Gracious God,
We lift up to you the children of our community. We rejoice for each of these lives, young vessels ready to be filled with your Word, your grace, and your peace.
Watch over these and all children of our community, Lord. Protect them from harm, lead them in your ways, and reveal yourself to them.
Heavenly Father, we also ask you to put caring Christian adults in their lives. Help each of us be role models for our youth, living in a manner pleasing to you and inspiring to them. Give us courage, strength of character, and strong faith so we might raise them up in the way they should go. Pour out your blessings on parents of children of all ages, giving them the wisdom to help their families grow into your will for their lives.
These things we ask in Jesus' name, grateful for the presence of the Holy Spirit in our lives, and thankful for your abundant love and mercy. Amen.
© Ann Trimble-Ray 2010
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