Prayer for our Children

My sister-in-law invited me to her church on Wednesday nights for a new program for children called Pirates Patch. The parents have their own sermon there and the title of the pastor's sermon was "How to Pray for our Children". I thought he had some great ideas and there were some that I never really thought about praying for my children. So I thought I would share them with you too.

• Pray that they will know Christ early in their life
• Pray that they will have a hatred for sin
• Pray that they would get caught when they are guilty
• Pray that they will be protected from the evil in each area of their life
• Pray that they will have a responsible attitude
• Pray that they will respect people in authority
• Pray that they will desire the right kind of friends and will be protected from the wrong ones
• Pray that as they get older they will be kept pure
• Pray that they are protected from the wrong mate and saved for the right one
• Pray that they will learn to submit totally to God and resist Satan "that they will be sold out, on fire to God"
• Pray that they will be hedged in away from the wrong people, places, and things
• Pray that they are single hearted

Some of these may be hard for us to do, but the one that I thought about the most was that they would be sold out to God because I believe if they do that the rest will be taken care of by our Father. Here are some of the scriptures he used and the first one is one that I have prayed every night since I became a single mother. I don't know about you, but in the world we live in I want my children to grow up as great men and women of God, I want them to serve him with all their heart and never believe that the world has more to offer them than the man who died for us all.

Proverbs 22:6 - Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.

Psalms 63:1 - O God, thou art my God; early will I seek thee: my soul thirsteth for thee, my flesh longeth for thee in a dry and thirsty land, where no water is; - Bullet #1

Romans 13:1 - Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers. For there is no power but of God: the powers that be are ordained of God. - Bullet #6

Proverbs 1:10 - My son, if sinners entice thee, consent thou not. - Bullet #7

Proverbs 1:15 - My son, walk not thou in the way with them; refrain thy foot from their path: - Bullet #7

Job 1:10 - Hast not thou made an hedge about him, and about his house, and about all that he hath on every side? thou hast blessed the work of his hands, and his substance is increased in the land. - Bullet #11

James 1:8 - A double minded man is unstable in all his ways. - Bullet #12

And remember

YOU ARE DOING A GREAT JOB ON THIS SINGLE PARENT JOURNEY!!

God Bless!!