Children are the future of the family, community, church, and the nation. One of the best investment as parents is the send prayers into their current and future life. We must be sensitive and descending of the current times in which we live. The devil is working overtime to frustrate destinies and we cannot just look away. We must fight to preserve the generations after us. We must fight to ensure that we leave behind a legacy of an altar that has a voice to still speak.
““The earnest prayer of a righteous person has great power and produces wonderful results.””
God is a prayer answering God. Therefore, we must be determined, intentional, and consistently pray for our children irrespective of what we see with our physical eyes. Pray that God will grant you a heart and the grace to pray for the children.
Jeremiah 29:11 “For I know the plans I have for you,” says the Lord. “They are plans for good and not for disaster, to give you a future and a hope.”
There may be so many plans, however, pray that Only God’s plan will come to pass over the lives of our children.
Jeremiah 24:7 “I will give them a heart to know that I am the LORD, and they shall be my people and I will be their God, for they shall return to me with their whole heart.”
Pray that God will give them a heart to know him and return to him with all their hearts.
Acts 2: 38-39 “38 Peter replied, “Repent and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins. And you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. 39 The promise is for you and your children and for all who are far off—for all whom the Lord our God will call.”
Pray that the Holy Spirit will draw the hearts of our children to the altar of repentance. We have repented and the promise of repentance is also for them. God keeps his promise.
Philippians 1:6 “And I am certain that God, who began the good work within you, will continue his work until it is finally finished on the day when Christ Jesus returns.”
Pray that every thing that God has started in the lives of our children will by completely by him alone in Jesus mighty name.
Luke 2:25 “And Jesus grew in wisdom and stature, and in favor with God and man.”
Pray that our children will grow in wisdom, stature, and favor with God and man wherever they find themselves; school, work, church etc
Isaiah 29:24 “Then the wayward in spirit will come to understanding, and those who grumble will accept instruction."
Pray that Jesus who is the light of the world will illuminate the hearts of every wayward child, bring them to the place of repentance and understanding and cause that they surrender to the Lord.
Exodus 20:12 “Honor your father and your mother, so that you may live long in the land the Lord your God is giving you.
Pray that God will help them to honor their parents according to his word.
Romans 12:2 “Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will.”
The world is so corrupt so pray that God will help them not to depend and conform to this world but will desire to dwell and depend on the word of God that has the power to transform and renew their minds on a daily basis.
“Proverbs 3: 5-6 “5Trust in the Lord with all your heart; do not depend on your own understanding.Seek his will in all you do, and he will show you which path to take.”
Pray that God will grant them the grace to trust, depend, and seek God in every step of their lives.
Psalm 119:9 “How can a young person stay on the path of purity? By living according to your word.”
Pray that our children will desire the word of God and live according to the word.
Proverbs 13:20 “Walk with the wise and become wise, for a companion of fools suffers harm.”
Pray that God will help them choose friends with wisdom and knowledge of God.
Isaiah 54:13-14 “13 All your children shall be taught by the Lord, and great shall be the peace of your children. 14 In righteousness you shall be established; you shall be far from oppression, for you shall not fear; and from terror, for it shall not come near you.”
Pray that God will do according to his word stated here; teaching our children his ways, giving them peace, establishing them in his righteousness, protecting them from the enemy, taking away their fears, and keeping danger away from them in Jesus mighty name name.
2 Corinthians 10:4 “The weapons we fight with are not the weapons of the world. On the contrary, they have divine power to demolish strongholds.”
Pray against and destroy every strongholds of the mind that has held them captive in Jesus mighty name.
Isaiah 54:17 “No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper; and every tongue that shall rise against thee in judgment thou shalt condemn. This is the heritage of the servants of the LORD, and their righteousness is of me, saith the LORD.”
Pray that no weapon of the devil against our children shall ever stand. Condemn every tongue speaking evil against them. Pray that the fire of God consumes every plan and weapon of the enemy working against our children in Jesus mighty name.
James 1:17 “Every good and perfect gift is from above,coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, who does not change like shifting shadows.”
Thank God for the good and perfect gift of children. Do not worry about what is seen now. The goodness of God is in them and must be revealed and cause them to walk in greatness.