Parents' Prayers For December

December 5  Add godliness to perseverance

For this very reason, make every effort to add to your faith goodness; and to goodness, knowledge; and to knowledge, self-control; and to self-control, perseverance; and to perseverance, godliness; and to godliness, brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness, love. (2 Peter 1:5-7)

Lord, you are the source of all joy. Thank you for giving us today. Thank you for granting our children faith and godliness. Thank you also for granting them, goodness, knowledge, self-control, and perseverance.

Guide our children to reflect your image as they grow to love you. Help them to be more like Jesus as they grow in godliness. Lord, the world is full of people who are carnal, worldly, and offensive. Protect our children from learning from these people. Instead may they see the godliness in our children and, through them, change their lives. Lord, although it is important for our children to do well in school, our first priority is for them to learn godliness. Bless them that they may live godly lives through studying your word and through discipline. We pray in Jesus' name, Amen.

December 6  Add brotherly kindness to godliness

For this very reason, make every effort to add to your faith goodness; and to goodness, knowledge; and to knowledge, self-control; and to self-control, perseverance; and to perseverance, godliness; and to godliness, brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness, love. (2 Peter 1:5-7)

Lord, thank you for giving us brothers and sisters. Help us to love and help each other, and to be concerned for one another. Help our children to live in love and peace with their brothers and sisters.

Lord, you teach us in the Bible that your brothers and sisters are those who do the will of God. Although we have biological siblings, we also have brothers and sisters in the church, the body of Christ. Please help our children to love their brothers and sisters in Christ. Help them to add to their godliness, brotherly kindness. Lord, guard our children from being kind only in their words and not in their actions. Grant them true brotherly kindness. Lord, help our children to experience the joy of brotherly love. We pray in Jesus' name, Amen.

December 7  Add love to brotherly kindness

For this very reason, make every effort to add to your faith goodness; and to goodness, knowledge; and to knowledge, self-control; and to self-control, perseverance; and to perseverance, godliness; and to godliness, brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness, love. (2 Peter 1:5-7)

Lord, thank you for leading us to live godly lives and teaching our children to love their neighbors and their brothers and sisters. Thank you for teaching them to cherish these relationships with love. Lord, how can we claim to love our neighbors if we don't even love our brothers and sisters? Lord, we know especially that we love God when we love our brothers and sisters.

Lord, we pray for our children to grow in godliness. We pray that they may share the love of God with their neighbors. Give them love to add to brotherly kindness. You teach us in the Bible that love is patient, so please bless them to show this patience. Lord, you teach us in the Bible that love is meek, so please bless them to have the meekness of Jesus when they love others. You also said that love is not rude, so please keep them from being rude to others. Lord, help them with all these things so they may truly possess godliness. Lord, grant them faith, goodness, knowledge, self-control, perseverance, brotherly kindness, and love so they may grow to be beautiful men and women who reflect the image of the living God.

We pray in Jesus' name, Amen.

December 8  Bearing the fruit of love

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law. (Galatians 5:22-23)

O God of love, thank you for the rest you will give us tonight as we have hope for tomorrow. Thank you that our children could spend today in your love and kindness. Thank you for helping them to experience your presence moment by moment.

Lord, you have called us to be godly. Our children want to bear the fruits of the Holy Spirit. They want to have the aroma of Christ so they may show the goodness of the Lord to others and be a blessing. Lord, please guide our children to be filled with the Holy Spirit and give them the desire to follow where it leads. We know that nothing is greater than the power of love. Our children desire to have the heart of God, through which they can love and be kind to others. May grant they bear the fruit of love abundantly by remaining on the vine.

We pray in Jesus' name, Amen.