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Prayers for fathers
Prayers to honor fathers, grandfathers and father figures on Father's Day or any day, including a prayer for those for whom this day is hard.
The prayers on this page were written for Lamp & Flame; you're welcome to pray, copy and share them. Bible verses are quoted from the King James Version.
A prayer for fathers
Heavenly Father, thank You for the fathers among us. Give them wisdom to lead, strength to protect and tenderness to love well. Where they are tired, renew them; where they have failed, forgive and restore them. Help them point their children to You. In Jesus' name, Amen.
A Father's Day blessing for dad
Dad, may the Lord bless you and keep you. Thank you for your love, your sacrifices and your example. Happy Father's Day.
A prayer for new dads
Lord, bless this new father. Give him patience in the long nights, joy in the small moments and confidence that You will help him. Amen.
A prayer for those missing their father
God, today is hard for those who have lost their father, never knew him or carry painful memories. Be a Father to them. Comfort them and remind them they are deeply loved. Amen.
Scripture to pray with
“The just man walketh in his integrity: his children are blessed after him.”
“Like as a father pitieth his children, so the LORD pitieth them that fear him.”
“And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.”
“Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.”
“A father of the fatherless, and a judge of the widows, is God in his holy habitation.”
“And if it seem evil unto you to serve the LORD, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD.”