Are you young and looking for inspiration to pray? Discover the best prayers for young Christians who are just starting to pray or who are simply looking for new ideas to get inspired and pray thinking about new themes or situations. Read carefully and choose the ones you like the most!
The best prayers for young people
Read on and dive into the list of prayers for young Christians, dedicated to specific moments of everyday life such as waking up, blessing the table, driving or studying. Choose the prayers that you like the most and use them in your daily life, to feel close to God and do your daily tasks more happily. We hope you like them!
Before we start reading the prayers for young Christians, we leave you with a video with perfect music to pray. Let yourself be carried away by every note and the relaxing melody of this video. When you begin to read the prayer, you will notice how the strength of the Holy Spirit takes hold of you, you will feel stronger, and you will be motivated to do whatever you set your mind to. Press play and read the article carefully!
Wake Up Prayer
When we get up, it is a very good time to offer a prayer to the Lord. We can thank him for having spent a good night, for being awake for a new day and for him being by our side. If you begin to practice daily the action of thanking God for giving you one more day in this wonderful world, you will discover a very rewarding and hopeful habit that will give you energy and strength to face the day.
Thank you Lord for this new day,
for this new morning where your light
clears all darkness,
all fear is gone and your love reigns.
I present my life to you to cleanse it
of everything that does not please you,
give me a renewed mind and
that is centered on your will.
On this new day I praise and bless your name,
I thank you for my family and for my work.
I can do on a day-to-day basis.
Give me wisdom to speak,
to know how to say things and to listen
with the necessary attention,
that I can keep my cool
by spending the day being patient
in everything that needs to be done.
I ask you to protect my family
when entering and leaving the home,
watch over us and deliver us from all evil,
may you be a shield around us.
Thank you for being by my side
for the opportunities you give me
for the doors that will open today,
thank you for giving me your love and blessing.
Amen.
Prayer to bless the table
Blessing the table and thanking the Lord for the wonderful food He offers us should be an act to be carried out every day. We must be thankful and eat conscientiously the food that God gives us. Sometimes young people do not place enough value on food and may even waste it, an act that is disrespectful to hungry people who are not assured of a hot plate on the table. Whether alone or with company, this prayer will liven up your meal and you will enjoy a good breakfast, lunch or dinner. Enjoy!
Lord Jesus,
You who are our Bread of Life
we ask you to pour out your blessing today
on this table and these foods
that you have willed to give us in your goodness.
You were born into a humble and hardworking family,
that you knew the fatigue and struggle for daily sustenance,
help us to trust in the Father’s Providence
so that we are able to share
the goods that you give us to those who need them most.
You who sat at the table of the poor and sinners,
give us the gift of hospitality,
to welcome the little ones into our lives,
to those who hunger and thirst for justice, love and peace.
We thank you Lord for so many blessings,
for entrusting us with these gifts that we are about to receive
In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.
Amen.
Prayer for studying and for an exam
We all know that studying is an arduous task and sometimes you never find the time to get down to it. It seems that the world conspires against you not to study and you always end up postponing the decision a day before the exam. When time is no excuse, sometimes it also happens that we are not motivated by our studies and the syllabus becomes twice as complicated.
If you feel identified with any of these situations, we recommend you to read this prayer carefully, God will accompany you and will make your study hours more enjoyable, while motivating you to concentrate, you will understand much better what you are studying. Be encouraged, the Lord is with you!
Lord of my guardian,
You who take care of me at all times,
You guide me and protect me with your everlasting love,
Give me the light of understanding to study,
Now that I open my books and notes,
Give me the wisdom to read and understand,
Give me the mettle to stand strong and dedicated,
And that the desire to improve myself does not disappear,
Amen.
We also enclose a little prayer for you to pray before an important exam. Remember to stay calm and trust in yourself, God and St. Anthony will be by your side and if you have studied, everything will go well.
Blessed Saint Anthony,
You who are strength and dedication,
On this day be with me, guide my memory,
That every question on my exam I can solve,
That each exercise, each questioning, will be understood by you.
And give me the strength to have the understanding,
The desire to learn, to overcome obstacles,
And to have an excellent result before this test,
Be you, my main teacher,
Amen.
Prayer for driving
We continue this article with a prayer dedicated to those who use the car regularly or who are about to start a trip. The action of driving always involves some risk and it never hurts to ask God to safeguard us during the journey. After reciting this prayer you will drive much safer and enjoy a smoother ride. Have a good trip! May the Lord safeguard you from all dangers and accompany you with his infinite love.
Give me, Lord, a firm hand and a watchful eye,
so that while driving I do not cause harm to anyone.
To you, Lord, who gives life and preserves it,
I humbly beseech you to keep my life today.
Deliver, O Lord, those who accompany me, from all evil,
illness, fire or accident.
Teach me to make use of my car for remediation
of other people’s needs.
Grant, Lord, that I may not be swept away by the vertigo of speed,
and that, admiring the beauty of this world, he may succeed in following
and happily finish my journey.
I ask this, Lord, through the merits of your Mother,
and through the intercession of St. Christopher, special protector of drivers.
Amen.
Cooking Prayer
Some of the daily tasks of everyday life can make us feel tired and sluggish. Cooking can be one of those actions that we must do every day, but that, due to the hustle and bustle of our lives, can become a hard task that we don’t feel like doing. Next we leave you with a prayer specifically designed to help you take courage and cook with more enthusiasm than ever, after praying, you will feel the desire to prepare delicious dishes. Praying to the Lord always gives us strength and infects us with his eternal and infinite love.
Mr,
You are the one who is present
when I get ready to cook
You know the taste and the touch of the heart that I have to give.
Give me the wisdom to seek and spread with delicacy all that you want to give
Help me to give the flavor of affection so that in cooking I can transmit what you put in my feelings.
Lord, sometimes it is hard to lift the pots
how to wait for the water to heat up,
Give me the patience to know how to wait and to feel calmly that the pleasure is not only for me,
but for those who can enjoy it today.
Grant me the grace to know how to put all that you inspire in me
and my food today is the knowledge that you will enjoy it too.
Thank you for choosing me for this cooking service,
thank you for giving me the opportunity to serve,
thank you for entrusting me with this mission,
may it be to your liking and may whoever has the grace to like it receive my blessing
and all my heart’s desire.
Amen
Prayer to talk to a friend who bothers us
We end with a prayer that can come in handy to deal with someone who is bothering us, or that annoying friend who wants to keep us away from our goals with ways that do not seem to us the most appropriate. As young Christians we want to speak to this friend from the heart, with the love that characterizes the goodness of God; and with this prayer we can ask the Lord to give us the patience and serenity to ask that person who makes us feel irritated to understand us and leave us alone. Try it, speaking from the heart is the best way to deal with others.
My Lord Jesus Christ,
give me the grace to speak directly
to my friend’s heart.
Holy Spirit, enlighten my understanding and my words.
to ensure that they are suitable.
Change my heart for a new one,
melt it with the fire of your love
and do the same with my friend’s heart.
You have the power to do that.
I trust you to change hearts
and cleanse souls.
I am just an instrument:
your instrument.
If you want him to, he will change;
if you want him to, he will realize it.
I only ask you, Father, to let me love him as he is,
because we love only those who love us,
what credit do we have?
Always in the hope that as much as You want
you will change his heart,
In the meantime I will be attentive, patient, helpful.
Don’t let him speak ill of him;
do not allow me to be separated from him.
May it be my cross to save many souls.
Help me to love him.
You alone, O most loving God,
you have the power to change hearts.
I ask you to change mine and his.
Through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Amen.
It is well known that all Christians share several official prayers such as the Lord’s Prayer, the Magnificat or the Creed. With them, we turn to God to thank Him and pray for our loved ones and for the world. Even so, many of us want to dedicate to God, words that refer to some of our daily actions, to feel him close and to help us move forward.
There are many types of Psalms, prayers and prayers that we can use to approach the Lord and reflect. Today, in your Bible Online we want to help you to get closer to the Lord through prayers destined to perform certain actions and moments of our life; above all, these prayers are addressed to those young people who are just starting to pray for themselves and who may need a guide to get started.
And so much for prayers for young Christians! Now that you have a larger repertoire of elaborate prayers for your daily tasks, we recommend that you begin to put them into practice in your life. If you liked them and find them useful, we will come back later with more sentences for everyday actions.
If you liked this article of prayers for young Christians, you will also like the biblical phrases related to different moods, you can visit our articles of Verses of Hope and
Encouragement Verses.
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