08/31/2026
Consider praying these over your children or grandchild. One for each day of the month.
Beyond question, our children deserve powerful specific prayer, not vague generalities. To fail our children by inconsistent, shallow prayer is among the greatest of all failures. To fail to pray effectively for our children is to leave them dangerously vulnerable and lacking in spiritual power. When combined with prayers for protection, the following biblical prayers are very powerful.prayers for protection, the following biblical prayers are very powerful.
1. That God would draw them to Himself at an early age
(John 3:3, 6:44)
2. That they love the Lord their God with all their heart
(Matthew 22:37-39)
3. That they love others as they love themselves (Matthew
22:37-39)
4. That they know and love God's Word (Psalm 119:9-11)
5. That they would love Christ's Church Ephesians 4-1-4
6. That they be protected from the deceits and schemes
Satan (Ephesians 6:11)
7. For their moral purity (Proverbs 5:7-23; 1 Thessalonians
4:3)
8. For them to obey and respect authority (Exodus 20:12)
9. For them to be wise in the wisdom of the Lord (Proverbs
1:7)
10. That they would understand the reason for persecution and endure hardship in joyful fellowship with Christ (Colossians 1:24; 2 Timothy 3:12)
11. That their yes would be a yes and their no would mean no and have strong integrity (Matthew 5:37)
12. That they be equally yoked to a godly spouse (2 Corinthians
6:14) Pray for their future mates now.
13. That they would be always humble, desiring for God to have the glory (2 Timothy 4:18)
14. That their life would be used to promote God's kingdom
(Matthew 28:18-20)
15. That they would understand grace and so live out the law of Christ by His Spirit (Titus 2:11)
16. That they hunger and thirst for God's righteousness
(Matthew 5:6)
17. That they hate evil, avoid it and be convicted when they disobey (Proverbs 4:14)
18. That they would think biblically and immediately spot spiritual error (2 Corinthians 10:5; Romans 12:1-2)
19. That they be secure in who God has made them to be (Romans 8:1; Ephesians 1:6)
20. For them to be salt and light (Matthew 5:13-16)
21. That they know they are deeply loved (Psalm 103)
22. For them to be hard workers (Colossians 1:28-20)
23. For them to be an encourager to others (Hebrews 10:24)
24. That they would have honesty with the Lord, themselves and others (1 John 1:1-9)
25. That they be faithful stewards of their God-given talents (1
Timothy 6:6-10)
26. That they live by an eternal perspective (Philippians 3:20)
27. That my girls) would have a quiet and gentle spirit and my boys) would be the spiritual leader of his family (1 Peter
3:4; Ephesians 5:23)
28. For them to identify with femaleness/maleness and be protected from gender confusion (Romans 1:25-28)
29. That they would have and be a special friend (David and
Jonathan - 1 Samuel 20)
30. That they would glorify God in whatever health or life circumstances He gives them, rejoicing always (1
Thessalonians 5:18)
(excerpt from Powerful Prayer for Every Family by Gregory Frizzell)
