This prayer has been curated from our partners at the Global Faith and Work Initiative, a ministry of Redeemer City to City. We encourage you to check out their vast resources for workers and church leaders.
Lord, we thank you that all knowledge comes from you. We ask you for guidance for the teachers and educators in our city. May those who have the privilege of teaching children understand the great responsibility you have given teachers to shepherd them through a particular year in their students’ lives.
We pray for our children to be loved well through these men and women who are teaching them. We ask that you grant these teachers patience, wisdom, and grace as they model for their students what it means to be a learner, but also what it means to be a friend to others and a member of a community. We pray the minds of these students would be developed as well as their character and spirituality. May they grow in their intellect and in their emotional intelligence to be compassionate and empathetic children and young adults with noble, responsible, and generous hearts. May the arts, sports, and technology be an important part of their education so they will become well-rounded adults. And above all, Lord, may these children come to know and love you.
We pray for each educator to understand the transcendence of their work. May they see each child’s beautiful possibility and work to cultivate that for their futures. May you sustain them through long, tiring days and help them to pour their hearts into their students.
We pray the educational standards for our cities will be crafted in a way that forms children into adults dedicated to influence their societies for good. We pray for the influence these educators have on others and pray you will be the first influence on their lives.
In Jesus’ name, Amen.