The ABSOLUTE Best Way to Prepare for the New School Year

Are you scrambling to prepare for the new school year right now?

Perhaps this week you will be:
Filling out back-to-school forms online.
Shopping for new shoes and jeans because the kids have suddenly outgrown everything.
Cringing because your Walmart bill was $421.39 after simply buying school supplies.

And you wonder:
Do we need a loan to pay for it all?
Why, oh why, can’t we just fill out one set of forms for the whole family?
How can we best prepare for the new school year?

I have a suggestion.

The ABSOLUTE BEST way your family can prepare for the new school year is by praying together.

Prayer is completely free, but its value is immeasurable.

The Bible says:
“Commit your work to the Lord, then it will succeed.” Prov. 16:3, TLB

So, to help you pray together, I’ve written the 2026-2027 Back-to-School Prayer Guide* for families:

*Thousands have enjoyed my FREE Back-to-School prayer guides for the last 9 years! Each day features a prayer focus, a few ideas with related Scriptures, and a page for writing out your personal prayers.

Why write down your prayers?
Because it helps you organize your requests and gives you a written record of what you prayed for, in case you forget.

Use this 7-day guide to prepare for school in prayer! Simply subscribe in the form below and I’ll send it to you.

After you’ve written your prayers in this 7-day prayer booklet, save it until the end of the school year. As you look back at your prayers, you may be surprised at how the Lord has answered.

When: THIS WEEK or whenever you choose.

How: Subscribe in the form below to receive this FREE 7-day back-to-school guide. Print and use it to pray your kids back to school.

Why: Because answered prayers build your faith, like nothing else can.

If you’ve followed my blog for a while, then you know that I write a new prayer guide each year to help families prepare for the new school year with prayer. Now, ENTIRE schools & churches distribute these guides to families so that they can pray. Won’t you and your family join us?

**Special thanks to my niece Allison and her son Walter for letting me use their cute picture!

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2026-07-26T06:49:33-05:00

About the Author: maypatterson

May Patterson, author of "Seeking a Familiar Face," began writing in response to God’s grace. And by this grace, she has written, taught the Bible and spoken at a variety of events. Her ministry focus is to help people draw closer to God and each other. May is married to her dear friend Mike, and they have three grown children. She has a great love for her family, the great outdoors and travel.