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Summary
- Psalm 121, quoted in full from the King James Version, asks the Lord to “preserve thy going out and thy coming in” and suits a prayer for a nephew’s protection.
- Twelve short prayers cover a nephew’s safety, illness, school, friends, faith, courage, birth, a nephew who has gone astray, his future, his parents and an aunt or uncle who is his godparent.
- Traditional prayers are quoted from the 1928 Book of Common Prayer (“For a Birthday,” “For Those We Love”), Hapgood’s 1906 Orthodox service book (prayer when children begin their instruction) and Numbers 6:24–26.
- Lot was Abraham’s nephew: Abraham rescued him from captivity, and Genesis 19:29 says God “remembered Abraham, and sent Lot out of the midst of the overthrow.”
- Paul’s nephew warned him of a plot by more than forty men to kill him (Acts 23:12–16).
- Every prayer can be said for a niece by changing “him” to “her.”
Bibliography (Click to show)
- Scripture quotations are from the King James Version (1611), text of Project Gutenberg eBook no. 10 (Genesis 12:5; 14:14; 18:23–32; 19:29; Numbers 6:24–26; Joshua 1:9; Psalm 91:11; 121:1–8; Proverbs 13:20; Luke 2:52; Acts 23:12–16, 23–24; 2 Timothy 1:5; James 1:5). https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/10
- The Book of Common Prayer (Protestant Episcopal Church in the U.S.A.), Standard Book of 1928. Family Prayer, “For Those We Love,” p. 597, and “For a Birthday,” pp. 597–598. PDF facsimile: https://www.artisticdailyprayers.org/uploads/3/0/1/6/30164961/bcp1928std.pdf
- Hapgood, Isabel Florence, trans. Service Book of the Holy Orthodox-Catholic Apostolic (Greco-Russian) Church. Boston and New York: Houghton, Mifflin, 1906. “A Service of Prayer When Children Begin Their Instruction,” pp. 519–523. https://www.ponomar.net/data/hapgood.pdf
- 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline. https://988lifeline.org/
- Samaritans. “Contact Samaritans.” https://www.samaritans.org/how-we-can-help/contact-samaritan/
- Fund for the Support of Children in Difficult Life Situations. Helpline for children, teenagers and parents, 8 800 2000 122. https://fond-detyam.ru/
