Friday, August 12, 2011

A Sabbath Prayer For Children

God of the spirits of all flesh, we pray for our sons and daughters, that they may experience redemption from all their offenses, as did Adam and Eve. May they offer a better sacrifice, as did righteous Abel. Make them like Enoch, who walked with God. May they be blameless in their time, as Noah was in his. May they faithfully endure all their trials as Job did his. May they have faith like Abraham, patience like Isaac, and zeal for You like Jacob. Sons, y’seem-cha Eloheem k’Efraim v’chee-M’nah-sheh! May God make our sons like Ephraim and Manessah, the blessed and numerous and fruitful tribes of Israel! Daughters, y’see-mech Eloheem k’Sarah Rivka, Rachel v’Leah! May God make our daughters like Sarah and Rebecca, Rachel and Leah, the blessed mothers of the Jewish people. May they learn to be righteous and forgiving, as was Joseph. May they experience Your great salvation and deliverance, and become humble leaders like Moses, who led Israel out of Egypt. May all their Red Seas part before them, and their Jordans retreat before them!  May they be zealous for holiness like Pinchas the priest, and bold and courageous like Joshua. May they be willing to take on a multitude, and be victorious, like Jonathan, David's friend. Like King David, may they become true worshipers, and women and men after Your own heart. Fill them with joy like David who danced before You. May they be skilled in worship like the Levites at the Temple. May they be like those who sang praises to You, walking before Israel's army, so that our enemies were utterly defeated. Give them wisdom and understanding like Solomon. May they learn how to hear Your voice as did Samuel and the prophets of old. Make them people of holy courage and mighty acts like Elijah and Elisha. May they have insight like Daniel. Make them wise builders, like Nehemiah, and grant them love for Your Teaching, like Ezra the Scribe. Grant them miraculous victories like the Maccabees, and make them preparers of Your way like John the Baptist. May they be close to you and loved by You like John whom You loved. May they overcome their circumstances as when Simon Peter walked on water. Enable them to be bold proclaimers of Your Message of Salvation like Rabbi Paul. Cause them to be people of prayer and holiness like James the Just. Help them to continually sanctify Your name, and even be willing to die for it, like Stephen, the holy martyr. And above all, may they grow in their knowledge of the Son of God, until they become mature men and women. May they attain to the fullness of Messiah. May they walk as He walked, and live as He lived, doing good, serving God, always obeying You, making Your will their will. May they be filled up to all the fullness of God! In Yeshua Name Amen

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