Don’t you just love that verse? Oh, for our children to grow in wisdom and stature and in favor with God and man!
I am convinced that Biblical prayer is the vehicle for our children to grow in wisdom and in stature. So for the next 3 posts, I’ll share general areas in which we can target our prayers.
Today, I’ll share ways to pray spiritually.
Tomorrow, for their social relationships
The next day, academically and physically.
What are some of the things that you pray for your children? Do you want them to be healthy, wealthy, happy, and problem free only? Or do you even pray for them? A wise friend once told me, if you are not praying for your children, who is? (Scary thought isn’t it?)
Listed below are a few ways to pray the heart of God for our children. God is far more interested in our holiness than He is our happiness. (By the way, holiness produces joy, not temporary, circumstantial happiness. I’ll stop here – this is the subject of a whole other post!) Pray:
- That they will come to know Christ as Savior early in life (John 17:3)
- That they would know their purpose for living early on in life (Psalm 25:12-14; Romans 12:1-2)
- That they would love Jesus with all their heart, soul, mind, and strength (Deut. 30:6)
- That they would have a hatred for sin (Psalm 97:10)
- That they would be caught when guilty (Psalm 119:71)
Notice, I’ve attached a Scripture to each prayer prompt. I did not go the extra mile of doing this just to make this look like a book report or impress you with my limited Bible knowledge. I did this for a reason.
Praying Scripture is powerful. The Bible is God’s Word. God’s words are so powerful. Often, I believe we underestimate how powerful they really are. “By the Word of the Lord were the heavens made… For He spoke, and it came to be…” Psalm 33:7,9
Do you see how powerful His Word is? “HE SPOKE and it came to be.” When we speak God’s Word, we are loosing the thing we are praying for in the spiritual realm to become a reality in the physical realm. (This goes for every area of our lives, not just our children.)
Pray God’s Word for your children. It produces wisdom and stature and yields great power!