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When I first began to spend time with Christian women, they asked me if I prayed for my children. Well, that offended me a bit. Of course I prayed for my children. Doesn’t everyone? Did I seem like someone who did not pray for my children? I prayed for my children…every day…well, maybe not everyday…well, at least every few days…well, I prayed when I remembered…for their health, their behavior, their school work, and the like.
However, as my heart grew closer to God, and I learned more about prayer, my prayers for my children changed. God taught me WHAT to pray…things I never ever thought to pray for them. In this post, I want to share with you what God taught me.
Heavenly Father, Creator of every good and perfect gift. Thank You for entrusting me with my precious children, Lauren and Bo. Father, I commit these children to you, and I pray that my children will…..
receive Jesus as their Lord and Savior
love the Lord their God with all their heart, soul, mind, and strength
commit their lives to make Jesus Lord
fear the Lord
learn to pray and praise Your Name, the Name above all names
have thankful hearts
know who they are in Christ
be protected from the evil one by the blood of Jesus physically, spiritually, and emotionally
love the Word of God
learn to hate sin and love righteousness and holiness
believe their bodies are the temple of the Holy Spirit
glorify God in their bodies and remain pure until marriage
find healthy, edifying, godly, and wise friendships
walk in the wisdom of the Lord
know the joy of the Lord
seek to please God and God alone, not themselves and not others
maintain a deep devotion to Jesus and Him alone
find the godly mate God is preparing for them even now
grow in wisdom and stature and favor with God and man
I ask this in the powerful Name of Jesus Christ My Lord, AMEN.
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Thank you, precious friend! I do pray on a daily basis for my boys, and the prayers are specific, but I had not been praying the scriptures like this. Love this!! God knew that I needed this one! Oh, and I read your earlier post…so excited that your time in Chicago was a blessing! Isn’t it amazing how God uses everything to His good??
Hugs!
Susan
THANK YOU!!!! I am going to send this out to my mommy friends!!
Love these prayers! Love your heart for prayer and for your family. So lovely.
I have started keeping a family prayer journal of prayers that I pray for my family — all scripture — as I come across them in my quiet time. It’s priceless to me. And a record of my heart prayers to Him.
I love your prayer guides and am going to use them!
Thank you!
Hugs to you!
Beautiful Wendy. Precious.
Just want to share one more thing I pray for my son: wait on the Lord to awaken love in His time (having an almost 17 year old this is a fervent prayer right now!).
Thanks for sharing your prayers.
Blessings,
Joy
Thank you, thank you Wendy! I will forward this on to my Moms in Touch group….
Hugs,
C
Wendy,
My 17 year son was in the car today when the next P31 mag. came out. His eyes caught the sight of your daughter and he was so cute. He put his finger on her hair as he gently stroked it. Then said “hey girl can I get your number”. He was joking because he would never ask a girl like that. He and the 15 year thought she was beautiful. She looks just like you. Your guys are handsome men. I enjoyed the article you wrote. So if she wants a pen pal he is willing to give her someone to write to.
He recently enlisted to go to the Marines next summer as soon as he graduates.
Blessings,
Diane
Hey Wendy, thanks for the visit. It made my day
This is something I definately need to do more of. I do pray daily for my children and every evening before we go to bed and again with my husband. But it is pretty generic. That the lord would keep them safe and that they would grow up to love Jesus. I knew I really need to step it up a notch. I haven’t prayed using scripture before. I am so glad you posted about this. I’ve been saved for 4yrs and I still have so much to learn. I am glad I found you. I linked to you on my site under “Thoughts on God” in hopes that my other bloggy friends will stop by and benefit from the wisdom the Lord has gifted you with. Thanks again. You are such an encouragement.
Amen and amen, sister.
I have found myself growing in what and how I pray for all my boys… and God has provided!!! It has been so amazing to His grace upon our family and each of us individually… I will be coming back to re-read your prayers – thank you so much for the encouragement!!! Rhonda
Thank you for sharing. What discourages me from praying intensely is I feel there is so much to cover in such a short period of time. My girls are young and I get overwhelmed at times realizing our country is heading south rapidly. This encourages me to start where I am and let God take the lead…once again.
I need to just print that out. Thank you so much!
THAT was an amazing message! Thanks
I am praying that for my 20 year old Celeste, my 2 year old Noah and my 1 year old waiting for me in Taiwan Jeremiah! Please pray for Jeremiah, he has severe cerebral Palsy and we need to get him home quickly!
Blessings,
Tami
Celeste, Noah and Jeremiah’s mama
http://www.tillGodbringsthemhome.blogspot.com
This is so great Wendy. I do pray for my children a lot, but not as in depth as you have outlined here. I will put these into practice for sure. Thanks for your encouraging words!
I am a born again believer who didnt find the Lord till 47 yrs old so my children grew up without the Lord. One of them found Christ and is now planning to marry a beautiful Christian girl in August. My other two children 23yrs and 25yrs do not believe in Christ and are very against Him. It breaks my heart they are like this but I do pray for them daily that God opens their hearts to Him, thats all I can do, isn’t it?
Jan, it is NEVER too late to pray for your children! And our God can redeem every life…no matter their circumstances or the state of their heart. I pray the Lord will make your children’s hearts tender to His Word. I pray that He will open the eyes of their hearts to see His activity in lives of those around them. I pray He will give them ears to hear Truth. I pray He will place people in their lives who know and love you and give those people favor in their eyes. I pray you will feel no pressure or guilt about this but that you will simply surrender them to the Lord and trust Him to answer the cry of your heart. I can’t wait to see what God in His faithfulness does. Remember He does not desire that even one will be lost!!!
Blessings to you,
Wendy
Thanks so much Wendy! I am going to print this out and slip it into my diary so I remember to pray every time i see it! What a great prayer guide, thank you!
I would like to join your online Bible study. I heard you this morning on 106.9 in Charlotte and you were such an encouragement for the few minutes I heard you. My email is bkwebb87@yahoo.com. My name is Kim Webb. Thanks!