Praying For My Family

Father, Almighty and ever-loving, everlasting One, I pray a hedge of protection around my family and me. I know in doing so that You will set a wall of fire around us that no harm can penetrate. Thank You so much for setting Your angels around us. You are our fortress and our place of refuge. We will not be afraid of the terrors by night or any fiery dart satan can throw at us. Because You are our refuge, we know no evil shall befall us, no accident will overtake us, and no plague or calamity shall come near us that You have not given us strength to handle. You give Your angels charge over us to keep us in all Your ways. God Father, I trust You will deliver us from all evil, and be with us in times of trouble. I exalt You, my gracious Father, because You continue to show me and my family salvation every day! I will not look to the future with fear, but will concentrate on the present with faith in You. I love You, O Lord my Strength.

I pray every member of my family will be saved and be invited to Your table. For You want everyone to be saved and to understand truth (1 Timothy 2:4). For Jesus said, “Humanly speaking, it is impossible. But with God everything is possible” (Matthew 19:26).

I pray that our love for each other will overflow more and more, and that we keep growing in our knowledge and understanding of Your will; for I want to understand what really matters to You, so I may live pure and blameless until Christ Jesus returns. O please grant we be filled with the fruit of salvation — for this will bring much glory and praise to You, my God and King (Philippians 1:9-11).

You, O Lord, have called us to demonstrate Your righteousness. You will guard and support us, for You have given us to Your people as confirmation of Your covenant with them. You will make us a light to guide all nations to You. We through You will open the eyes of the blind and free captives from their prisons, and release those who sit captive in darkness (Isaiah 42:6-7).

I will teach the new disciples to obey all the commands Jesus has given us; and I will be sure that He is with me even to the end of the age (Matthew 28:20).

Listen! Hear the voice shouting make a highway for the Lord through the wilderness, make straight, smooth roads through the desert for our God. Fill the valley and level the hills, straighten out the curves and smooth off the rough spots. Then the Glory of the Lord will be revealed and all peoples will see it together (Isaiah 40:3-5).

Jesus, my Lord, my Teacher, You reach into our lives not through instruction but through story. Open our hearts to be attentive; that seeing, we may perceive; and hearing, we may understand; and understanding, we may act upon Your Word. In Your name I stand before You and pray. Amen.