Our children mean everything to us. And God has chosen us to steward these amazing children and give them unconditional love. As their parents, it can be easy to give into anxiety and worry about what our children will face in their lives, but thankfully…We have the power of prayer.
Prayer is the most powerful weapon we have as disciples of Jesus. It is how we wage war effectively in the spiritual realm and maintain a close connection to God. Almighty God hears our prayers and our faith can move mountains, especially when it comes to our children’s lives.
Whether your child is a baby, in school, or an adult…In the faith or wayward, they will always need our daily prayer and intercession over their lives.
Below I have included 3 powerful prayers for your children…A general one for every day, one for adult children, and one for the prodigals out there. I hope these prayers help you to petition the throne of God and help you to build your faith in our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.
Never underestimate the power of a praying mom!
3 Powerful Mother’s Prayers To Pray Over Your Children
1. A Mother’s Prayer For Her Child
Dear Heavenly Father,
I come before you today with a grateful heart, and I lift up my beautiful children into your loving and capable hands. You have blessed me abundantly by entrusting these children to me, and I pray you will help me to steward them accordingly.
God, I pray that you will order my children’s steps today so they will live to fulfill your will above all. I pray that you will give them the helmet of salvation to protect their minds from the harmful distractions from the world. Guard their hearts, Father, from depression, anger, anxiety, and loneliness. Give them strength in times of weakness, courage when they feel afraid, and an unbreakable faith in You during times of doubt.
I pray that you will send your angels to encamp around them and keep all evil far away from them. No weapon formed against my children shall prosper in Jesus name.
May they walk in the path of righteousness and grow in godly wisdom, grace, and understanding of your will in their lives. Grant these children good health and a beautiful spirit of compassion towards others. Make them a source of joy and blessing to all who encounter them.
Help them to walk in the purpose you created for them before the foundation of the world. Above all Lord…Help them to know your love and the salvation that is found only in your son Jesus Christ. May they experience your forgiveness, grace, and eternal life.
In Jesus name we pray,
Amen
2. A Mother’s Prayer For Her Adult Children
Dear God,
I humbly come to You to pray for my adult children. Help them profoundly encounter you today and experience your Holy Spirit falling on them.
I pray that you will position their hearts to be open to your love and provision. And to help them put their trust in you as their shield and protector. I pray that they will have a relationship with You behind closed doors and that they live by the Truth, every day of their lives.
God, I pray that you will help them to recognize your voice when you are speaking to them. And help them to walk in the purpose you have created them for. I pray that you will not give them more than they can bear. And you will give them strength during difficult times of trouble and tribulation.
God, I pray you would open their hearts to know that you are working even when they can’t trace Your hand. And I pray that you would impart the courage they need to fearlessly speak your Word in the world. God help them to be good people so that others may be able to see the heart of Jesus within them.
No weapon formed against them will prosper because they belong to you. God, I pray that you will give them the confidence they need to have bold faith every day, knowing that Jesus has already won the battle.
May you help them keep their minds on the things of above, and not the fleeting things of the world. I pray they will experience your love and light today and every passing day.
In Jesus name,
Amen
3. A Mother’s Prayer Prayer for her wayward child
Dear Heavenly Father,
I come to you with a humble heart to pray for my wayward child. Although they are lost in the world right now Father…I know every day you put breath in their lungs means you are not finished with their story yet.
I pray that you will give them eyes to see, ears to hear and a heart to understand your love for them. Your word is quick and powerful and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the diving asunder of soul and spirit. And I know it can pierce even the hardest of hearts.
Help my child to break free from every chain the enemy has put on them. And finally encounter the peace and love that comes from knowing your son Jesus. I pray that you will do what you need to do to humble their rebellious spirit and bring them home to your heart.
God, I pray that they will experience you in a way that they cannot deny. And that you are in the process of building a powerful testimony within them. Sow a seed in their heart and help them to grow into a mighty tree of faith that cannot be shaken.
You stand outside of time itself, Heavenly Father, and only You know the depths of Your perfect plan. Free their mind and help them understand that life’s true meaning only comes from truly knowing our dear lord Jesus Christ.
I know you love them more than I do, so please supply your loving protection and lead them in a new way on the right path of life.
We pray these things in Jesus name,
Amen.
In Conclusion…
Always, always believe in the power of prayer! Our Lord God is walking with us every day and His great love is more powerful than any battle we’re facing. God has the power to change our children’s hearts if they are lost.
Sometimes we have to surrender things into God’s hands but keep in mind that He loves our precious child even more than we do and that He’s always working. Let us rest in peace of mind knowing that God is always in control and He can see the big picture we cannot see.
I hope these prayers helped you improve your own prayer life and help you rest in the faithfulness of God!
12 Bible Verses To Speak Over Your Children
1.Proverbs 22:6
Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.
2. Deuteronomy 6:4-5
Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God is one LORD:
And thou shalt love the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might.
3. John 3:16-17
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.
4. Psalm 51:10-12
Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me.
Cast me not away from thy presence; and take not thy holy spirit from me.
Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation; and uphold me with thy free spirit.
5. Philippians 1:6
“Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ:”
6. Psalm 27:13-14
I had fainted, unless I had believed to see the goodness of the LORD in the land of the living,
Wait on the LORD: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on the LORD.
7. Jeremiah 29:11-13
For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the LORD, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end.
Then shall ye call upon me, and ye shall go and pray unto me, and I will hearken unto you.
And ye shall seek me, and find me, when ye shall search for me with all your heart.
8. Matthew 18:3
And said, Verily I say unto you, Except ye be converted, and become as little children, ye shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven.
9. Deuteronomy 4:9
“Only take heed to thyself, and keep thy soul diligently, lest thou forget the things which thine eyes have seen, and lest they depart from thy heart all the days of thy life: but teach them thy sons, and thy sons’ sons;”
10. Psalm 103:17
“Only take heed to thyself, and keep thy soul diligently, lest thou forget the things which thine eyes have seen, and lest they depart from thy heart all the days of thy life: but teach them thy sons, and thy sons’ sons;”
11. Mark 10:14
“But when Jesus saw it, he was much displeased, and said unto them, Suffer the little children to come unto me, and forbid them not: for of such is the kingdom of God.”
12. Philippians 4:6-7
Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.
And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.
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