Crowned in Promise: 100 Prayers for Your Children

By Kimberly Willingham Hubbard

Parenting can often be a stressful endeavor as we seek to manage the responsibility while loving and nurturing our children. Much of the stress we feel is due to doubt. Are we doing this right? Will our kids grow up to be good people? Are we giving them what they need to succeed in life?

Along the way, it can be easy to forget who uniquely designed our children, God the Father. It is by His grace these treasures came to us and it’s only by His grace we will see them grow to maturity and wholeness.

Children are precious gifts from the LORD. He has given and entrusted parents with such beautiful treasures here on earth to nurture, protect, and teach.

In this prayer book, you will discover a hundred promises to pray over the lives of your little ones.

Claim these promises over your children before bedtime, as they sleep, or go off to school each day. It is so very important to ensure our children are covered and crowned in prayer!

May this book of prayers serve as a guide and resource for you as you lift your little, mighty warrior up to the LORD.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Post Hill Press
• Release date: Apr 21, 2020
• ISBN: 9781642933833

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A FIDELIS BOOKS BOOK

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Crowned in Promise:

100 Prayers for Your Children

© 2020 by Kimberly Willingham Hubbard

All Rights Reserved

ISBN: 978-1-64293-382-6

ISBN (eBook): 978-1-64293-383-3

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To my precious children, Joel and Winnie

May you grow in wisdom, stature, and in favor

with God and man. I pray you marvel at the works of our Creator’s hands and run full force into the cloud of blessings he has spoken over your lives.

I love you, sweet warriors. Embrace God’s abundant grace and never let go.

"Be not ye afraid of them: remember the Lord,

which is great and terrible, and fight for your brethren, your sons, and your daughters, your wives,

and your houses."

Nehemiah 4:14 (KJV)

Contents

Introduction: A Parent’s Call to Prayer

Section One:

Power and Protection

1. Safety

2. Bravery

3. Strength

4. Confidence

5. Security

6. Power

7. Fearlessness

8. Surefooted

9. Carefulness

10. Boldness

11. Deliverance

12. Persistence

13. Zealous

14. Alert

15. Attentive

16. Health

17. Courageous

Section Two:

Godly Character

18. Honesty

19. Gentleness

20. Respect

21. Self-Control

22. Integrity

23. Genuine

24. Hardworking

25. Righteousness

26. Slow to Anger

27. Peace

28. Responsibility

29. Leadership

30. Virtue

31. Discernment

32. Gratefulness

33. Outgoing

34. Charismatic

35. Patient

36. Upright

37. Optimistic

38. Wisdom

Section Three:

Favored, Chosen,

and Loved

39. Calling

40. Productivity

41. Success

42. Blessing

43. Vision

44. Devotion

45. Passion

46. Worship

47. Joy

48. Affection

49. Reverence

50. Refined

51. Unwavering

52. Wonder

53. Love

Section Four:

Living in Community

54. Trustworthy

55. Helpfulness

56. Thoughtful

57. Encouragement

58. Good Listener

59. Friendship

60. Forgiving

61. Collaborative

62. Pleasant Talk

63. Intentional

64. Resourceful

65. Hospitable

66. Peacemaker

67. Balance

68. Communication

69. Empathy

70. Humility

71. Fair

72. Compassion

73. Loyalty

74. Servant Hearted

75. Generosity

76. Humorous

Section Five:

The Christian Walk

77. Innocence

78. Maturity

79. Focus

80. Willingness

81. Committed

82. Prayerfulness

83. Clarity

84. Educated

85. Observant

86. Dependence

87. Seeker

88. Faith

89. Creativity

90. Fortitude

91. Energetic

92. Understanding

93. Intuition

94. Adventurous

95. Obedience

96. Decisive

97. Disciplined

98. Motivated

99. Well-Grounded

100. Availability

Introduction

A Parent’s Call to Prayer

Children are a heritage from the Lord,

offspring a reward from him. Like arrows in the

hands of a warrior are children born in one’s youth.

Blessed is the man whose quiver is full of them.

Psalm 127: 3-5 (NIV)

As parents, we have a high and mighty calling to raise children who will impact the next generation. Praise be to God he has bestowed upon us this beautiful blessing! However, along with the precious gift of children comes the weighty responsibility of imparting to our little ones the truths of God. This responsibility should not be taken lightly.

We live in a society that elevates self-righteousness over God’s righteousness. Our culture is crumbling before our very eyes. We are inundated with media telling us to live contradictory to what Scripture states. Our children are deemed worthy and popular by the number of social media followers they have and not by the virtue of their character.

Our society is backward because the whole world lies in the power of the evil one (1 John 5:19 ESV). Nevertheless, it is confusing the hearts and minds of our kids. That is why it is imperative, as Christian parents, we communicate effectively to our children what is right and what is wrong even if it’s unpopular. We must lead through example and take an active role in shaping their lives—so they will be able to discern what is of the world and therefore terminal and what is truly lasting in the Kingdom of God.

Sadly, we cannot single-handedly change the direction our society is headed and ultimately our children will be faced with many daunting decisions in life. Yet, we can individually empower our children to shine brightly for Jesus in the midst of the darkness; so, when they are faced with these difficult choices and crossroads in their lives, our children will be solidly established in the promises of Christ.

This empowerment begins in the home through a powerful, scripturally rooted prayer life.

There is an urgency today to teach the future generation the importance of calling to God not just in the middle of their struggles (as a lifeline) but in the everyday. There is also an urgency for children’s parents to powerfully claim the promises of God over their children’s lives.

It is time to start exercising the practice of prayer because prayer unleashes God’s power!

God’s Word tells us, For all the promises of God in Him are Yes, and in Him Amen, to the glory of God through us (2 Corinthians 1:20). However, if we fail to claim these promises, we miss out on this richness mindfully interwoven throughout the Bible.

We have been given a powerful tool from our Heavenly Father—a direct channel to his heart through prayer. Every single time we call out through spoken voice, quiet thoughts or even groans, our God Almighty hears us. Scripture tells us he hears the prayers of the righteous (Proverbs 15:39).

Please use these prayers in the following pages as a guide in your journey to pray over your children, born or unborn, and to teach them about prayer. Each specific, themed prayer is laced with God’s powerful promises. You may want to substitute your child’s or children’s names for the generic terms in italics used in the prayers or read them as they are if you’re not sure yet who’s in your womb.

Let’s begin crowning our children with God’s promises and using Scripture to speak the truths of Christ’s power and provision over our kids’ lives.

This way we can successfully train them up in the habit of prayer, teach them God’s Word, and