Prayers for Your Children: A Mother’s Prayer of Trust and Surrender

I swallowed the lump in my throat, as the nurse wheeled me to a small room where my tiny baby laid in an incubator. Numerous wires and tubes wrapped around him, and his eyes were closed with only the slightest rise and fall of his chest. In moments like these, the power of prayers for your children becomes deeply real, as a mother’s heart cries out for protection, healing, and strength.

Prayers for Your Children in Moments of Crisis

Our son had entered this world only three hours ago.

How could this be happening?

As the medical team swarmed around him like a blur, I sat in the wheelchair feeling no pain from the intense child birth. The trauma of finding out my baby had to be life-flighted to another hospital nearly four hours away was earth-shattering. At that moment, all I felt was numbness.

I watched as the helicopter carried my baby away, leaving me behind with hot tears of fear and anxiety. Desperate pleas to God made my heart feel like it was going to explode, “Please, please, please, God. Please take care of my baby.” I whispered the words over and over again. 

The Heartfelt Prayers Every Mother Lifts for Her Children

A mother’s prayers for her children often speak the most powerful words over their life.

They come from a special place in our hearts. Sometimes we cry out in desperation through our prayers, like I did in that hospital room. Other times they are intercessory- pleading for God’s mercy. Some prayers are full of gratitude for the precious life we get to nurture and tend to. Others are prayers of exhaustion, asking God for strength to get through the day.

And then we may whisper prayers of regret or wonder, ”God, am I even doing any of this right?”

As Mothers, we carry the weight of our children’s lives in our hearts, don’t we? Every fear, every need, every hope- we hold it tightly within, even as we work to lift it to our Heavenly Father.

In our fervor to protect and guide, it’s easy to forget the most powerful act of all: surrender. 

“The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much.” – James 5:16

This scripture reminds that prayer isn’t passive, it’s active and effective! It’s not just words spoken into the void, where we don’t know whether it even reaches the ears of God. Remember, surrender is a daily act of faith. Don’t forget that God is the ultimate parent: He knows the struggles, needs, hopes and dreams of our child even better than we do! Commit your heart to praying with fervor and surrendering in faith, knowing that the very God who holds the stars also holds our children.

Surrender doesn’t mean giving up, it just means letting go of control. 

Trusting God’s Plan While Praying for Your Children

Reflection: What are areas in your child’s life are holding onto too tightly? Write a prayer of surrender, giving those areas back to God.

Let’s Pray:

Heavenly Father, thank You for the precious gift of my children. Help me trust You with their lives and boldly surrender them. I pray with confidence knowing that You love them even more than I do. The plans You have for them are far better than I can imagine-help me to remember that today. Teach me daily to release my fears and hold fast to Your promises. In Jesus’ name, amen.