Pray for Your Children

“My son, give attention to my words;
Incline your ear to my sayings.
Do not let them depart from your sight;
Keep them in the midst of your heart.
For they are life to those who find them
And health to all their body.
Watch over your heart with all diligence,
For from it flow the springs of life.
Put away from you a deceitful mouth
And put devious speech far from you.
Let your eyes look directly ahead
And let your gaze be fixed straight in front of you.
Watch the path of your feet
And all your ways will be established.
Do not turn to the right nor to the left;
Turn your foot from evil. Proverbs 4:20-27

Do you wonder why apparently godly parents sometimes have rebellious children? And what about Proverbs 22:6 - “Train up a child in the way he should go, even when he is old he will not depart from it.”

Since you cannot believe for your child, you must trust the Spirit of God to move in his or her heart. It can be uncomfortable to realize that each child has a will and can choose for or against God. What can you do?

1. Trust the Word of God. Take it as your guide for family living.

2. Be who God wants you to be. Growing. If it is the Spirit of God Who will bring your child to faith in God, see to it that you walk in the power of His Spirit and you will be in harmony with what God is doing in the life of each member of your family.

3. Pray with expectation. Thank God that He is at work in your child’s life.

Pray for your children today. Live your faith and expect God to do a work of grace in the lives of your family members. And keep practicing Deuteronomy 6:6-7 - “These words, which I am commanding you today, shall be on your heart. You shall teach them diligently to your sons and shall talk of them when you sit in your house and when you walk by the way and when you lie down and when you rise up.”