How To Pray For Your Children

What a comfort it is to know that our Lord prays for His own. It is of great comfort to even the very young child to know that his parents love him and care for him so much that they pray to their Heavenly Father about him. The following suggestions might be helpful as you think of praying for your child, for his needs now and in the future.

1. That they will know Christ as Saviour early in life (Psalm 63:1 and I Timothy 3:15).
2. That they will have a hatred for sin (Psalm 97:10).
3. That they will be caught when guilty (Psalm 119:71).
4. That they will be protected from the evil one in each area of their lives: spiritual, emotional, and physical (John 17.15).
5. That they will have a responsible attitude in all their interpersonal relationships (Daniel 6:3).
6. That they will respect those in authority over them (Romans 13:1).
7. That they will desire the right kind of friends and be protected from the wrong friends (Proverbs 1:10-11).
8. That they will be kept from the wrong mate and saved for the right one (II Corinthians 6.14-17).
9. That they, as well as those they marry, will be kept pure until marriage (I Corinthians 6:18-20).
10. That they will learn to totally submit to God and actively resist Satan in all circumstances (James 4:7).
11. That they will be single-hearted, willing to be sold out to Jesus Christ (Romans 12:1-2).
12. That they will be hedged in so they cannot find their way to wrong people or wrong places and that the wrong people cannot find their way to them (Hosea 2:6).

Pick one point a month to concentrate on. Within a year, you will have consistently prayed this entire list.