30 Days of Prayer For Your Kids

Praying for our kids is one of the best ways we can care for them, and one of the most valuable gifts we can give. Join me in this “30 Days of Prayer for Your Kids” challenge!

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Feeding, bathing, disciplining, nurturing… There are so many important things we do for our kids.

But one of the very best things we can do for them is pray for them. Not just here and there when we feel like it, and not casually, but regularly, consistently, and passionately.

Our kids need our prayers. They need them as they grow and develop godly character, they need them as they face trials and temptations, and they need them as they make decisions big and small. Prayer powerfully impacts all of it.

Prayer is also how we join God in the work He’s doing in their lives. None of us are perfect – we don’t have all the answers, we make a lot of mistakes, and we can’t possibly give our kids everything they need. Thankfully, however, what we do for our kids isn’t nearly as important as what God does for them. How we do our part pales in comparison to how faithful He is in doing His. And prayer is how we partner with Him in that.

That’s why I thought it would be great to do a “Pray for Your Kids Challenge” throughout the month of November. If you want to cultivate a regular practice of praying for your kids, join me in prayer for the next 30 days.

30 Days of Prayer For Your Kids

Prayer works out God’s will in our kids’ lives, fights spiritual battles on their behalf, and helps us entrust them into their Heavenly Father’s hands. It also equips us to raise them in line with God’s priorities for them. It’s one of the best ways we can care for them, and one of the most valuable gifts we can give them.

I LOVE the book The Power of a Praying Mom, by Stormie Omartian.

Because I believe prayer makes such a difference in our kids’ lives, I want to issue a challenge for all of us to pray over a specific area of our kids’ lives each day in the month of November (or whenever you happen to be reading this).

You can follow the prompts and schedule I’ve outlined below, mix it up, or come up with your own! The particulars don’t matter nearly as much as the prayers, themselves. Just pray!

Day 1: Salvation

Here are a few ideas of specific things to pray to get you started:

Direct their hearts to Your love (2 Thessalonians 3:5)
Open their spiritual eyes and hearts to the Truth of Your Word
Captivate them by Your grace
Put people in their lives who will instruct them
Lead them to repentance
Do not let them be held back by guilt or shame from their past mistakes

Day 2: Love for God and His Word

Fill their hearts with love for You
Give them a desire for more of You
Show them Your way is perfect and all Your promises hold true (2 Samuel 22:31)
Let their hearts be good soil (Luke 8:11-15)

Day 3: Love for others

Help them see everyone as You see them – as beloved image bearers
Fill them with Your love, that it will spill out onto everyone around them
Give them compassion, and compel them to act on the behalf of others
Open their eyes to opportunities to love and serve

Day 4: Passion for God’s Kingdom

Give them an eternal, Kingdom perspective for everything they do
Fill them with a desire to share the Gospel
Help them filter every decision through a Gospel lens, thinking of what will best serve Your Kingdom

Day 5: Their hearts

Help them understand the magnitude of Your love for them
Open their eyes to their need for You
Soften their hearts towards the things of God
Make them ready and willing to hear from You
Give them teachable hearts, primed to receive instruction and correction
Search their hearts, Lord, and show them what is not glorifying to You – convict them and empower them to remove it from their lives (Psalm 139:23-24)

Day 6: Guidance & direction

Open their spiritual ears to hear, recognize, and follow Your voice
Help them discern between Your voice and ones they should not follow
Lead them and guide them into all truth (John 16:13)

Day 7: Faith

Strengthen their faith
Show Yourself to them — open their eyes to see You at work in their lives
Remind them of all the times You have been faithful to them
Give them strength in times of testing and trial

Day 8: Purpose & callings

Fulfill every good purpose in their lives (2 Thessalonians 1:11)
Lead them and guide them into their callings
Give them hearts of obedience to You
Strengthen and equip them for the good works You have for them (Hebrews 13:21)

Day 9: Desires

Align their desires with Your desires (Psalm 37:4)
Purify their hearts and motives
Strengthen them against temptations and lusts of all kinds

Day 10: Health & physical protection

Protect them from sickness and disease and all bodily harm
Give them wisdom to make good decisions regarding their bodies
Strengthen and protect them from the enemy’s attacks
Be their covering and shield

Day 11: Spiritual protection

Guard their hearts and minds
Open their spiritual eyes and keep them alert (1 Peter 5:8)
Help them submit to You, Your Word, and Your will
Lead them not into temptation, but deliver them from the evil one (Matthew 6:13)
Keep them from the enemy’s traps and snares
Equip them with the necessary weapons to demolish strongholds (2 Corinthians 10:4)

Day 12: Wisdom & discernment

Fill them with the knowledge and understanding of Your will (Colossians 1:9)
Give them wise and discerning hearts
Help them trust You with all their hearts (Proverbs 3:5)
Give them strong consciences
Counsel and instruct them
Quicken their discernment to know right from wrong, good from evil, and Truth from deception

Day 13: Emotional health & well-being

May their identity be firmly rooted and established in Your love (Ephesians 3:17)
Equip them with tools for managing their emotions – help them rule and not be ruled by them
Let them be quick to confess sin, knowing that you are faithful and gracious to forgive them (1 John 1:9)
Fill their hearts with Your joy and peace
When they are anxious or afraid, remind them that You are always with them, strengthening, helping, and upholding them

Day 14: Friends

Place good friends in their lives who will strengthen, encourage, and build them up, who will sharpen them as iron sharpens iron (1 Thessalonians 5:11, Proverbs 27:17)
Give them wisdom to choose their friends carefully
Help them be good friends to others, friends who love at all times and who treat others as they would want to be treated (Proverbs 17:17, Matthew 6:12)
Lead them to seek friendship with You above all others

Day 15: Influences

Surround them with godly influences
Give them (and us) wisdom and discernment in the influences they (we) allow in their lives
Fill their lives with voices of truth, encouragement, and life

Day 16: Self-control/discipline

Grow the fruits of self-control and self-discipline in their lives (Galatians 5:22-23)
Equip them with the tools and skills they need to manage themselves wisely
Strengthen them against temptations, unholy desires, and anything that might lead them away from You

Day 17: Kindness & compassion

Clothe them with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness, and patience (Colossians 3:12)
Let them be kind and compassionate to others, forgiving them just as in Christ, God forgave them (Ephesians 4:32)
Compel them to open their arms to the poor and extend their hands to the needy (Proverbs 31:20)
Let them not love with mere words, but with actions and in truth (1 John 3:18)

Day 18: Servants’ hearts

Give them humble hearts that consider others better than themselves (Philippians 2:3)
Let them not look only to their own interests, but also to the interests of others (Philippians 2:4)
Motivate them to serve wholeheartedly, as if they were serving You (Ephesians 6:7)
Let them serve others in love (Galatians 5:13)
Do not them grow weary in doing good (Galatians 6:9)

Day 19: Humility

Give them humble hearts and teachable spirits
Lead them to be humble before You (James 4:10)
Help them to be completely humble and gentle, to be patient, bearing with one another in love (Ephesians 4:2-3)
Give them the humility to value others above themselves (Philippians 2:3)
Do not let them lean on their own understanding, but rather on You (Proverbs 3:5)

Day 20: Integrity

Give them a desire to lead lives of integrity
Convict them of dishonesty, duplicity, and disingenuity
Lead them to love honesty, and to value honoring You above all else
Help us model integrity to them

Day 21: Schools & teachers

Help them to be a light in their schools (Matthew 5:16)
Give them hearts of obedience and respect towards their teachers
Place them with the teachers who will be best for their growth and Your glory
Fill their teachers and administrators with wisdom and strength
Protect all the kids from any evil that tries to enter the school
Provide the schools and teachers with the resources they need

Day 22: Future spouses & marriage

Cause them to trust You with their future spouse and be willing to wait for Your perfect timing
Give them wisdom in their relationship choices
Prepare their future spouses — their relationship with You, their character, their growth, and their hearts
Prepare them to be the husbands/wives You have called them to be
Bless their marriage, and lead them to honor You through it

Day 23: Gifts & strengths

Show them how to use their gifts for Your glory and purposes
Cause them to be diligent in developing their gifts and talents
Lead them to use their gifts wisely as faithful stewards of them
Give them a desire to use them to serve others (1 Peter 4:10-11)

Day 24: Weaknesses

Reveal their weak areas to them
Compel them to bring those weaknesses to You, not in shame or dismay, but in peace knowing that Your power is made perfect in weakness (2 Corinthians 12:9)
Show them how to grow in their areas of weakness

Day 25: Fears & insecurities

Help them root their identity in You
Make them more aware of Your presence
Help them lay their fears and anxieties at Your feet
Empower them to demolish arguments and every pretension that sets itself up against the knowledge of God, and take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ (2 Corinthians 10:5)
Give them victory over all fear, anxiety, and insecurity

Day 26: Your relationship

Turn our hearts towards each other
Deepen our connections and strengthen our bonds
Give us humility and understanding towards each other
Help us respect, value, and honor each other
Help me cultivate an environment of trust, security, and acceptance
Let us love each other with the love that comes from You (1 John 4:7)

Day 27: Sibling Relationships

Lead them to be devoted to one another in brotherly love, honoring one another above themselves (Romans 12:10)
Do not let any unwholesome talk come out of their mouths, but only what is helpful for building others up according to their needs (Ephesians 4:29)
Give them a spirit of unity, living in harmony with each other
Fill them with love for each other
Equip them with strong conflict prevention and conflict resolution skills

Day 28: Your family

Guide our family with a Kingdom perspective, and help us seek You first above all else (Matthew 6:33)
Protect our home and family from sickness and disease, disaster, and anything else that tries to come against us
Fill our family with purpose, and help us live in a way that honors You
Increase our love for each other, and strengthen our connections
Fill our home with peace

Day 29: Your parenting

Fill me with purpose and intention in my parenting
Help me parent from the truth of Your grace, and point my kids to Jesus
Give me wisdom to know how to discipline effectively and cultivate character in my kids
Help me captivate and shape my kids’ hearts
Empower me to set a good example of a whole-hearted pursuit of You

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Day 30: Specific trials/challenges they’re going through

Work in their hearts
Equip them to overcome their struggle
Draw them closer to You, and make Your presence known
Speak to them through Your Spirit
[Find specific Scriptures for their situation]

Note: This list was heavily influenced by the book Praying the Scriptures for Your Children, by Jodie Berndt.

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