A Life of Faith: A Parents Prayer GuideSample

The world encourages us to look internally to find our identity and purpose in what makes us feel good. Individually, we often look externally to find our identity in what we do.

It’s good for our kids to take pride in their accomplishments and passions, and it’s good for them to work hard in what they do, but all of those things are temporary. Our kids’ identities as a member of one friend group, their spot on a team, their place on the honor roll, or their intended career path are all important in the life of a kid, but they will not last. Friendships shift, teams change, injuries happen, and one bad grade can drop you off the list.

There is one thing that is permanent in this world–that is our identity as a child of God.

The world will tell our kids many things about who they are, and some of those things will be true and encouraging. Other messages from the world will be lies, and difficult to hear. No matter who is mean to our kids, what school they go to, or what position they play on the field, our kids belong to God. Your child is God’s child, holy and dearly loved. He or she is called upon, adopted, redeemed, and sanctified. Your child was created with intention for a purpose and God calls them precious.

So let’s pray that our kids will always stand firm in their identity in Christ so that their confidence will not shake when the world feels unsteady. Let’s ask God to help them base their identity and security in him alone.

Prayer

Father God, thank you for calling __________ your child. Help them to remember that you love them and call them by name, that you have adopted them into your family, and lavish your love upon them. May they know deep in their hearts that their identity does not rest in what the world says about them, but in what you say. You say they are yours! Amen.