Prayer for my children to feel loved and accepted and for us to show them love

Dear Lord,

I pray for [name child(ren)] to feel loved and accepted. Penetrate their hearts with Your love right now and help them to fully understand how far-reaching and complete it is. In John 3:16 it says that You sent Your only son to die fro us and in this way You loved the world so much. Deliver [name child(ren)] from any lies of the enemy that may have been planted in their hearts or minds to cause them to doubt that. Jesus said in John 15:9-10 "As the Father loved me, I have also loved you; abide in my love." Lord, help [name child(ren)] to abide in Your love. May they say as David did, "Cause me to hear Your loving kindness in the morning, for in You do I trust" (Psalm 143:8). Manifest Your love to these children in a real way today.

I pray also that You would help me to love my precious [name child(ren)] unconditionally the way You do, and enable me to show it in a manner they can perceive. Reveal to me how I can demonstrate and model Your love to them, so that it will be clearly understood. I pray that all my family members will love and accept [name child(ren)], and may they find favor with other people as well. With each day that they grow in the confidence of being loved and accepted, release in them the capacity to easily communicate love to others. Enable them to reach out in love in a way that is appropriate. As they come to fully understand the depth of Your love for them and receive it into their souls, make them vessels through which Your love flows to others.

In Jesus' name I pray, Amen.

(Adapted from The Power of a Praying Parent by Stormie Omartian)