#21 Parent's Prayer For Their Teenager(s)

Heavenly Father, in the Name of Jesus, I affirm Your Word over my son/daughter. I commit _______, my son/daughter; to You and affirm Your Word over them from Isaiah 54:13 that tells me my children shall be taught by the Lord and great shall be the peace of my children. I thank you that you deliver ______out of rebellion into right relationship with us, his/her parents. In Exodus 20:12, Your Word teaches us that the first commandment given with a promise is to the child who obeys his/her parents in the Lord. Father, you said in Deuteronomy 5:16 that all will be well with my child/children and ____, _____will live long on the earth. I affirm this promise on behalf of my child/children, asking you to give ______, an obedient spirit that he/she may honor his/her father and mother. Father, forgive me for mistakes made out of my own hurts or selfishness, which may have caused _____ hurt. I ask full and true repentance for the mistakes I have made in raising my children. I release the anointing that is upon Jesus to bind up and heal our broken hearts and the broken hearts of our children. Give us the ability to understand and forgive one another as God has forgiven us. Thank You for the Holy Spirit Who leads us into all truth and corrects any wrong perceptions about past or present situations. Thank You for teaching us to listen to each other and giving _____ an ear that hears admonition, for then he/she will be called wise. I affirm that I will speak kind, excellent and Godly things and that any words coming out of my mouth will be the right words and will be used for Your glory Lord Jesus (Colossians 3:21). Father, I promise to train and teach _____ in the way that he/she is to go, and when _______ is old he/she will not depart from You Lord, but will follow You all the days of his/her life. In the Name of Jesus, I command the spirit of rebellion to be far from the heart of my child and confess that he/she is willing and obedient, free to enjoy the reward of your promises. I ask that _____ shall be peaceful, and a blessing to others. Father, I release the word of reconciliation into this family. I refuse to provoke or irritate or belittle my child; I will not be hard on _____or require perfection lest he/she becomes discouraged, feeling inferior or frustrated. I will not do anything that may break his/her spirit, in the Name of Jesus. Father, I forgive my child for the wrongs he/she has done and stand in the gap until he/she begins to understand Your love and Your grace while they are in the snare of the enemy (Ephesians 6:1-3). We know You Jesus, died for our children, even before they were born. Although it may seem to us that our children's journey into selfishness, self-destruction and the world is never-ending, God we know you are at work in our children's lives in ways we may never understand. We ask you, Heavenly Father, for a quiet assurance that this process of conversion will take place and the inner peace that only You, Lord Jesus can give us, will now manifest in our lives, in the Name of Jesus. Help us to be strong like Mary, the mother of Jesus, as she wept and felt deep pain as she witnessed her Son's journey knowing God's plan; as You knew Your plans for our children, even before they were born (Jeremiah 1:2). Help us O Lord, to know and understand that we must let God control difficult situations and always be mindful to trust you. Heavenly Father, help us to remember always that our children have belonged to you from the beginning. Help us Lord to understand that we are here to nurture them and guide them in your ways while they are in our care. Lord, we have been mindful to raise them up in the way they should go, having made some mistakes of the flesh as we are not perfect. We did what we thought was right at the time and we know that you, Lord, know our hearts and honor that effort. It is so difficult Lord, to understand them and to be the way they would like us to be. Thank You for reconciling the heart of our rebellious child back to us and our hearts back to our child. Thank You Lord, for our child/children _____ and for holding each one of them in your loving hands. In Jesus Name I pray. Amen.