8 Beautiful Prayers for Moms This Mother's Day

　　Need a Mother's Day prayer to celebrate and honor the special woman in your life? Mothers are pillars of the family structure. We often seek them for empathy and a listening ear in times of trouble. No matter who we grow up to be, or how far away we roam, sometimes we just need the affirmation of a mom’s gentle hug. Mother's Day offers the perfect opportunity to bless your mom and pray for her!

　　God has given us mothers to carry us, raise us, teach us, and mold us into godly people. Of course no mother is perfect, and not everyone grew up with a loving mother. But every mother out there — from the one who feels she was born to be a mom to the one who struggles with the title — deserves honor and praise for the role God has given them. A role that reflects God in a deeply profound way.

　　Mother’s Day is the perfect occasion to offer this honor and love in word and deed, to show the extent to which we’re grateful for all they do, every day.

　　Here are 8 beautiful prayers for moms this Mother’s Day. These Mother's Day prayers and blessings can be used in a church service, written on a card, or spoken before sharing a Mother's Day meal.

　　

A Mother's Day Prayer to Honor and Bless Moms

Heavenly Father, I speak this prayer to you now in gratitude and praise for the gift of mothers. My mother, those of my friends, relatives, those I’ll never know, all mothers. Thank you for the role they play in the family unit. Thank you for their teachings, their wisdom, their patience, and understanding. Thank you for the physical, emotional, and spiritual gifts they possess.

　　I pray that you help mothers all across the world to be a blessing upon their children. Whether delivering affirmation or discipline, I pray that you help every word and action to be done in love. And I pray that children throughout the world would take time to honor their mothers, that you would show them how to uniquely do so.

　　I pray that these mothers also act as a blessing beyond their households, reaching into their extended families, communities, churches, schools. I pray that the impact of motherhood is revered throughout society and that these women are acknowledged for their everyday impact on the world. May you guide each of them into fulfilling their purpose here on Earth. Amen.

　　- Aaron D. Brown

　　

A Son's Prayer for His Mom on Mother's Day

Lord, Thank you for Mama. Thank you for the woman who gave birth to me and has loved me ever since. I’m grateful for her impact on my life, for her presence, for her love. Thank you for every moment she was there to pick me up from school, and every moment she helped me heal from heartbreak.

　　Thank you for every phone call, hug, compliment, even complaint. Thank you that she cares.

　　Thank you that despite us not always getting along, our love has endured. I’m grateful for Mama, and pray that you help me to better honor her every day. Show me how I can express appreciation for what she has done. Help me to see all that she has done. God, please help me practice patience when I feel like she’s being too much, or too bossy, or too much like a mom. Honestly God, who would I be without Mama?

　　I pray to you now, God, asking you to bless the remainder of her life. Please bring her comfort when sickness and body aches occur. Please give her continued direction for her life. Keep her mind renewed. God, I ask that the remainder of her life may be enriched, that she would still feel like she has purpose to fulfill, despite having accomplished so much already.

　　And may she not just continue to be a blessing upon my life, but also my father’s, my siblings, other relatives, friends, and anyone else who knows Mama. Thank you for her, God. Thank you God very much. Amen.

　　- Aaron D. Brown

　　

A Mother's Day Prayer for Those Hurting on Mothers Day

Dear God, Some days feel too hard. We’re hurting. Struggling. Fighting fear and worry at every turn. Thank you in the midst of it all, you haven’t left us to fend for ourselves. Forgive us for doubting you are there. Forgive us for thinking you’ve forgotten. Forgive us for believing we somehow know the better way.

　　You are fully trustworthy. You are All Powerful. You are Able. You are Lord over every situation no matter how difficult it may seem. You are Healer and will never waste the grief we carry today. You will use all things for good in some way. Anything is possible with you. Nothing is too difficult for you.

　　We pray for those who grieve today. We ask for your comfort to surround those who weep. We pray for the peace of your presence to cover our minds and thoughts, as you remind us, the enemy can never steal us out of your hands. He never has the final say over our lives. We are kept safe in your presence forever, whether in life or in death.

　　We thank you that your ways are higher than our ways and your thoughts are bigger than our thoughts. We lay it all down at your feet, every burden, every care. Believing that is the safest place for it to be. We love you Lord, we need your fresh grace.

　　In the Powerful Name of Jesus, Amen.

　　- Debbie McDaniel