Words to pray over your grown son

Part One: For him

His faith

1. That he would know You for himself read free
2. That he would love Your word
3. That he would be sure of Your love
4. That he would find a church that is home
5. That he would taste and see for himself
6. That he would pray on his own

His safety and his health

1. For his everyday life
2. When he is on the road
3. When he lives far away
4. When his work puts him in danger
5. That he would be kept from evil
6. When temptation comes
7. That he would be strong in the Lord
8. For his health
9. For his sleep

His friendships and his love life

1. For a friend who makes him better
2. For the woman he will marry
3. For the woman he is seeing
4. When he is single
5. For peace with his siblings
6. That he would treat people well

His marriage and his children

1. For his marriage
2. For the husband he is
3. For his wife
4. When they are waiting for a child
5. For the father he is
6. When his children live in two homes
7. That he would lead his family toward You
8. For my grandchildren

His work and his money

1. For the work he gives his days to
2. That he would do his work well
3. That he would be honest in his work
4. When he does not know what to do next
5. That money would not rule him
6. That he would rest
7. When he is looking for a place to live

Days to remember

1. On his birthday
2. When he is starting something new
3. The day he deploys
4. On his wedding day
5. When he becomes a father
6. For their new home
7. At Christmas
8. When I am thankful for him

When his faith is strong

1. That his faith would go deeper
2. When his faith costs him something
3. For the joy of seeing him walk in truth

Part Two: When he does not share my faith

When he is far from God

1. When he has drifted from God read free
2. When his faith has gone quiet
3. When he does not believe read free
4. When he doubts
5. When he wants nothing to do with faith
6. When his heart has grown hard
7. When he is angry at God read free
8. When he is not ready to change
9. When he is running from God

While I wait for him

1. For someone who can reach him
2. For the good I see in him
3. If he never comes back to faith
4. For the day he turns back read free
5. When he comes back

Part Three: On the hard days

When the news is bad

1. When I get frightening news
2. While I wait for news
3. When he is in trouble read free
4. When I fear the worst
5. When his strength is gone
6. When he is afraid

When he is hurting

1. When he is anxious read free
2. When he is low
3. When his anger gets the better of him
4. When he is sick
5. When he lives with a long illness
6. When he is fighting a private battle
7. When he carries guilt
8. When he is ashamed
9. When he is bitter
10. When he is lonely
11. When his heart is broken

When his life is hard

1. When someone has hurt him
2. When he has hurt someone
3. When his marriage is strained
4. When his marriage has ended read free
5. When he is looking for work read free
6. When money is tight
7. When he is addicted read free
8. When he grieves
9. When he has failed
10. When everyone knows what he did

Part Four: For my own heart

Between him and me

1. When I cannot reach him read free
2. When our talks stay on the surface
3. When he sees the world differently than I do
4. When his choices trouble me read free
5. When I am angry with him
6. When he asks me for help
7. For me and my daughter-in-law
8. When I have doubts about his relationship
9. When we are estranged read free
10. When I need to forgive him read free
11. For the friendship we have now read free

My own heart

1. When I cannot stop worrying read free
2. When I worry about who he is with
3. When I have failed him
4. When I wonder where I went wrong read free
5. When I need to let him go
6. When I miss the boy he was read free
7. When I am tired of praying read free
8. When I do not know what to pray read free
9. When I pray for him alone
10. When I need to forgive his other parent
11. A blessing to say over him