Prayer For Teen
Holy Father, thank You that reverence of You is the beginning of true knowledge. Teach me wisdom and discipline in all aspects of my life. Make me successful in my studies, in my relationships with others, and in my future. Help me to do what is just, right and fair. Give me insight and discernment. Help me to listen and to learn from the correction and instruction of my parents, my spiritual leaders, and my teachers. Amen.
Father, in the name of Jesus, I affirm Your Word over my son/daughter. I commit __________ to you and delight myself also in You. I thank You that You deliver __________ out of rebellion into right relationship with us, his/her parents.
Father, the first commandment with a promise is to the child who obeys his/her parents in the Lord. You said that all will be well with him/her and he/she will live long on the earth. I affirm this promise on behalf
of my child, asking You to give __________ an obedient spirit that he/she may honor (esteem and value as precious) his/her father and mother.
Father, forgive me for mistakes made out of my own unresolved hurts or selfishness, which may have caused __________ hurt. I release the anointing that is upon Jesus to bind up and heal our (parents' and child's) broken hearts. Give us the ability to understand and forgive one another as God for Christ's sake has forgiven us. Thank You for the Holy Spirit Who leads us into all truth and corrects erroneous perceptions about past or present situations.
Thank You for teaching us to listen to each other and giving __________ an ear that hears admonition, for then he/she will be called wise. I affirm that I will speak excellent and princely things and the opening of my lips shall be for right things. Father, I commit to train and teach __________ in the way that he/she is to go, and when __________ is old he/she will not depart from sound doctrine and teaching, but will follow it all the days of his/her life. In the name of Jesus, I command rebellion to be far from the heart of my child and confess that he/she is willing and obedient, free to enjoy the reward of Your promises. __________ shall be peaceful bringing peace to others.
Father, according to Your Word we have been given the ministry of reconciliation, and I release this ministry and the word of reconciliation into this family situation. I refuse to provoke or irritate or fret my child; I will not be hard on him/her lest he/she becomes discouraged, feeling inferior and frustrated. I will not break his/her spirit, in the name of Jesus and by the power of the Holy Spirit. Father, I forgive my child for the wrongs he/she has done and stand in the gap until he/she comes to his/her senses and escapes out of the snare of the enemy (rebellion). Thank You for watching over Your Word to perform it, turning and reconciling the heart of the rebellious child to the parents and the hearts of the parents to the child. Thank You for bringing my child back into a healthy relationship with You and with me that our lives might glorify You! Amen.
Dear Lord, I am glad that I can come and talk to You any time. Lord, at times so much seems to be happening in my life I hardly know what to do. Lord, I get so frustrated with people who keep trying to tell me what to do. I know that it is only because they want the best for me and yet I get so irritated with them. Please help me to act wisely and not react as I am prone to do.
Lord, I do thank You for my parents, I know that they mean well, but they always seem to want to run my life for me. Help me not to lose my cool and to be able to respond appropriately to them. Lord, I often know in my heart that what they say is right but it somehow makes me angry. Please help me. Life at times seems so confusing, so many hurting people and so many that seem to want to hurt others. Lord, I don't want to get like that. I really want to do what is right in Your sight. Help me I pray, in Jesus' name,
Amen.
Loving Lord and Heavenly Father, what a joy it has been to see this dear son of mine growing from childhood into his teenage years. Lord, how time seems to have flown-by and I thank You for the love and comfort he has brought me over the years, as well as the many pains and problems that we have also had to face, with Your help as well. Lord, I pray that as he grows and develops in his teenage years that You would give me the grace and ability to guide him wisely in the choices that he will have to make. Help me to be willing and able to encourage as well as warn, to support as well as to correct.
Guard and protect him from the lure of world lusts and the fleshly desires and Lord, and as the enticements of the world become ever more enticing I pray that he would be led and guided by Your Spirit to make the right decisions and to resist temptation.
Father, I have sought to bring my son up in the fear and nurture of the Lord and I pray that he would continue into manhood in right relationship with You and with those with whom he comes in contact. May he grow in grace and in the knowledge of Jesus Christ and I pray that he may become a mighty man of God, to Your praise and glory. In Jesus' name I pray,
Amen.
Lord, I believe that children are a precious gift from You and I want to simply thank You for my beautiful daughter who is now in her teenage years. Father, it seems no time at all since she was a little child and now she is growing into a lovely young woman. Thank You for her life and for the joy that she has brought to us all.
Lord, I pray that You would give me wisdom and understanding now that she is growing into womanhood. Help me to be sensitive to her needs and irritations, her dreams and frustrations. I pray that with the passing years we may grow closer to each other and to You. But also Lord, I pray that I would be willing and able to let her go' and not to stifle her development in any way, so that she may become the person You would have her be, and Lord, I ask that in Your grace You would bring into her life good, Christian friends.
Father, I thank You that my daughter knows You as her personal Saviour and I pray that as the years pass that she will grow in grace and in a knowledge of the Lord Jesus Christ. I pray that she would mature in the faith so that she may be equipped to stand fast in this evil world. Keep her from temptation I pray, and deliver her from all the perils and dangers that surround us on every side. Guard and guide her Lord, in all her decisions and choices she will be faced with as she grows into adulthood. Thank You, Father, for this precious gift of a daughter. In Jesus' name I pray,
Amen.
Heavenly Father, I come to You to offer my prayers and supplications for my teenager, knowing that in so many ways they have chosen to rebel against You and turn their back on all that they have been taught in their childhood years. Father, I ask that You would give me wisdom to know how to deal with this great sadness in my life which gives me such a pain in my heart.
Lord, I feel so helpless and realise that the one and only course for me is to cast all my pain on You and to lay all my burdens down at your feet and ask Lord, that You would help me to know what to say and when to say it, and prompt me when to remain silent.
Lord, keep me from actions that would antagonise the situation more and more but also I pray that You would enable me to say and do those things that will speak truth into this sad situation. Lord, I pray that whatever it takes, that You would minister Your healing touch into each of our lives and I pray that You would help to restore my own precious prodigal.
At the moment Lord, it seems an impossible prayer, but I know that nothing is impossible with You, and so I ask Lord to bring my teenage child back into a right relationship with Yourself and with the rest of the family. Thank You Lord for hearing my prayer and I pray that the answer will come speedily, but Lord, give me the patience and wisdom to wait Your time, and may the sorrow that this has brought be turned into joy, to Your praise and glory. In Jesus' name I pray,
Amen
Lord, we bring before you the teenagers of our nation and indeed the world, who are facing so many problems and difficulties in a world that has all but forsaken the living God and turned itself over to idols. The truth of scripture and accountability to our Creator and God has given way to teachings on relativity, and bitterness and hatred is the diet that is being promoted in every area of life.
Look down in pity on the teenagers of today who have so little light to guide them on the path of truth, so little biblical instruction and sound teaching, so few good role models to inspire them and so little hope in a world that is drowning in self-interest and sin.
I hardly know how to pray Lord, for there are so many that are being led down the path to destruction and an eternal separation from the One Who died on the cross to save them from sin and death and hell. Have mercy Lord, on this generation of teenagers. Have pity Lord, and send help to each one. In Jesus' name I pray,
Amen.
Lord, thank you for all the blessings you have bestowed on me. Most of all, thank you for this wonderful child that has taught me more about you than anything else you have done in my life. I have seen them grow in you since the day you blessed my life with them. I have seen you in their eyes, in their actions, and in the words that they say. I now understand better your love for each of us, that unconditional love that leads you to great joy when we honor you and great heartbreak when we disappoint. I now get the true sacrifice of your Son dying on a cross for our sins.
So today, Lord, I lift us my own child to you for your blessings and guidance. You know that teenagers are not always easy. There are times when they are challenging me to be the adult they think they are, but I know it's not time yet. There are other times when I struggle to give them the freedom to live and grow and learn because all I remember is that it was just yesterday when I was putting band-aids on scrapes and a hug and kiss was enough to make the nightmares go away.
Lord, there are so many ways of the world that terrify me as they enter it more and more on their own. There are the obvious evils done by other people. The threat of physical harm by those we see on the news every night. I ask that you protect them from that, but I also ask that you protect them from the emotional harm that comes in these years of great emotions. I know that there are dating and friendship relationships that will come and go, and I ask that you guard their heart against things that will make them bitter. I ask that you help them make good decisions and that they remember the things I tried to teach them every day about how to honor you.
I also ask, Lord, that you guide their footsteps as they walk on their own. I ask that they have your strength as peers try to lead them down paths of destruction. I ask that they have your voice both in their heads and your voice as they speak so that they honor you in all that they do and say. I ask that they feel the strength of their faith as others try to tell them that you are not real or you are not worth following. Lord, please let them see you as the most important thing in their life, and that no matter the hardships, their faith will be solid.
And Lord, I ask for the patience to be a good example to my child during a time when they will test every part of me. Lord, help me not lose my temper, give me the strength to both stand firm when I need to and let go when the time is right. Guide my words and actions so that I am leading my child in your ways. Let me offer the right advice and set the right rules for my child to help them be the person of God you desire.
In your holy name, Amen.