Have you ever experienced "prayer's block"?
Picture this: you set aside a substantial amount of time to pray. You hunker down, settle in, and make your requests known to God. Your heart is connected, and your intentions are pure. But after about ten minutes, prayer's block sets in-you don't know what else to pray.
Have you ever experienced this when praying for teens?
Me too. Sometimes, we need help envisioning the specific things to ask for in prayer.
Fortunately, we have a list to help jumpstart 30 ways to pray for teens at the bottom of this post.
Creative Ways to Engage in Prayer for Teens
We took Nick's list and created a YouTube playlist with prayer prompts that can assist you with praying specifically for this generations! This list of prayer suggestions can be utilized in various ways. You could...
- Use them for your own personal prayer time
- Gather parents and leaders to pray through the list in one sitting
- Focus on one topic each day for a deeper dive
- Challenge students to pray for their peers using the list
- Include seven of these topics in a weekly email
- Visit a school campus and pray for these topics by name
Additionally, we are mobilizing a prayer initiative, Footprints on Campus, that rallies people to pray at schools and juvenile detention facilities nationwide next month. We would love for you to jump in and join this prayer movement!
Young People Need Our Prayers
The bottom line is this: our teens need prayer. At NNYM, we are committed to a life of prayer for ourselves, other youth leaders and students. We firmly believe that prayer is our only hope of seeing a movement of Jesus among our young people.
Will you join us and commit to praying for this generation?
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30 Ways to Pray for Today's Teens
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Pray for the students you know as they prepare for the next school year.
- Pray for the Christian teachers you know who will be serving students this year.
- Pray for the Christian administration as they prepare to serve families this school year.
- Pray for teens in Juvenile Detention Facilities in your area to be mentored.
- Pray for student athletes to use their platform for God's purpose.
- Pray for campus ministry clubs and their impact this school year.
- Pray for wisdom on school boards as they make decisions for the community.
- Pray for Christian coaches to recognize the opportunity to share the gospel.
- Pray for your local youth pastor as they plan and prepare for the year.
- Pray for your local youth volunteers as they begin new relationships with students.
- Pray for parents as they enter a new season of school, pray for wisdom and rest.
- Pray for youth ministry networks as they come together to serve your community.
- Pray for a youth leader you may know from another church.
- Pray for the students that live in your neighborhood.
- Pray for the students at your community's high school.
- Pray for the students at your rival school.
- Pray for unity among the churches in your area.
- Pray for governmental authorities to make wise decisions.
- Pray for students who are depressed and lonely to find hope through Christ.
- Pray for homeschooled students and families.
- Pray for communities where there are no local youth ministries.
- Pray for students who struggle with mental health.
- Pray for students who struggle with addiction.
- Pray for students who are raised in a home hostile to Christianity.
- Pray for youth leaders who feel burned out and under-resourced.
- Pray for churches to connect and partner with parachurch organizations.
- Pray for local senior pastors as they plan the vision of the next year at their church.
- Pray for students who feel alone today.
- Pray for business leaders to support and encourage youth ministries
- Pray about how you can get involved with youth ministry in your area today.