A Prayer for Prom Night Revisited

Lord,

Since I decided to write a devotional book,

I became curious about these prayer reflections that I write.

When did I start?

What has been the most viewed post to date?

So I looked through the statistics 

for this blog Almostdailyprayers.com.

The first post was shared on January 15,2014. Click here to read it.

It simply announced the launch of this blog of prayer reflections on scripture.

Wow, I  have been writing and sharing these for eleven years. 570 posts.

Not all of the posts have been my original work. I have shared devotional thoughts from others who have inspired me.

The most viewed post was first shared on Friday, April 8, 2016.

It was a prayer for prom night.

It has been viewed more than 6,760 times.

Wow!! Click to read the original here.

I share it again today because again it is prom season. My son's first prom.

So let us pray:

Lord,

It's High School Prom season in my community.

I pray for all youth this prom season. 

Thank you for the opportunity to celebrate beauty, to laugh and dance, to make memories. As we dress in our finest, let us also act the part of ladies and gentlemen. 

Keep all involved safe. Help us make wise choices, standing up to temptation with your power, living out our faith, and building good clean fun.

Watch over all those who are not going to prom either by personal choice, parent's choice, or not being invited - no matter what the reason. 

Give all a fun evening that no matter what we decide to do tonight, we may look back on this night with healthy good memories.

Amen.

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I remember Prom well and the choices that I faced. Perhaps my favorite memory is that my senior year prom date was a German exchange student. She wore a beautiful scarlet dress. What I remember most is that she was baptized the next day at the Episcopal church!