5 Prayers for Children from 1 Samuel

Joseph Dutko
August 30, 2023

How to Pray for Kids According to 1 Samuel 2-3

These prayers were birthed out of our church's series and teaching on 1 Samuel. There were a surprising amount of insights on women and children in this book, several of which I will highlight soon on The Gender Paradox blog. But for now, just wanted to share these 5 prayers you can pray for and over children, whether your own or someone else's.

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ABOUT JOSEPH

Pastor, Author, and sometimes pretends to be a Scholar


Joseph (PhD, University of Birmingham) is the author of The Pentecostal Gender Paradox: Eschatology and the Search for Equality.


Since 2015, he and his wife have together pastored Oceanside Community Church on Vancouver Island, where they live with their four children.

 

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