Blessing Your Child/Grandchild
Last Sunday, I had the privilege to teach a class to parents on “Blessing your children.” This may seem a little foreign to some, but it is all throughout the Bible. As parents and grandparents, we take care of our children when they are sick by taking them to the doctor or giving them medicine. We make sure our children are in enrolled in school and get a good education. We even make them do their homework and projects. We clothe them and feed them each day. But when it comes to their spiritual well-being, do we see our responsibilities as parents the same? Do we, daily, take care of their spiritual upbringing?
When I read the scriptures in the Old Testament, I read how God blessed his people and how fathers in the OT blessed their children. Abraham, Noah, Isaac, and many more gave blessings to their children. A blessing is a prayer over your child (ren). Your blessing can be scripture that you read or a prayer about a certain attribute that you would like your child to develop. It can be at the dinner table, when your child goes to bed, before you send them out for the day, or in your quiet time.
Why should we bless our children? If not us, then who? Who is going to ask God to bless our children? Who is going to pray a blessing over them? It should be our job as parents. We should ask for patience, courage, contentment, health, a future spouse, safety, and so many more things for our children. I have attached a monthly guide that someone passed on to me in my small group. Let me encourage you to print it out and use it as guide. There are also verses below that you can use to pray over your child/ grandchild or for your child / grandchild as a blessing. If your child is grown, you can still pray blessings over them. My parents to this day pray for me and I can feel the power of their prayer in my life as I make decisions and go through difficult situations. And I thank God for godly parents who care enough about me to take time to pray for me as I go through life.
‘May the Lord bless you and keep you; the Lord make his face to shine upon you and be gracious to you; may the Lord turn his face toward you and give you peace. Numbers 6:24-26
Matthew 5:14,16
Ephesians 3:17-19
Galatians 2:20
2 Thessalonians 2:16-17
Get an excel spreadsheet Prayers for Your Children here
