As parents, it is our responsiblity to provide for every need our children have, however we sometimes forget that their greatest need is for us to pray for them. We need God's help to raise our children. We, as parents, are in a war against Satan for our children. Satan is out to destroy our children, and there has never been a time when Satan has so strongly attacked a generation. Think about it this way... if you knew that someone was out to hurt your child, you would do everything possible to protect him, right? Then are we offering up intercessory prayer for our children, as the Bible tells us we should.
There are so many ways to pray for our children, God knows our needs and those of our children before we even come to Him in prayer. However, praying Scripture over our children is so important.
A quick breakdown of 5 areas to be praying over our children are;
1) Praying For God's Blessing on Our Children
Numbers 6:22-27 "... The Lord bless thee, and keep thee: The Lord make his face shine upon thee, and be gracious unto thee: The Lord lift up his countenance upon thee, and give thee peace" vs. 24-26
2) Pray For Their Protection
Psalm 91:11 "For he shall give his angels charge over thee, to keep thee in all thy ways"
3) Pray For A Perfect Heart
In 1Chronicles 29:19 David prayed "And give unto Solomon my son a perfect heart, to keep thy commandments, thy testimonies, and thy statutes..." There is no reason why we cannot also pray for our children to have 'a perfect heart'
4) Pray For Forgiveness of Our Children's Sin
In Job 1:5 Job prayed for his children's sins. "It may be that my sons have sinned, and cursed God in their hearts" Talk about intercessory prayer!
5)Pray For Your Children To Resist Evil
2Timothy 2:22 "Flee also youthful lusts: but follow righteousness, faith, charity, peace, with them that call on the Lord out of a pure heart." Remember that lust is not just immoral, but also foolish things.
Granted this is just a few of many verses that we can pray over our children, grab your Bible and look for many others.
Tuesday, April 03, 2007
Saturday, March 31, 2007
Recipe For Preserving Children
RECIPE FOR PRESERVING CHILDREN
Ingredients:
1 grass-grown field
several dogs and puppies (if available)
pebbles and sand
½ dozen children of more
1 brook
Method:
Into field, pour children and dogs, allowing to mix well.
Pour brook over pebbles until slightly frothy.
When children are nicely brown, cool in warm bath.
When dry, serve with milk and freshly baked gingerbread.
~Old family recipe~
I just love this little 'recipe'. It is something I keep on my desktop and read often. Although this is a wonderful way to 'preserve' our children, the ultimate way and the ultimate guide is found in the Bible. We are such a blessed people to have a 'handbook' for raising godly children.
Joel 1:3 says "Tell ye your children of it, and let your children tell their children, and their chidren another generation." 'To teach our children is a personal duty; we cannot delegate it to Sunday school teachers, or other friendly aids.'(C.S.)
How blessed we are to have such a wonderful book as the Bible to be our parenting handbook, yet it holds so much more. It is an ever-flowing fountain of knowledge, not just for us as parents, but for us as believers, for all of man-kind, for all that have an interest and want to know of God and His great love.
Ingredients:
1 grass-grown field
several dogs and puppies (if available)
pebbles and sand
½ dozen children of more
1 brook
Method:
Into field, pour children and dogs, allowing to mix well.
Pour brook over pebbles until slightly frothy.
When children are nicely brown, cool in warm bath.
When dry, serve with milk and freshly baked gingerbread.
~Old family recipe~
I just love this little 'recipe'. It is something I keep on my desktop and read often. Although this is a wonderful way to 'preserve' our children, the ultimate way and the ultimate guide is found in the Bible. We are such a blessed people to have a 'handbook' for raising godly children.
Joel 1:3 says "Tell ye your children of it, and let your children tell their children, and their chidren another generation." 'To teach our children is a personal duty; we cannot delegate it to Sunday school teachers, or other friendly aids.'(C.S.)
How blessed we are to have such a wonderful book as the Bible to be our parenting handbook, yet it holds so much more. It is an ever-flowing fountain of knowledge, not just for us as parents, but for us as believers, for all of man-kind, for all that have an interest and want to know of God and His great love.
Thursday, March 29, 2007
Just a Little Update
Oh my goodness! It has been so long since I have posted on here. I truly don't even know where to start. We are already nearing the 4th month of 2007, wow.
In December Jim and I took over the junior high Sunday school class at our church. That has been a lot of fun. The first few weeks were rough as we all tried to get to know one another, but now we are having so much fun with this group of teens. We are planning on doing something special with them as the school year ends, but I can't tell anyone what it is, as we want it to be a surprise for the students. They are all excited about next week, Spring Break!
Soon my brother Michael will be up here for the summer before he heads off to the mission field. We are all looking forward to having him up here for a few months, and we are also looking forward to getting to visit him while he is overseas. It is kind of bittersweet, ya know. We are so happy that he is going and that he will be doing God's work and fulfilling the Great Commission, but on the other hand we will miss him so much. Even though we don't see him very often, with him in Florida and us in Michigan, it is still nice to know that he is just a phone call away. While we are on the subject, my parents will be heading back onto the mission field this fall as well. It's hard, because I don't want them to leave yet I understand God is calling them and they must follow. Please be with me as I pray for them as they reach out to the unsaved.
"Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me" John 14:6
~ To be one of God's people, the essential thing is a simple dependence upon Jesus Christ~
In December Jim and I took over the junior high Sunday school class at our church. That has been a lot of fun. The first few weeks were rough as we all tried to get to know one another, but now we are having so much fun with this group of teens. We are planning on doing something special with them as the school year ends, but I can't tell anyone what it is, as we want it to be a surprise for the students. They are all excited about next week, Spring Break!
Soon my brother Michael will be up here for the summer before he heads off to the mission field. We are all looking forward to having him up here for a few months, and we are also looking forward to getting to visit him while he is overseas. It is kind of bittersweet, ya know. We are so happy that he is going and that he will be doing God's work and fulfilling the Great Commission, but on the other hand we will miss him so much. Even though we don't see him very often, with him in Florida and us in Michigan, it is still nice to know that he is just a phone call away. While we are on the subject, my parents will be heading back onto the mission field this fall as well. It's hard, because I don't want them to leave yet I understand God is calling them and they must follow. Please be with me as I pray for them as they reach out to the unsaved.
"Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me" John 14:6
~ To be one of God's people, the essential thing is a simple dependence upon Jesus Christ~
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