Family prayer should be deeper than asking God to make life comfortable. A Christian should pray that family members know Christ, love God’s Word, resist temptation, grow in holiness, and endure faithfully. Pray for your spouse, children, grandchildren, and extended family by name. Ask God to protect them from deception, pride, bitterness, lust, unbelief, and worldly thinking. Also pray for yourself to lead, love, serve, forgive, and speak truth with grace. Prayer does not replace responsibility, but it reminds us that spiritual life is God’s work.
