The Prejudiced Dad

In the presence of God and of Christ Jesus and of the elect angels I charge you to keep these rules without prejudging, doing nothing from partiality. 1 Timothy 5:21

Lord, I pray You will help the Prejudiced Dad. Cause him not to be prejudiced against people because they are not the same race, creed, color, or gender. Allow him to treat all people fairly, and without judgement of any preconceived notions that he had when he was growing up. Allow him not to discriminate against women or girls calling them the weaker person. Don’t allow Dad to tell cruel jokes about other people. Allow this dad not to be part of any hate groups that will harm the well-being, and livelihood of people. Do not allow him to call or refer to them the way society has referred to different ethnic groups. Lord, I pray the Prejudiced Dad will denounce any groups of hate that they became a part of. Replace Dad's hate with love and empathy toward all nationalities of people. Remind him that the Constitution of the United States says that all men are created equal. Don’t let him think that one ethnic group is better than he is because he grew up privileged and or entitled to society's belief system. Don’t let this dad continue to believe their race or nationality is better

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than any other race. Let them know that their race is not superior to other races.

If the Dad is prejudiced because something was done to him, or done to someone in his family by another ethnic group, allow him to know that all people are not like the person that hurt him or his family. Lord allows him to forgive the person, and not to continue to punish the ethnic group. Don’t allow him to call or refer to other ethnic groups using slang cruel words for these groups: Black (nigger); White (honky, cracker); Jewish (kike); Indian (red man); Muslim (towel head, Quran thumper, mudlime). Don’t allow the Prejudiced Dad to play into the stereotype of society; allow him to see people and not color. Allow him to have compassion and empathy for another race. Allow the Prejudiced Dad to not to feel threatened simply because other races are trying to provide their family with the basic needs of life.

Don’t allow the Prejudiced Dad to breed hate to his children, and allow them to hate people. Lord, I pray that if the Prejudiced Dad has a child that marries outside of their race, that the dad will not discriminate against his grandchildren by calling them out of their name. I pray that he will have a great relationship with his grandchildren. Speak to his heart concerning what the Bible states about being at peace with all men. Allow the Prejudiced Dad to get to know different races and nationalities. Allow him to have an open mind regarding

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people. Allow him to realize people are different on the outside, but are the same on the inside. Allow the Dad to go to his family and friends and talk to them about how he was wrong and that fact that he has changed. Allow him to tell them that being prejudiced is a learned behavior that can be unlearned.

PRAYERS FOR THE CHILDREN

Lord, I pray that if the father has taught his child to hate people simply because of the color of their skin, creed, and gender that You will allow them to know this is wrong. Lord allows the child to not be called ‘mixed breed, half and half,’ or other racial slurs that will hurt the child emotionally. Let people see how it feels when they are calling others racial slurs. Let the child experience love and acceptance from all cultures. Allow them to embrace both sides of their culture without feeling ashamed or embarrassed.

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