New Life Ranch is about more than just a great experience for your child, it’s also an opportunity for God to work in his or her heart in life-changing ways. While you may not physically be here with your child, you can stay close by spiritually supporting him or her through prayer. To help you with this, we’re including a series of parents’ prayers on our blog this summer. A new prayer will be posted every Monday and each one will tie into this summer’s “change agent” theme. You’ll be able to access the other prayers in the series so we invite you to keep coming back. We want the work God begins in your child’s heart to continue long after he or she returns home. Thanks for joining us in asking God to make your child a “change agent” for His Kingdom this summer and for a lifetime.

People look at the outside of a person, but the Lord looks at the heart.”

1 Samuel 16:7 ICB

Lord,

You tell us that it’s not what people see on the outside

but what’s inside that truly matters to You.

We know character is the foundation of who we are

and it can only come from a relationship with You.

So I ask You would build the character of my child this summer.

Please teach her about kindness, love, grace, and patience.

Where there are weak spots, reveal and strengthen them.

Where she is already solid, make those places even firmer.

Send her godly friends to support her in following You.

If there are people in her life who tear her down,

please gently remove them and replace them with others.

Give her mentors who are further along in their faith

and wise teachers who will show her how to walk with You.

Please show me how I can develop character in her as well.

Thank You for being even more committed

to the character of my child than I could ever be

and for carrying on Your work in her life

until it is completed in heaven one day.

Amen.

To read the other Parents’ Prayers  click here.

Holley Gerth is an award-winning writer and Editorial Director for DaySpring with over ten years of experience in the publishing industry. She’s the author of over 2,000 cards, as well as several devotionals, articles, journals, and children’s books. She just published her first devotional book, Rain on Me: Devotions of Hope and Encouragement for Difficult Times. Holley is receiving a masters degree in counseling, and she’s passionate about bringing hope to the hearts of women. You’re invited to visit her online at Heart to Heart with Holley.