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15 Bible Verses to Pray Over Your Children

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  • Hannah prayed for a son, named him Samuel because she asked the Lord for him, and gave him to the Lord at Shiloh (1 Samuel 1:11, 20, 27).
  • Job offered a burnt offering for each of his grown children after their feasts, as his regular custom (Job 1:5).
  • Numbers 6:24-26 is the blessing the Lord gave Aaron and his sons to speak over the Israelites, to “put my name” on them.
  • Isaiah 54:13, “All your children will be taught by the Lord,” is spoken to Jerusalem as a rebuilt city.
  • The devil quotes part of Psalm 91:11-12 to Jesus in Matthew 4:6, and Jesus answers, “Do not put the Lord your God to the test.”

The Bible shows parents bringing their children before God. Hannah prayed for a son and gave him to the Lord (1 Samuel 1:27), and people brought children to Jesus so that he would bless them (Mark 10:16). The words Scripture gives for such prayers were first spoken to others: the priestly blessing of Numbers 6:24-26 to Israel, and Paul’s prayers to the churches at Ephesus and Colossae (Ephesians 3:16-19; Colossians 1:9-12). Isaiah 44:3 is a promise about descendants: “I will…

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Scripture quotations are from the New International Version.

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