5 Things to Pray for Your Kids by Melissa Kruger

Our culture says that the most important things for children are education, good health, treats, entertainment, and material things.

Yet as Christians, we know that children's spiritual health is the most important thing. So we need to pray for them, but where do we start?

This little guide is both deep and easy to use. Melissa Kruger takes us back to the Bible to show us what God’s will for children is, so we can pray in line with it.

She selects 21 key areas of spiritual growth and character development. For each one, there are five short prayer prompts drawn straight from the Bible.

This book can be used in any number of ways: work through it as part of your daily quiet time, or pick it up whenever a particular need arises. Either way, it's worth stepping out of the busyness of daily life for five minutes to pray meaningfully for your child, grandchild, godchild, or kids in your church—from tots to teens, and every age in between.

Review:I can easily fall into a rut when praying for my children. I am so thankful, therefore, for Melissa Kruger's fresh new book, 5 Things to Pray for Your Kids: Prayers that Change Things for the Next Generation. This is not an abstract lecture about prayer; it's a practical guide to prayer. The layout is clear, the framing is biblical, the prayer prompts are brief, and the value—for us, for our kids, and for the glory of Christ—is eternal. - Matt Smethurst
Gospel Coalition reviewer and Master of Divinity student at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary.

Author

Melissa Kruger serves as the director of women's content for The Gospel Coalition. She regularly teaches women in her community and speaks at women's conferences around the country. She is the wife of Michael J. Kruger, President and Professor of New Testament at Reformed Theological Seminary-Charlotte. Together, they are busy raising their three children. Melissa is the author of "The Envy of Eve: Finding Contentment in a Covetous World" (Christian Focus, 2012) and "Walking with God in the Season of Motherhood" (WaterBrook Multnomah, 2015). You can join her at her blog, Wit's End (https://blogs.thegospelcoalition.org/melissakruger/) or follow her on twitter: @melissabkruger