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I would sincerely hope that you don’t need to be sold on the importance of prayer for teenage son or daughter. In case you need that, here’s our pitch.

The teenage years tend to be some of the most difficult years for both parent and child. Parents are beginning to see a side of their child that they may never have thought existed.

The child is beginning to come into their own. For some children, this may be going as expected or at least hoped for. These are tough times, and formative ones at that. We are talking about increased hormonal activity, more dangerous forms of peer pressure and so on.

This is the season in which children can be damaged in ways that may be irreparable. Perhaps you are reading this because you are already standing on shaky ground. Our God is a mighty warrior. He is a redeemer!

We are trusting him to direct that which is yet to be directed. May he cause those that are veering out of the right path to be pulled back onto it. I don’t know whom you are praying for. God’s hand will be seen in this!

1st Prayer For Teenage Son or Daughter

Train A Child

Proverbs 22:6New King James Version (NKJV)
⁶Train up a child in the way he should go,
^[a]And when he is old he will not depart from it.

The bible teaches us that if we train our children in the way that they should go, they will not depart from these ways. Perhaps you are in a place where you feel as though you have trained this child, yet they seem to be departing from these ways.

We know that King David, a man whom God described as “after his own heart” raised sons who lost their way. He had sons who went against his will, and one who was the wisest fool to ever live. He would have wondered as you may now be, “Lord where did I go wrong?”

Where I have failed?

Dear Heavenly Father, you said to train a child in the way that they should go. I believe I have done so. Yet I am seeing my child depart from these ways. Lord, where have I failed? I pray that you would redeem my failure with this child. Where I may have failed to get through to them, Lord please train my child for me. Show him/her your says that he/she may not depart from them.

I know other factors may have come into play. My prayer is that you would intervene is set my child back on the right path. In the mighty name of Jesus! Amen

Keep My Child On the Right Path

Dear God, wherever I have done well, and my child is walking on the right path. I pray that you would keep them on that path. Show them the virtue of perseverance. Open their eyes to see the pitfalls of choosing alternative ways. May they not be consumed by their own worldly wisdom. Rather, I pray that my child would seek your wisdom. In Jesus’ name! Amen

Righteousness

1 Peter 1:16New King James Version (NKJV)
¹⁶because it is written, “Be holy, for I am holy.”

We understand from scripture that our righteousness comes from above. That is the righteousness that is not defined by the things of this world. When we take our own righteousness to be the true righteousness, we begin to view unrighteous things as being righteous. This is why our righteousness should be found in Christ, and only through Christ.

Isaiah 64:6
⁶But we are all like an unclean thing,
And all our righteousnesses arelike ^[a]filthy rags;
We all fade as a leaf,
And our iniquities, like the wind,
Have taken us away.

Dear Heavenly Father, I pray that my child would be holy as you are holy. I pray that my teenage son, my teenage daughter would find righteousness only in Christ. May they never seek it or see it anywhere else. Open their eyes to see the error of their ways. Give them a repentant heart. One that would always come and fall at the feet of the Lord. In Jesus’ name! Amen

Order their footsteps

Psalm 37:23King James Version (KJV)
²³The steps of a good man are ordered by the Lord: and he delighteth in his way.

Dear God, as my child finds righteousness in Christ Jesus. I know that the footsteps of the righteous are ordered by you, oh Lord. I pray that you would order my child’s footsteps. Lead him/her on the paths of righteousness. Lead him/her away from paths that lead to pitfalls.

Give my child the strength, boldness and presence of mind to follow your lead at every turn. It is easy to have steps ordered but not walk in them. I pray that my child would not follow his/her own way, but find your way and walk in it, in the mighty name of Jesus! Amen.

A Royal priesthood

1 Peter 2:9New International Version (NIV)
⁹But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God’s special possession, that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light.

Father, I declare that my child is a chosen person, he/she is part of a royal priesthood, a holy nation. My child is God’s special possession. My child will declare the praises of the God who called him/her out of darkness into his wonderful light.

I pray that this truth would never be lost on him/her. Dear God, may my child never forget this truth! May their walk be one of a chosen one, a royal priesthood and a holy nation. Let everything that my child would do be holy unto you. Even at their lowest point, may their repentance be holy unto you, Lord. Amen

Trappings of Youth

The teenage years can be very treacherous. There are people who thought they would try something once and died as addicts. Potential is often stolen by the enemy at this stage. Our prayer is that God would cover our children from the trappings of youth.

These are often the first moments that our children are beginning to step out into the world without our guidance and protection. Oftentimes it is because they have begun to reject it, starting to think their own wisdom trumps experience. God forbid that your child would be lost.

Dear God I come against the spirit of addiction. I come against the spirit of ill-advised adventure. Father protect my child from the trappings of youth. I refuse that my child would fall to substance abuse. I refuse that the enemy would steal my child through the wrong peers or through sex. Cover him/her oh Lord. In Jesus’ name! Amen

Bring Back Those That have Lost their Way

Luke 15:20
²⁰So he got up and went to his father.
“But while he was still a long way off, his father saw him and was filled with compassion for him; he ran to his son, threw his arms around him and kissed him.

Lord, You are a God of redemption. May that very nature be my portion in Jesus’ name. Soften my heart to always be open to my child at all turns. Lord, we pray for the children that have already lost their way. Call them back oh Lord. Where our ways, words and our wisdom has fallen short, take over oh Lord.

I pray that my child would never be afraid of falling back into my arms. I come against the spirit of anger and bitterness. Let it never be formed in my heart, that I would fail to open my arms for my child. As in the case of the prodigal son, may my child’s eyes be open to knowing that there is always a place in my heart and in my home.

We speak against any hindrance to my child coming back to the Lord and to me. Father, may the mouths of the enemies shut! In Jesus’ name, may your voice be clearer. May your direction be even clearer. Your hand, oh Lord will be seen in this! We give you all the glory already, for you are faithful to watch over your word to perform it.

We stand in anticipation of their return oh Lord! Thank you for bringing back our children. Amen!

Thank You

I would like to take this moment to extend my gratitude to you for taking the time to stand for your teenage son and daughter. It is not the easiest of places to be standing. Yet, there is no better place to be making a stand than in prayer. We commend you for that. If you would like our team to stand with you in prayer, please go ahead and send us a request.

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Why do we need prayer for a new born baby? We often read in fairy tales how such and such a person would visit a baby and determine their destiny. This is true in the real world. The devil often recognises destiny before Christians do. As a result, he works to stifle destiny from birth.

This is the reason he sought to kill Moses as a baby. That is the same reason he sought to kill Jesus as a baby. He knows the impact that this baby will have if he/she is to become all that God has created him/her to become, hell’s gates will be shaken.

Dr Myles Munroe put it best. The seed of everything is in itself. When we look at a seed, we see a seed but in it are trees and fruit. When God looks at you, he sees what he put in you, not just the seed that may be planted.

Do not take any baby for granted. In them is the seed for leadership. There is the seed for influence. Some have seed for ministry. Yet many of these will die without ever fulfilling that potential. It is our role as parents, guardians and Christians as a whole to guard these gifts in prayer.

Most parents never realise that they have this role. I want to challenge you to take a different perspective on this. Seeing as you are reading this post, I would like to believe that you are taking an important step towards this role.

When you got through scripture, you will not that parents and grandparents would always speak over their children. They guided them in worlds and in affirmations. Their words stood!

Declarations

In the name of Jesus, I declare that this child will live to see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living.
This child will live full and die empty. He/she will be all that God has created them to be. In Jesus’ name.
In the mighty name of Jesus, this child will be healthy. Diseases will not be his portion.
No hindrance will successfully stand against this child’s destiny. In the name of Jesus!

Make it a habit to speak these things over the child and to the child. You see, faith comes by hearing. As they hear these things, they too will begin to believe in and understand that God has a plan for their life.

1st Prayer for a new born baby

Lord Protect My Child

We understand from scripture that Moses’ mother and his sister played major roles in making sure that he survived the attempts on his life. This is the role that we are all called to play. We have to stand up for our children while they are still vulnerable.

Psalm 91
¹Whoever dwells in the shelter of the Most High
will rest in the shadow of the Almighty.^[a]
²I will say of the Lord, “He is my refuge and my fortress,
my God, in whom I trust.”

Dear God, while my child is yet to find his/her own voice. While he/she is yet to know you. I pray that she/he would dwell in the shelter of the most his. May my child rest in the shadow of the Almighty. On my child’s behalf, I call you his/her refuge and fortress. My child will trust in the Lord. In Jesus’ name. Amen

³Surely he will save you
    from the fowler’s snare
    and from the deadly pestilence.
⁴He will cover you with his feathers,
    and under his wings you will find refuge;
    his faithfulness will be your shield and rampart.

You Lord will save my child. He/she will not fall prey to the snare of the fowler. My child is covered in your feathers. My child is safe under your wings. Your faithfulness is my child’s shield. In Jesus’ name! Amen

⁵You will not fear the terror of night,
nor the arrow that flies by day,
⁶nor the pestilence that stalks in the darkness,
nor the plague that destroys at midday.

In the name of Jesus, fear will not be my child’s portion. My child’s progression and growth will never be halted by fear. No matter what comes after my child, fear will not stick. In the mighty name of Jesus!

⁷A thousand may fall at your side,
    ten thousand at your right hand,
    but it will not come near you.
⁸You will only observe with your eyes
    and see the punishment of the wicked.

Dear Lord, I cover my child. By your protection, I thank you that where others will fall, my child will excel. Where others will be trapped, my child will escape. Let my child’s eyes be opened to see the punishment of the wicked. In. Jesus’ name. Amen

⁹If you say, “The Lord is my refuge,”
    and you make the Most High your dwelling,
¹⁰no harm will overtake you,
    no disaster will come near your tent.
¹¹For he will command his angels concerning you
    to guard you in all your ways;

Lord, I pray that your name will never be far from my child’s lips. My child will know to call you at all times. In times of joy and in times of great trial. No harm will over him/her. No disaster will come near her/his dwelling place. Thank you, Lord, for commanding your angels concerning my child. Amen

¹²they will lift you up in their hands,
so that you will not strike your foot against a stone.
¹³You will tread on the lion and the cobra;
you will trample the great lion and the serpent.

Father, I pray that you would use my child to scale heights that I have failed to reach. What has been impossible for me will be attained by my child? What has hindered me will not stop my child. Pits that I have fallen into will not cause my child to fall. In the mighty name of Jesus! Amen.

¹⁴“Because he^[b] loves me,” says the Lord, “I will rescue him;
    I will protect him, for he acknowledges my name.
¹⁵He will call on me, and I will answer him;
    I will be with him in trouble,
    I will deliver him and honor him.
¹⁶With long life I will satisfy him
    and show him my salvation.”

Lord, I thank you for loving my child. I thank you for always coming to my child’s rescue. Thank you for consistently walking with my child. Lord, I pray that my child would always acknowledge you. Thank you for satisfying my child with a long and fruitful life. In the mighty name of Jesus! Amen.

Guard Your Heart

Proverbs 4:23 New International Version (NIV)
²³Above all else, guard your heart,
for everything you do flows from it.

Dear Heavenly Father. I pray that you would guard my child’s heart while he/she is still young. Protect him/her from things that I cannot protect him/her from. In Jesus’ name! Amen

Teach Me

Father, I pray that you would equip me as a parent/guardian. Teach me to be an able steward over this child. Show me the best ways to raise this child in your way. That my wisdom would not lead, but your divine wisdom would guide us. Open my eyes to the small things that matter. Equip me to equip this child, and to mentor them in the gifting. In Jesus’ name! Amen.

Hide Your Word in My Heart

Psalm 119:11 New International Version (NIV)
¹¹I have hidden your word in my heart
that I might not sin against you.

Lord, I pray that your word would be hidden in my child’s heart. May they not be consumed by sin, but continue to seek you all the days of their lives. In the mighty name of Jesus! Amen

I want to take this moment to thank you for taking the time to pray for your newborn baby. You are part of a select few who know to do this. May the Lord enable you to do even more.

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