Thy Kingdom Come Prayer Movement

Pray for Me - Keeping the Word as Light - W3 D3

My son, keep your father’s commandment,      and forsake not your mother’s teaching.  Bind them on your heart always;      tie them around your neck.  When you walk, they will lead you;      when you lie down, they will watch over you;      and when you awake, they will talk with you.  For the commandment is a lamp and the teaching a light,      and the reproofs of discipline are the way of life, (Proverbs 6:20-23) Father, you give us your commandment as a lamp and your teaching as a light — something fixed to walk by when everything around us is dark. I pray that ______ would bind your Word to their heart and let it lead them: when they walk, when they lie down, when they wake up. Keep them from the lie that freedom means having no standard or boundaries at all. A person with no light doesn’t go free; they just get lost. Be their lamp, Lord. For your glory and their good, in Jesus’ name, amen.

Pray for Me - Love what He Loves, Hate what He Hates - W3 D2

There are six things that the Lord hates,      seven that are an abomination to him:  haughty eyes, a lying tongue,      and hands that shed innocent blood,  a heart that devises wicked plans,      feet that make haste to run to evil,  a false witness who breathes out lies,      and one who sows discord among brothers. (Proverbs 6:16-19) Father, you are not neutral. You love what is good and you hate what destroys — pride, lying, violence, scheming, a heart bent on evil, a mouth that stirs up division. I pray that ______ would come to love and hate the same things you do, in a world that keeps insisting nothing is really wrong. Don’t let them get talked out of their own conscience. Give them the backbone to call good “good” and evil “evil,” even when it costs them something. For your glory and their good, in Jesus’ name, amen.

Pray For Me - Diligence vs Laziness - W3 D1

Go to the ant, O sluggard;      consider her ways, and be wise.  Without having any chief,      officer, or ruler,  she prepares her bread in summer      and gathers her food in harvest.  How long will you lie there, O sluggard?      When will you arise from your sleep?  A little sleep, a little slumber,      a little folding of the hands to rest,  and poverty will come upon you like a robber,      and want like an armed man. (Proverbs 6:6-11) Father, you point a young person to an ant and tell them to learn something. I pray that ______ would learn it: that real diligence is quiet and self-directed and doesn’t wait to be told. The ant has no boss standing over her, and she works anyway. Build that in ______ — the kind of inner discipline that doesn’t need a teacher watching or a deadline looming. Keep them from the “little sleep, a little slumber” that feels harmless but ends in want. Teach them to govern themselves. For your glory and their good, in Jesus’ name, amen.

Pray for Me - He Knows Our Ways - W2 D7

For a man’s ways are before the eyes of the Lord,      and he ponders all his paths.  The iniquities of the wicked ensnare him,      and he is held fast in the cords of his sin.  He dies for lack of discipline,      and because of his great folly he is led astray. (Proverbs 5:21-23) Father, you see everything our young people do — not to catch them, but because you never look away from the ones you love. I pray that ______ would live like that’s true. Help them understand that sin doesn’t stay small; it ties knots that only get harder to undo. Give them the sense to turn early, while turning is still easy. And let being fully known by you feel like the safest thing in their lives. For your glory and their good, in Jesus’ name, amen.

Pray for Me - Discernment of the Messages - W2 D6

My son, be attentive to my wisdom;      incline your ear to my understanding,  that you may keep discretion,      and your lips may guard knowledge.  For the lips of a forbidden woman drip honey,      and her speech is smoother than oil,  but in the end she is bitter as wormwood,      sharp as a two-edged sword. (Proverbs 5:1-4) Father, plenty of voices promise our young people love, belonging, and pleasure while hiding the cost. I pray that ______ would have the discernment to taste the sweetness and still spot the trap underneath. Guard their hearts and their bodies from things that look like love but aren’t. Teach them to ask not just ‘how does this feel right now?’ but ‘where does this go?’ For your glory and their good, in Jesus’ name, amen.