{"id":489,"date":"2025-08-20T00:30:00","date_gmt":"2025-08-20T05:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/igniteparenstg.wpenginepowered.com\/?p=489"},"modified":"2026-04-15T13:35:48","modified_gmt":"2026-04-15T18:35:48","slug":"back-to-school-prayer-guide-day-three","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/qa.igniteparenting.com\/es-es\/back-to-school-prayer-guide-day-three\/","title":{"rendered":"Back-to-School Prayer Guide for Parents: Praying Over Your Kids During the First Week of School (Day Three)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"et_pb_section_0 et_pb_section et_section_regular et_flex_section\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_row_0 et_pb_row et_block_row preset--module--divi-row--09mh6mbu8x\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_0 et_pb_column et-last-child et_flex_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough et_flex_column_24_24 et_flex_column_24_24_tablet et_flex_column_24_24_phone et_flex_column_24_24_phoneWide et_flex_column_24_24_tabletWide\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_0 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_flex_module preset--module--divi-text--default\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h2>Praying for Friendships and Relationships<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Scripture:<\/strong> <em>\u201cWalk with the wise and become wise, for a companion of fools suffers harm.\u201d \u2013 Proverbs 13:20<\/em><\/p>\n<h4>Prayer Points:<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Pray for your child to form godly, healthy friendships\/relationships and to have courage to set boundaries with those who would be a negative influence.<\/li>\n<li>Pray that God would grant you discernment to notice any red flags that signal a need for intervention, such as bullying, inappropriate relationships, or negative peer pressure.<\/li>\n<li>Pray that your child would be the friend that someone needs and would shine the light of Jesus wherever they go.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Practical Tip:<\/strong> Offer to host your child\u2019s friends in your home and pay attention to their interactions. Your home can be a safe space for relationship-building while also keeping you aware of their influences.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Bonus Blessing:<\/strong> Speak This Over Your Child Every Day Before School<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cMay God bless you, protect you, and make His face to shine upon you. May you walk in blessing and favor, guided by the Holy Spirit. You are loved, valued, and a child of God. You are made in the image of Christ and He is always with you.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Visit the other posts in this series:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"\/es-es\/back-to-school-prayer-guide-day-one\/\">Day 1: Praying for Peace and Focus<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/es-es\/back-to-school-prayer-guide-day-two\/\">Day 2: Praying for Teachers<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Day 3: Praying for Friendships and Relationships<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/es-es\/back-to-school-prayer-guide-day-four\/\">Day 4: Praying for Growth<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/es-es\/back-to-school-prayer-guide-day-five\/\">Day 5: Praying for Open Communication<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Day 3: Lift up your child\u2019s friendships and relationships, asking for God\u2019s protection and guidance.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":488,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[224,66,35,64,65],"coauthors":[265],"class_list":["post-489","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-educational","tag-back-to-school-2","tag-family-prayer","tag-parenting","tag-prayer-guide","tag-school-year"],"acf":[],"meta_box":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/qa.igniteparenting.com\/es-es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/489","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/qa.igniteparenting.com\/es-es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/qa.igniteparenting.com\/es-es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/qa.igniteparenting.com\/es-es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/qa.igniteparenting.com\/es-es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=489"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/qa.igniteparenting.com\/es-es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/489\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/qa.igniteparenting.com\/es-es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/488"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/qa.igniteparenting.com\/es-es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=489"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/qa.igniteparenting.com\/es-es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=489"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/qa.igniteparenting.com\/es-es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=489"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/qa.igniteparenting.com\/es-es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=489"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}