God, please give my children complete understanding of what You want them to do in their lives, and I ask You to make them wise with spiritual wisdom.

Colossians 1:9

My children will be the salt of this earth, daily preserving the attribute of Christ within them so they may bring forth Your love to a hurting world.

Leviticus 2:13, Mark 9:50

Let the words of Christ, in all their richness, live in my children’s hearts and make them wise. They will use His words to teach and council each other and sing to God with thankful hearts.

Colossians 3:16

My children will acknowledge the personal corruptions present in their hearts and give those to You, but they will not use them as a crutch to justify their shortcomings. They will present their pure unblemished hearts before You by covering themselves with the blood of Jesus … and they will live free.

Leviticus 2:12

Show my children that the true church isn’t a building but Christ’s body. Help them see that they are a vital part of that body and lead them to take their place. Open their hearts to receive Christ so they may receive the benefits of His presence.

Ephesians 1:22-23

Keep my children close; don’t let them drift away from the assurance they received when they heard the Good News. Use me to teach them. When they experience the fruits of my love for Your people, let them crave opportunities to show their love and place people in their paths to receive it.

Colossians 1:23

Thank you for purchasing my children’s freedom with the life of Your own Son. You understand our pain because You have a ready faced our deepest fear and greatest loss- the loss of a child. Let us run to You for comfort when we feel overburdened by our pain.

Colossians 1:14

When my children feel trapped and alone along the path You set before them, tell them to fear not and stand firm, confident and undismayed. You promised to fight for them so they will not lose their peace as they rest in the comfort of Your embrace… like a small child in his father’s arms.

Exodus 14:13-14

Of course my children will sin, that is not the point. May they freely admit their sin so they will be forgiven and continuously cleansed from all unrighteousness.

1John 1:9

I trust Christ to save me. Use my life to teach my children that God’s way of making us right with Himself depends on faith, not their own goodness. Let them experience the mighty power that raised Christ from the dead.

Philippians 3:9-10