Prayers for Our Children     1)  SALVATION: Lord, let salvation spring up within my children, that they may obtain the salvation that is in Christ Jesus, with eternal  glory (Isaiah 45:8, 2 Timothy 2:10).   2)  GROWTH IN GRACE: I pray that my children may grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ (2 Peter 3:18).  3)  LOVE: Grant, Lord, that my children may learn to live a life of love, through the Spirit who dwells in them (Galations 5:25, Ephesians 5:2).   4)  HONESTY AND INTEGRITY: May integrity and honesty be their virtue and their protection (Psalm 25:21).   5)  SELF-CONTROL: Father, help my children not to be like many others around them, but let them be alert and self-controlled in all they do (1 Thessalonians 5:6).   6)  LOVE FOR GOD'S WORD: May my children grow to find Your Word more precious than much pure gold and sweeter than honey from the comb (Psalm 19:10).   7)  JUSTICE: God, help my children to love justice as You do and act justly in all they do (Psalm 11:7, Micah 6:8).   8)  MERCY: May my children always be merciful, just as their Father is merciful (Luke 6:36).   9)  RESPECT: (for self, others, authority). Father, grant that my children may show proper respect to everyone, as Your Word commands (1 Peter 2:17).   10) BIBLICAL SELF-ESTEEM: Help my children develop a strong self-esteem that is rooted in the realisation that they are God's workmanship, created in Christ Jesus (Ephesians 2:10).   11) FAITHFULNESS: Let love and faithfulness never leave my children, but bind these twin virtues around their necks and write them on the tablet of their hearts (Proverbs 3:3).   12) COURAGE: May my children always be strong and courageous in their character and actions (Deuteronomy 31:6).   13) PURITY: Create in them a a pure heart, O God, and let that purity of heart be shown in their actions (Psalm 51:10).   14) KINDNESS: Lord, may my children always try to be kind to each other and to everyone else (1 Thessalonians 5:15).   15) GENEROSITY: Grant that my children may be generous and willing to share, and so lay up treasure for themselves as a firm foundation for the coming age (1 Timothy 6:18-19).   16) PEACE-LOVING: Father, let my children make every effort to do what leads to peace (Romans 14:19).   17) JOY: May my children be filled with the joy given by the Holy Spirit (1 Thessalonians 1:6).   18) PERSEVERANCE: Lord, teach my children perseverance in all they do, and help them especially to run with perseverance the race marked out for them (Hebrews 12:1).   19) HUMILITY: God, please cultivate in my children the ability to show true humility toward all (Titus 3:2).   20) COMPASSION: Lord, please clothe my children with the virtue of compassion (Colossians 3:12).   21) RESPONSIBILITY: Grant that my children may learn responsibility, for each one should carry his own load (Galations 6:5).   22) CONTENTMENT: Father, teach my children the secret of being content in any and every situation, through Him who gives them strength (Philippians 4:12-13).   23) FAITH: I pray that faith will find root and grow in my children's hearts, that by faith they may gain what has been promised to them (Luke 17:5-6, Hebrews 11:1-40).   24) A SERVANT'S HEART: God, please help my children develop servants' hearts, that they may serve wholeheartedly, as if they were serving the Lord, not men (Ephesians 6:7).   25) HOPE: May the hope of God grant that my children may overflow   with hope and hopefulness by the power of the Holy Spirit (Romans 15:13).   26) WILLINGNESS AND ABILITY TO WORK: Teach my children, Lord, to value work and to work at it with all their heart, as working for the Lord, not men (Colossians 3:23).   27) PASSION FOR GOD: Lord, please instill in my children a soul that 'followeth hard after thee' (Psalm 63:8), one that clings passionately to You.       God Bless the children of our world!