A Prayer for School Children

Father of all mercies We ask that you would bless the youngest and littlest of learners, the most helpless and powerless of persons, with Your infinite and loving mercy, granting them the strength to learn, concentrate, and act in love towards their teachers and fellow students. We also ask that You would watch over them, at home and at school and give them proper direction so that they may learn of Your wonderful virtues. We ask this in the name of Your Son, Jesus Christ. Amen David Bennett

A Prayer for the Day

Lord, May all that we do this day, from morning until night, begin with your inspiration, and continue with your powerful help. May our work this day be rooted in love and mercy, that we might love you, and love our neighbors, as perfectly as you love us. We ask this through our Lord Jesus Christ. Amen David Bennett

A Prayer Before a Test

Lord Jesus, You understand the difficulties we face, and the pressure I am under right now. I ask that you guide me as I take this test, so that I may do my best. Open my mind, Clear my thoughts, And grant me perfect concentration, So I may use the knowledge I have gained, To build up your kingdom, For the good of all people. Amen David Bennett

A Prayer For Teachers

O Lord, Grant me your strength, so I will have courage in every situation; Grant me your love, so I will never give up on anybody; Grant me your wisdom, so I will show others the path to success; Grant me your mercy, so I will forgive those who have hurt me; Grant me your peace, so I will find the best in everybody; Grant me your hope, so I will never give up; Grant me your joy, so I will be thankful for all my blessings; And Grant me your grace, so you will always be at my side. Amen David Bennett

A Prayer For School Bus Drivers

Father, We thank you for the patience and dedication of bus drivers, who are entrusted with the safety and care of children. Watch over all school bus drivers, we pray, and guide them, in your mercy, that they, and their passengers, may reach their intended destinations, safely and securely. We pray in Jesus name, Amen. David Bennett

A Prayer For School

O Lord God, School is not always easy, And some days, it is very difficult, and I struggle to relax and be at peace. Yet I know that you will give me patience, wisdom, and courage, to be excellent in every way, and you will help me love others, as you love me. Amen David Bennett

A Prayer for a New School Year A Prayer Before a Sports Game For Use Before Games and Sporting Events
God our Father, You have created us to strive for the best. Grant to all athletes, coaches, and fans, strength to pursue excellence during this event. We pray for the safety of these athletes; Protect them from injury and harm. And finally, we pray for your grace, that you would provide us with the endurance to pursue our heavenly prize: eternal life in Your Son. Amen David Bennett Father, We thank you for the opportunity to begin this new school year, and we ask that you bless the students, faculty, and student families that make our school a great place. We pray that you will guide us in all ways, so that we will seek your will in everything that we do. We ask this in the name of Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen David Bennett

A Prayer for Stress and a Stressful Day

May the Lord support us all the day long, until the shadows lengthen, and the evening comes, and the busy world is hushed, and the fever of life is over and our work is done! Then in His mercy, may He give us a safe lodging, and a holy rest, and peace at the last. John Henry Newman (1801-1890), adapted by David Bennett

Prayer For a Willingness to Serve Others

Lord, make us instruments of your peace. Where there is hatred, let us sow love; where there is injury, pardon; where there is discord, union; where there is doubt, faith; where there is despair, hope; where there is darkness, light; where there is sadness, joy. Grant that we may not so much seek to be consoled as to console; to be understood as to understand; to be loved as to love. For it is in giving that we receive; it is in pardoning that we are pardoned; and it is in dying that we are born to eternal life. Amen. St. Francis of Assisi (1181-1226)

Prayer For Knowledge and Strength

Give me O Lord, I pray Thee firm faith, unwavering hope perfect charity. Pour into my heart the Spirit of wisdom and understanding the Spirit of counsel and spiritual strength the Spirit of knowledge and true godliness and the Spirit of Thy holy fear Light eternal, shine in my heart Power eternal, deliver me from evil Wisdom eternal, scatter the darkness of my ignorance Might eternal, pity me Grant that I may ever seek Thy face with all my heart and soul and strength; and, in thine infinite mercy, bring me at last to Thy holy presence where I shall behold Thy glory and possess Thy promised joys St. Alcuin of York (735-804)

Prayer For Wisdom and Understanding

Teach me, O my Lord Jesus, instruct me that I may learn from Thee what I ought to teach concerning thee. Anglican Archbishop William Laud (1573-1645)

Prayer to Follow God Completely

O My God give me your grace so that the things of this earth and things more naturally pleasing to me, may not be as close as you are to me. Keep my eyes, my ears, my heart from clinging to the things of this world. Break my bonds, raise my heart. Keep my whole being fixed on you. Let me never lose sight of you; and while I gaze on you, let my love of you grow more and more every day. John Henry Newman (1801-1890)

Prayer For Knowledge of God's Creation

Almighty and everlasting God, You made the universe with all its marvelous order, its atoms, worlds, and galaxies, and the infinite complexity of living creatures: Grant that, as we probe the mysteries of your creation, we may come to know you more truly, and more surely fulfill our role in your eternal purpose; in the name of Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen Book of Common Prayer, USA, 1979 Prayer For Patience and Gentleness Bestow on me, O Lord, a genial spirit and unwearied forbearance; a mild, loving, patient, heart; kindly looks, pleasant cordial speech, and manners in the exchanges of daily life; that I may give offence to none, but as much as in lies, live in charity with all men. Johann Arndt, (1555-1621)

A Prayer For God's Inspiration

Father, May everything we do begin with your inspiration and continue with your saving help. Let our work always find its origin in you and through you reach completion. We ask this through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen The Liturgy of the Hours, Week I

Prayer for the Light of God

O Lord, thou greatest and most true Light, whence the light of the day doth spring! O Light, which dost lighten every man that cometh into the world! O thou Wisdom of the eternal Father, Enlighten my mind, that I may see only those things that please thee, and may be blinded to all other things. Grant that I may walk in thy ways, and that nothing else may be light and pleasant. John Bradford (1510-1555)