Pray for your own children and grandkids and the children and youth of Grandview.

Pray for the salvation of those who don't the Lord. Pray for those who do know the Lord that they will grow in grace in the following ways:

1. Love. Grant, Lord, that my children may learn to live a life of love, through the Spirit who dwells in them. (Galatians 5:25, Ephesians 5:2)

2. Honesty and integrity. May integrity and honesty be their virtue and their protection. (Psalm 25:21)

3. Self-control. Father, help my children not to be like many others around them, but let them be alert and self-controlled in all they do. (1 Thessalonians 5:6)

4. Love for God’s Word. May my children grow to find Your Word more precious than much pure gold and sweeter than honey from the comb. (Psalm 19:10)

5. Justice. God, help my children to love justice as You do and act justly in all they do. (Psalm 11:17, Micah 6:8) 6. Mercy. May my children always be merciful, just as their Father is merciful. (Luke 6:36)

7. Respect (for self, others, authority). Father, grant that my children may show proper respect to everyone, as your Word commands. (1 Peter 2:17)

8. Generosity. Grant that my children may be generous and willing to share, and so lay up treasure for themselves as a firm foundation for the coming age. (1 Timothy 6:18-19)

9. Peace-loving. Father, let my children make every effort to do what leads to peace. (Romans 14:19)

10. Joy. May my children be filled with the joy given by the Holy Spirit. (1 Thessalonians 1:6)

11. Perseverance. Lord, teach my children perseverance in all they do, and help them especially to run with perseverance that race marked out for them. (Hebrews 12:1)

12. Humility. God, please cultivate in my children the ability to show true humility toward all. (Titus 3:2)

13. Compassion. Lord, please clothe my children with the virtue of compassion. (Colossians 3:12)

14. Responsibility. Grant that my children may learn responsibility, for each one should carry his own load. (Galatians 6:5)

15. Contentment. Father, teach my children the secret of being content in any and every situation, through Him who gives them strength. (Philippians 4:12-13)

16. Prayerfulness. Grant, Lord, that my children’s lives may be marked by prayerfulness that they may learn to pray in the Spirit on all occasions with all kinds of prayers and requests. (Ephesians 6:18)

17. Gratitude. Help my children to live lives that are always overflowing with thankfulness and always giving thanks to God the Father for everything, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ. (Ephesians 5:20, Colossians 2:7) 18. A heart for missions. Lord, please help my children to develop a desire to see your glory declared among the nations, your marvelous deeds among all peoples. (Psalm 96:3)

*Prayer list adapted from the children's ministry of Central Church of the Nazarene

*Pray parents will bring their children up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.

*Pray parents will be slow to anger with their children.

*Pray that husbands and wives will pray together for their families.

*Pray families will be strengthened in the Lord.

*Pray that whole households will serve the Lord.

*Pray for the future spouses of your children- that they will be believers and godly partners. If your children are already married, pray protection and blessing over their marriages.

*Pray families will be characterized by abounding love and forgiveness.

*Pray marriages will be characterized by commitment, sacrificial love, active listening and by open lines of communication.

*Pray husbands will treat their wives with tenderness.

*Pray husbands will love their wives as Christ loved the Church.

*Pray wives will respect their husbands.

*Pray fathers will not exasperate or provoke their children to anger.

*Pray for prodigals to return to the Lord.

*Pray healing, mending and restoration of broken family relationships.

*Pray families will eat together, play together and pray together.

*Pray for Chief Rodney Baldwin of the Grandview Fire Department.

*Pray for the safety of the 47 fire fighters and EMS workers at 3 fire stations in Grandview who respond to 5600+ calls a year.

*Pray also for the administrative staff that consists of a Shift Commander/Assistant Chief assigned to each shift, Administrative Assistant, Fire Marshal and the Fire Chief.

*Pray for Chief Charles Iseman of the Grandview Police Department.

*Pray for Captain Ryan Sharp who commands the Patrol Division of the police department.

*Pray for Captain Matthew McCall who commands the operations division of the police department.

*Pray for the eight full-time professional and dedicated Telecommunications Officers who handle 31,000+ 911 and non-emergency calls a year.

*Pray for all of the police officers serving Grandview in many different capacities.

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