Daily Prayers

We're supposed to pray for our family every day, right?  And there are times when there are specific things that need prayer (like the temper tantrum happening next to me), but there are other times when we know that we need to pray but don't know how to pray in a way that isn't selfishly motivated.  Well, every since doing Kay Arthur's Lord, Teach Me to Pray, I have tried to base my prayers on scripture because I can know I'm praying in God's will if I am praying His words, right?  And I have found that even what can seem repetitive prayers can be effective when I pray God's word.  So, here are my prayers:

Lord, help me to submit to Steve in all things, as the Church submits to Christ in all things.  (Eph. 5:22-24)

Please help the teachings of wisdom to be on my tongue when I speak to my children.  (Prov. 31:26)

Lord, I pray that Steve will live with his wife in an understanding manner, as with a weaker vessel, so that his prayers may not be hindered.  (I Pet. 3:7)

I pray that you would turn the heart of the father to the children and the heart of the children to the father, so that we may not be smitten with a curse.  (Mal. 4:6)

I pray that the children would honor their parents in the Lord so that it may go well with them.  (Ex. 20:12)

Help us to love one another, so that people will see that we are Your disciples.  (John 13:35)

These aren't my only prayers, and I am always willing to pray more, but this covers the basics of every day with the family.