It has been our pleasure to bring you these Parents’ Prayers! Here is Holley Gerth with another installment.

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.

You are young, but do not let anyone treat you as if you were not important.
Be an example to show the believers how they should live. Show them with your words, with the way you live, with your love, with your faith, and with your pure life.
1 Timothy 4:12 ICB

Lord,

Thank You that life is a wonderful gift.

Like anything of value, You expect us to

be good stewards and use it for Your Kingdom.

So I pray my child’s life will be used for You.

I ask that she will be a person of character

who has a heart full of compassion for others.

May she always reach up to You for strength

and reach out to those around her.

Even at her young age, please help her

to truly make a difference in the world.

As she is discovering the talents and skills

You’ve placed within her, please also

show her how she can utilize them

for You in powerful ways.

As a parent, open my eyes to see

who You have created her to be

and give me the wisdom to help her

bring You glory in all she becomes.

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.

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.

“Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind”; and, “Love your neighbor as yourself.” Luke 10:27 NIV

Lord,

I thank You that my child’s heart is in Your hands.

Like a Potter with clay, You are shaping

him into all he is created to be.

I pray that as he spends time with You this summer

his heart will be open to what You are doing.

May he be teachable, receptive, and filled with Your love.

Help him to listen to Your voice and follow You faithfully.

If there is anything in my child’s heart that needs to change,

I pray You will gently and lovingly reveal it.

As his heart connects with the hearts of others this summer

I pray You will begin new, life-giving relationships

that provide encouragement and last for years to come.

Help me to always be a wise steward of the heart of my child.

And may every beat be like a sweet song of praise to You.

Amen.

To read Parents’ Prayers Part One: Change My Child’s Hope 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.

Let me be the first to introduce an awesome new feature here on the blog, Parents’ Prayers! Here is Holley Gerth with our first one.

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.

This is how we know what love is: Jesus Christ laid down his life for us. 1 John 3:16 NIV

Lord,

Thank You that You are our true Hope

because You gave Your life for us.

Throughout the summer,

and especially this week,

draw my child’s heart  to Yours.

Please speak to him/her

in amazing, life-changing ways.

If my child does not yet have

a personal relationship with You,

I pray that will begin very soon.

If my child does already know You,

I pray that relationship will grow.

The world today is uncertain

But no matter what happens

You will be there for our family.

We choose to make You our Hope

and place our trust in You.

Amen.

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.