Prayer for Single Mothers
I recently received a message from a reader requesting a prayer for single mothers. She writes:
Hi Jennifer,
I have been a sole parent for the best part of 20 years. I was saved after I left my children’s father, so I kind of did life back-to-front. [Single mothers] seem to be an oft forgotten group because we don’t into the conservative mould of what a Christian should look like.
…I was wondering if there might be a chance you could do up some prayers for single mums and dads. I’m sure there are many other single parents who would also …appreciate some specific, biblical based prayers to pray.
Many thanks, and God bless.
This reader is right. Raising children is a challenging job, even when both mother and father work at it together as a team! But when Dad is absent and the responsibility falls entirely on Mom’s shoulders, it can feel especially heavy.
This is true whether the mother in question has been abandoned, divorced, or widowed. Solo parenting is difficult, even when Dad is only temporarily out of the picture. Perhaps he’s been deployed with the military. Perhaps he has to travel with his job for weeks or months at a time. Perhaps he is injured or terminally ill or hospitalized or otherwise incapacitated.
Whatever circumstances precipitated the situation, women who must raise their children without the help of a capable, loving, and devoted father need a lot of prayer support. I’ve been thinking about that fact a lot over the past week, as the LORD has woken me up several times a night with a burden to pray for Erika Kirk after her husband’s recent assassination.
I’ve incorporated many of those same requests I’ve made on behalf of Charlie Kirk’s widow in the free prayer prayer guide for single moms below.
The above version is what one might pray for a single-parent friend or family member. But I realize the person who sent me that message was asking for a bible-based prayer she could pray on her own behalf.
You can find that version below. Please note that every one of these requests — every line of both prayers — has a strong biblical basis. Click on any of the scripture links below to read the foundational verses for yourself.
A Prayer for a Single Mother
LORD, guide me as a single mom (Psalm 25:5)
Who leans on Your strong arm; (Psalm 139:10)
Be my shield and my defender (Psalm 18:2)
And protect me from all harm. (Psalm 121:7)
Be a father to my children, (Psalm 68:5)
May we gladly bear Your name. (2 Thessalonians 1:12)
Grant me grace for every trial; (2 Corinthians 12:9)
Carry me through flood and flame. (Psalm 68:19-20)
Lend the patience and endurance (1 Peter 2:19-20)
I will need to face each day. (Lamentations 3:22-23)
Furnish wisdom and direction (Proverbs 4:11)
When I do not know the way. (Psalm 25:8-9)
Give me peaceful rest in slumber, (Proverbs 3:24)
LORD, provide for every need. (Philippians 4:19)
Calm my fears and soothe my worries (John 14:27)
As I cast them at Your feet. (1 Peter 5:7)
Change my sorrow to rejoicing; (Psalm 126:5-6)
Help me love her enemies— (Luke 6:27-28)
Meeting hatred with forgiveness— (Colossians 3:13-14)
As I trust the God who sees. (Hebrews 4:13)
Grow my faith in You much deeper; (Ephesians 3:17-19)
Let my love for Jesus shine. (Matthew 5:16)
And when others see my well-lived life, (Psalm 1:1-3)
May all the praise be Thine. (Jude 1:24-25)
Both versions of this prayer are available as a pretty, free printable prayer guide. Just click on the download button below to print either or both.
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