5 Honest Prayers for Overwhelmed ParentsSample

Why do we pray?

Our lives are full. It sounds awful to ask aloud, but . . . is prayer really worth it? I think so.

Here’s why: We pray because we were created with a sense of awe and wonder, and we need a worthy outlet for those feelings. We pray because as children talk to their parents, so we talk with God. We pray because we ache to raise a generation that refuses to accept the world as it is but believes in a brighter reality rooted in peace and truth.

We pray because we’re aware of our shortcomings and believe in a healing God who beckons us with open arms, no matter how far we’ve strayed. We pray for the inner child in our souls, the one who aches to return home.

We pray because we were made to. We pray because we love our children, and we believe they were knit together by a loving God who lavishes love upon generation after generation, who loves our children even more than we do and knows them better than we could even fathom.

We pray for our children, and in doing so, we know that we, too, will be transformed.

Keep Going

Feel your heartbeat. Remember God is near. Rest in the truth that you—and your kids—are known and held in the chaos.

Breath Prayer

INHALE: My heart seeks You.


EXHALE: Don’t let me stray.