Prayers to Pray for Your Children
Not much in this life is more precious to parents than their children. Therefore, religious parents pray regularly for their children. Safety, salvation, guidance, protection and success are just a few of the many things parents mention in their prayers for their children. If you are looking for help praying for your children, here are a few traditional, established prayers to get you started.
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BIble Passages
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Many verses and passages in the Bible can guide Christian parents in praying through to God for their children. Some of these include Isaiah 54:13, asking God to help children learn the truth about him; Proverbs 2:6, asking God for help and wisdom in raising one's children; James 1:19, asking God to make one's children quick to hear, slow to speak and slow to anger. And, Hebrews 13:5, asking God to make them content with what they have.
Orthodox Prayer
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A collection of orthodox Christian prayers is available online and in print format. The prayers address many topics, including prayers that parents can pray for their children. This prayer focuses on asking God to have mercy on one's children, protecting them, guiding and guarding them in all that they undertake. In this prayer, parents ask God to give their children grace to be temperate, hard-working, devout and generous to others. Parents also ask God to protect their children from evil and to grant them salvation from temptation to sin.
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Irish Blessing
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As one of the most well-known and popular prayers in America, the Irish Blessing prayer is one that parents may enjoy praying for their children, particularly when they are separated for a time. When a parent sees a child off to college, off on a military deployment or even just away for a few months during the summer, praying the Irish Blessing takes on fresh meaning and significance. The prayer asks God to bless children with wisdom, ease, protection, joy and to cause the child and parent to meet again.
Birchat Kohanim
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According to Rabbi Moshe Spalter, the Birchat Kohanim is recited in Hebrew on Jewish festivals such as Roshahanna, and is a priestly blessing meant to be prayed at a time of joy by a Rabbi over a congregation of worshippers. However, it can also be prayed by Jewish parents for their children at bedtime. The blessing is a prayer of health, richness, care and protection that is actually very similar to the Irish Blessing and states when translated: "May the LORD bless and keep you. May the LORD's face shine upon you, and be gracious to you. May the LORD turn His face to you, and give you peace."
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