Prayers for family
Prayers for children, for a marriage, for parents growing older and for a household that needs peace at the table. Each was written by a Pray.com leader for a daily devotional, on one verse.
From our daily devotionals
Morning Prayer on Psalm 127:3
May 11, 2025
Father, it is interesting how the world considers the accumulation of wealth as the legacy they want to leave for the next generation. They build monuments, libraries; consecrate buildings in their names. But you consider children our heritage and reward.
Read the whole prayerGlobal Prayer on Matthew 19:14
PRAY.COM · Jul 21, 2021
Father, your tenderness for the little children touches my heart with sweetness. You call us your children and want us to know you as our abba, which is hebrew for daddy. What a wonderful word of intimacy.
Read the whole prayerGlobal Prayer on John 2:1
PRAY.COM · Mar 14, 2021
Dear Lord, it is hard for me to imagine you as a child or how you interacted with others growing up. I see you as my Lord and savior. I see you as the Son of God to be revered and honored.
Read the whole prayerEvening Prayer on Genesis 2:24
PRAY.COM · May 12, 2025
Dear Heavenly Father, You have created marriage to be a beautiful reflection of Your love. The oneness between husband and wife is sacred, mysterious, and precious in Your sight. We pray for all marriages in need of Your unifying Spirit.
Read the whole prayerMidday Prayer on Exodus 20:12
Zach Clinton · May 11, 2024
Dear Lord, Whenever I am faced with the command to honor my father and mother, I am reminded of the position of dignity You’ve placed on parents. You hold parents in great honor because You’ve also given them great responsibility.
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Bible verses about family
If it seems evil to you to serve the LORD, choose today whom you will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were beyond the River, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you dwell; but as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD.”
Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it.
Behold, children are a heritage of the LORD. The fruit of the womb is his reward.
You fathers, don’t provoke your children to wrath, but nurture them in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.
bearing with one another, and forgiving each other, if any man has a complaint against any; even as Christ forgave you, so you also do.
They said, “Believe in the Lord Jesus Christ, and you will be saved, you and your household.”
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