A Back To
School Prayer
(Offered at the
Park Avenue Church of Christ as all our school staff was called to the front of
the worship center)
Lord, I pray your blessing and favor over this school year.
I pray that as these young minds explore the wonderful world
you have made that at every turn they may see You.
May they see you...
...in the beauty of art and music
and literature
...in contemplating the marvelous universe
you have created
...in the complexities of the human
body
...in the struggle of competition
...in the reassuring logic of
mathematics
...in the study of human behavior
...at work through the centuries of
human history
...in the intricacies of information
and technology
...in all the vastness of knowledge
and truth
But above all...
...May they
see you through these Christian teachers, administrators, and staff.
...Bless
these people, your servants who stand before us this day, that your glory may
shine through them.
...Grant them
all wisdom and patience and love.
...Use them
not only as disseminators of knowledge but as vehicles of truth, your truth.
We thank you for their hearts;
We pray for their protection;
We lift them up to you.
In the name of Jesus, through whom we see you most clearly,
we offer this prayer.
Amen
