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Casting Our Cares On The Lord
While it is normal for us to feel some anxiety and concern as we approach a new school year, today we choose to run to God and His Word.
1 Peter 5:7, says, “Give all your worries and cares to God, for he cares about you.”
God, we cast every care, worry and concern for this upcoming school year upon you. Let us remember that You are on the throne. You reign over the heavens and the earth. You are Lord over all things. We ask that You dispatch your angels to cover our school buildings, our teachers, administrators, our children and over each family.
I pray Psalm 4:8 which says, “In peace I will lie down and sleep, for you alone, Lord make me dwell in safety.”
May our teachers, students, parents and administrators feel peace as they lie down each night before bed. May they be confident that God goes before them each day. May they all experience sweet sleep as they trust in You.
Lifting Up Our Teachers & Administrators
Deuteronomy 28:12 states,“The LORD will open to you His good treasure, the heavens, to give the rain to your land in its season, and to bless all the work of your hand.”
Lord, we give you our teachers, staff, bus drivers, cafeteria workers, librarians, principles and administrators. We ask that You bless the work of their hands. Please fill their hands in abundance with everything they need. Fill them with wisdom, patience, joy, strength, and understanding. Be everything they need in their body, mind and spirit. We lift up their families to you and ask that you invade them with Your goodness today.
Lifting up Students
Jesus, You are the Author and Finisher of our faith. You formed our children in the womb and You made them Your wonderful Masterpiece.
Ephesians 2:10 tells us that “We are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand that we should walk in them.”
We pray that our children walk in their God-given calling. We thank you that you have prepared good works for them in advance. Thank you that our children do not need to strive or run breathlessly, but they can simply walk into their God-given destiny as they are obedient to You.
Help us as parents to love them and teach them about You. Remove every distraction of the enemy and the lure of this world. May they hear God’s voice above all and may they come to know You as Lord and Savior if they don’t already.
Lord, You are their good Shepherd who tenderly cares for them. May your hand be upon them each day as they go to and from school. May you hand select their friends. Bring the right people around them and keep them from all wrong influences.
Jeremiah 29:11 says, “For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope.”
We ask that you give each student the mind of Christ and help them in their academic endeavors. May the grow in their mind, body and spirit and fulfill all that you have called them to do on earth. We rebuke every plan of the enemy and declare that only Your plans will prosper over them. We ask that you keep them under the shelter of Your wings (Psalm 91).
Welcome Holy Spirit into our Schools
Romans 15:13 says, “May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that by the power of the Holy Spirit you may abound in hope.”
Holy Spirit, invade our school hallways, classrooms, teacher lounges, bathrooms, playgrounds and every inch of our school’s property. We ask that You would put the right person, at the right time, in places of need. Where there is bullying, misunderstanding or evil intent, bring the right person, at the right moment, whether it be a person in authority or a student to handle and influence an atmosphere of peace in our schools.
We pray this all in Your Mighty Name.
Amen
