Ways to pray for our children
- Pray for our Fellowship Kids' classes…
- that each child will feel loved and accepted
- that each child will experience God's touch on his life
- for physical, mental, emotional & spiritual safety for all our children
- for good relationships between students & teachers
- Pray for our teachers individually…
- that God will protect their time with Him & that preparing their lesson will be an outgrowth of that time
- that they will represent & reflect Christ as they serve Him
- for wisdom & unconditional love toward each child
- for joy & truth to shine through everything they do
- Pray for our teaching teams…
- for synergism & community
- for connection with the children
- for energy & creative ideas week by week
- for discernment & sensitivity
- Pray for the parents of our children…
- that they will model a heart for God at home
- that they will want to take responsibility for the spiritual growth of their children
- that they will feel supported by our staff
- Pray for our Children's Ministry staff…
- that we will seek God's guidance for each ministry decision
- that we will labor according to His power at work within us
- that we will be models and mentors for our volunteers
- that we will minister out of the overflow of our relationship with Christ
Here are some personalized verses that you can pray for our children:
Father, take away the veil from _____'s eyes so that she can see the light of the gospel. Shine Your light in her heart to give her the light of the knowledge of Your glory in the face of Christ. (2 Cor. 4:4-6)
Father, put people in _____'s life who will gently instruct him; and grant him repentance leading to a knowledge of the truth. (2 Tim. 2:25)
Father, open _____'s eyes and turn her from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan to God, so that she may receive forgiveness of sins and a place among those who are sanctified by faith in Christ. (Acts 26:18)
Father, I pray that _____ will confess with his mouth that Jesus is Lord, and believe in his heart that you have raised Christ from the dead. Cause _____ to call on Your name, Lord, and save Him. (Romans 10:9, 13)
Father, draw _____ to Jesus and by Your grace grant her the gift of faith. (John 6:44 & Eph. 2:8)
Father, I pray that Christ may dwell in _____'s heart through faith; and that his roots will go down deep into the soil of Your marvelous love. May he have the power to understand & experience how wide, how long, how high, and how deep Your love really is, though it is so great he will never fully understand it. May he be filled with the fullness of life and power that comes from You. (Eph. 3:18-19)
Father, thank You that You want _____to be saved and to understand the truth. (1 Timothy 2:4)