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HOW TO PRAY FOR YOUR CHILD
Author Unknown
July 28, 2010

1. Pray NOTHING hinders your child from accepting Christ as his/her
personal Savior early in life. (Matthew 19:14)

2. Pray your child learns to know God and will have a deep desire to
do God's will for his/her life. (Psalms 119:27,30,34, 35).

3. Pray child hears stories from the Bible that will be a basis for
his/her decisions throughout life. (Ecclesiastes 12:1, Psalms 71:17).

4. Pray child will-develop a keen sense of right and wrong and that he/
she will truly abhor evil and cling to that which is good. (Psalms
139:23-4).

5. Pray child will increase in wisdom (mentally) and in stature
(physically) and in favor with God (spiritually) and man (socially).
(Luke 2:52). This prayer covers his/her total development to his/her
full potential.

6. Pray that child will develop a thankful heart and a positive mental
attitude. (Psalm 126:2-3, Romans 8:31)

7. Pray that God protect child from Satan and his/her wiles in every
area of his/her life. (John 17:55, Psalm 121)

8. Pray that God would destroy the enemies in his/her life whether
they be weaknesses, lying, selfishness etc. (Psalms 120:2; 140).

9. Pray that God would make him/her successful in the work God has for
him/her to do. (Psalm 118:25, 139:9-10)

10. Pray he/she have a strong sense of belonging to a family that is
loving
and dwells together in unity (Psalms 133, Colossians 3:12-14).

11. Pray he/she will respect authority. (Romans 13:1, Ephesians
6:1-4).

12. Pray that his/her entire life will be a testimony of the greatness
and
love of Christ. (Phillippians 2:15-16 Thess 5:2-3)

If you pray one of these a month, you will have your child covered for
a
year!

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