While we were doing research for our books, Six Prayers God Always Answers, and Nine Ways God Always Speaks, Jennifer Schuchmann and I developed a project to help parents pray for their school-aged children. Here’s the third of 30 simple prayers we crafted. This one offers a special blessing that the school our children attend would be a place of favor and hope. Take 30 seconds now and join with thousands of others who are reading this post to ask God for a special “dose” of favor!

God, we need your help in a culture so willing to criticize; may our school be a haven from destructive talk and negative thinking and fear.