A prayer for you

Prayer for a Child Custody Case

In the middle of a custody case, here are words that pray for your child's wellbeing — not for winning.

The wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceful, gentle, reasonable, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy.
James 3:17 (WEBBE)

Lord, we are in the middle of a custody case, and everything in me wants to pray to win. But that is not the prayer my child needs. Your word describes a wisdom from above that is pure, peace-loving, gentle, and without favouritism — give me that wisdom, even now. Help me keep my child's wellbeing at the centre of this, not my own hurt or my urge to be proven right. Guard their heart from the conflict between the adults who are supposed to protect them; keep them from being made a weapon or a messenger. I will not ask You to take my side against their other parent, whatever I feel; I ask instead for what is genuinely best for my child. Give the people deciding this real discernment. Steady me to act with integrity and calm, not retaliation. And carry my child through a process they did not choose. Your wisdom, Lord, not my winning. Hold my child. Amen.

People ready to pray — matched to your situation

These ministries and churches focus on this need and welcome prayer requests. Reach out to any that feel right — you are not a burden to them.

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    All God's Children Church of God

    Montreal, QC

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    Bethesda youth ministry

    Nairobi, Nairobi

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    Children's Bread Ministries International

    NASSAU, Bahamas

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    Children's Prayer Network International (Esther Network – Global)

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    childrensbread prayer and deliverance cogic abaco

    Blackwood Treasurecay, Bahamas

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    Jubilee Youth Mibnistries

    Botwood, NF

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    Kenya Adonai Master Servant Children

    Nairobi, Ken

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    Pentecostal fellowship of Nigeria Youth Wing Kogi

    p.o. box 120 lokoja, Kogi state

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