Praying for Your Kids: Spiritual Growth
Looking for Bible verses to pray for your kids’ spiritual growth? Here are a few of my favorites…
When I sit down to pray for my kids, I like to have a spiritual target, not just a laundry list of physical conditions. Forming my prayers around Scripture helps me to do that.
When I pray God’s Word, not only do I know that I am praying according to His will, but I am engraving His truths on my heart. Join me as we pray for our kids to grow in their faith.
Scriptures to Pray for Your Kids’ Spiritual Growth
There are many Bible verses and passages that talk about spiritual growth. Here are a few examples of Scriptures to pray for your kids’ spiritual growth:
1 Samuel 2:26
“Now the boy Samuel continued to grow both in stature and in favor with the Lord and also with man.”
Psalm 92:12-14
“The righteous flourish like the palm tree and grow like a cedar in Lebanon. They are planted in the house of the Lord; they flourish in the courts of our God. They still bear fruit in old age; they are ever full of sap and green…”
2 Corinthians 8:7
“But as you excel in everything—in faith, in speech, in knowledge, in all earnestness, and in our love for you — see that you excel in this act of grace also.”
Ephesians 4:15-16
“Rather, speaking the truth in love, we are to grow up in every way into him who is the head, into Christ, from whom the whole body, joined and held together by every joint with which it is equipped, when each part is working properly, makes the body grow so that it builds itself up in love.”
Colossians 2:6-7
“Therefore, as you received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk in him, rooted and built up in him and established in the faith, just as you were taught, abounding in thanksgiving.”
James 1:2-3
“Count it all joy, my brothers, when you meet trials of various kinds, for you know that the testing of your faith produces steadfastness.”
2 Peter 3:18
“But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To him be the glory both now and to the day of eternity. Amen.”
Hebrews 6:1
“Therefore let us leave the elementary doctrine of Christ and go on to maturity, not laying again a foundation of repentance from dead works and of faith toward God…”
All Scripture above is quoted from the English Standard Version 2016 via bible.com.
Growing in Christlikeness
These are just a few examples of Bible references about growing. The Bible teaches that we are all called to grow in our faith, knowledge, and character. As we grow, we become more like Christ and more capable of living a life that honors God.
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