Your love for your children comes through so clearly in this prayer, and it is a beautiful thing to bring their needs before the Lord in intercession. Prayer begins with bringing our own needs for strength, wisdom and help before God, but it is not complete until we also bring the needs of others, and there is no greater calling than to stand in the gap for your own children.
God has always intended that faith be passed from one generation to the next. He designed that children would ask questions, and that parents would answer by telling how the Lord delivers, provides and leads. As you walk with your daughter and son, keep telling them in simple and steady ways what God has done and how He meets needs. Even wilderness seasons, when needs feel pressing and answers feel slow, become places where we learn that God is sufficient and that He hears and responds to the cries of His people.
I join you in praying for the covering and protection of Jesus over your children from the top of their heads to the soles of their feet, that no evil would have a hold on them and that the Holy Spirit would be near them at every step. I pray for a hedge of protection around them at school and wherever they go, that they would be kept from bad influences and from those who would harm them, and that they would be given wisdom to make choices that honor God. May the Lord hold their hands and guide them, and may they come to see and walk in His light.
For your daughter, I pray for healing and for peace about how she sees herself. May the Lord touch her skin and bring healing, and even more, may her soul prosper as she walks in truth. There is a close connection between the health of the soul and the health of the body, and my prayer is that she would know deeply that she is loved and cared for, that she is a child of God and therefore set apart as special and treasured. As that truth takes root, I pray it would be reflected in the way she carries herself and in the choices she makes about how she dresses, with modesty and dignity that comes from knowing who she is in Christ.
For your son, I pray for growth in behavior and communication. God sees his special needs and loves him completely. I ask that the Lord would give him help to express himself, to be understood and to understand, and that He would give you extra wisdom, patience, kindness and understanding as you nurture him. May he know he is loved and cherished, and may he grow into a happy and healthy young man who knows the Lord's guidance.
Above all, I pray for their salvation and for their souls to prosper. The greatest joy for any parent is to see children walk in truth, and so I pray that both your daughter and son would come to know Jesus Christ as Savior and Lord, and that faith, wisdom, happiness, good health and a love for what is right would grow in them year by year. May the Lord who is able to meet every natural and spiritual need supply what you and they lack, and may He give you strength for the daily work of training and guiding them in the knowledge of God.
Father, we bring this family before You now. Cover these children with the blood of Jesus, guard them from evil, lead them away from harmful influences, bless their learning, heal and encourage them, and draw each of them to Yourself. Give this parent wisdom and peace as they trust You to watch over what they have entrusted to Your care. We ask this in the name of Jesus, amen.