Day of Prayer for Schools 2025

We are blessed to have an opportunity to join others in praying for our local schools. Below are some suggested prayer prompts as you walk around and/or in the school.

1. Love

Scripture: “‘By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another’” John 13:35  

Prayer: Father, may the students and staff of this school experience Your love through the Christians they know in profound and authentic ways.

2.  Truth

Scripture: “Buy the truth and do not sell it—wisdom, instruction and insight as well” Proverbs 23:23     

Prayer: Lord, release truth in this school. Help students to rightly discern truth from falsehood.

3.  Principal and School Board

Scripture: “Let everyone be subject to the governing authorities, for there is no authority except that which God has established. The authorities that exist have been established by God” Romans 13:1  

Prayer: I pray blessings on the principal and each school board member. Father, may Your will be done at their meetings and in their planning.

4.   Teachers and Staff

Scripture: “For the Lord gives wisdom; from his mouth come knowledge and understanding” Proverbs 2:6

Prayer: May (name of teacher) recognize the God-given responsibility he/she has for the best interests of the children they teach. May they walk in wisdom, integrity, kindness, grace, and truth.

5.  Struggling Students

Scripture: “And we urge you, brothers and sisters, warn those who are idle and disruptive, encourage the disheartened, help the weak, be patient with everyone” 1 Thessalonians 5:14

Prayer: Lord, I ask You to encourage those children who will struggle with their studies. Strengthen their minds. Help their teachers and parents know how to help them learn. Show them your love and their worth.

6.   Protection

Scripture: “The angel of the Lord encamps around those who fear him, and he delivers them” Psalm 34:7  

Prayer: Lord, stay the hand of violence against the children, their families, and staff of this school. Dismantle any plan to bring harm to them. Expose any weapon brought into the school premises and render it harmless.

7.  Christian Programs

Scripture: “Just as a body, though one, has many parts, but all its many parts form one body, so it is with Christ. For we were all baptized by one Spirit so as to form one body…” 1 Corinthians 12:12–13  

Prayer: Father, I pray for abundant blessings on positive programs that bring the love of Jesus Christ into public schools. Help the groups who sponsor such programs function according to Your Word and in harmony with each other. Bless the leaders and bring forth new and growing believers.

8.   Christian Students and Teachers

Scripture: “Don’t let anyone look down on you because you are young, but set an example for the believers in speech, in conduct, in love, in faith and in purity” 1 Timothy 4:12  

Prayer: Pour your favor onto the Christian students who attend school, filling them with wisdom and boldness in living out their faith. Help them share effectively the Good News of salvation through Jesus Christ with their classmates. May Christian teachers and staff be used for Your impact!

9.   A Chosen Generation

Scripture: “But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God’s special possession, that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light” 1 Peter 2:9  

Prayer: Father, may Your Kingdom come on earth as it is in heaven. From the students at this school, raise up a generation of people who worship You in spirit and in truth and love.

10.  Hope

Scripture: “‘Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you’” Matthew 7:7  

Prayer: Lord, may there be an open door in this school for the Gospel to be shared with students and staff. Allow full advantage to be taken of every opportunity to name the name of Jesus.

NOTE: We’d love to pray for you! Feel free to send any prayer requests you may have to prayer@fruitcove.com.