Eight Things about our Children that We Should Pray For
Wilson and I have been attending weekly Bible Class on the topic of ‘Spiritual Formation for Children’, and we’ve been really blessed by every teaching shared by Ev. Maria Mazo.
We learned about SO many important parenting and biblical principles.
And we’re reminded too about how we really MUST depend on God’s grace, wisdom and strength when it comes to being parents.
Because we ourselves are sinners. And so are our little ones.
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Anyway.
One of the topics we covered recently was about praying for our children.
We all love our children and we surely pray for them.
But.
When we pray, do we pray for specific things? Or have we been praying for general things?
Now. First things first.
The Bible tells us to ‘pray unceasingly’ (1 Thes 5:17).
This basically means we should pray frequently. It also means that we should remember to say a little prayer wherever we are – even as we’re walking about, waiting around or doing things.
Next.
So what things about our children’s lives that we should be praying about?
1. Pray for your our children to be protected from physical, mental and emotional harm
2. Pray for God’s Holy Spirit to make Himself known in the hearts, lives and relationships of your children
3. Pray for children’s spiritual growth, character development, and help with any character weaknesses
4. Pray for their views and attitudes about themselves
5. Pray for their ability to say NO to temptations
6. Pray that they will turn away from wrong directions that they might be going towards
7. Pray for the friendships they’re choosing
8. Pray for them to remember that WE LOVE them
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When parents truly pray for their children, their prayers bind their souls and the souls of their children, and ultimately their lives and relationships will deepen even more.
So here’s a question to us all:
How have we prayed for our children whom God has entrusted in our care?
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Carol:
Thank you … Glad to have had the ‘medium’ to share with others …
Stay in touch 🙂
Sandra:
You’re most welcome, Sandra!
Yen:
Yes she is ! 🙂 She’s Pastor Romeo Mazo’s wife, and she leads many of our ministries here at Reformed Evangelical Church, and conducts many of our Bible classes and fellowships.
Do come by one of these days ya. Our afternoon Sunday service is every 5pm, at True Way Presbyterian Church (just next to Queenstown MRT).
SquiggleMum:
Hi Catherine … that’s nice to hear!:)
And congrats once again on winning the Awards!
Klessis:
Thanks Kless!
Glad to hear it …
And hope you had a blessed Good Friday and Easter too …
hi leonny,
great pointer and thank you for sharing!
by the way, love your blog!
Amen! Thank you for sharing.
Thanks for sharing, great tips indeed!
Just to share something that I read today:
The duty of Christian parents to instruct their children in the knowledge of God can not be achieved apart from His grace.
A Biblical view of grace doesn’t call for parents to labour less. Rather, it calls them to labour fervently, all the while acknowledging their utter dependency upon God.
So I guess, it’s stressed over & over again that we can’t do this parenting business on our own, but with God’s grace! 😀
Hey Leonny,
The name Maria Mazo really sounds very friendly. Is she the wife of Pak Rommy? A Philipino pastor?
Thanks for the prayer pointers! Great sharing
Thank you Leonny. I used your 8 points above to pray over my children today. xx
Great article! Inspires me to pray more for my kids! =D