Prayer for Teachers
This page features a number of inspirational prayers for teachers to use in different situations and meetings. The first prayer is a thanksgiving prayer useful for school services and assemblies, which also asks that God might fill our teachers with His wisdom, strength, joy and peace. There is also a daily prayer suitable for a teacher to say in the morning before work, two prayers for leading children to pray in class, and prayer for a teachers staff meeting.
Prayer for Teachers
(N.B. This prayer may be amended so that it is used as a pray for an individual teacher - see this version at the bottom of the page).Almighty God,
We come to you today and give thanks for all our teachers.
Thank you for the way in which they give of themselves each day in the classroom,
Serving and instructing the next generation of this land.
We thank you for them all now.
Father, please fill their hearts with courage now by your mighty Spirit.
Fill them with your strength, so they may rise to every challenge and not grow weary.
Fill them with your wisdom, so that they may be able to make good judgement when guiding and helping others.
Fill them with your peace, so that when stress and anxiety comes it would not overwhelm them.
Fill them with your joy, so that the passion they have for their subject may become a infectious passion that spreads.
We ask all this in the wonderful name of Jesus.
Amen.
(a short prayer for teachers from www.lords-prayer-words.com)
resources on this page
episcopal prayer for schools and colleges
a prayer for a teacher to pray
a prayer with a specific teacher in mind
Give me a child until he is seven and I will give you the man.
(Francis Xavier, 1506 -1552)
Prayer for a Teachers Staff Meeting
Father, we thank you for all the children in our school. Each one is so special and precious to you.
Thank you for the skills and talents you have given us as teachers. We offer them to you now and ask for your blessing on them.
Lord, we give you this time as we plan and make decisions for our school. We ask for your guidance, inspiration and direction. Holy Spirit, may we be sensitive to your leading as we talk and share together now.
Amen.
(a short prayer for a meeting from www.lords-prayer-words.com)
A Teacher's Prayer
A prayer sutable for a teacher to pray for their own work and studentsFather, please fill me with your understanding as I instruct others,
Help me to see the individual potential of every student I teach.
Father, please fill me with your patience as I teach others,
Help me to keep giving of my time and energy, especially to those who struggle the most.
Father, please give me your divine wisdom as I am with my class,
Show me when I must discipline and when I can show mercy.
Father, help me to depend totally on You,
For You are the source of my strength, courage and peace.
Father, above all, may I love and care for each student I teach.
Show me how to serve as Christ serves
Give as Christ gives
Love as Christ loves.
I ask all this in the precious name of Jesus,
My Saviour and friend.
Amen.
(A modern teachers prayer from www.lords-prayer-words.com)
School Prayer
Episcopal Church Prayer for Schools and Colleges
[and especially ___________], that they may be lively centers for
sound learning, new discovery, and the pursuit of wisdom;
and grant that those who teach and those who learn may find
you to be the source of all truth; through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Amen.
source: Book of Common Prayer, 1979 version, Protestant Episcopal Church in the USA.
Short Closing Prayer
(for the end of class)Dear Lord,
Thank you that you promise us
That when two or more come together in Your name
You are with us.
Thank you Lord that you have been with us throughout this lesson
And that you are with us right now.
Inspire us as we leave this place
To love and serve You always.
In the name of Jesus.
Amen.
(a short classroom prayer for the end of a lesson from www.lords-prayer-words.com)
Teaching Children How to Pray
"Cheeky Monkey TV" is a fun way for children to learn about prayer, for elementary (primary) schools. In this episode (4mins), we learn about what prayer really means:-
Prayer for teachers
A prayer for a specific teacher in mind:-
Almighty God,
We come to you today and give thanks for [name]
Thank you for the way in which he/she gives of her/himself each day in the classroom,
Serving and instructing the next generation of this land.
We thank you for him/her now.
Father, please fill his/her heart with courage now by your mighty Spirit.
Fill him/her with your strength, so he/she may rise to every challenge and not grow weary.
Fill him/her with your wisdom, so that he/she may be able to make good judgement when guiding and helping others.
Fill him/her with your peace, so that when stress and anxiety comes it would not overwhelm him/her.
Fill him/her with your joy, so that the passion he/she has for his/her subject may become a infectious passion that spreads.
We ask all this in the wonderful name of Jesus.
Amen.
(a short prayer for teachers from www.lords-prayer-words.com)
More prayers for schools and children ...
here are links to some resources to help with school life