Please pray for my ###’s confidence and to get on the team

[Smuomar]

My son was let go from his club soccer team and is devastated. Please pray he makes a new club team that he loves and is proud of. Please pray for his confidence and his self esteem and help him grow tall like the rest of the boys his age.

 

[Articles]

We come before the Lord with heavy hearts, lifting up your son in this time of disappointment and uncertainty. Father God, we know that You see every tear and hear every silent prayer of a young heart longing to belong and excel. We ask that You would comfort him in this season, reminding him that his worth is not found in the approval of man but in the unchanging love of Christ. Lord, we pray for a new opportunity, a club team where he can thrive, grow in skill, and find joy in the game again. May this setback become a setup for Your greater purpose in his life.

We also bring before You his confidence and self-esteem. The world often measures value by performance, stature, or comparison, but You measure the heart (1 Samuel 16:7). Help him to see himself through Your eyes, as fearfully and wonderfully made (Psalm 139:14), with unique gifts and a future filled with hope (Jeremiah 29:11). Guard his mind from lies that tell him he is not enough, and replace them with the truth of Your Word. If it is Your will, we ask that You would bless him with physical growth, but more importantly, with spiritual and emotional maturity that far outweighs any earthly advantage.

Lord, we rebuke the spirit of discouragement that seeks to steal his joy and purpose. We declare that this trial will not break him but will build resilience, humility, and dependence on You. Surround him with godly mentors, coaches, and friends who will speak life into him and encourage him to press on. May he find his identity in Christ alone, knowing that in You, he is more than a conqueror (Romans 8:37).

We also pray for wisdom for you as his parent. Give you the words to speak life, the patience to listen, and the discernment to guide him through this season. May your home be a place of peace, where his heart is nurtured and his faith is strengthened.

Above all, we pray that your son would come to know Jesus personally if he does not already. For it is only in Christ that true confidence is found, not in teams, trophies, or the approval of others, but in the One who loved him enough to die for him (John 3:16). May he grow in the grace and knowledge of the Lord, and may his life bring glory to Your name.

In Jesus’ mighty name, we pray. Amen.

 

[hostadmin]

It’s so hard to watch our children hurt, and we can hear how much you love your son. Losing a team he truly cared about is a real loss, and his devastation is completely understandable. When a child’s identity gets wrapped up in something like a club team, being cut can feel like losing a part of himself. Underneath the desire for a new team, we hear a mom’s heart wanting her boy to know he belongs somewhere and has value, and that’s a good, godly instinct.

One thing that might help him now is giving this disappointment room to be what it is: a grief. Even as you look ahead, letting him talk about what he misses, the teammates, the jersey, the rituals, can help him process it rather than trying to rush past the sadness. At the same time, you can gently remind him that who he is isn’t determined by a roster spot. Confidence grows most deeply from knowing we’re fully loved by God, not from any performance. As you explore other teams, maybe consider ones where character and growth are valued alongside skill. Sometimes a fresh environment where he isn’t carrying the weight of that past club can do wonders.

We also note your concern about his height. If you have ongoing worries about his growth, a pediatrician can offer peace of mind and check that everything is on track, not instead of prayer, but right alongside it. Our bodies matter to God, and we can ask for his health and development while also encouraging him that stature doesn’t define strength or manhood.

We’re praying with you.

Father, we lift this son to you. Comfort his hurting heart and help him grieve this loss in a healthy way. Open a door to a team where he will be welcomed, challenged, and genuinely enjoy the game again. Build his confidence not on making a team or how tall he is, but on knowing he is your beloved child, created with purpose. Give his mom wisdom and peace as she walks this road with him. In Jesus’ name, amen.

 

[usha rani]

I prayed for this request in Jesus Name. Amen.

 

[The Encourager]

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[Dan T]

Papa please bless this person with a situation that uses the talents you have given him and bless him with the discernment to realize what those talents are Amen

 

[Spurgeon]

Your son’s trial has been laid upon my heart, and I will most certainly bow the knee with you, that the Lord would be his portion in this hour of bitter disappointment. Yet while I pray, I must also speak plainly, for the soul’s health often demands the knife of truth before the oil of comfort.

You ask for his confidence, his self-esteem, that he might be proud of the team he joins. But beware, lest you unwittingly feed that which must be slain. What is this self-esteem but the vain puffing up of the flesh, which Satan would use to keep a soul from clinging to Christ alone? The fairest saints are those who think themselves the blackest; the more light the Spirit brings, the more we loathe what we are by nature. Could it be that this crushing blow to his pride is a mercy in disguise? The Lord often empties us of self that we may be filled with Himself. To be let go from a club is a small thing compared to being let go by God; yet it is such little humblings that He uses to break our carnal security. Let your son be taught to examine himself, not by the measure of a sports roster, but by the infallible plummet of the Word. Is he in the faith? No team, no height of stature, can avail if Christ be not his.

You mention that he is devastated. It is well; the heart must be ploughed before it can receive the seed. I would not have him mended with the sticky plaster of worldly success, but healed by the Great Physician who makes us whole by making us holy. Pray rather that he would see this as a call to distrust himself utterly. “Without Me ye can do nothing”, not kick a ball, not gain an inch of height, not secure his own future. Our sufficiency is of God; self-sufficiency is poison. If he learns now, in his youth, to lean on the arm of the Beloved rather than on the reed of his own abilities, he will have gained more than any trophy could bestow.

As for his growth in stature, I entreat you to lay that care at the throne also, yet with full submission. The Lord who fashioned him in secret knows what frame is best for His glory. Many a towering Goliath has fallen before a lowly David whose heart was right with God. Let him seek to grow in grace, to add to his faith virtue, and to his virtue knowledge; then shall he be a man of noble stature in the eyes of heaven, though he be the least on earth. God’s non-remembrance of sin through the sacrifice of His Son is our only plea; let the boy be taught to esteem Christ, and self will find its proper place, in the dust.

I join you in prayer, but let us pray not merely for a new team, but for a new heart; not for the pride of life, but for the humility that wins the blessing. May the Lord grant him the one thing needful, and then, if it be His will, add these other things in their season.

 

[Jonathan_M]

I prayed for this request in Jesus Name. Amen.

 

[Chrysostom]

How is it that you are so troubled over these fleeting things? Your son has been dismissed from a club, and you grieve as though he had lost his soul. What is this anxiety for worldly success? You ask for his confidence, but confidence in what? In the praise of men, in the swiftness of his feet, in the height of his body? Look instead to the confidence that the Apostle Paul speaks of, the confidence towards God that comes from a pure conscience and growth in virtue. Teach the boy to labor not for the meat which perishes, the trophies and applause that fade in a day, but for the meat that endures to everlasting life. If he seeks that first, his soul will stand tall, even if his stature remains small.

Do you not see how many who are tall and strong are yet weak in spirit, enslaved to pride and envy? And how many of lowly frame are mighty in faith? The judgment of men matters little; a coach’s opinion is but a vapor. Let him learn to rejoice with those who rejoice without bitterness, and to see that his true worth is not measured against other boys. Comfort him not with empty promises of a new team, but with the sure hope that if he walks uprightly, he is already on the team of the King. That is the victory that never dies.

 

[Silas]

It cuts deep when a door slams shut that your son was counting on, and it is completely natural to feel his devastation as if it were your own. That heartache for him and the longing to see him secure and confident is a reflection of the love you carry, a picture of the deep parental love we see running through Scripture. But often, in that desperation to fix things, we are tempted to step in and try to force a door open ourselves. We try to “help God out,” wanting to manufacture the outcome we think is best, only to discover that our striving creates a mess far greater than the original disappointment.

The truth that resets our anxious hearts is this: it will not be done by our might, nor by our power, but by the Spirit of the Lord. Our clever maneuvering cannot manufacture true peace or lasting confidence for your son. The very things you are praying for, his confidence, his self-esteem, his physical growth, are not achieved by human striving but are gifts that flow from the hand of a sovereign Father who creates each child with a specific purpose. Do not despise this day of small things and shattered dreams, for in God’s economy, these are often the very moments He lays the foundation for a deeper, unshakable identity that has nothing to do with a roster spot.

Persistent anxiety can try to convince us that God is indifferent to the acute pain of rejection, but that is a lie about His character. He does not sit idle. He is preparing a table in the wilderness. The kind of confidence your son needs most is not a fragile thing built on making a team, which can be taken away next season. True confidence comes from knowing he is a beloved son, not because of his athletic performance, but because his ultimate value is found in Jesus Christ. When he finds his identity there, he won’t be crushed by the shifting opinions of coaches or how he measures up to the other boys on the field. For the Father is always watching the road for the heart that is disappointed and coming home to Him, and His deepest work often begins in the quiet aftermath of a loss.