A few weeks ago at our DNOW weekend, we had a parent seminar on Sunday morning for the parents of the students who attended DNOW. During that parent seminar, we covered the power of a praying parent. I’ve have parents who were not able to be there ask me about what I taught so I decided to write a blog post and cover what we covered in the seminar.
Prayer is an important part of what it means to parent a teenager through some of the most difficult years that your child is in your home. There are so many changes that happen, both external and internal, during the teen years that we need to have an open line of communication through prayer with our Father in heaven. Here is some practical advice for how to start or continue to be a praying parent.

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Enjoy their God-given life.
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Learn and grow.
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Have God’s wisdom to handle life’s challenges.
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Pursue a personal relationship with Christ.
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Learn from their mistakes.
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God will be their guide.
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God will help them love who He has created them to be.
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God’s glory will permeate their lives.
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Spouse.
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Teachers.
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Friends.
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Bosses.
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Safety.
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Lord, I pray that You will remind my children daily that Your love for them is everlasting (Psalm 103:17).
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Cultivate a grateful heart within them (Psalm 118:28).
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Help them speak the truth to others and to themselves (Ephesians 4:25).
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Fill them with joy and peace (Romans 15:13).
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Make them a blessing to everyone they meet (1 Peter 3:9).
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Help them to listen to Your Word and do what it says (Luke 11:28).
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May they never walk away from You; draw their hearts closer so You will always be near them (James 4:8).
Have you ever made a New Year’s resolution? How long did it last? According to US News (article found here), 80% of the people in the US only keep resolutions through the 2nd week of January. Don’t let being a praying parent be like New Years resolutions. Be disciplined in praying for your student and yourself in the areas listed above. Keep at it. The Bible tells us,
14 And this is the confidence that we have toward him, that if we ask anything according to his will he hears us. 15 And if we know that he hears us in whatever we ask, we know that we have the requests that we have asked of him. 1 John 5:14-15
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