None of us can chose the families we were born into. God in His supreme and divine will made that choice impossible. Praying for onesโ parent and family members is a great sign of maturity and selflessness.
We must get to points in life when we should just stop complaining about the incompetence or inadequacy of our parent or family member and man-up to the responsibility of saying prayers for parents and family members. Most times, God never looks away from such gestures.
Our parents at other times need us to stand in the gap for them and lift them up in prayers for different reasons that are beyond financial provision for simply our own benefit. when we feel our parents needs more light and sense of judgment to make the right choice in difficult situations, instead of waiting for them to make the wrong choice, we should do good to pray for them.
Praying for our family members especially your parents, puts the enemy at bay and gives God the right of way to work in miraculous ways that are beyond our imaginations. Below, you are going to find prayers for my parents and family members concerning diverse issues of life. Do well to go through them with faith in your heart in the name of Jesus.
Most Effective Prayers for Parents and Family
Father in Heaven I lift your name high above all. I commit my parents and family members to your able hands in availing prayers today, send your mercy, grace and love upon us all in the name of Jesus.
Thanksgiving Prayers for My Family
Lord, thank you for putting me in a family here on earth. I didnโt grow up amongst trees and animals; I grew up with people who see me as part of their lives. Even, if they are not the perfect family I would have wanted, I am still grateful for every member of this family.
I thank you for my dad, my mum and siblings. Thank you, Lord for uncles and aunties that stick with us. I am grateful for my grandparents too. I thank you Lord because everything that do not seem okay now will still be better. Thank you, Lord because in your mercy you will redeem my parents and family members in the name of Jesus.
Thank you for every victory you will bring our way through this new year in the name of Jesus. Thank you, Lord, because, none of my family members will give in to the pressures of sin in the name of Jesus.
Prayer for the Leadership of My Family
Dear Lord, I thank you from my heart for my family, most especially my parents, I thank you for my father whom you have set to oversee the affair of my family under you. You have graced him with stellar knowledge to paddle the general affairs of the family at large, in these, my heart leap for joy in appreciation to you O Lord. My Lord, I pray that you will make my father, fulfill all the requirements of being a father in your sight; you will deck him with wisdom, knowledge and understanding. It takes wisdom to raise a child unto God, therefore, Lord, you will grant him wisdom to raise us as heritage to you O God.
My Father, you will cause his eyes to see far, he will not be myopic in thought, reason and actions. You will cause him to dwell under your secret place and under your shadow will he always find his abode. My momโs life is safe under him in God in the name of Jesus. He will not lose us into the crafty wisdom of the Satan, neither will he lose us under claws of evil in this world in the name of Jesus. You will strengthen his horn against the ravaging horns of the evil one. Thank you, Lord for these and many more you will do in Jesus name. Amen.
I pray for my mother too, that you will bless her with the grace to follow my dadโs leading in the name of Jesus. Let her example of followership be of great influence to we the children in the name of Jesus. Help her to also lead well in my dadโs absence in the name of Jesus.
Prayer of Love for My Family
The pillar of family that God can smile on and find his residence in is the family that spend the currency of LOVE as a means of transaction, because God is Love. Dear Lord, I thank you for my family and how you are teaching us ways and manner of love. May your name be praised. O Lord according to your word in the book of Proverbs 7:18, Lord you will help my family to take the fill of love till morning and help us to solace ourselves with love.
Lord, I trust you that the tree of love you have planted in my family will grow and produce delectable fruits that men will see and aspire to live. Lord the enemy will not quench the fire of love in my family, and the hunger and thirst for love will not be satisfied with hatred. You will ground and root us in love. We will not have reason to welcome hatred, bitterness and anger in the stead of love in my family. We will love one another by knowledge not by feelings. Amen.
I also pray for my dear parents, increase the love that is between them. Let their love be stronger the death in the name of Jesus that nothing on earth, underneath the earth, in heaven or hell separate them in the name of Jesus. Lord divorce is so prevalent in the world today, I pray that my parents will never see that as an option for peace. Help them to love each other selflessly; let them desire and work for the joy of the other in the name of Jesus. I curse every seed of discord, quarrel and misunderstanding between the two of them in the name of Jesus.
Help my dad to love my mommy with the whole of his heart and help my mum to submit totally to my dadโs love in the name of Jesus. Separate them from any friend or colleague that the devil intends to use to cause discord between my parents in the name of Jesus.
Help us the children to learn from their love and selflessness in the name of Jesus. Let our love be without dissimulation and guile in the name of Jesus.
Prayer of Health for My Family
Dear Lord, I thank you for you have blessed my family with sound health over the years, I vehemently appreciate you Lord. Lord according to you that says then shall thy light break forth as the morning, and thine health shall spring forth speedilyโฆ Lord, I stand on this covenant for my family because your words are Yea and Amen.
My Father, I pray against every sickness, diseases and viruses in my family, they will not know the way into my family. Our camp is sickness, disease and virus free.ย Lord, you will teach us how to take care of our bodies. Lord,ย you will mark my family against sickness, disease and death. You will help us not to abuse our body.
We will statutorily keep the manner of soundness of health. Lord everything, we take in will work for the good of our body systems. We will not eat poison in form of food, you will grant us self-discipline to take care of our body. We will know what and when to eat and when not to. Thank you, Lord, for you always hear me. Amen.
Prayer of Peace and Unity for My Family
Dear Lord, I appreciate you for peace that you have given to my family to foster unity in my family. Lord I pray according to your word in the book of Psalms 122:7 that says peace be within thy walls, and prosperity within thy palaces, Lord I pray this your promise into my family. O God, you will teach us the way of peace, we will not be ignorant of the way of peace. Lord I desire the peace that you give, not the one that the world gives.
Lord, we use your vehicle of peace to journey into unity. We will not be divided; we will dwell together in unity. God we will keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace. The enemy will not divide us in our thoughts, we will be one. The knowledge of God will inform how we think and live together.
Our thoughts will not be too far from one another, bitterness, hatred and envy are the weapons of the enemy to crack down the walls of peace in a family, I pray against such spirit. My family will be the delight of God as we live together in peace and unity. Amen.
Prayer of Protection for My Family
Dear Lord, I thank you for your protection over my family, may your name be exalted forever. Amen. Lord, I pray that my family is kept under you, you will help us to dwell in your secret place and abide under your shadow O Lord. He that keeps Israel shall never sleep nor slumber, Lord, we are the Israelites in the spirit, you keep us day and night.
You will grant us faith against the terror that ravage by night, you will shield us from the arrow that flies by day. We are protected from physical, psychological, and spiritual attack of the enemy. You will make us ten times stronger than our enemies because we work in and by your strength.
Lord, I pray that you will keep us from our friend-like enemies. We are ten times wiser than them because we live by the wisdom of God. Lord, you will be our refuge and we will continually be your refugee. Thank you for you always and will forever hear us. Amen.
Prayer of Long Life for My Family
Dear Lord, I thank your evident faithfulness in my family for life and long life, I raise my heart in thanksgiving to you, my Father. My Father, according to your promise in your word that says with long life you will satisfy us, Lord, I stand on this promise that you will satisfy us with long life. You equally promised in your word that for length of days, and long life and peace shall be added to us.
Lord, I pray these promises into my family. Lord, we will not lose anyone young, according to your word that says there shall nothing cast their young, nor be barren, in thy land: the number of thy days I will fulfil. Lord, we will not cast our young, our days shall be fulfilled in you O Lord. we are kept by the will of God.
The disease and sickness that kill little children will not be seen in our camp, likewise the disease and sicknesses that kills the aged before their God-ordained is banished from our abode. We are kept in God; we are immune against any plague and pestilence. In light with the promise of God I pray. Amen.
Prayer for Family for Wisdom to Make Wealth
Dear Lord, I thank and appreciate for your provision in my family, you have been supplying our needs, thank you Lord for this and many more you will yet do. Lord, I pray according to your promise in your word that says wisdom and knowledge is granted unto thee; and I will give thee riches and wealth and honour โฆ (2 Chronicles 1:12). Lord rely on this your promise for my family. Lord, I pray for influx of ideas birthed by the inspiration of the Holy Spirit to make wealth.
My father, we will not be confused to know what to do, how to do it and when to do it. You will flood our mind with wisdom in precision and concision. We know the way to make wealth in righteousness, we will not out of foolishness extrude wisdom for wealth when she comes visiting our mind, we will be wise in wisdom to acknowledge and use the riches she brought. I pray for grace and strength to do she adjures. Our minds are empowered by the grace of God. These and more you will do. Amen.