Praying For Your Family: Leaving an Eternal Legacy

With the downward spiral of our world, it is more critical than ever to remain constant in covering our families with prayer. Whether you are sending your child to school or your spouse is leaving for work, here are several scriptures and directives that can help guide your prayer for your family. Prayer can strengthen, grow, and keep our families focused on the Kingdom of God. When we put on the whole armor of God, begin to pray the Word, and plead the blood of Jesus, the kingdom of God is acknowledged and allowed to operate with authority to provide and protect our families.
Joshua 24:15 says, “And if it seem evil unto you to serve the LORD, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD.”
The Word provides focus and sheds light on God’s divine will for our lives. Listed below are some scriptures you can pray over your family. Insert the names of your children or others you want to see become all that God wants them to be.

1 Peter 1:15 But as he which hath called _______ is holy, so  _______ be holy in all manner of conversations.

2 Timothy 1:7 For God hath not given _______ a spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.

Psalm 91:11 For he shall give his angels charge over _____, to keep _____ in all thy ways.

Psalm 4:8 I will both lay ____ down in peace, and sleep: for thou, LORD, only makest _____ dwell in safety.

Psalm 51:10 Create in ____ a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within ____.

Deuteronomy 6:5 And _____ shalt love the Lord thy God with all thine heart, and all thy soul, and with all thy might.

Matthew 6:33 But let _____ seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto _____.

2 Peter 3:18 But let _____ grow in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To him be the glory both now and forever.

2 Timothy 4:18 And the Lord shall deliver ____ from every evil work, and will preserve ____ unto his heavenly kingdom: to whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen.

3 John 1:11 ____, follow not that which is evil, but that which is good. He that doeth good is of God, but he that doeth evil hath not seen God.

Pray and claim these things for your family:

• A spirit of REVERENCE.
  Proverbs 9:10 says, “The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom, and the knowledge of the Holy One is understanding.” Declare respect of the Lord.

• A spirit of PURPOSE.
  Proverbs 4:25-27 says, “Let your eyes look directly ahead and let your gaze be fixed in front of you. Watch the path of your feet and all your ways will be established. Do not turn to the right or the left; turn your foot from evil.”  Declare a sense of direction.

• A spirit of DILIGENCE.
  2 Peter 1:5 says, “Now for this very reason also, applying all diligence, in your faith supply moral excellence, knowledge.” Declare a willingness to work.

• A spirit of SERVANTHOOD.
  Galatians 6:9-10 says, “Let us not lose heart in doing good, for in due time we shall reap if we do not grow weary. So then, while we have the opportunity, let us do good to all people, and especially to those who are the household of faith.” Declare a desire to help others.

• A spirit of CONSISTENCY.
  James 1:5-8 says, “If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him. But let him ask in faith, nothing wavering. For he that wavereth is like a wave of the sea driven with the wind and tossed. For let not that man think that he shall receive any thing of the Lord. A double minded man is unstable in all his ways.”  Declare a lifestyle of steadiness.

• A spirit of AVAILABILITY.
  Isaiah 6:8 says, “Then I heard the voice of the Lord, saying, ‘Whom shall I send, and who will go for Us?’ Then I said, ‘Here I am. Send me!’” Declare a readiness to obey.

• A spirit of HOLINESS.
  1 Peter 1:16 says, “Because it is written, ‘you shall be holy, for I am holy.’” Declare a Christlike lifestyle.

• A spirit of MATURITY.
  Hebrew 5:12-14 says, “For when for the time ye ought to be teachers, ye have need that one teach you again which be the first principles of the oracles of God; and are become such as have need of milk, and not of strong meat. For every one that useth milk is unskilful in the word of righteousness: for he is a babe. But strong meat belongeth to them that are of full age, even those who by reason of use have their senses exercised to discern both good and evil.” (Additional scripture to pray is James 1: 5-8.) Declare a capacity for growth.

• A spirit of SELF-DENIAL.
  Luke 9:23 says, “And he was saying to them all, if anyone wishes to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow me.”  Declare a sacrificial heart.

• A spirit of REPENTANCE.
  Luke 3:8 says, “Bring forth therefore fruits worthy of repentance, and begin not to say within yourselves, We have Abraham to our father: for I say unto you, That God is able of these stones to raise up children unto Abraham.” Declare a willingness to change.

• A spirit of UNITY.
  1 Corinthians 1:10 says, “I appeal to you, brothers and sisters, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that all of you agree with one another in what you say and that there be no divisions among you, but that you be perfectly united in mind and thought.” Declare unity in the Spirit.

• A spirit of TEACHABILITY.
  Titus 3:2 says, “To speak evil of no man, to be no brawlers, but gentle, shewing all meekness unto all men.”  Declare a hunger to learn.

• A spirit of PRAYER.
  Isaiah 40:31 says, “But they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.” Declare a desire to have a relationship with God.

• A spirit of SUBMISSION.
  Ephesians 5:21, “Submitting yourselves one to another in the fear of God.”  Declare a choosing to yield.

• A spirit of AUTHORITY.
  Matthew 16:19 says, “And I will give unto thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt bind on earth shall be bound in heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.” Declare a warrior’s anointing.