My prayer for my son

by Sandy (Florida)

Pray for my youngest son that he may have the wisdom and strength to face the difficulties in his life and for him to be financially sound. Pray that he can keep his home and that his life will get better.

Pray that he will be lifted from the depths of despair and find the beauty in life again. Pray for him to have direction in his life and to be the best Christian that he can be and to set forth a good example for his children, that they will admire and respect him in the coming days.Pray that his business will be successful and that he glorify God in all of his actions and thoughts. Pray for his broken heart to mend and for him to have the courage to go on.

Pray that he does not give up and that he will become strong in the name of Jesus. Pray that he gets back on his feet and feels good about life again.

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This is one of my favorite things ever written. Gen. Douglas MacArthur wrote this prayer for his son.

A Prayer For My Son

Build me a son, O Lord, who will be strong enough to know when he is weak, and brave enough to face himself when he is afraid; one who will be proud and unbending in honest defeat, and humble and gentle in victory.

Build me a son whose wishes will not take the place of deeds; a son who will know Thee — and that to know himself is the foundation stone of knowledge.

Lead him, I pray, not in the path of ease and comfort, but under the stress and spur of difficulties and challenge. Here let him learn to stand up in the storm; here let him learn compassion for those who fail.

Build me a son whose heart will be clear, whose goals will be high; a son who will master himself before he seeks to master other men; one who will reach into the future, yet never forget the past.

And after all these things are his, give him, I pray, enough of a sense of humor, so that he may always be serious, yet never take himself too seriously. Give him humility, so that he may always remember the simplicity of true greatness, the open mind of true wisdom, and the meekness of true strength.

Then I, his father, will dare to whisper, “I have not lived in vain.”

An absolute classic. I get a lot of comments on this, and if you enjoy it, then chances are good you’ll also appreciate this piece, called “Prayer of an Unknown Confederate Soldier.”

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We love our sons so much and desire God’s greatest blessings and guidance on their lives. We spend endless hours caring for, teaching, helping, training, protecting and encouraging that we often miss out on one of the greatest resources God has given us to lead them – prayer. The below prayers for your son cover many topics such as self worth, protection, purity and wisdom. These will equip you for the battle against Satan’s attacks and give you discernment for handling situations that arise. You can cast your cares on Jesus and find peace in God’s favor and love for your son as you speak these prayers!

1. A prayer for your sons discernment

Lord, I pray that my son will develop an eternal perspective and purpose, not an earthly one.  Help him to see life–and every challenge–through Your eyes, eager and unafraid to share with others the good news of Jesus wherever he goes. I pray that they will set his minds on things above, not just what’s going on here, and that he will be rooted and grounded in Your love. I pray that he will come to understand the extent of Your own love for him–that it surpasses all the head knowledge they will acquire in school. I pray he will be filled up with You from morning ’til night.
~ Rebecca Barlow Jordan

2. A prayer for your own wisdom

Lord, Your Word says “If any of you lacks wisdom, he should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to him” (James 1:5). Lord, I need that kind of wisdom to know when to speak to my son and when to be silent. “Do not let any unwholesome talk, lecturing, judging, or accusing come of my mouth, but only what is helpful for building my son up according to their needs, that it may benefit those who listen” (Eph. 4:29). Let me also be “quick to listen, slow to speak and slow to become angry, for my anger doesn’t bring about the righteous life that God desires” (James 1:19).
~ Cindi McMenamin

3. A prayer for a son who has turned from God

Dear God,You know our hearts, you hear our prayers, and care about all that concerns us.  You understand the burden we carry and how we want, more than anything, to see our loved ones come to you.  Help us to remember that you love them more than we ever could.  And you desire to extend your great love and forgiveness, your mercy and hope. Thank you that nothing is too difficult for you.  Thank you that your power is unlimited and you came to set the captives free.  Thank you that you wait, arms open, for the prodigal to return, that you look for his arrival to lavishly celebrate that he’s come home. We praise you for you are Redeemer and Rescuer, Savior and Lord.  We know and believe that there’s no pit so deep that your love can’t reach us still.  We understand that your mercies are new every morning, and your faithfulness is great. 

Lord, we ask that you would halt the plans of the enemy over these we love as we bring them before you right now.  We pray that his schemes be demolished and that your plans for good, for a future and hope, would prevail. Would you open blind eyes that they might see your Truth. Would you rescue those walking in darkness and heal the deep wounds of those who’ve been hurt.

We pray for the miraculous intervention of your Spirit to draw them to yourself, to work strong on behalf of our loved ones who are lost and wandering. For you came with good news, to heal the brokenhearted, to proclaim freedom for captives and release for the prisoners. Though we deserved penalty for our wrong, you stood in our place and took the blows on our behalf.  You choose to die, so that we can live. Forever and free.

Lord, forgive our unbelief.  Forgive the times we’ve doubted that you could ever change a distant heart.  Forgive our hard-heartedness, our weariness, or forgetfulness to “pray continually.” Thank you that you never give up on us. Remind us of how you’ve changed our own hearts. How your miracle of life and hope has sprung up deep within our souls. We love you Lord, we need you, and we thank you that you hear our prayers and are at work even now. Powerfully. Faithfully. Miraculously. Thank you for the gift of our Savior, God with us. Thank you for your goodness and love. In Jesus’ Name, Amen.
~ Debbie McDaniel 

4. Scriptural prayers for your son

1. Create in my son a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within him (Psalm 51:10).
2. May my son walk after You, God, and fear You and keep Your commandments and obey Your voice. May he serve You and hold fast to You (Deuteronomy 13:4).
3. May my son be strong and courageous and not fear or be in dread, for it is You, Lord, our God, who goes with him. You will never leave him or forsake him (Deuteronomy 31:6).
4. May my son walk before You, God, as King David walked, with integrity of heart and uprightness, doing according to all that You have commanded him, and keeping Your statutes and rules (1 Kings 9:4).
5. Like Timothy, may my son be an example to believers in speech, in conduct, in love, in faith, and in purity (1 Timothy 4:12).
~ Brooke McGlothlin, Proverbs 31 Ministries

5. A prayer for your sons relationships and influences

First, oh Lord, forgive us for the times when we have misplaced our priorities so that we haven’t been available to model a strong relationship with You in front of our kids. Help us to understand the power of our influence in our children’s lives and to reorder our schedule so that we can be available to both directly and indirectly offer the godly influence that our sons desperately need. 

Second, while we do pray that our sons would be protected from negative influences, we also pray that you would surround them with friendships and mentor-type relationships that portray what it means to have an authentic relationship with Christ. In turn, we pray that you would raise our sons up to be the influencers of the next generation. We pray that you would allow godliness and righteousness to dwell in their hearts so richly that these evidences of your truth spill out of them and to every person they encounter. 

Through it all, we pray that they would not be prone to laziness or complacency, but that they would believe that even a single candle burning in the dark makes a difference and would boldly stand up for truth, even when it’s unpopular.
~ Alicia Michelle

6. A birthday prayer for your son

Dear Lord, on this day that we celebrate ________’s birth, I pray for blessings and joy over ________. You knew everything about him before his birth and You have a plan of prosperity and hope for his life! Let him feel confident and ready for the year ahead knowing that You have an order to his steps and a purpose for his life. Help him to find joy in every circumstance in life, knowing that You work all things out for good. I thank You for ________, for loving him with unconditional love, and for the promises You have spoken over his life. In Jesus Name, Amen.

7. A prayer for your sons body image and purity

Dear Jesus, we weep with you over the number of our kids who are buying into the lie that sexual pleasure is something to experiment with. We pray that our sons would treasure their sexuality as a true gift from You, and that they would honor that gift by saving it as a precious treasure to give their future spouse. We ask that you would help them to be strong in the face of their own desires and that they would choose purity in the face of temptation. 

Lord we also ask that you’d protect our sons from the idea that they must do anything and everything (including abusing their bodies through eating disorders, drug abuse, or other harmful behaviors) in order to attaining a “preferred” shape or figure. We pray you’d protect our sons from that kind of destructive thinking, and that if they’re tempted to take these kind of drastic measures, that you’d send someone in their lives to stop them. Help them to remember over and over that their identity is not in how they look on the outside but what you see as their potential and worth on the inside.

We pray that our children would treasure their health as a gift from God and that they would have a passion to eat nutritious food and to stay active in order to do their part to take care of this treasure.
~ Alicia Michelle

8. A prayer for your sons self worth

Dear Jesus, help my son know that we are all born as sinners and separated from God because of our wicked hearts. However, at an early age, him grasp the life-transforming concept that he does not have to live as a sinner under that condemnation. 

Teach my son that he has the opportunity to accept a new, beautiful identity that is called “good,” not because of what he has done or what he looks like, but because he is secure in who YOU say they are: treasured, delightful, known and protected. Let him not place their self-worth in accomplishments he may or may not achieve, but let him discover these deeper truths about who You believe he is and build every decision he makes on that sure foundation. 
~ Alicia Michelle

9. Prayer for your sons purity

Lord, I pray that You will create in my son a clean heart and that You would constantly renew a right spirit within him, keeping his thoughts and actions pure and motivated by love. Guard him from temptation, and let him know You are always faithful to give him a way out and help to endure. May the words of his mouth and the meditations of his heart always please you and edify others.
~ Rebecca Barlow Jordan

10. A prayer for protection over your son

Lord, I pray Your emotional, physical, and spiritual protection over my son. Keep evil far from him, and help him to trust You as his refuge and strength. I pray You will guard his mind from harmful instruction, and grant him discernment to recognize truth. I pray You will make him strong and courageous in the presence of danger, recognizing that You have overcome and will set right all injustice and wrong one day. Help him to find rest in Your shadow, as he lives in the spiritual shelter You provide for him. Let him know that the only safe place is in Jesus,and that his home on earth is only temporary.
~ Rebecca Barlow Jordan

11. A prayer for your sons view of money and possessions

Heavenly Father, help us to model a healthy example of how to handle possessions and money. Help us to work hard, but to not wear ourselves out in order to get rich so that our children can witness a positive, godly view of hard work and the pursuit of success. 

We pray that our sons would persevere in whatever vocation you give them and that they would work with cheerful hearts as if they were serving you directly. 

We pray that our sons would see at an early age that money and possessions are a gift from You and thus must be always held with an open hand so that You can use those gifts to bless others. 

We ask that our sons would find their value in their true identity as a child of You, not in the possessions they do or do not have. We pray for contentment and gratefulness in whatever situation they’re given—rich or poor. We pray they would have a steadfast commitment to work hard with the talents you’ve given them so that they could support themselves, their families and use their money as a way to bless others in need. 

Ultimately, we pray that they would discover that the greatest “wealth” they could possess would be in relationships, especially in a relationship with You. In Jesus’ name, Amen.

~ Alicia Michelle

We hope these prayers have been able to guide your thoughts and calm your soul as you seek God’s will for your son. Join other moms who are praying for their sons in the comments below and experience the power of a praying community. Gain support and encouragement for the work that God has called you to!

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Before my first child was ever born, I began praying for him. At first, I prayed mostly for his health and well being. As time went by, I began forming hopes and dreams for his life, and my prayers really expanded. I would pray for his heart, for his relationship with God, for wisdom to guide him, and for his future. So many new things would come to mind as I prayed, so I started jotting down the most important ones. After a while, I put my prayer notes together and wrote out a prayer for my son.

Prayer is Crucial in Parenting

Why should we pray specific prayers for our children? For me, it was simple: I can’t do this alone! There are going to be so many things in our children’s lives that we cannot control. A few good examples are their health, their heart, and their choices. It’s our job to teach them the right things to do, to show them how to love the Lord, and to do our best to keep them safe and healthy. But the rest is in God’s hands…so we need to make a habit of praying for them. We also need to pray for the wisdom and patience that being a mom requires. If we try to do this parenting thing on our own, we will fail. But with the Lord’s help, we can raise up mighty young men of God!

Praying for Our Boys to Become Real Men

In today’s society, men are made to be a laughing stock. We see tons of popular television shows portraying weak, immoral, and feminine men. Where did the days of Little House on the Prairie and The Waltons go?! Men aren’t perceived as being those hard working and moralistic figures any more. There is no chivalry, no character, no responsibility. Nowadays, our society views men as being overgrown boys: lazy, irresponsible, and dependent. Do we want our boys growing up with that perception? I think not! Besides surrounding our sons with positive male influences, the only other thing we can do is to cover them in prayer. We need to pray for every aspect of their lives, as we strive to teach them the ways of the Lord, and trust in Him to mold them into real men.

I am going to share with you a very personal prayer that I wrote for my sons. Hopefully it will encourage you to cover your boys in prayer, and highlight some areas that you may not have thought of yet. Let’s fight for our sons together, and strive to raise up a new generation of godly men!

A Prayer for My Son

Dear Heavenly Father,

Thank You for my precious little boy. Please bless this sweet child of mine and keep him close to your heart. Cover him with Your love and fill his life with Your presence. Draw his heart to You at a very young age, and help him to follow after You with all his heart, for all the days of his life.

May he fall deeply in love with You and be a mighty warrior for Your Kingdom; a man after Your own heart. Teach him Your ways and give him a passion for Your Word.

Equip me to raise him in accordance with You Word, that he may be a man of honor, integrity, strength, wisdom and grace. Show me how to help mold him into a hard worker, a respecter of women, and a lover of God his Savior.

Fill him with Your love and with compassion for others, so he always protects the least of these. Help him to find his identity in You and never feel insecure under the pressures of this world. Surround him with peers and role models who will strengthen his walk with You.

Set him free from every generational curse in his family and let him never be bound by those chains, since he has been bought with the precious blood of Jesus Christ. Keep him pure and undefiled for the wife that You have already chosen for him, so he and his future children will be spared the heartache that comes from living outside Your will.

Give him wisdom and discernment, and the strength to fight for what is right. Bless him with health and length of days, and teach him to care for his body as a living temple of the Holy Spirit.

When he is afraid, help him to put his trust in You. When he is unsure of which path to take, let Your Word be the lamp that sheds light to guide him. When he is lonely or faces heartache, let him feel You near and remember that You are with him through it all. When trials come, may he cling to You, his Rock.

No matter what, may he worship You in spirit and in truth. Let him truly experience the awesome glory of Your holy presence when he is young, so that he continuously thirsts for more of You. May he be filled with Your joy and bring You glory, living out the calling that You placed on his life before he was ever born.

May he never doubt your love for him, and may he rejoice in the heavenly banquet when his time on earth is through. May he hear You say to him, “Well done,” for he will have fought the good fight and finished the race. Lord, I place my son in Your hands. Fill him with Your Holy Spirit and use him for Your glory, in the mighty name of Jesus.

Amen

Pray for Your Sons!

Okay ladies, if you haven’t begun a normal prayer routine for your children, don’t dwell on that…just begin today. The greatest thing we can do for our children is to pray for them. Let’s lift up our sons and pray for every aspect of their lives, as we strive to be the best moms that we can be!

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