BacktoSchool Challenge
Prayer Focus for Today
General Prayers
Academic Success, All-round Victory, Friendships & Associations, Wisdom for School leadership, Preservation & Protection, Provision & Career Success for Parents, Parental decisions in this school year, etc.
Day 3
Sat. August 30th, 2025
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Day 3 Schedule
Lean on the Holy Spirit
Rely on the Holy Spirit of God as you pray today. He is right there in your heart. As you follow the guide, speak forth the prayers He brings to your mind. If you find yourself praying in tongues, that’s okay, let the Holy Spirit take the lead.
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06:00 AM
Pray & Declare
Start with thanksgiving, then pray the following prayers believing that your prayers are heard with answers:
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This school year, we give ourselves the permission to make the hard decisions, as we guide our children to become all that God has purposed for them. I WILL NOT compromise on what is essential for their growth and destiny in Jesus Name!
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Spirit of the Living God, rest upon my children, and fill them with wisdom, understanding, counsel, might, knowledge, and the fear of the Lord.
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Father, bless my children with sharp minds, discipline, and perseverance in their studies. I pray that they will excel in learning, grasp concepts easily, and receive favor in the eyes of their teachers.
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We boldly declare that no evil shall befall our families, nor any plague come near our dwellings. God’s faithfulness is our shield; His angels lift us up and preserve us in every moment.
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In this school year, every member of my family will enjoy all-round victory in Jesus Name! Give us the Grace to overcome challenges, and help us learn to celebrate every progress, no matter how small.
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Lord, I pray that you place God-fearing mentors in the path of my children.
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Pray that in this school year, there will be policies that favor the true safety of children, in line with the truth in God's Word.
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We pray for teachers and school leadership that they will discharge their duties in the fear of the Lord, in fairness and in truth in Jesus Name!
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Father, we pray that You will sponsor more godly school leaders and teachers to help maintain sanity in the school systems in Jesus Name!
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This school year, my family enjoys your protection in Jesus Name. We also pray for the safety and security of children in places of learning and entertainment.
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Lord we pray for families in financial need. We pray that doors of opportunities will open unto them in their business and career in Jesus Name. Let Your favor go before them, to make a way where there seems to be no way. We pray that you will bless the works of their hands, may your favor make ways for open doors in their business and careers in Jesus Name. Order their steps to their well of provision, and strengthen their arms to draw out abundant supply in Jesus Name.
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Pray about your career, pray that God will open doors of opportunities to you.
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Pray that God will lead you to the secret to make your work/business easier, more enjoyable, more profitable, and more impactful in Jesus Name!
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Every relationship formed this year is rooted in wisdom, peace, and mutual growth. Every negative influence is cut off, and only meaningful connections thrive.
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Father this school year, help me! Help me!! Help me!!!
Keep praying as inspired by the holy spirit until you feel a sense to bring things to an end. You may also repeat the prayer points above.
Make it an Experience
This is not just about prayer points, its an invitation to encounter Jesus Christ. Every impression matters, every prayer counts. Journal it, share it, and make it part of your story this school year.
Journal Your Experience
As you pray, the Holy Spirit may nudge your heart with a thought, a bible verse, or an impression. Write it down, even if unsure.
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Let Others Pray for You
Visit the Prayer Wall to share your prayer request or lift someone else up in prayer.
9:00 AM
Worship, Pray & Declare as Inspired
Start with this simple prayer: "Holy Spirit, guide my worship and prayers. Help me lift up the person of Jesus Christ as I worship, and receive from You, in Jesus name I pray. Amen!"
Say these words below to yourself as a parent, they were inspired by the words of the worship songs for today.
In this school year, I make up my mind NOT to rely on my might! Because its not by power, neither is it by might, but by Your Spirit Lord. Like the bible says, except the lord builds the house, they labor in vain that build it.
In this school year, I learn what it takes to wait on the Spirit of God! I will "tarry" in my "Jerusalem" until I am endued with power! No longer will I run without the fire! For the precious Holy Spirit of the living God is my fire! He is your voice! I don't lend my voice, I only echo the voice of the Spirit of the living God in me! Holy Spirit breathe upon me, breathe! Just like in the beginning, where I was before you formed me, in the place of koinonia (intimacy) - Father to child, Spirit to Spirit, forever lighted by Your Word! My bible tells me that Jesus is the WORD, Jesus was in the beginning, so I am forever lit by Jesus! The person of Jesus is breathing in me, for I carry the breathe. Jesus is in the breathe in me! As he breathes His breathe upon me, I breathe Jesus! YAHWEH YAHWEH is your Name! Breathe Lord! I breathe YAHWEH, I breathe YESHUA HaMashiach (The Messiah, The anointed one).
My children breathe Jesus, because Jesus is breathing over them! The breathe of Jesus teaches us to prosper! The breathe of Jesus teaches us to flourish! The breathe of Jesus quicken our steps! This school year, I say NO to sluggishness, I say Yes to productivity! This school year, I say Yes to Results birth from holy spirit-inspired solutions! I arise above mediocrity! Mediocrity has no place in our household.
This school year, I operate from a victor's standpoint, and with a victor's mindset! For all the victory belongs to Jesus! If Jesus is breathing in me and my children, then we are victorious! We increase in capacity! We increase in largeness of heart! The bible says "How God anointed Jesus Christ of Nazareth that He went about doing good". This school year, I am going about doing good! I am taking over my God-ordained place of primary assignment! I need no other validation, I need no other argument, I need no other plea, it is enough that Jesus died, and rose again for me! So my Faith has found a resting place. Jesus is my Place of Rest! Jesus is my Resting Place! For I have an anchor that keeps my soul steadfast while the billows row! Meaning, while life is still "life-ing", my trust in unshaken. This School year, I abide in Jesus, and Jesus abides in me! In Jesus, I bear Jesus-kind-of-a-fruit.
In this assurance, I model Christ to my children this year. It will not just be a talk of the mouth. They watch how Christ proves himself as the waymaker, and the promise keeper, and the light in the darkness. In this assurance, we are connected with destiny partners, and build profitable kingdom relationships! We are a blessing to our friends just as our friends are blessings to us! We are a blessing to our world!
in Jesus Name! Amen!
Lift Others Up in Prayers.
Spend some time praying for others.
Below are prayer requests that we received.
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Rebuke the spirit of resentment, disobedience, and division in families, in Jesus’ name.
All policies and rules are in favor of our children, in Jesus’ name.
I pray that the Lord goes ahead of my children and all children in this new school year. May the glory of the Lord be evident in their conduct and actions wherever they go.
The Lord should make a divine provision for us to rent a new house. We have been given deadline thrice this time around we will be thrown out. O Lord please arise and make a way.
As my children Iyioluwa and Fikayomi enter into university this September, that God in his Almightiness will carry them, so there will be heavenly provision for grace, help, school fees, intellect, good morals, great health and they will never lack any good thing and at the end we want both of them to come out with first class . And we will all be alive to witness this.
I pray for great upliftment in my marriage, my husband work and my business.
Pray for unity in my family at large.
I pray for God’s mercy and help in settling my financial challenges and also for healing and strength in body.
I desire to see my daughter have children of her own, she has been married for 3 years. Pray that God turn her shame/ reproach into glory.
There are too many mums carrying a heavy weight of guilt. Please pray about this.
12:00 PM
Pray with Us on YouTube
Watch Prayer Session on YouTube @immanuelaministries
Takes about 50 minutes
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03:00 PM
Pray with Us on YouTube
Watch Prayer Session on YouTube @immanuelaministries
Takes about 50 minutes
Find YouTube video in the box below.
Cant find the video?
06:00 PM
Thanksgiving & Declarations
This is the last leg of this challenge to pray for the school year.
You are to dedicate your heart to give thanks for answers to prayers.
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Sing and dance to whatever song comes to mind.
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Thank God in advance for the miracles you will testify of in this school year.
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Thank God for bringing you to the winning side. Rejoice and declare that "I am on the victory side in Jesus Name!", "My children are on the winning side!"
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Thank God in advance for a sickness-free school year.
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Thank God in advance for a miracle that you can connect to a life of prayer and faith in God (dance about this with a cheerful outlook)
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Thank God for tangible positive changes in your child's behavior.
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Thank God that this year marks a shift in your home
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Thank God that this year marks a positive shift in your child's friendships, associations, and interests.
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Thank God for a record of newness in your home. Decree and declare that "there is newness in my home! We are singing a new song in my home! Each and every one of us will have a song of goodness to sing! in Jesus Name!"
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Celebrate Jesus until you feel ready to put everything to an end.
Glory be to Jesus!
