A Prayer for Your Children
Sons are a heritage from the LORD, children a reward from him. Psalms 127:3
When someone loves you enough to leave you an inheritance, you should treasure it and treat it in a way that honors them. The Bible says that your children are a ‘heritage’ from the Lord. So here’s a prayer for them:
Prayer
‘Lord, I cannot begin to tell You how blessed and grateful I am for my children. I recognize each of them as a beautiful gift from You. You have given them to me to love and care for, to enjoy and celebrate, to delight in and raise so that they may come to know You as the greatest heritage of all. Thank You that no one, not even me, can ever be as good to them as You are. Because You have given me the privilege and responsibility of bringing them to You, teach me the importance of lifting them up before You each day in prayer. Keep them in the center of Your love and designed purpose. Bless them with the knowledge of who You are. Help them to put their trust in You and stay on the path of life You have for them. Enable them to recognize the gifts and the calling that You have put in them, and to follow Your leading as You develop them and use them for Your glory. Make Your face shine upon them, Your grace be with them, and Your love abound in them. In Jesus’ name I pray, Amen.’
Are your children serving the Lord? If not, stand on this Bible promise: ‘“There is hope in your future,” says the Lord, “that your children shall come back to their own border [the principles they were taught]”’ (Jeremiah 31:17).
I do pray for my girls, for God to keep them close to Him and to bring them
back to wanting to worship Him in a church setting. I keep hearing that “one
day” they’ll come back to what they were taught (in a Lutheran grade school),
but how do you know??
Good morning Laura, I heard about your question through a friend and wanted to share a resource with you. This is a ministry outreach to encourage parents with prodigals and is called Faith Family Reunion you can see more on http://www.faithfamilyreunion.com. If you want to reach out please do, you can do so on: https://www.faithfamilyreunion.com/contact-us. The Lord is at work and no one, not even your children are out of the reach of our Heavenly Father. Blessings to you.