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

Jewish Tradition

A good Jewish tradition is when, on the Sabbath, the father blesses his children. The father is like the priest of his home, and it is a good thing for him to bless (pray that good things would come to) his children. Children may hear many demands and criticisms during the week. On the Sabbath, it is a pleasant change for them to hear words of blessing and encouragement from their parents. Every Sabbath service we call the parents and their children forward. The parents lay their hands on their children, praying for them and blessing them. Four or five people will pray spontaneously out loud for all of the children. Here are some of the prayers that the Rabbi will also pray for the children during that time:

Surrender

When we hear the phrase "surrender to God" we might think that we are going to stop living. The truth is: we will start living! Surrendering to God doesn't mean living without a purpose. Instead, it means to start living with a purpose - the purpose that God has planned for us. Jeremiah 29:11 says, "'For I know the plans I have for you,' declares the LORD, 'plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.'"
God is saying that He has a plan for our lives! We can give up our selfish desires, put our futures in the hands of God, and He will take us far beyond our dreams!  The book of James suggests that we "submit" or surrender to God. "Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you" (James 4:7). Once again, we see that God desires that we give our lives and plans to Him 100 percent. James not only touches the point of surrendering to God, but he links it with the second idea: resisting the devil. These two ideas go hand-in-hand. Surrendering to God is not easy and there will always be the temptation of returning to our own self. Even Jesus was tempted to not surrender His life to God's plan! But what happened? He resisted and the devil fled from Him.
Surrendering to God gives us a weapon to use against our enemy, the devil. Even when we are tempted to do our own will and live our lives in our own way, once we surrender to God, He will empower us to resist the devil.

Prayer 4

Yahweh God, I have reconciled myself with you to the best of my abilities, and now that I can stand before you without shame, I give myself to you completely. I accept you as the Lord of my life, my master, my Savior, and I surrender myself into your hands. I surrender my body, with all its weaknesses and failings. I surrender it with all its ailments, aches, pains and suffering. I ask that you heal me, Lord, if that be your will. I also ask that you use it, as you will. I surrender my mind, and all the thoughts, the ideas, the plans, the fantasies that run through it. I ask that you purify my mind, Lord, so that I only think thoughts that are pleasing to you. I ask, also, that you reveal your will to me, so that I may follow it.  I surrender my heart, with all its longings and desires. I ask that you squeeze out all the corruption in it, Lord, and make it a heart full of love—your love. I surrender my life, which you have given me, along with everything in it. I surrender my family, my finances, my home, my occupation, my skills. I surrender everything I have and everything I will have. I surrender what I am and what I will be. All is yours, Lord. I place everything at your feet. Let your will be done in me and in my life. In Yeshua’s Name Amen

Prayer 3

Precious Yeshua, I thank you for your enduring love. You came into the world to set us free from the power of darkness. You embraced a violent death on the cross to pay the penalty on my behalf. You suffered the  at the pillar, taking the sickness of humanity upon your own flesh, so that we could be healed. I come before you now to place all my sin upon your cross and ask for your precious blood to wash me clean. I place the penalty for my sinfulness, all my sickness, diseases and infirmities upon your cross, and for the sake of your passion, I ask to be set free. I accept your sacrifice and receive your gift of reconciliation. I confess your Lordship over every aspect of my life, heart, mind, body, soul and spirit. Through the power of your cross Yeshua, I now resist all forms of sin, sickness and disease. I say to all forms of sickness and disease caused by my own disobedience, that you are  not God’s good and perfect will for my life, and I enforce the power of the cross upon you right now. By the shed blood of the Yeshua of Nazareth, I command all forms of sickness and disease to leave my presence immediately. Yeshua bore my infirmities. He was wounded for my transgressions. By his stripes I have been healed. No sickness, pain, death, fear or addiction shall ever lord over me again. The penalty has been paid in full. I have been ransomed and redeemed, sanctified and set free. Amen. In Yeshua’s Name

Prayer 2

Heavenly Father, Lord of all Creation, we surrender to You.  You are the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, the God of Moses and David, and You are our God. We are proud to call You Father, and Your Word tells us that You delight to call us Your sons and daughters  Your adopted children who are Your very own special treasure. But even as Your children, we run and hide from You, and it is Your grace that calls us to return and surrender to You. Your Word also says that when we return, You lead heaven in celebration  like a shepherd who has found a lost sheep, or a woman who has found a lost coin, or a father who has found his wayward child. Teach us as You did Moses, to walk by faith, each day searching for Your presence, glory, and directions.