Parents are indeed blessings; hence, we owe it to them to pray for them. First, they play considerable roles in the home, translating to a great society.
They raise kids to become morally sound adults and significant assets to society. The failure of parents in their responsibilities would culminate in a society full of misfits and morally poor people.
If your parents did an excellent job raising you, then you owe them to pray for them. I have provided powerful prayers for parents to assist you in accomplishing this.
As you pray for different aspects of their lives, such as their healing, health, protection, and more, they will experience God’s all-around blessings.
Below are Powerful Prayers for Our Parents.
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Child’s Prayer for Her Parents.
James.1.17 (NIV)- Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, who does not change like shifting shadows.
Heavenly Father, thank you because of the wonderful parents you have given to me. You designed that I would come through them. I’m grateful to you because they are indeed a blessing to me.
Please bless them for all the efforts they put into raising me to be the person I am today. Keep them healthy, so I can reciprocate the love they have shown me over the years.
In Jesus’ name, Amen.
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Prayer for Parents Who Lost a Child.
Revelation 21.4 (NIV) – He will wipe every tear from their eyes.
There will be no more death or mourning or crying or pain, for the old order of things has passed away.
Dear Holy Spirit, my Comforter, my family, and I need you more now. Be near us, especially my grieving parents, now more than ever.
Their hearts are crushed, and spirits down over the demise of ____. They need your strength to get over this loss and move on.
Lord Jesus, my parents need an assurance that you are with them at this time and not alone. Prove to them that you are indeed our Comforter in this time of grief.
Who else should they cry to? At whose feet should they lay if not yours? So, Lord, whisper words of comfort to their heavy hearts and restore peace in them.
In Jesus’ name, Amen.
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Anniversary Prayer for Parents.
Ruth.1.16 (NIV)- But Ruth replied, “Don’t urge me to leave you or to turn back from you.
Where you go, I will go, and where you stay, I will stay. Your people will be my people, and your God my God.
Omnipotent God, you have always been faithful to my parents for as long as I can recall. And now, you have again proven to be faithful. Thank you for the anniversary of my parents’ union.
You have kept them in love until this time, and my siblings and I are indeed thankful to you for all your goodness toward them.
Father Lord, I want you to keep them in love and together for many more years. May their love for each other wax stronger as the days, months, and years go by.
I ask that their love blossom, be ever fresh and delightful in your sight and the sights of men.
In Jesus’ name, Amen.
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Blessing Prayer for Parents.
Psalms 71.14 – 15. (NIV) – But as for me, I will always have hope; I will praise you more and more.
My mouth will tell of your righteousness, of your salvation all day long, though I know not its measure.
Almighty and Everlasting God, thank you for always taking delight in blessing your people. Thank you, especially for all the blessings my parents have always enjoyed from you.
However, I ask that you bless them even more. In your generosity, bless them on all sides. Open the windows of heaven and let there be an abundant supply of all their needs.
Bless my parents financially and make lack very far from them. Most especially so they can support your kingdom’s work and meet others’ needs.
In Jesus’ mighty name, I pray, Amen.
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Daily Prayer for Parents.
Psalms.125.2 (NIV) – As the mountains surround Jerusalem, so the LORD surrounds his people both now and forevermore.
Dear Lord Jesus, you have given me a jewel in my parents, and for this, I will always be grateful to you.
They are as precious as pearls to me, so I ask that you protect them. Overshadow them with your presence daily so they will be unreachable by the enemy.
Even as they go out daily, may your abiding presence never depart from them. Also, grant them long life so they would enjoy the fruit of their labors.
In Jesus’ name, Amen.
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Happy New Month Prayer for Parents.
Isaiah 43.19. (NIV) – See, I am doing a new thing! Now it springs up; do you not perceive it? I am making a way in the desert and streams in the wasteland.
Sovereign Lord, thank you because you are a God of times and seasons, and goodness abounds to all generations.
Thank you for this new month you have ushered us all into, especially my dear parents. May this new month mark the beginning of new things for my parents; let it be a season of refreshing for them.
In this new month, let their souls, health, finances, and spiritual lives experience all-round rejuvenation. Let Joy, miracles, blessings, and testimonies abound in their lives this month.
In Jesus’ name, Amen.
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Healing Prayer for Sick Parents.
Malachi 4.2 (NIV) – But for you who revere my name, the sun of righteousness will rise with healing in its wings.
And you will go out and leap like calves released from the stall.
Jehovah Rapha! Lord, you are the God who heals. So, I commit my parents to you. I cast them upon your mercy. Father, spread out your wings of healing over them.
Balm of Gilead, extend your healing touch toward my parents. Heal them of every pain or discomfort, especially those associated with old age.
Merciful Father, let your hands of healing rest on them, from the crown of their heads to the soles of their feet.
Thank you, dear Lord, for hearing my prayers and granting my request.
In Jesus’ name, Amen.
Also See: Prayers for Parents’ Long Life: 15 Captivating.
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Morning Prayer for Parents.
Lamentations 3.23 (NIV) – They are new every morning; great is your faithfulness.
Gracious God, thank you because today is the day you have made, and we are indeed rejoicing in it.
As the sun rises in brightness over the mountains of Jerusalem, let the pleasures of the earth rain upon my parents. Bless their morning. Let joy break forth in their lives today.
Father God, may this morning bring them blessings of your unfailing love and goodness. And may every other morning yield blessings to them.
In Jesus’ name, Amen.
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Prayer for Controlling Parents.
1Timothy.3.4 – 5 (NIV) – He must manage his own family well and see that his children obey him with proper respect.
(If anyone does not know how to manage his own family, how can he take care of God’s church?)
Ever-loving God, you designed that parents be exemplary leadership role models to their children and not control freaks. Sadly, mine are gradually turning to one.
Therefore, I lift them to you and ask that you give them insight on how to relate with me. Grant them understanding to accord healthy freedom to me and my siblings and not control every aspect of our lives.
In Jesus’ name. Amen.
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Prayer for Difficult Parents.
Ephesians.6.4 – (NIV) – Fathers, do not exasperate your children; instead, bring them up in the training and instruction of the Lord.
Loving God, you are the most excellent teacher because you instruct in love and patience.
I commit my difficult parents to you, grant them insight and understanding to relate with me and everyone else in love.
Give them the grace to be patient, constantly reprove in love and righteousness, and no harshness.
Dear Lord, help them to nurture and admonish us in your Lord. Remove everything that makes them tough and make their hearts soft towards my siblings and me.
In Jesus’ name, Amen.
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Prayer for Divorcing Parents.
Ephesians.5.31 (NIV)- For this reason, a man will leave his father and mother and be united with his wife, and the two will become one flesh.
Compassionate God, it’s your divine design that a man and woman would come together and become one flesh.
I appreciate you for the bliss my parents have enjoyed in their marriage for many years. Now that their relationship has gone sour and they are on the verge of divorce, I seek your timely intervention.
Lord Jesus, restore their love and cause a reconciliation between them, so the impending divorce doesn’t pull through. Take away disunity, hatred, strife, and conflict from them and unite them in spirit, mind, and body.
Keep them as one, just as you are one with the Father. Let them live in unity loving and sharing everything with each other joyfully.
In Jesus’ name, Amen.
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Prayer for Foster Parents.
Isaiah.54.13-15 (NIV) – All your sons will be taught by the LORD, and great will be your children’s peace.
In righteousness, you will be established: Tyranny will be far from you; you will have nothing to fear.
Terror will be far removed; it will not come near you. If anyone does attack you, it will not be my doing; whoever attacks you will surrender to you.
Abba Father, thank you for my foster parents. You brought them into my life when I lost it all and had no hope. So, Lord, I lift them unto you. Bless them abundantly.
Fight all their unseen battles and give them resounding victory over the enemy. Remove every stumbling block against their progress in life. Bless them double-fold for loving and caring for me adequately.
Supply all their needs daily according to your riches in glory. May their own biological children receive a greater measure of goodness they have shown me.
In Jesus’ name, Amen.
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Prayer for a Good Relationship with Parents.
Proverbs.24.3 – 4 (NIV) – By wisdom, a house is built, and through understanding, it is established; through knowledge, its rooms are filled with rare and beautiful treasures.
Dear Father, thank you for giving a picture of how parents and their children should relate. I know you desire a healthy relationship between my parents and me.
Dear God, I call you the repairer of broken breeches because your specialty is mending broken relationships and fixing broken people.
Likewise, I ask you to restore my relationship with my parents. Heal every grudge in their hearts against me.
Lift every burden, anger, pain, and resentment in their hearts towards me. Remove every form of pressure in our relationship. Above all, make our relationship more beautiful and better than ever.
In Jesus’ name, Amen.
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Prayer for my Parents’ Health.
3 John.1.2 (NIV) – Dear friend, I pray that you may enjoy good health and that all may go well with you, even as your soul is getting along well.
Gracious God, you are the preserver of life. You have revealed your will for us concerning the health of your children.
Remember my parents in fulfilling this divine promise of sound health because they are also your children.
Make them partakers of this promise. Preserve their health and let their bodies not fail at any point, even as they age.
In Jesus’ name, Amen.
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Prayer for a Parent Having Surgery.
Jeremiah 29.11-12 (NIV) – For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the LORD, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.
Then you will call upon me and come and pray to me, and I will listen to you.
Almighty God, you save those who trust in you; hence, I commit dad, who will be undergoing surgery today, to your hand.
Prove yourself mightily in his life and let the surgery be successful. I implore you by faith to honor your promise of preservation and long life in my dad’s life.
May no complications arise from the surgery, both during and after. Most importantly, grant him a speedy recovery afterward.
In the name of Jesus Christ, I pray, Amen.
Conclusion
With the above powerful prayers for our parents, you can rest assured that God has heard you. The Bible says that the effectual fervent prayers of a righteous man avail much.
Therefore, if you have prayed, have faith that He has heard you and will grant your heartfelt requests concerning your parents.