It is a thing of joy for a father to witness and hand over his daughter to the man of her dreams in marriage. Nothing could be more gratifying than seeing that little girl become a woman and walking the aisle to build a home for herself. It is glorious and it cannot be traded for anything in the world. It is a much-awaited day for both the father and the daughter.
Prophetically, things happen as the father hands over the daughter to the man who will become the husband. It means that the mentorship, fathering, protection, etc. is shifting into the husband. This does not render the father useless over the daughter, it is just the design in the depth of God. This will be done with some prayers from the father. Below are some of these prayer points that the father prays for the daughter on her wedding day;
- Dear daughter, as you go on this marriage journey, I pray that this phase of your life springs you into the greatness that is buried in you in the name of Jesus. This new life you are walking into will bring the best out of you in the name of Jesus. You will glow and flourish in it in Jesus’ name.
- I pray that the Lord grant you wisdom to build your home in the name of Jesus. I ask that you receive wisdom to speak, act and do things accordingly in the name of Jesus. As you go into this union, receive wisdom for the journey in Jesus’ name. You will not lack wisdom at any time in Jesus’ name.
- As you go in this union, you will not lose the virtues that God placed in you in Jesus’ name. This marital journey will help you to achieve all that God has placed in you in Jesus’ name. It will not suck you dry in Jesus’ name. This union will bless you in Jesus’ name.
- I pray that you receive the grace to function effectively in your new role in Jesus’ name. You will be a kingdom wife and a kingdom mother when the time comes in Jesus’ name. In this your new role as wife and mother (when the time comes), I pray that you will not fail in Jesus’ name.
- Father in Jesus’ name, I lift up my daughter before you, please help her in Jesus’ name. Let her not disappoint you in any way as a wife, daughter of destiny, and as a mother. Please help her in all ramifications in Jesus’ name. Jesus, please make help available for her in Jesus’ name.
- As you walk into this marriage today daughter, God of heaven and earth will bless your union in Jesus’ name. It will be a definition of a blessed home according to God’s standard in Jesus’ name. Your union will not fail God in Jesus’ name. It will grow to become a standard for God’s exhibition of a home in Jesus’ name.
- I pray that you receive divine revelation and understanding to know and understand the seasons in your marriage as they unfold in Jesus’ name. Daughter, God will grant you access to understandings and revelations in Jesus’ name. You will be a good wife and friend to your husband in Jesus’ name.
- Lord Jesus, I lift up my daughter into your hands, let grace be made available for her in Jesus’ name. Let grace to fulfill her roles be made available divinely in Jesus’ name. Please grant her wisdom in Jesus’ name. Your grace tells all the difference Lord, please make it available for my daughter in Jesus’ name.
- Lord, I come against every environment spirit and principalities that may be affecting wives and homes negatively in Jesus’ name. They will not succeed over your life my dear daughter in Jesus’ name. God will empower you to overcome them in Jesus’ name. Whatever way they try over you and your home will fail in Jesus’ name.
- Any form of the generational curse will not succeed over your life and marriage in Jesus’ name. Receive power over all sorts of generational issues and curses that may have affected people before you in Jesus’ name. Receive power in the name of Jesus. Your home is settled in Jesus’ name.
- I pray that there will be no delays in conception in the name of Jesus. Just as God had planned for your home, receive strength to bring forth in the name of Jesus. Receive strength and bring forth based on God’s plans for your home in Jesus’ name. No delays in Jesus’ name. Every satanic influence that may want to bring delays over your home is cursed in Jesus’ name.
- I pray that you receive all that you need to bring forth Godly seeds and also make them what God wants them to be in all ramifications in Jesus’ name. Your children will not be wayward in Jesus’ name. You will raise God’s generals in Jesus’ name. In raising Godly kids after God’s heart, you will not fail God in Jesus’ name.
- I pray that your home will stand the test of time in all seasons in Jesus’ name. Across different trials and temptations, your home will not fail in Jesus’ name. Your home is blessed of the Lord in Jesus’ name. No divination or weapon fashioned against your home shall prosper in Jesus’ name. Your home is graced with all that it needs to stand in Jesus’ name.
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It is important to note that no one can give you an exhaustive list of all the prayer points that a father can pray for a daughter on her wedding day. The above listed are just prototypes. The prayers often come from the depth of the father’s heart based on how happy he is at the moment of the blessing. It is actually a mixed feeling because he will be thing thinking about the fact that the lady is also leaving. It is all together with a feeling of joy in the end.