As we begin this journey together, I pray each and every one of us will finish being stronger in our prayer life. As well as our relationship with Jesus and each other.
I was taught how to pray by watching others, we never prayed as a family except for God is Great God is good let us thank him for our food... and now I lay me down to sleep I pray the Lord my soul to keep.... until one scary night in my childhood that's all I knew about praying and then on this night my granny told me I could talk to Jesus anytime I want and tell Him about all my troubles. Then I knew when things weren't going right I could pray. In Sunday school I remember learning the Lord's prayer for a prize then I began to pray it.
Over the years my prayer life became one of please do..... please help... if you________, I will stop____ or if you will________ I will do______; yes all broken promises.
Then, when I became a mom, I began praying for my children, when they were sick, when they were away from me(because when they weren't with me, I couldn't control what happened to them or what they did).
Then in 2001, my granny passed away and my prayer life changed some as I began to ask God question after question about death, I knew what I had been told but death scared me and I was just trying to find out what really was happening to my granny. I'll never forget that being the first time I remember hearing from God and it was with the verse John 5:24, today death still scares me but not as much, especially if I know they had a relationship with Jesus.
Then in 2004, I joined a prayer ministry at my church and then my prayer life took a while new turn. During this time I read a book that encouraged me to prayer scripture.
Now for praying God's will, I still struggle and have learned that it is because I don't trust God to know what is best for me, so I'm scared of what His answer may be. I am working on this.
Today reading chapter 1 of the power of a Praying parent, several things got my attention but I'm only going to share a couple of those. One was making an extensive personalized list for each child, I know I have many worry and concerns where my kids are concerned but never have I thought to ask God to show me how to pray for each child. So this week, I am making my lists and asking God to reveal anything to me that I need to be covering in prayer, after all He knows my children better than I do(page 30).I encourage each of you to do the same thing. On page 27 we find "possibility the hardest part of prayer for our children is waiting for our prayers to be answered." The key here is no matter what Don't Stop Praying! Even when our kids make poor choices we should continue to intercede for them. For we make poor choices too but isn't it great to know Jesus is praying for us, Hebrews 7:25.
Remember the fight isn't with our children, it's with the devil, he is the enemy not our child(or our spouse for that matter). Loved the encouraging words "stand strong in prayer until you see a breakthrough in your child's life."
One of my beliefs is that God shows me things in dreams and I will pray over them until I have peace, sometimes I never know the outcome but on occasions God shows me how the outcome differed from my dream. Is this just a bad dream or was it a wHile to get my attention to pray, I don't know for sure but I do believe it has been God showing me things to intercede in a circumstance before it occurred.
I hope you're off to a great start, we will be doing the first three chapters this week. Don't forget to make your list and write out your prayers in a journal.
Please let us know how we can pray for you as well as leaving your comments. If you choose to blog also, feel free to share your page with everyone on our Facebook page. If you find an encouragement share it with us all.
For those who didn't get the study guide, here are a few questions to ponder...
1. List three traits you see as your child's best qualities.
3.List the three biggest concerns you have for your child.
4. Do you ever feel overwhelmed by any these concerns? In what way?
5. Does your child have any negative character traits that need to be covered in prayer? What are they?
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