5 Prayers To Pray As You Drive Through A School Zone

by Chase | Kid Min, Leadership, Student Min

The practice of adding intentional prayer to your day is nothing new — plenty of ministry leaders will tell you to pray throughout your day whenever you can. Praying while driving is a really popular suggestion, and it’s a great one because most of us drive several times a day and can use that time to connect with God and refocus ourselves on His purposes.

If you often pray while driving, or you want to start, school zones are a great place to pray through, for, and about! Your ministry, whether it’s family ministry, youth ministry, or children’s ministry, is deeply connected to local schools.

Here are five ways I am striving to pray as school is starting and have committed to continue praying as the school year continues.

5 Prayers To Pray As You Drive Through A School Zone

Pray That Students Experience The Unconditional Love And Acceptance Of Jesus

Students are looking to fit in and experience community. This can often lead to bad decisions and regrets, but it doesn’t have to. We should pray that students in our community experience first-time salvations and recommitments. 

Pray For The Teachers And Administrators To Draw Near To Jesus

Administrators and faculty need to lead with the Fruit of the God’s Spirit (love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control). They can only lead with these when they are humbly depending on King Jesus. 

Pray For Protection

As you drive by, pray for the spiritual, emotional, physical, and mental protection of the students, staff, and faculty. Schools are community hubs. Within the classrooms are the most vulnerable people in our society — children. We must pray for their protection. 

Pray For Jesus Followers To Be Bold

Schools need believers to stand in the hallways and extend the love and truth of Jesus. Pray that students are bold enough to set an example and stand up for their beliefs. Pray also that they would become emboldened to share the Gospel. 

Pray For The Parents

Between school and extracurricular activities, parents can end up feeling like glorified taxi drivers. But we know that they are much more than that! We need to pray for them to be energized, encouraged, and equipped to lead their children to become followers of Jesus.

Now What?

What times and places are you setting aside to pray specifically for your students and local schools?