Help me to trust in Your sovereignty in every situation. Amen. Help me to allow every situation to make me better and not become bitter. We hurt each other and love each other, sometimes at the same time. ‘Honor your father and mother’ (this is the first commandment with a promise), ‘that it may go well with you and that you may live long in the land.” Prayer for Messy Families Talk about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up.”Įphesians 6:1-3: “Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. May the Lord show you his favor and give you his peace.”ĭeuteronomy 6:6-7: “These commandments that I give you today are to be upon your hearts. May the Lord smile on you and be gracious to you. Numbers 6:24-26: “ May the Lord bless you and protect you. Today, I choose to trust my family to God. Amen. I want my home to be a safe place filled with kindness and compassion, a place that illustrates Your presence and power. I will encourage my family members with my words, my prayers, my love and my time. I will be quick to forgive and slow to condemn. Today, I choose to see each family member through your eyes of love and mercy. Prayer for God’s Plan for Our Familyįather, I want to please You by the way I love my family. Help us to recall all the ways you have come through for us in the past. I ask that you give us your peace and comfort during this difficult season. I know this is often the catalyst that can tear us apart or bring us closer than ever before. Helper and Holy One, my family had fallen on hard times. Amen. – Cindy Bultema Prayer for My Family in Difficult Times Even when my eyes are blurred by tears, help me to clearly see You and Your lavish love for me. Prayer for Family Lossĭear God, thank You for Your great love for me every moment of my life, including in seasons of loss and confusion. Please remind my family of your truth and goodness and give us the strength to become stronger in our identities in Christ. I know we can fall short at times, and our weaknesses as a family can often cause divisions. Glorious Father, I want my family to be a family of strong believers who leads by example. In Jesus’ Name, Amen. – Wendy Pope Prayer for Family Strength I ask You for the courage to pursue peace we need and You desire. Reveal harbored feelings that have stolen our peace. Direct me in a way in which I can lead my family closer to you. I know that as a human I may stumble in my attempt to do so. My Dwelling Place, I want to guide my family down the path of righteousness. In Jesus’ Name, Amen. – Lynn Cowell Prayer for Family Guidance Open my eyes to see the one who also needs Your love this holiday season. God, thank You that You are a Father who is, and always will be, with me. Prayer for Family’s during the Holiday Season We know you are stronger than the enemy, God. Protect us from both enemies of flesh and blood as well as powers and principalities. Because you value families, he will do anything within his power to tear them apart. – Lauren Dungy Prayer for Family Protectionįather in Heaven, I ask that you protect my family from the snares of the devil. Thank You for showing Your unconditional love to us through adoption. Remind us that no matter what challenges we face, You are with us, encouraging, guiding, protecting and cheering us on. Heavenly Father, thank You for choosing us to be part of Your family. Please feel free to come up with some of your own, but these serve as an example for many situations in which you may find your family, or the family of a friend, and how to ask God to guide you through that circumstance. Whether we consider close friends to be family or a biological relative, we have a list of practical prayers for your family. Familial definitions have certainly changed over the last few centuries to the nuclear family that we once commonly knew in the twentieth century.
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