).

4. Pray your child will-develop a keen sense of right and wrong and that he/she will truly reject evil and cling to that which is good. (Psalms 139:23-4).

5. Pray your child will increase in wisdom (mentally) and in stature (physically) and in favour with God (spiritually) and man (socially). (Luke 2:52). This prayer covers his/her total development to his/her full potential.

6. Pray that your child will develop a thankful heart and a positive mental attitude. (Psalm 126:2-3, Romans 8:31)

7. Pray that God protect your child from Satan and his/her wiles in every area of his/her life. (John 17:55, Psalm 121)

8. Pray that God would destroy the enemies in his/her life whether they be weaknesses, lying, selfishness etc. (Psalms 120:2; 140).

9. Pray that God would make him/her successful in the work God has for him/her to do. (Psalm 118:25, 139:9-10)

10. Pray he/she have a strong sense of belonging to a family that is loving and dwells together in unity (Psalms 133, Colossians 3:12-14).

11. Pray he/she will respect authority. (Romans 13:1, Ephesians 6:1-4). 12. Pray that his/her entire life will be a testimony of the greatness and love of Christ. (Philippians 2:15-16 Thess 5:2-3)

About Don

I have been involved in children's ministry for over thirty years (I'm now 60!). My experience includes being a husband, parent (two daughters in their 20's), a full time and volunteer children's worker with Scripture Union, a teacher and Christian school principal (20 years) and for the past thirteen years as a full time children's minister/pastor in an Anglican church in Melbourne Australia. My main interests are family, music, computers and the web , puppets, reading and films.
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