10 Powerful Prayers for Family and Loved Ones

Discover the most beautiful prayers for family to bring your household closer to God and strengthen your bond with one another.

Family relationships are the most basic unit of society and thus, the most important. So trying to understand how significant it is to pray for your family in a world of increasing conflict and evil, is like asking “how old is God?”.

The role of prayer in keeping your household together and thriving cannot be overemphasized.

If you are facing challenges, feeling grateful for your loved ones,  looking to strengthen your kinship, or even just trying to build a prayer habit for your little ones to follow, talking to God can help you find the strength and clarity you need.

 This article compiles a selection of simple, yet mighty prayers for family to help you get started with your prayer life.

10 Powerful Prayers For The Family

1. Thanksgiving Prayer For Family

Dear God,

Thank You for the blessing that my family is. They have always been there both in good times and in the bad. They have been a reflection of Your faithfulness and love for me.

I do not feel alone in this world because You have reminded me of Your comforting presence in my life through my family and friends.

For this and many more Father, words cannot convey how thankful I feel. You’ve shown me what it means to have love and to share both weal and woe with people. Thank you because I know that there is nothing that life will throw my way that I cannot overcome with You and these people bearing me up. I ask O Lord, that You bless them and help me to be a blessing to them in return in Jesus’ name, Amen.

2. Short Prayer For My Family

Heavenly Father, 

Thank You for our family and the experiences and memories we’ve shared. Thank You for the company and the consolation we’ve found in one another.

We ask that You strengthen the bond between us and cause us to love each other better day by day. Keep us safe from harm and draw us closer to You.

We pray in Jesus’ name, Amen.

3. Family Morning Prayer

Dear Lord,

We come before You as one this morning to commit our day to Your hands. Thank You for opening our eyes to Your beautiful world today. You put breath in our nostrils and spoke life to our bodies and for that we are thankful.

We ask for mercy for all the ways we have not reflected You to others.

Help us to be Your ambassadors today in all that we say or do. We pray that You grant us the wisdom that we need to walk through today. Guide us by Your Spirit in the right paths. Give us an excellent spirit so that we may stand out in whatever we do. Help us to be aware of Your presence no matter what happens. Protect us from every harm and give Your angels charge over us as we go into our days.

In Jesus’ name, Amen.

4. Family Prayer For Strength

Heavenly Father,

My family is going through a tough time right now and we need You now more than ever. We need Your strength and grace to get through this difficult season of our lives.

Help us, Lord, not to give in to this hardship but to stay strong, supporting each other.

Fill us with an awareness of Your presence walking us right through this. Help us to feel Your comfort and love cheering us on to victory. Give us the grace to trust in You even when nothing is sure and the hope to sail through these turbulent waters.

I pray for my partner and my children. Calm their fears and struggles. Strengthen each person in our hearts as we continue on life’s journey and let these experiences only bring us closer to each other.

We pray in Jesus’ name, Amen.

5. Family Prayer For Protection

Dear God,

I’m grateful for the way you have kept my family and me safe all these years. I’m aware that we are in no way better than those who have perished along the line, but Your mercy and grace alone have kept us. Precious Father, we thank You.

Though we may not be physically in the same location, we are together in spirit and faith. I ask that You continue to keep us all safe. Be our protector, our refuge, and our strong tower. Guide us in the right ways to follow and protect us from the evil one and his wiles. Send your angels to keep watch over us when we go out. And when we do get ourselves into trouble through our own stubbornness and ignorance, Father please make a way of escape for us.

In Jesus’ name, Amen.

6. Prayer For Healing For A Family Member

Heavenly Father,

I come to You asking for help on behalf of my family member who is sick. Thank You for their life Father and the numerous blessings You have adorned it with. However, their body is troubled by sickness right now and I know You are willing and able to take it away.

I ask that You heal my loved one and speak life into every part of their body, heart, or mind that is hurting.

Give them hope to carry on even when the circumstances around them don’t seem favorable. Even if the illness drags on, I pray that they will continue to have faith in Your healing power and persevere. Give us their family members the grace to also keep trusting You through it.

I strongly believe that this sickness isn’t unto death, but will show forth Your glory.

Through Jesus Christ, we pray, Amen.

7. Short Family Prayer Before Meals

Dearest Father, 

We thank You for providing all the food that we have today. Thank You for the privilege we have to eat and share it with the ones we love. We ask that as we eat it, it will not harm us but bring true nourishment to our bodies and love to our hearts.

Thank You for the hands that prepared the food, bless them abundantly.

Thank You for each person gathered around this table too. We also ask that You bless us and keep us in You so that we may continue to gather like this in harmony for many years to come. Help us to keep in mind even as we eat that Your word which nourishes our spirits is what truly matters.

Amen.

8. Family Prayer For Peace

Prince of peace,

We ask You to come into our family as we’re going through conflict right now. We know we did not really mean to hurt each other but our pride and ego got in the way of our love. Forgive us for allowing misunderstandings and strife to come between us. I pray that this conflict will be resolved and that peace returned to this family.

Use this situation to strengthen the bond between us and not weaken it. Let every feeling of animosity be removed so that leftover resentment will not spill into the way we relate with one another. Help us to forgive truly and pursue unity in this family.

Fill our hearts with patience and tolerance for each other’s flaws and teach us to truly love as You do.

Enable us to rely on You and on each other to become better versions of ourselves in Jesus’ name, Amen.

9. Family Night Prayer

Lord, 

Thank You for this beautiful day which is gradually coming to an end. Thank you for bringing us together once again. Thank You for every experience and for Your presence that walked with us through the day.

Thank You for the things we were able to accomplish and the ones we couldn’t. Thank You for the people we encountered and the little ways we saw You show up for us. Thank You for the frustrations and the laughter, our wins and our failures.

We ask for forgiveness for all the ways we fell short today, the little lies, and everything we did that did not please You. Help us to learn from our mistakes of the past and look forward to trying again tomorrow. Bless our family, strengthen us in our struggles and grant our different heart desires.

Even as we go to bed now, we ask that You watch over us and give us good dreams so that we may wake up tomorrow refreshed and ready to face the day with You. Goodnight Lord.

In Jesus’ name, Amen.

10. Prayer To Draw Closer To God As A Family

Father,

Thank You for the gift of our faith and the freedom to have a relationship with You. I pray today that You draw us closer to You not just as individuals, but as a family. Help us to build our house on You, the unshakeable Rock so that we will remain standing no matter the storm.

Your Word says that You are Love itself. Teach us to draw closer to You in the way that we love each other and everyone we come across in our lives.

Give us the grace to pray and study Your word and do what is written in it. Grant us the grace also to be consistent and resilient in our pursuit of You so that we may truly know intimacy with You. Unite us in our purpose and keep us on the right path. Above us, we ask for the boldness to profess You before everyone so that the world will know You.

Through Christ our Lord, Amen.

Conclusion

Building a habit of communal prayer with these prayers for family is truly a beautiful and powerful thing. There’s simply no better way to support and care for your family than by bearing them up or leading them in prayer.

However, particular or general your desires or struggles in your household may be, talking to God about them gives you the peace and assurance you need to trust Him for an answer. Whenever you pray, You can be sure that He hears.