How to Pray for Your Children

No parent wants to see their children walk away from God, so how can you pray for them?

Here is a confession of faith and it doesn’t matter where your children are – in the room or a thousand miles away. You don’t have to be in their presence to take authority over Satan.

Pray and Believe God

Father, Your Word is true and I believe it. Therefore, in the Name of Jesus, I believe in my heart and say with my mouth that the WORD of God prevails over my children. Your WORD says that You will pour out Your Spirit upon my offspring and Your blessing upon my descendants. I believe and say that my children are wise and they take heed to and are the fruit of godly instruction and correction. I love my children and I will diligently discipline them early. Because of that, they give me delight and rest.

Father, I take Your Word that says You give safety to my children and bless them day by day. They are blessed when they come in and when they go out. I confess that You, Lord, give Your angels special charge over my children to accompany and defend and preserve them. I believe they find favour, good understanding and high esteem in Your sight, Lord, and in the sight of man.

I confess that my children are disciples taught of the Lord and obedient to Your will. Great is their peace and undisturbed composure. I believe I receive wisdom and counsel in bringing up my children in the discipline and instruction of the Lord. And Your Word declares that when they are old they will not depart from it. So I commit them to Your keeping and I know and have confident trust that they are watched over and blessed of the Lord all the days of their lives, in Jesus’ Name.

8 Promises From God About Your Children

Here are some scriptures that will help you stay focused on God’s promises regarding your children.

1 − “Thus saith the Lord; Refrain thy voice from weeping, and thine eyes from tears: for thy work shall be rewarded, saith the Lord; and they [your children] shall come again from the land of the enemy. And there is hope in thine end, saith the Lord, that thy children shall come again to their own border” (Jeremiah 31:16-17).

2 − “And all thy children shall be taught of the Lord; and great shall be the peace of thy children” (Isaiah 54:13).

3 − “…The seed of the righteous shall be delivered” (Proverbs 11:21).

4 − “…Blessed is the man that feareth the Lord, that delighteth greatly in his commandments. His seed shall be mighty upon earth: the generation of the upright shall be blessed” (Psalm 112:1-2).

5 − “…I will contend with him that contendeth with thee, and I will save thy children” (Isaiah 49:25).

6 − “The Lord is good to all: and his tender mercies are over all his works” (Psalm 145:9).

7 − “…I will pour my spirit upon thy seed, and my blessing upon thine offspring” (Isaiah 44:3).

8 − “As for me, this is my covenant with them, saith the Lord; My spirit that is upon thee, and my words which I have put in thy mouth, shall not depart out of thy mouth, nor out of the mouth of thy seed, nor out of the mouth of thy seed’s seed, saith the Lord, from henceforth and forever” (Isaiah 59:21).