31 Bold Prayers for Back To School Day 9 - A Teachable Spirit

Aug 9, 2026    Oluseye Ashiru

🔴 DAY 9 – 31-Day Back-to-School Prayer Experience (LIVE)

Prayer Focus: A Teachable Spirit

📅 Sunday, August 9

🕙 10:00 PM MT | 12:00 AM ET | 7:00 AM WAT

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💛 Today We're Praying for a Teachable Spirit

As our children learn, grow, and navigate new experiences this school year, we are praying for hearts that are humble, eager to learn, and receptive to wisdom.

Academic success is important, but a teachable spirit is one of the greatest gifts we can ask God to cultivate in our children.

Today, we are praying:

🙏 That our children will be eager to learn and quick to listen

🙏 That God will remove pride, fear, stubbornness, and anything that hinders learning

🙏 That they will receive wisdom with humility in both their academic and spiritual growth

🙏 That they will honor their teachers, mentors, and those God has placed in their lives to guide them

🙏 That they will grow in wisdom, understanding, discernment, and maturity

🙏 That their hearts will remain open to God's leading and purpose throughout every season of learning

Today, we declare that our children will be lifelong learners—growing not only in knowledge but also in wisdom, character, and their relationship with God.

📖 Today's Scripture

"Show me your ways, Lord, teach me your paths. Guide me in your truth and teach me, for you are God my Savior, and my hope is in you all day long."

Psalm 25:4–5

🎯 Join Us Tonight

Join mothers from around the world as we pray that our children develop hearts that are teachable, humble, and ready to grow into all God has called them to be.

Invite another parent to pray alongside us as we raise children who are equipped for both purpose and lifelong learning.

📖 Make the Most of Today's Prayer

✔️ Read today's devotional in 31 Bold Prayers for Back to School

✔️ Follow along with today's Prayer Card and Scripture

✔️ Take a moment to reflect on how you're modeling a teachable spirit in your own parenting journey

✔️ Share today's invitation with another parent who is believing God for wisdom and growth in their child's life

💛 Join the 31-Day Back-to-School Prayer Experience

🔗 Register today: familiesarising.org/backtoschool

Together, let's raise children who are humble, wise, teachable, and prepared to fulfill God's purpose in every season of life.