AWAKE Prayer Guide
Pray through August with families, small groups, and congregations using four weekly rhythms.
Carry one shared prayer through August.
Use this month-long rhythm in homes, small groups, student gatherings, staff meetings, and Sunday services throughout August.
Pray each week for students, educators, campuses, and the church’s faithful presence throughout the year.
Begin with prayer for students
Begin August by praying for students to enter the year attentive to God, secure in who they are in Christ, and surrounded by wise, caring people.
Prompt
Lord, give students courage, peace, belonging, and a living faith that travels with them into classrooms, teams, and friendships.
Practice
Name students in your family, church, and neighborhood. Pray for them by name and invite others to do the same.
Use this checklist
- Pray for students who are anxious about the new year.
- Pray for students who will be new to a school.
- Pray for students who feel unseen or alone.
Bless educators and families
Ask God to strengthen the adults who serve, guide, coach, transport, counsel, and care for students.
Prompt
Lord, give teachers wisdom, patience, protection, and joy. Help every staff member see the value of the students in their care.
Practice
Send notes of encouragement to teachers, administrators, coaches, counselors, support staff, and families during the week.
Use this checklist
- Pray for classrooms to be places of peace and order.
- Pray for staff members carrying heavy personal burdens.
- Pray for parents, guardians, grandparents, and caregivers to lead homes with grace and steadiness.
Cover campuses and neighborhoods
Pray for every school campus to be marked by safety, peace, wisdom, belonging, and open doors for care.
Prompt
Lord, let this campus become a place where students are protected, known, challenged, and loved.
Practice
Drive by or walk near the campus from public space and pray without disrupting school activity.
Use this checklist
- Pray for entrances, classrooms, athletic spaces, offices, and gathering areas.
- Pray for wise leadership decisions.
- Pray for students who will step onto campus carrying grief, fear, or isolation.
Continue with prayer and practical service
End the month by asking God for spiritual awakening, natural witness, and humble service that continues beyond August.
Prompt
Lord, awaken Your Church. Make us faithful neighbors to students, families, educators, and schools.
Practice
Ask God to show your church one practical way to keep praying, serving, or partnering with a school after August.
Use this checklist
- Pray for churches to collaborate across cities and counties.
- Pray for student leaders and campus ministries.
- Pray for friendships that make the Gospel visible.
- Invite one more person to pray for the campus your church claimed.
Ten areas to pray with purpose
Use these prompts during a prayer walk, Sunday gathering, small group, or personal prayer. Begin with any specific requests shared by school leadership, then pray through the needs below.
Students to know Christ
Romans 10:14; John 3:16
Students to grow in wisdom and character
Proverbs 3:5–6; James 1:5
Teachers and school staff
Colossians 3:23–24; Isaiah 40:31
Principals and administrators
1 Timothy 2:1–2; James 1:5
Safety, peace, and protection
Psalm 121:7–8; Psalm 91:1–2
Families
Joshua 24:15; Deuteronomy 6:5–7
Students facing anxiety, loneliness, or need
Philippians 4:6–7; Matthew 11:28
Open doors for the Gospel
Colossians 4:3–6; Acts 4:29–31
Student Christian leaders and campus ministries
1 Timothy 4:12; Matthew 5:14–16
Unity among churches
John 17:20–23; Ephesians 4:3
Use this checklist
- Ask school leaders what needs prayer before gathering.
- Pray with humility from public space or with permission.
- Close by asking God to help the church pray, love, and serve faithfully all year.
Turn prayer into a campus commitment.
Choose the campus your church will pray for throughout August, then claim it as part of Florida’s shared prayer effort.