Scriptures for Decreeing and

Praying for the Salvation of Children

“Thus says the Lord: Restrain your voice from weeping and your eyes from tears, for your work shall be rewarded, says the Lord; and [your children] shall return from the enemy's land. And there is hope for your future, says the Lord; your children shall come back to their own country.

Jeremiah 31:16-17 AMPC

(The above scripture is a prophetic promise!)

1.     We declare that our unsaved children will return to the Lord in true faith and repentance. 

John 6:44

2.     We decree that the hands of the enemy be bound and removed from working in our children's life and that our children's eyes be open to the truth of the gospel.

2 Corinthians 4:4

3.    We decree that the word of God be accelerated in the life of our unsaved children.

Jeremiah 1:12

4.    We declare the hearts of stone will be replaced with a new heart that loves and obeys God.

Ezekiel 36:26

5.   We pray that every Sunday School lesson, memory verse, and sermon our children have heard be brought back to their remembrance to convict, encourage, draw, and save.

John 14:16

6.    We decree that our children will be saved, healed, and delivered.

Hebrews 7:25

7.    We declare our children will be filled with the fire of the Holy Ghost.

Acts 1:8

8.     We pray that the names of our children now released into the heavenly atmosphere and before the throne of God. God will raise up watchmen to pray for our loved ones.

Isaiah 62:6-7

9.     We ask that the pleasures of this world and the pressures of life will not choke the Word of God that has been sown into the life of our children.

Matthew 13:7, 22

10.     We ask for a genuine faith, a faith that trusts in Jesus alone and surrenders to Jesus for our children.

Ephesians 2:8-10

11.     We ask for a stirring in the heart of our children, a stirring out of indifference and complacency concerning the condition of the need of Jesus in their life.

2 Corinthians 6:2

12.     Lord we ask that you continually send godly Christian people into the life of our children who will share the gospel with them.

Romans 10:14

13.     We pray that our children will not be content with the appearance of righteousness but will seek you for the transformation of their whole life.

Matthew 23:27-29

 14.     Holy Spirit we pray that you would humble our children so that they see their need of Jesus.

Psalm 18:27, Proverbs 8:13, 29:23

 15.     We pray that our children will hunger for God's Word, truth and righteousness.

Matthew 5:6

 16.     We  declare that our children will lift their hands and praise the Lord.

Psalm 139:14-16

 17.     We pray that every plant that has been planted by God in our children will not be uprooted.

Matthew 15:13

 18.     We thank you Father God, that you have given our children a heart to know you.

Jeremiah 24:7