12 Ways to Pray for Your Children


12 Ways to Pray for Your Children

Pray that your child will . . .

1. Know Christ as Savior early in life.
          Psalms 63:1; Psalms 71:17;  II Timothy 3:15

2.  Have a hatred for sin and a fearful respect for his/her own vulnerability to temptation.
          Psalm 97:10; Matthew 26:41

3.  Be caught and called to account when they are guilty.
          Psalm 119:71;  Psalm 38: 5-6, 17-18

4.  Be protected from evil from the evil one in all areas of his/her life - Physically, mentally, emotionally, and spiritually.
          John 17:15; Luke 22:31

5.  Have an attitude of Christian morality and responsibility in all his/her interpersonal relationships.
          Romans 14:21; I Corinthians 13:4-5; I Timothy 4:12

6.  Respect those in authority over him/her.
          Romans 13:1; Titus 3:1; I Peter 3:13-17

7.  Desire the right kind of friends - be protected from the wrong associations, and be hedged in by God so that he/she/ does not find his/he way to wrong people or wrong places and that the wrong people do not find their way to him/her.
          Proverbs 1:10-11; Psalms 91:9-11; Hosea 2:6

8.  Rely on God's direction in choosing a mate, being kept from the wrong mate and saved for the right marriage partner.
         II Corinthians 6:14-17; Psalms 37:4-5

9.  Be kept pure until the time of marriage (and for the one he/she/will marry).
          I Corinthians 6:18-20

10.  Learn to submit totally to God and resist Satan actively in all circumstances.
          James 4:7-10; Ephesians 6:11; Psalms 119:1: Psalms 143:10

11.  Be single-hearted in loving and apply God's Word - using its wisdom rather than the world's standards to make decisions in his/her life.
          Psalms 84:10; Psalms 119:10; Psalm 19:7; Romans 12:1-2

12.  Allow God to mature within him/her the character of Christ that will be lived out in a lifetime of service and submission to Him.
          Psalms 90:12, 17; Luke 2:52; Romans 8:29

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