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.
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I have ALWAYS prayed over and for my children, and now I pray for and over my precious grandchildren. This is so extremely important! Not a day or night should ever go by without this critical intercessory prayer for our children! Thank you for this blog! Thank you for prayinng!
Lora,
I truly enjoy your blog! You are an excellent writer and should continue this blog. I wait patiently for your updates! Please do not allow this valuable gift of writing and sharing what you learn from teaching your precious children to go un-published! I will pray without ceasing for your RIZ Homeschool. May God so richly bless you and those boys and give you all the desires of your hearts, that are delighted in HIM! Ps. 37:4-5
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