I recently came across the following really helpful list of '31 Things to Pray for your Children'.
Why not print it out, stick it in your Bible, and use it to help you pray every day of the month for your children or grandchildren.
If you don't have children, why not pick a family you know and pray this for their children?
When we do Child Thanksgivings at church we always ask the congregation to stand up and commit to pray and support the family in question. What better way to do this than to pray for them in the ways suggested here?
Oh, and while you're at it... why not pray these things for yourself as well?
31 Things to Pray for Your Children
1. for their moral purity (Prov. 5;7-23; 1Thess. 4:3-8)
2. to obey and respect authority (Ex. 20:12)
3. God would draw them to Himself at an early age (John 3:3)
4. protected from the schemes of Satan (Eph 6:10-18)
5. know and love God’s Word (Ps. 119:9-11)
6. that they would glorify God in whatever health or life circumstances He gives them, rejoicing always (1Thess 5:18)
7. for them to be wise (wisdom of the Lord – Prov. 1:7)
8. have and be a special friend (David and Johnathan – 1 Samuel 20)
9. they would endure hardship in fellowship with Christ (Col. 1:24)
10. that their “yes” would be “yes” and their “no” would mean “no” (Matt. 5:37)
11. equally yoked to a godly spouse (2 Cor. 6:14)
12. humble, desiring for God to have the glory (2 Tim. 4:18)
13. that their life would be used to promote God’s kingdom (Matt. 28:18-20)
14. understand grace and so live out the law of Christ (Titus 2:11)
15. that my girl(s) would have a quiet and gentle spirit and my boy(s) would be the spiritual leader of his family
16. hunger and thirst for God’s righteousness (Matt. 5:6)
17. identify with femaleness/maleness
18. hate evil and avoid it and get caught when they disobey (Prov 4:14)
19. hard worker (Col 1:28-29)
20. think biblically (2 Cor. 10:5)
21. an encourager to others (Heb. 10:24)
22. love the Church (Eph. 4:14-16)
23. be salt and light (Matt. 5:13-16)
24. be secure in who God has made them to be (Eph. 1)
25. know they are deeply loved (Ps. 103)
26. live selflessly, not selfishly (2Tim. 4:5)
27. love the Lord their God with all their heart, mind, soul, and strength (Matt. 22:37-39)
28. love others (Matt. 22:37-39)
29. that they would have honesty with the Lord, themselves, and others (1 John 1:1-9)
30. be faithful stewards of all the treasures and talents God gives them (1 Tim 6:6-10)
31. live by an eternal perspective (Phil. 3:20)
