One way we can pray for our kids is through a written litany. Throughout church history, litanies have been used in both personal and corporate prayer. When used corporately or with a group, a leader will read a series of intercessory petitions, and thegroup (congregation) will respond with a short, standardized refrain. With this in mind, we’ve adapted, revised, and added to a litany for the young from The Book of Common Prayer to guide your prayers for the children and teens you know and love. (You can download a formatted and printed pdf of this Litany for personal or group use here.)
Lord, we pray that our children and teens will come to confess their faith in Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior. Call them to Yourself, we pray.
We urgently plead with You to hear us, Good and Gracious Lord.
We pray that our children and teens will grow up to faithfully live under theguidance of Your Word and in fellowship with other believers.
We urgently plead with You to hear us, Good and Gracious Lord.
We pray that they may humbly walk in a manner worthy of the calling to follow You, continuing to grow in their faith while evidencing a growing
likeness to Your Son, Jesus Christ.
We urgently plead with You to hear us, Good and Gracious Lord.
We pray that they would be filled with an unending passion to read, know, understand, and follow Your written revelation of Yourself in the Bible.
We urgently plead with You to hear us, Good and Gracious Lord.
We pray that you would guide them into obediently integrating their faith into every square inch of their lives, seeing all their endeavors as opportunities to worship and glorify You.
We urgently plead with You to hear us, Good and Gracious Lord.
We pray that they will persevere in recognizing and resisting all evil they encounter from the world, the flesh, and the devil.
We urgently plead with You to hear us, Good and Gracious Lord.
We pray that You would protect them from being seduced into becoming addicted to the many distractions in this world that come from smartphones, social media, and a world of constant content streaming.
We urgently plead with You to hear us, Good and Gracious Lord.
We pray that You would neither give them poverty or riches lest they be full and deny You, or lest they be poor and steal.
We urgently plead with You to hear us, Good and Gracious Lord.
We pray that you would keep them from the sin of idolatry, helping them to see your good gifts to them as good things to keep in their proper place, rather than ultimate things which functionally dethrone You in their lives.
We urgently plead with You to hear us, Good and Gracious Lord.
We pray that whenever they do fall into sin that they would see the error of their ways, repent, and return to You.
We urgently plead with You to hear us, Good and Gracious Lord.
We pray that when they face the inevitable sufferings, persecutions, and heartaches that come with living in a sinful and fallen world, that they would run to You for comfort and care, while seeking to trust that You use these difficulties for their good and Your glory.
We urgently plead with You to hear us, Good and Gracious Lord.
We pray that they would proclaim in word and deed the Good News of the Gospel to a lost and broken world.
We urgently plead with You to hear us, Good and Gracious Lord.
We pray that they would be living members of the Body of Christ, the Church, and that they would grow up in every way into Him who is the Head.
We urgently plead with You to hear us, Good and Gracious Lord.
We pray that they would always be looking to Jesus as they run with endurance the race set before them, so that at the finish they would receive from You the promised unfading crown of glory.
We urgently plead with You to hear us, Good and Gracious Lord.
AMEN.
(You can download a formatted and printed pdf of this Litany for personal or group use here.)