1. Pray Scriptural prayers for your children.

If you are not daily lifting up your children in prayer…who is? Stormie Omartian, noted author, has stated that “Prayer is seeking the presence of God and releasing the power of God into your children’s lives.” I know of no better way to do just this than to pray His Word into their lives and situations. For example: Pray Romans 12:9-12 by focusing the words of the scripture upon your child: Lord, may the love my child shows for others be sincere. Help him to hate what is evil and cling to what is good. May he be devoted to others in brotherly love. Help him to honor others above him. Father, I ask that my child would never be lacking in zeal, always keeping his spiritual fervor, serving the Lord. May he be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, and faithful in prayer. Help him desire to share with God’s people who are in need, and may he always practice hospitality. 

Of course, there are many passages of scripture which lend themselves to powerful prayer; however, you can now see the tremendous impact such praying will have upon the life of any child. Unleashing the very Word of God into their daily lives will allow you – and them – to see the power of God at work within them.

2. What Would Jesus Do?