Praying Proverbs Over Your Child: Week 4

Welcome to our Summer 2025 Book Club-Style Bible Study! This summer, we’ll be walking through Hey Mama! Pray: Praying Proverbs Over Your Child—a powerful, prayerful guide for parents seeking to raise their children in the wisdom and love of Jesus.

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Why this study matters:
Praying Proverbs over your child is more than a devotional practice—it’s a powerful parenting tool. As Christian parents, we’ve been entrusted with the sacred responsibility of guiding our children to know, love, and follow Jesus Christ.

That calling comes with challenges, especially in a world full of distractions and opposing voices. But we’re not alone. God, in His great wisdom, has given us the book of Proverbs—a rich source of truth, character-building guidance, and daily encouragement.

Let’s lean into His Word together this summer and cover our children in Scripture-rooted prayer.

"The rod and reproof give wisdom, but a child left to himself brings shame to his mother....Discipline your son, and he will give you rest; he will give delight to your heart." Proverbs 29:15, 17

Why Proverbs?
While there are countless parenting books out there, none compare to the timeless, wisdom-packed truths found in the book of Proverbs. This divinely inspired book serves as God’s blueprint for raising children who grow into wise, godly adults. When we read, study, teach—and most importantly, pray—the truths of Proverbs over our children, we invite God’s Word to shape their hearts and minds from the inside out.

Proverbs offers practical instruction on essential character traits like honesty, diligence, kindness, self-control, humility, and a reverent fear of the Lord. It highlights the value of wisdom and the dangers of foolishness, equipping our children with the discernment they need to navigate the challenges of life with grace and strength.

Let’s commit to this journey together, friend—because there is no greater gift we can give our children than the life-shaping power of prayer and God’s Word.

As we pray through Proverbs over our children this summer, we’ll journey through an A-to-Z list of important life topics—from dealing with fear to developing a strong work ethic. Each week, we’ll focus on a few key issues, along with supporting Scripture to guide our prayers. Let’s get started and invite God to do a powerful work in our children’s hearts!

HUMILITY, INTEGRITY, JUDGMENT, and  KINDNESS

HUMILITY 
Humility is a beautiful thing! However, it seems that some people are just born that way, while others of us have to try to develop that character trait.
 
Proverbs 11:2 tells us that "When pride comes, then comes disgrace, but with the humble is wisdom."
 
There’s hardly anything more disgusting than a person wallowing in their own self-pride! It’s one thing to be proud of your accomplishments or the accomplishments of your kiddos, but when pride focuses on self too long it can quickly become a detriment to our character.
 
"The fear of the Lord is instruction in wisdom, and humility comes before honor." Proverbs 15:33
 
Humility comes before honor. There are two kinds of people in the world—those who demand honor and those who earn it. I’ve seen them both, and those who earn it are much more pleasant to be around.

• This is the kind of humility Jesus portrayed during His earthly ministry.
• This is the kind of humility I want my children to portray.
• This is the kind of humility that needs to be portrayed in my life as well!

"Do you see a man who is wise in his own eyes? There is more hope for a fool than for him." Proverbs 26:12
 
It really boils down to what I am comparing myself to. I can always find someone with less to compare myself to that’s going to make me look like more. At the same time, I can make myself look like I’m more important than I am. It’s so easy to do these days with social media! But I want to be humble, and wise, and I want that for my children as well! Let’s pray today mama that we and our children will be humble like Jesus and wise as well. Let’s be examples of humility.


INTEGRITY 
Integrity is a trait that can be won or lost in a moment with the right or wrong decision.
 
Proverbs tell us that if we give thought to God’s Word—the Bible, we will discover good.
 
Integrity is good! Integrity can be found in God’s Word.
 
"Whoever gives thought to the Word will discover good, and blessed is he who trusts in the Lord." Proverbs 16:20
 
So, how do we get integrity? How do our kiddos get integrity? This same verse tells us that blessing comes from trusting the Lord.
 
Integrity is not only good, not only can it be found in God’s Word, but we will be blessed when we trust God.
 
Want to find integrity? Look for it in God’s Word. Meditate on Scripture, and trust God.
 
You probably know someone with integrity, and you most likely know someone without integrity. Look at what Proverbs 25:19 tells us, “Trusting in a treacherous man in time of trouble is like a bad tooth or a foot that slips.”
 
You may have had a toothache before. I have and I can tell you, it’s not a pleasant experience. Or, maybe you’ve slipped and fallen before as I did at the pool a few summers ago—I’m still in pain from that fall! Neither of those experiences do I want to repeat, and I don’t want my children to experience “a bad tooth or a foot that slips” either. But this is what Proverbs tells us it’s like to have to deal with a person without integrity.
 
Today, mama let’s pray that our children will become adults with integrity—role models for the community around them. Let’s model that godly characteristic in our own lives for them to observe.

JUDGMENT 
Good judgment, common sense, and wisdom seem to be lacking in our current culture. Proverbs 1:20-31 tells us how to have good judgment, common sense, and the kind of wisdom that only comes from God.
 
Verse 23 tells us that, “If you turn at My reproof, behold, I will pour out My Spirit to you; I will make My words known to you.”
 
We want that wisdom, don’t we? We need it to live a life pleasing to the Lord. We do! And so do our kiddos!
 
This passage goes on to tell us what happens if we don’t turn, if we don’t embrace His reproof, and if we don’t fear the Lord.
 
"Because they hated knowledge and did not choose the fear of the Lord, would have none of My counsel and despised all My reproof, therefore they shall eat the fruit of their way, and have their fill of their own devices." Proverbs 1:29-31
 
I like to eat as much as the next person but I don’t want to eat the fruit of my way! I want to reap the benefit of God’s way, His wisdom, with His truth abiding in me.
 
We want this for our children as well, right? I’m sure you do as much as I do!
 
Today, mama let’s pray that our children will love the knowledge found in God’s Word—in His promises. Let’s ask the Lord to take hold of their little hearts and make them LOVE His counsel! Let’s let them see the fear of the Lord demonstrated in our own lives. This fear is not the same as I fear falling from some great height or I fear being attacked by a bear while hiking. This fear is a reverence for God. It’s me embracing His way knowing that it’s the best way for me. I want my children to know that fear—that reverence. Let’s pray to that end today! Pray God will give them good judgment.

KINDNESS
It is good to be kind! In this world we live in today, there are lots of opportunities to show kindness.
 
Proverbs tells us that we are not to withhold good, or kindness, from those who deserve it, especially when it is within our power to do so. When is the last time your children saw you being especially kind to someone?

• Maybe you have homeless people in your community, as I do, so you travel with gallon-size Ziploc bags of personal hygiene items, snacks, and a tract or New Testament to give them.
• Or, you and your kiddos bake homemade bread or cookies and give them to the lady behind the counter at the grocery store or pharmacy?
• How about putting together small gift bags with things like tissues, gum, lip balm, a healthy snack bar, and a word of encouragement from God’s Word for the people at your local hospital who are undergoing chemotherapy?

“Do not withhold good from those to whom it is due, when it is in your power to do it. Do not say to your neighbor, ‘Go, and come again, tomorrow I will give it’—when you have it with you.” Proverbs 3:27-28
 
It’s so good to be kind, and it’s great when our children can be a part of that kindness act. They mimic us. We are their role models. Let’s let them see us being kind, and let’s let them have a part in that kindness.
 
I want my children to be the ones who go and sit with the new kid during lunch. I want them to be the welcoming committee for the youth group at church. I want them to say, “please” and “thank you” without having to be reminded. I want them to appreciate the hard work of others and never act as if they are entitled to anything. Let’s pray to that end today, mama.

Which of the four traits—humility, integrity, judgment, or kindness—do you most desire to see God cultivate in your child right now, and how are you modeling that trait in your own life?

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