Prayers for a Teenager Who Is Under Pressure
Lord, forgive me when I place my identity and my child’s identity in her GPA and grades instead of in who you have made her to be in Christ.
As ministers of the gospel, we can recenter our students’ confidence by pointing them to the Savior who will not disappoint.

Lord, forgive me when I place my identity and my child’s identity in her GPA and grades instead of in who you have made her to be in Christ.
Our primary hope is not that our students would stop having anxiety, but that the glorious grace of Jesus would become louder than anxiety’s buzz.
In a world that tells students to grin and bear it, put on a happy face, and veg out until you can’t name your feelings, Scripture sings a different song.
The more we remind our students of God’s faithfulness in the past, the easier our students will navigate their uncertain present.
During this complicated, difficult time, it’s important to give our teenagers tools to manage anxiety and stress by focusing on what we know to be true—that Jesus has rescued us from our sins by living, dying, and rising again.
How do we overcome our fears so that we can help our kids overcome their fears? The answer is questions. We can’t give the right answers unless we first ask the right questions.