Morning by Morning, August 8 - Back to School Prayer Good morning, Lord Jesus. Be here in the center of my heart and in every moment of my day. ... I’m honored and humbled to be asked to pray a prayer of blessing over the school children, their teachers and leaders, and their parents in our community this evening at the Fredericksburg Elementary School right after “Meet the Teacher Night,” as the children prepare to begin their new school year. This image from Your Word comes to mind: “Then (Jesus) took a little child and set him in the midst of them. And when He had taken him in His arms, He said to them, ‘Whoever receives one of these little children in My name receives Me; and whoever receives Me, receives not Me but Him who sent Me’” (Mark 9:36-37). Lord Jesus, take our children in Your arms and hold them in Your heart. Be a Shield about them and the Glory of God within them (Psalm 3:3; Zechariah 2:5). Keep them safe and secure “in the secret place of the Most High” and “under the Shadow of the Almighty” as You “give (Your) angels charge over (them) (Psalm 91:1-16). Father God, their true Father who’s entrusted them to us to watch over and love, to guide and direct, may You watch over them and train them up in the way they should go according to Your ways and Your will in their lives (Proverbs 22:6). May they be filled with Your Holy Spirit (Ephesians 5:18) and confident in Your unfailing love (John 3:16). May they be kept secure in their true identity in You and fulfill Your true destiny for each one of them in all the good plans You have for them -- “to give (them) a future and a hope” on the path You’ve prepared for them (Jeremiah 29:11). May their teachers have wisdom, their protectors have courage, their leaders have character, their friends have loyalty. May their hearts be filled with a love of learning all that is pure and right and true, with discernment to know anything that is not. And may they grow in wisdom and stature, in favor with God and man (Luke 2:52; Psalm 90:17), growing from faith to faith and grace upon grace (Romans 1:17; John 1:16). May they “grow up in all things into Him who is the Head (Ephesians 4:15), into Christlikeness (1 John 4:17), into the image of the Son of God (Romans 8:29). By the grace of God, we entrust our children to You, for our “children are a heritage from the Lord” (Psalm 127:3). To our precious and beloved children of God: “The Lord bless you and keep you; The Lord make His face to shine upon you and be gracious to you; The Lord life up His countenance upon you and give you peace” (Numbers 6:24-26). In Jesus’ name I pray. Amen.
Be encouraged today. In the love of Jesus, Tommy Hays
My friend, may your heart be at peace as you entrust any of your children and all the children of your community into the arms of our Faithful Father, filled with His Holy Spirit, in Jesus' name. God bless you, my friend! And you have a great day!
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