06/14/2026
Bible Verses to Pray Over Your Child
1} Colossians 1:9-10
“We ask God to give you complete knowledge of his will and to give you spiritual wisdom and understanding. Then the way you live will always honor and please the Lord, and your lives will produce every kind of good fruit. All the while, you will grow as you learn to know God better and better.”
Prayer – Father, give _________________ complete knowledge of Your will and to give ________________ spiritual wisdom and understanding. Then _______________ will live and always honor and please the Lord, and ______________’s life will produce every kind of good fruit. All the while, ______________ will grow as they learn to know God better and better.
2} Colossians 1:11-12
“We also pray that you will be strengthened with all his glorious power so you will have all the endurance and patience you need. May you be filled with joy, always thanking the Father. He has enabled you to share in the inheritance that belongs to his people, who live in the light.”
Prayer – Lord, I pray that you will strengthen _________________ with all Your glorious power so that ___________________ will have all the endurance and patience they need. May __________________ be filled with joy, always thanking the Father.
3} Jeremiah 29:11
For I know the plans I have for you,” says the Lord. “They are plans for good and not for disaster, to give you a future and a hope.
Prayer – Father, thank You that You know the plans I have for __________________. Thank You that they are plans for good and not for disaster, to give _______________ a future and a hope.
4} Isaiah 41:10
“Don’t be afraid, for I am with you. Don’t be discouraged, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you. I will hold you up with my victorious right hand.”
Prayer – Help ________________ to not be afraid, for You are with them. Encourage ________________ to not be discouraged, for You are their God. Strengthen _______________ and help them. Hold up ___________________with my victorious right hand.
5} Philippians 1:6
“And I am certain that God, who began the good work within you, will continue his work until it is finally finished on the day when Christ Jesus returns.”
Prayer – Father, I am certain that You, who began the good work within _______________, will continue his work until it is finally finished on the day when Christ Jesus returns.
6} Proverbs 3:5-6
“Trust in the Lord with all your heart; do not depend on your own understanding. Seek his will in all you do, and he will show you which path to take.”
Prayer – Lord, I ask that _______________ will trust in the Lord with all their heart. Encourage _____________ to not depend on their own understanding. Rather, help _____________ to seek Your will in all they do, and You will show ________________ which path to take.
7} Ephesians 5:15-18
“So be careful how you live. Don’t live like fools, but like those who are wise. Make the most of every opportunity in these evil days. Don’t act thoughtlessly, but understand what the Lord wants you to do. Don’t be drunk with w**e, because that will ruin your life. Instead, be filled with the Holy Spirit.”
Prayer – Lord, help ________________ to be careful how they live. Encourage ___________ to not live like fools, but like those who are wise. Enable _______________ top make the most of every opportunity in these evil days. Free ______________ to not act thoughtlessly, but understand what the Lord wants them to do. Give ______________ the wisdom to not be drunk with w**e, because that will ruin their life. Instead, fill ______________with the Holy Spirit
8} Philippians 3:14
“I press on to reach the end of the race and receive the heavenly prize for which God, through Christ Jesus, is calling us.”
Prayer – Lord, enable _______________ to press on to reach the end of the race and receive the heavenly prize for which God, through Christ Jesus, is calling them.
9} Philippians 2:2-5
“Don’t be selfish; don’t try to impress others. Be humble, thinking of others as better than yourselves. Don’t look out only for your own interests, but take an interest in others, too. You must have the same attitude that Christ Jesus had.”
Prayer – Dear God, help ______________ to not be selfish or try to impress others. Enable ______________ to be humble, thinking of others as better than themselves. Help ___________________ to look out only for their interests, but also to take an interest in others. Give ________________ the same attitude that Christ Jesus had.
10} Proverbs 3:3
“Never let loyalty and kindness leave you! Tie them around your neck as a reminder. Write them deep within your heart.”
Prayer – Father, never let loyalty and kindness leave ________________! Tie them around _____________’s neck as a reminder. Write them deep within __________’s heart.
That’s it! So, what do you think? Have you tried praying scripture for your kids? What verses do you use to pray for your children?
