I’ve been a student, a teacher, and now a parent of a student, and through it all I’ve learned that everyone involved in the education of school-age children could use our prayers. Whether you are a public school, private school, or homeschool family, a great way to start the school year is to pray for teachers, students, and schools. Our classrooms need our prayers!If you need a little inspiration for how to pray for teachers, students, and schools, here are three of my favorite ways to do it: Jericho-style prayer walk around the schoolNo marching needed, but head out to the school grounds and pray while walking around the school!
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Go with a list of seven different areas to pray for and and pray for one each time you walk around, or go without a plan and let God lead your prayers. And if you homeschool, you can do this around the perimeter of your home. For inspiration, watch this video of pastor Mark Batterson talk about his prayer walk around Washington D.C., from his video bible study,Pray through the schoolMy last year of teaching, I had the privilege of walking through the elementary school where I worked along with some parents from the community during the week before school started and pray over each classroom.
We received permission from the administration to do this after work hours and it was amazing. We prayed for each teacher by name and prayed over common areas such as the lunch room, gym, and playground as well. This can be done throughout the home for homeschoolers. And ask someone to pray for YOU as the teacher in that case, too! Pray for teachers and students with Scriptures – 5 Bibles versesThere are so many areas where this could be applied, but here are five examples of scriptures for teachers:The authorities are God’s servants, sent for your good. — Romans 13:4The student is not above the teacher, nor a servant above his master. — Matthew 10:24All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness.
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— 2 Timothy 3:16Command and teach these things. — 1 Timothy 4:11In everything set them an example by doing what is good.In your teaching show integrity, seriousness and soundness of speech that cannot be condemned, so that those who oppose you may be ashamed because they have nothing bad to say about us. — Titus 2:7Pick out specific scriptures when praying for students, teachers, aides, staff, and administration. Keep them on notecards in the car with you to pray while you wait in line to pick up your kids after school. Pray for Teachers and Students – Sample Prayer # 1Lord, I pray the students in this school would show proper respect for the authorities you have placed over them and recognize all authority comes from you. Help them to speak and act in a way that is respectful of all teachers, administrators, and other school staff.(Inspired by Romans 13:1-5) Pray for Teachers and Students – Sample Prayer # 2Almighty God, You have given my kids all the talents, abilities, and spiritual gifts they need to follow Your plan for their lives. Lord, help them use those gifts to serve You first and others second, so that Your will is accomplished in their lives.
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Lord, fill their lives with trusted teachers and advisers who can lead them toward You and Your promises. Help them turn to you as they learn and grow so they can lead fruitful and prosperous lives.
Amen.— by Erin MacPherson, excerpted with permission from Pray for Teachers and Students – Sample Prayer # 3Almighty God, because we love our children, because our hearts yearn for their schools, we cannot remain silent. We will not stop praying until their righteousness shines like the dawn, and their salvation blazes like a burning torch. May they be called the Holy People and the People Redeemed by the Lord. And may their schools be known as the Desirable Place and the City No Longer Forsaken (Isaiah 62:1, 12). In Jesus’ name, amen.– by Fern Nichols, excerpted with permission from Get even more prayers in the FREE download 10 Powerful Prayers for Your Child’s School Year + Prayers for TeachersHow should parents pray for their child’s school year?
When closing a meeting, thanking God for his continued protection and inspiration is just one way to end a bible study or meeting. Here is a look at some great opening and closing prayers for meetings that will help encourage your continued commitment and dedication to the Lord.Enter with Thanksgiving PrayerHeavenly Father, thank you that you are gracious and compassionate, slow to anger and abounding in love.
We enter your gates with thanksgiving today and we enter your courts with praise. We glorify you for the countless ways you have blessed us. We praise you for your great love. We thank you that we can enter your presence today. May Christ dwell in our hearts through faith so that we, being rooted and grounded in love, may have strength to know the love of Christ that surpasses knowledge.
May we be filled with the fullness of God. Through Jesus Christ our Lord, Amen.God’s Presence PrayerLord, our Rock and Redeemer, thank you that you are perfectly faithful; you never forget, never fail and never take back a promise. You have promised that, when your people gather in your name, your presence is here with us. Fix our eyes on you and let our ears be attentive to your voice. Restore to us the joy of our salvation as we worship you.
May we grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To you be the glory both now and to the day of eternity. Through Jesus Christ our Lord, Amen.Inhabit our Praise PrayerEverlasting Father, thank you that you are our strength and our song, you fill our hearts with joy. As we meet together, may we give thanks to you with our whole hearts as we recount all of your wonderful deeds. Let our hearts be glad as we exalt your name. Inhabit our praises today Lord. Let us rejoice that neither death or life, angels or rulers, things present or future, height or depth, or anything else in all creation, can separate us from your love.
Through Jesus Christ our Lord, Amen.Worship Together PrayerEverlasting Father, we give thanks to you today, we bless your name together. You alone are good and your steadfast love endures forever. Your faithfulness endures from generation to generation.
As we gather together today fill our minds and our mouths with praise to you. Guard our thoughts and our hearts that we may glorify you in every aspect of our lives. You are the name above all other names, the king above all other kings. Blessing and glory, wisdom and thanksgiving, honor, and power and strength, be unto you our God for ever and ever. Through Jesus Christ our Lord, Amen.Gather Together PrayerMighty God, thank you that you hear and answer our prayers.
Hear our prayer and be in the midst of our meeting today. Thank you that your presence calms the troubled sea of life and speaks peace to our souls. Give us clear minds and peaceful hearts as we gather together. According to your abundant mercy, you have caused us to be born again into a living hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead. May we live in the light of your salvation, experiencing the freedom that is ours in you. Through Jesus Christ our Lord, Amen.Hear God’s Voice PrayerHeavenly Father, thank you that you are the source of all true joy in life.
Help us to find our joy in you. May your voice sound clearly above all others as we leave this place. May your peace be in our hearts, your grace be in our words, your love be in our hands and your joy be in our souls. May your love surround us, your Spirit guide us, your voice cheer us, your peace calm us, your shield protect us, your wisdom arm us, wherever you may lead me. Through Jesus Christ our Lord, Amen.Go in Peace PrayerGracious Father, we thank you for the opportunity to meet together today. As we leave this place, surround us with your love. May we see your beauty, feel your love, know your wisdom and experience your power.
May we find the comfort we desire in you and the strength we need in your name. May your presence be with us every hour of the day.
May your love be the passion in our hearts. May your joy be our strength when times are hard.
May your presence be the peace that overflows in our lives. Through Jesus Christ our Lord, Amen.Gratitude PrayerFaithful Father, we thank you for hearing our prayers, feeding us with your word, and encouraging us as we have gathered together. Take our lives and use us to love and serve you, and all people, in the power of your Spirit and in the name of your Son. We are created by your power, redeemed by your love and strengthened by your spirit.
We give ourselves into your service, may we love you and love others with all our hearts. Through Jesus Christ our Lord, Amen.Service PrayerAlmighty God, you graciously hear all our prayers and you promise that when two or three agree together in your name you will grant their requests.
Fulfil our desires and prayers, and make all things work together for our good. Increase our knowledge of your truth, and our experience of your love. You are able to keep us from stumbling and to present us blameless before the presence of your glory with great joy.
To you, our God, be glory, majesty, dominion, and authority, before all time and now and forever. Through Jesus Christ our Lord, Amen.Life Together PrayerHeavenly Father, we praise you for your goodness and generosity. We trust you for faithfully preserving us through good times and bad. We serve you with all that we have. We glorify you in our plans and activities. We speak of you to others in response to your great love for us.
We live for you, in every though, word and deed, by the power of your Spirit. You are the God of endurance and encouragement. Help us to live in harmony with each other, that together we may with one voice glorify Jesus Christ. Through Jesus Christ our Lord, Amen.
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