Parenting is one of the greatest callings—and one of the hardest. Every day comes with opportunities to shape your child’s heart, point them to Jesus, and create a home where faith grows. One of the most powerful ways you can do this is through prayer.

This guide is designed to give you simple tools to pray with purpose over your child. It starts with five easy questions you can ask when reading the Bible together. These questions help spark meaningful conversations and connect God’s Word to daily life.

5 questions to ask your child when you read any passage of the Bible together. 

1. What was surprising to you in what we read today?
2. Is there anything new you learned?
3. Was there anything you didn’t understand?
4. Where did you see Jesus in this passage?
5. Does what we read teach you anything about you? What about our family?

21 Days of Scriptures and Prayers to Pray Over Your Child

Day 1

Lord, please give my child an overwhelming sense of security and the confidence to know who they are in Christ. Help them accept who they are and be who you created them to be. Help them to embrace their uniqueness and to be confident and authentic to who they are and who You made them to be – for your glory, as your child.

“For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother’s womb.

I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful,

I know that full well.” Psalm 139:13-14

Day 2 

God, I pray that above all else, my child will hunger and thirst after righteousness and that their relationship with you will be their own, authentic, real, and personal. 

“Blessed are those who hunger and thirst after righteousness.” Matthew 5:6

Day 3

God, please surround my child with a circle of good, godly friends who will be positive influences in their life. Help them to seek out friends who will be loyal, friends who will bring encouragement, and who will spur them on to excellence and godliness.

“Walk with the wise and become wise, for a companion of fools suffers harm.” 

Proverbs 13:20

Day 4 

God, protect my child from exposure to harmful things on the internet. Surround them with your protection mentally and spiritually, in the name of Jesus. 

“The Lord will keep you from all evil; he will keep your life. The Lord will keep your going out and your coming in from this time forth and forevermore.” Psalm 121:7-8

Day 5 

God, help my child to memorize the Word of God, to hide it in their hearts, to dwell on and ponder the things of God. Give them a love for and hunger for the Word of God, filling them with insight and revelation of your Word.

“I have hidden your word in my heart that I might not sin against you.” Psalm 119:19

Day 6 

Lord, give my child discipline above their years. Give them a desire to silence the noise, to have and develop a love for and the discipline of a time of daily quietness. Fill them with self-control and focus in the name of Jesus.

“He says, ‘Be still, and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth.’ ” Psalm 46:10

Day 7

God, give my child mental health and deliver them from all anxiety. Fill them with your peace to guard their heart and minds in Christ Jesus. Give him a spirit of power and of love and a sound mind. Remove all anxiety in the name of Jesus.  

“Cast all your anxiety on him because he cares for you.” 1 Peter 5:7

Day 8 

Father God, renew a respect for authority in my child’s heart – a respect for teachers, coaches, parents, and siblings. Give them a humble heart to receive teaching and wisdom, and with a respect for godly order and ultimately obedience to your word.

“Have confidence in your leaders and submit to their authority, because they keep watch over you as those who must give an account. Do this so that their work will be a joy, not a burden, for that would be of no benefit to you.” Hebrews 13:17 

(or Eph 6:1, Titus 3:1, Deuteronomy 5:16! 🙂

Day 9 

God, please give my child a desire to live a life of integrity. Keep their conscience clean before you and their lips from speaking lies. Give them an undivided heart to serve you and obey your word.

“The integrity of the upright guides them, but the unfaithful are destroyed by their duplicity.”  Proverbs 11:3 

Day 10 

God, create a clean heart in my child and fill them with your Holy Spirit. Keep them pure all the days of their lives. Protect them from the world and the attacks of the enemy. Guard their hearts in the name of Jesus.

“Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God.” Matthew 5:8

Day 11 

Father, help my kids to love you with all of their heart, body, mind, soul, and spirit. Anoint them with a revelation of who you are and the love that you have for them.

“And so we know and rely on the love God has for us. God is love. Whoever lives in love lives in God, and God in them.” 1 John 4:16 (Romans 5:8) (John 3:16) . . .

Day 12

Lord, please help _ name of child _ to manage time well and to be a good steward of all that You have given to us, including time. Grant them a divine revelation of this concept that will carry them all the days of their lives.

“So, then, be careful how you live. Do not be unwise but wise, making the best use of your time because the times are evil. Therefore, do not be foolish, but understand what the Lord’s will is.”  Ephesians 5:15-17 

Day 13

God, give my child wisdom – wisdom that comes from above. Give them the insight they need to make good decisions and fill them with a heart of discernment. 

“If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask God, who gives generously to all without reproach, and it will be given him.”  James 1:5

Day 14

God, please help my child come to know you and accept you as their personal Lord and Savior. Help them to grow in wisdom and stature, and in favor with God and man.

Guard their hearts and minds as they grow in their walk with you.

“Above all else, guard your heart, for everything you do flows from it.” Proverbs 4:23

Day 15

Lord, please help my children to be leaders and not followers. Help them to love others well while staying true to their own convictions and beliefs. Give them the strength and the courage they need daily to be a leader and to lead others to you ultimately.

“_ name of child   can do all things through You who strengthens them.” Philippians 4:13

Day 16

God, please help _name of child  to have favor with peers and friends, teachers, and leaders. Bring godly mentors into their lives. Help them to find favor with friends and not be a target of bullying, and not be an outcast or alone, but to fit in socially and be accepted for who they are.  We thank you for this in the name of Jesus.  

“And Jesus grew in wisdom and stature, and in favor with God and man.” Luke 2:52

Day 17

Lord, please help my child to put complete trust in you and not look to other people, resources, or media but to seek you first. Help them to submit to and trust you to lead, to guide, and to protect them. 

“Trust in the Lord with all your and lean not on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make your paths straight.” Proverbs 3:5-6

Day 18

God, help my child to be a peacemaker in the home, with siblings, and with peers. Help them to be gracious, not to be easily offended, and to forgive quickly, like you forgive us.

“Blessed are the peacemakers for they will be called children of God.” Matthew 5:9

Day 19 

Lord, show my child the gifts and talents that you have given them. Help them discover their purpose at an early age. Go before us and lead us so we can develop the gifts and talents for your glory.  

Day 20

God, remove all fear from my child. Give them courage and boldness. Replace fear and fear of man with the fear of the Lord. Give them peace and confidence knowing that you go before them and you are always with them. 

“Fear not, for I am with you; be not dismayed, for I am your God; I will strengthen you, I will help you, I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.” Isaiah 41:10

Day 21

God, I pray that you will give my child discernment to know the truth. Give them divine revelation and insights. Teach them your ways so that they will be able to defend their faith.

“Consider what I say, for the Lord will give you understanding in everything.” 

2 Timothy 2:7