A Graduation Prayer God, today is like any other. The sun rises. The winds blow. Rain falls.

Rain does not fall. People are born. They laugh. They cry. They dance. They die. Today chronos time is as it has been since You gave it beginning, and will be as it is until you bring things to an end. Today is like any other. Today is also fresh and new, and like no other day. Today is a kairos moment of opportunity that has come and will pass in a moment. Today is a passage from one epoch to another. Today is a gift from you. Grant grace to see it and seize it. Today is a graduation, a passage, a completion, an inauguration. Today we pray for all those who have met the challenge and kept the faith to the commitments of their studies. Now they have a new kairos before them. We first offer thanks for the success of their journey. We thank for you granting them focus and direction and then strength and endurance. You created the knowledge and understanding they have mastered. You have created the curiosity and capacity determination that led them in pursuit. All these good things came from you. Thank you. Today we also pray for tomorrow. This graduation opens another door to another time. As you have led in the past, lead now into the future. Give them focus and clarity and a calling from you to understand their purpose and the courage to respond and step toward that purpose. We pray in the words of scripture: Bless them indeed. Expand their territory. Let your hand be with them. Keep them evil, that they will not cause or experience pain. In Jesus, we bless our graduations Dear Lord, As I look toward the future Bright hope conducts this prayer, For I know the plans You have for me Were wrought with divine care. Holy Spirit, lead me. Let me run at Your command, Yet be still and know that You are God When trouble is close at hand. Your Word will be a lamp for me, A guide to light my way, A solid place to set my feet, A compass when I stray. May I live my life to praise You, Not for fortune, nor for fame, May everything I say and do Bring glory to Your name. May my eyes stay fixed upon You As I seek the way that's pure, Tasting Your love and goodness Sleeping and rising secure. Planted by Your living streams I'll delight in all Your ways, Hidden by Your sheltering wings With new mercies for each day.

Even in a dangerous land When storms threaten to destroy, At the cross I'll stand upon the Rock My Strength, my Hope, my Joy. Dear Lord, show me Your favor, At all times keep me blessed, May Your face ever shine upon me, With peace and perfect rest. Amen. --Mary Fairchild God, thank you for all you do for me. You have stood beside me, carrying me all these years, and I pray that you continue to be with me as I head into this new time in my life. I know there is a ton of activity with graduation, the parties, and more, but please never let me be distracted from what has really gotten me through high school - you. I pray that I continue to feel your presence and have your strength with me as I head off into my future ventures. I ask for your guidance and discernment as I face complicated decisions and grow into the Christian you desire me to be. I also ask that you bestow your blessings and love over my friends and family as we go through a time of transition. I ask that you keep us safe. I ask that you make sure we feel loved and protected. Lord, I ask for the words to say that let them know they are cared for and that I appreciate them. And Lord, I thank you for being here with me in this time. I do not know what the future brings, but you do. I pray for the confidence to go after your plans for me with all my heart. I thank you for giving me the opportunities to fulfill those plans. Thank you, Lord. In Your Name, Amen.

Sample: Dear Lord, as we look toward our future we are filled with bright hope. You have spoken to us Lord and said that You know the plans You have for us, and we rest in that promise because we know You have made those plans with care. Holy Spirt, we ask that You lead us and guide us. Help us to run and obey at Your command and help us to be still and know you are God and are there when trouble is at hand. Your Word is a lamp to us, a light to guide our way; a solid place we can rest upon and a guide to us when we stray. Help us to live our lives to praise You, not for fortune or fame for ourselves. We sak Your help that in everything we say or do will bring You glory. We pray that our eyes will stay fixed on You as we seek the way that is pure, abiding in You always. Dear Lord, show us your favor and at all times keep us blessed. May your face ever shine upon us with Your peace and perfect rest. Amen Here is a wonderful graduation gift: "Transformation: The Missing Piece" Sample: Dear Heavenly Father, we have gained knowledge, so will You show us now how to use it wisely? And will You help us find a way somehow to make the world we live in a little better place, and make life with its problems a little bit easier to face.Grant us faith and courage and put purpose in our days. Show me how to serve You Father, in effective ways.Lead us Father so that our education, our knowledge and our skill may find their true fulfillment as we learn to do Your will.And Father, may we ever be aware in everything we do, that knowledge comes from learning, and wisdom comes from You. Sample: Four Things Four things a man must learn to doIf he would make his record true:To think without confusion clearly;To love his fellow men sincerely;To act from honest motives purely; To trust in God and Heaven securely.