We pray for our teachers. We thank you for the heart that each of them has to invest in the lives of young people and pray that they are encouraged in their work. At a time when so many teachers are burning out, we pray for renewed strength and energy. May the teachers of our community know how deeply you love them and desire for them to experience the fullness of life in you.
We pray for school staff members, paid and volunteer. We pray for the important logistical work they do to ensure good education. We thank you for their selfless service and ask you give them strength and perspective in the work they do..
May the administrators and staff of our schools know how deeply you love them and desire for them to experience the fullness of life in you.
We pray for students. We pray for the students who are starting school for the first time and for those at new schools. Calm their nerves, and soothe their fears. For students who feel left out and alone, we pray for a welcome embrace. We pray for the many pressures our students will face - pressure to conform and pressure to perform.
May the students of our community know how deeply you love them and desire for them to experience the fullness of life in you.
We thank you for the gift of knowledge and the opportunity to better understand your world and who we are within it. We join our prayers with those around our communities and pray a canopy of support, protection, and love over the teachers, students, and schools in our community.
We pray all these things in the powerful name of Jesus, Amen.
This prayer is a slightly modified version of that used by Pastor Nate Schipper on Sunday, August 28,2022 at Fellowship Church, Holland, Michigan. He edited it from a group called Movement West Michigan.
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