25 Back-to-School Prayers for Peace, Protection, and Success (2024)

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As your family juggles with back-to-school shopping for daily planners and kid-approved backpacks, new routines, after-school activities, new teachers, and more, it’s easy to feel overwhelmed. One way to recenter is by praying. We’ve collected back-to-school prayers that you and your family can share and reflect on whenever you have time, whether that’s over the dinner table or while you’re driving everyone to school in the morning. These thoughtful prayers offer peace of mind and protection for everyone, including students and teachers.

These back-to-school prayers can be soothing for children or teens who may be experiencing anxiety about this next step in their journey. They’ll provide strength and love that your children can carry with them throughout the day. These prayers serve as blessings for the year ahead and can be a valuable way to keep your family’s faith strong. From short prayers to start the day on the right foot to nighttime prayers, there are sure to be a few prayers here that help your whole family feel centered and connected.

If your family isn’t in the habit of praying together, you can read these prayers aloud and ask your children what they think and if there’s anything they’d like to add to the prayers. This can be a useful way to find out what’s going on at school! You could also institute a daily time in your household for everyone to pray quietly or write in a devotional journal.

If you’re looking for further prayer inspiration, don’t miss our collections of prayers for healing, graduation prayers, and prayers for a friend.

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A Student's Prayer

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Dear Heavenly Father, we thank you that you’ve given us a brain. The ability to think and learn! This year, help us develop a thirst for knowledge, wisdom, and understanding. Ready our hearts to learn this year, at home, school, and church. Open our ears and eyes to see the things you do, O Lord. We pray our hearts crave knowledge and seek it out every day. Amen.

Lauren Gaines

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A Prayer to Feel God's Presence

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God, you are my help and comfort; you shelter and surround me in love so tender that I may know your presence is with me, now and always. Amen.

Episcopal prayer

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A Prayer for Teachers

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We thank you for our teachers! We pray you would strengthen teachers with your power this school year. Give them guidance on instruction, strength to complete all the tasks, and energy to joyfully interact with their students.

Lauren Gaines

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A Prayer for Student Safety and Success

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Dear Lord, As our students begin a new school year, I pray that you will keep them in your care. Send your Spirit to open their minds
to all that is true, and beautiful, and good. Help them to see the gifts and talents you have given them and to use them well. Help them to grow in knowledge and wisdom. Help them to be kind to others, and lead others to be kind to them.

Catholic prayer

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Prayer for Comfort

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Father, for all the kids who are new to their schools, from kindergarteners to college freshmen, we pray that you will help them feel comforted and comfortable. We pray that their teachers/instructors help them feel seen, and supported, and safe, so they can thrive as learners.

Rooted Ministry

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A Prayer for Strength

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Today, if sunshine turns to rain,
if a dark cloud brings some pain,
I won't doubt or hide in fear
for you, my God, are always near.
I will travel where you lead;
I will help my friends in need.
Where you send me, I will go;
With your help, I'll learn and grow.

Mary Fairchild

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A Prayer to Ease Anxiety

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I won't fret, and I won't worry.
Instead, I'll hurry to pray.
I'll turn my problems into petitions
and lift my hands in praise.
I'll say goodbye to all my fears,
His presence sets me free.
Although I may not understand,
I feel God's peace in me.

Mary Fairchild

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A Prayer for Wisdom

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Almighty God, our heavenly Father, you have committed to your holy church the care and nurture of your children. Enlighten with your wisdom those who teach and those who learn, that rejoicing in the knowledge of your truth, they may worship you and serve you from generation to generation through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

A Book of Collects in Two Parts, John Wallace Suter and John Wallace Suter, Jr.

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A Parent's Prayer for Their Children

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God, it’s hard to let go of our kids and send them out into a world that is so unstable and so volatile. But you are bigger than all of our worries. You are bigger than our worst fears. Send your Holy Spirit to quicken in our hearts, as we seek you in your word and pray to you for comfort.

Unknown

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A Prayer for Learning

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God, I thank you for the gift of knowledge! I praise you for providing us with brains to think and question the world around us. I pray you would help my child learn well and flourish. May they discover their unique talents and giftings. Give them a passion for the world around them. Amen.

Compassion UK

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A Child's Prayer for School

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Father God, please be with me today in everything I will face. Help me to learn well at school. I pray that I will be a good friend to those around me today. Amen.

Compassion UK

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A Parent's Prayer for Courage

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Father, give my children a heart of courage. When they are afraid, make yourself known to them, and remind them that you will never leave them nor forsake them. Help them be strong and courageous to do the good work you would have them do.

Kaylene Yoder

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A Parent's Prayer for a Teenager

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Lord God, I pray for my teenage son or daughter to know your goodness and provision. I pray they would place their identity in you. I ask that in the pressures of life, they would know you are their rock on which they can stand. I pray that through the challenges of school life, exams, and future decisions, you would lead them, guide them, and bring them comfort. In Jesus’ name, Amen.

Compassion UK

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A Prayer for God's Guidance

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Lord, grant that I may always allow myself to be guided by you,
always follow your plans,
and perfectly accomplish your holy will.
Grant that in all things, great and small,
today and all the days of my life,
I may do whatever you require of me.
Help me respond to the slightest prompting of your grace,
so that I may be your trustworthy instrument for your honor.
May your will be done in time and in eternity by me,in me, and through me. Amen.

St Teresa of Ávila

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A Mother's Prayer

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Holy Mother Mary,
Who by virtue of your divine motherhood,
hast become mother of us all
I place the charge which God has given me,
under your loving protection.
Be a protecting mother to my children.
Guard their bodies and keep them
in health and strength.
Guard their minds and keep their thoughts ever holy
in the sight of their Creator and God.
Guard their hearts and keep them pure, and strong,
and happy in the love of God.
Guard always their souls and ever preserve in them,
faithfully, the glorious image of God.

Unknown

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A Child's Prayer for God's Presence

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Dear Jesus, you who promise to be with me always, I pray that you would be with me today, as I go to school. Bless my going and my coming. Bless my learning and my playing. Please protect my heart from fear. Please keep me safe. Please give me good friends. Give me joy on this day, and thank you for loving me from head to toe. In your name, Amen.

Rev. Dr. W. David O. Taylor

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The Serenity Prayer

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God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference.

The Serenity Prayer, Reinhold Niebuhr

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A Prayer for the Day's Travels

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Protect me, today, in all my travels along the road’s way.
Give your warning sign if danger is near so that I may stop while the path is clear.
Be at my window and direct me through when the vision blurs from out of the blue.
Carry me safely to my destined place like you carried Christ in your close embrace. Amen.

Prayer to St. Christopher

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A Prayer for Friendship Among Students

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Lord Jesus, school can be a welcome place or a lonely experience for our students. Guide them as they seek to make new friends. Guard our students from those who bully or tease because of their own insecurities. As iron sharpens iron, may they choose friends wisely, always asking you to lead them and guide them in their relationships.

Rebecca Barlow Jordan

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A Prayer for Good Study Habits

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Lord, bless our students with the kind of study habits that help them do their best. Teach them how to manage their time and energy as good stewards of all you have given them. Show them how to develop their talents and to find the path you have set before them. Help them to be courageous and adventurous, to try new things, and learn new skills. Place our students in the kind of classroom atmosphere that will both challenge them and encourage them in their particular abilities.

Rebecca Barlow Jordan

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25 Back-to-School Prayers for Peace, Protection, and Success (2024)

FAQs

What is the Prayer of back to school? ›

A Student's Prayer at the Beginning of School Year

May we show love to one another and to all. May the new beginning of this school year remind us that you give us chances to start over again and again. Help us to forgive others as we receive your forgiveness. Help us to learn and to work together.

What is the powerful Prayer for schools? ›

God our Saviour, please keep our schools safe and secure, protected from accidents and other problems. Restrain anyone who might cause harm to children and adults in any way.

What is the Prayer of protection for kids going back to school? ›

A Prayer For Protection

Lord, I humbly ask You to protect each and every child, including my own, as they go to school every day. I won't be there to protect them, but I have peace knowing You are their refuge and ultimate protector.

What is a powerful Prayer for protection and blessings? ›

God of peace, come and crush the enemy underneath my feet. I run to Your feet for protection as You are my shepherd. You are faithful to watch over me, and You care for me. May Your grace be with me, LORD Jesus, keeping me near Your heart, where I will never be shaken but secured now and always.

What is the Bible verse for back to school prayer? ›

Proverbs 10:9 – Ask God to help them walk in integrity this year. Psalm 56:3 – Ask God to help them put their trust in Him. Philippians 4:6-7 – Ask God to help them not worry. Luke 2:52 – Ask God to help them grow this year.

What is a teacher's prayer for back to school? ›

“Heavenly Father, as we gather together to prepare for this new academic year, we ask for your blessing on all of us. May Your Spirit set our hearts ablaze with love of You–love that we can share with our students, their families and each other. Bless our planning and be with us each day.”

What is a good prayer for peace? ›

Lord Jesus, we ask you to give us all around peace in our mind, body, soul and spirit. We want you to heal and remove everything that is causing stress, grief, and sorrow in our lives. Please guide our path through life and make our enemies be at peace with us.

What is a simple prayer for school? ›

1. A Prayer for the School Day. Dear Lord, We thank you for this new school day and everything it has to offer. We ask that you give us the strength and courage to do our daily tasks with a positive attitude and an eagerness to learn.

What is the best prayer for kids in school? ›

Dear Heavenly Father, Let this school year be their best year ever with excellent grades, favor with teachers and classmates and good behavior all covered by Your protection. Enable our children to continue growing in wisdom and stature all the days of their lives.

What is the best prayer for child protection? ›

Lord, we know You love all children, and we pray that when they must work, that You would protect children's growing bodies. Please keep them safe and free of injuries and toxins. Deliver them from oppressive bosses and hazardous conditions. Make it possible from children at risk to stay in school.

How to pray for success? ›

Almighty God, creator of heaven and earth, I lift my soul in humble adoration and praise to you. I know that every good and perfect gift comes from you, so I ask you for success today. Your word promises, “commit to the Lord whatever you do, and he will establish your plans” (Proverbs 16:3).

What is the parent back to school prayer? ›

“Heavenly Father, grant me the strength to entrust my child to Your care as they venture into the world of learning. Surround them with friends who uplift their spirit and mentors who inspire their growth.

What is the powerful prayer that never fails? ›

The most effective prayer, the one that is always answered, is this: “Father, glorify Your name.” “Answer my cry, O Lord, in a way that will accomplish Your will, for Your will is good, acceptable, and perfect. It is best for You, and therefore best for me and any others who may be affected by this prayer.

What is the prayer for protect your peace? ›

Prayer for Protection in Times of Fear: Gracious God, in moments of fear and uncertainty, I turn to you for refuge. Replace my anxiety with your peace and my fear with trust in your providence. Help me to remember that you are with me always, and no challenge is too great for your strength.

What is the strongest prayer? ›

One of the most powerful and widely recognized prayers in the Catholic tradition is the Rosary, which includes the "Hail Mary" and the "Our Father" prayers. Additionally, the "Prayer to St. Michael the Archangel" is often considered potent for seeking protection and guidance.

What is the best short prayer for school? ›

Father, please pour out Your blessings upon our whole school community so that everyone grows in the knowledge of Your truth, love, wisdom and peace. In Jesus name we pray. Amen.

What is the blessing for the start of school? ›

Lord, I pray for students and learners. Give them minds that are eager to learn. Give them courage to ask good questions, confidence to take risks, and the discipline to focus and study. I pray for quality friendships and safety in and out of the classroom.

What do you say in a back to school blessing? ›

Lord, please bless [child's name]. We ask in this back-to-school prayer that You give him/her strength and courage to be away from their family — and that You sustain and guide him/her as he/she learns and grows.

What is the Catholic back to school night prayer? ›

I pray they may feel Your presence and know that You are always with them. Help them recall my loving words of support for them. Give them wisdom to make good choices, and an openness to learn new things. Fill them with knowledge and positive thinking.

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