Dear Heavenly Father,
Jehovah, we come before you today to present our children to you. We acknowledge that they are your blessings to us and we, their earthly parents and teachers are stewards of these precious ones which you have placed upon our guidance and care.
We pray for our children to be like Solomons who desired your wisdom more than gold, power and fame and be like Samuels who listened closely to your voice, that they would pursue your heart like King David, and be strong and confident like Joshua when moving in obedience to your command.
We pray that these whom we love so much would walk faithfully and diligently in all your ways. We ask that you make their footsteps firm, that your Word would be a constant lamp for their feet and a light to their path. May they sense the freshness of your Spirit in their lives an amazing ways, may they be strengthened and instilled with hope for the new roads you have in store.
We ask for your wisdom and clear direction over their lives, that you would give them understanding beyond their years. Allow every gift and treasure you have placed in their lives to grow and flourish, to bring you glory.
We pray for your Holy Spirit to cover our children in your great peace and security. We pray that their thoughts would not be drawn to worry and fear, but instead be filled with strength and confidence of your power every day. Help them believe without question that you are surely with them, in whatever they may face, that they are never alone. Help them to know that you are mighty with them.
We pray that you would implant deep inside their hearts a sense of overflowing gratitude, and would walk in the freedom of contentment, with an amazing spirit of giving to others. And when fear and anxiety battle against them, we pray that your words of truth will seal them in like a shield, giving them strength and guarding their hearts and minds in your powerful peace.
We ask that you help our children to walk in your wisdom and grace. Help them to be influencers in this generation, not conformed to the world but transformed by your power. Help them to live as salt and light in a dark world that so desperately needs to know your truth.
We ask for your powerful protection over our children as they enter their teenage years. As they seek love and acceptance and questions who they are, may they uncover the depth and height of your love for them and their identity in our Lord Jesus Christ.
We ask you to watch over their way and keep their footsteps secure. Protect their coming and going. We ask that you cover them from behind and guard them from all evil.
We pray that no weapon formed against them will prosper and that you would be their constant shield and defender from the enemy’s attacks.
We thank you dear God for your promise in Jeremiah 29:11 that you have indeed given our children great hope and a future. We pray for the days you have purposed for them to walk in, every single one, and ask you to fill them with your spirit and power as they live out their destiny. We ask that you would inspire them to never be afraid to dream big, run strong, and soar high. Shine over them. Fill them with your Spirit. Bless them with your favor of peace.
We pray that they find full confidence in the security of your love and care for them. We pray that you would give them and their families good health physically, emotionally, and spiritually, and would protect them from disease, illness or any harm to their minds and spirits.
More than anything else, we ask that our children’s hearts would be constantly drawn to you. We pray that they would walk daily in the presence of your Spirit. Give them spiritual discernment and the ability to see through the enemy’s lies and step over his traps. May they always know the great power of prayer and choose to be warriors for your kingdom. Help them by the power of your Holy Spirit to walk faithfully and diligently in your ways.
We ask that they would have a love and desire for your Word and an unquenchable thirst for your presence in their lives. May their hearts and spirits be tender towards you. We pray that you would give them spiritual insight, wisdom, and deep understanding of your truth.
Thank you that your timing is perfect. We pray that you would direct their steps, that your plans for them would prosper, that every place you have determined for them to walk would be paved clear. We ask that you remind them everyday how much you love them, that they would find security and confidence fully in you, knowing that you are trustworthy and true.
This I pray, in the matchless name of Jesus Christ our Lord, Amen.
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