My daughter, my sister, and I were discussing praying for our children, as mothers. It was so bittersweet when my children started moving away from home, but being a grandma and talking to my daughter mother-to-mother is wonderful. I am looking forward more and more to my relationships with my adult children.
Back to praying for our children. I like praying the words of Scripture out loud when I pray:
1) Angels, who render service for those who will inherit salvation, obey the voice of God’s word.
2) God’s word is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword …
3) The word of God is the sword of the Spirit, our offensive weapon in our battle against principalities and powers.
4) Faith — our shield, which extinguishes all the fiery darts of the enemy against us — comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.
I posted my favorite prayer for my children, from Psalm 23. Another of my favorite prayers for my children, and now Zane, is:
“He will tend His flock like a shepherd;
He will gather the lambs in His arms;
He will carry them in His bosom,
And gently lead those that are with young.”
Isaiah 40:11
Do you have favorite scriptures you pray regularly for your children? Please share them in the comments; it would be a wonderful resource for mothers to draw on for prayer inspiration!
"I want you to be wise in what is good and simple concerning evil."
There are many other good ones from Romans 15, including this one-
"Now may the God of patience and comfort grant you to be like-minded toward one another, according to Christ Jesus, that you may with one mind and one mouth glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ." (verses 5 and 6)
of his favorite prayer for our children:
“I do not cease to give thanks for you, remembering you in my prayers, that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give you a spirit of wisdom and of revelation in the knowledge of Him, having the eyes of your hearts enlightened, that you may know what is the hope to which He has called you, what are the riches of His glorious inheritance in the saints, and what is the immeasurable greatness of His power toward us who believe, according to the working of His great might that He worked in Christ when He raised Him from the dead and seated Him at His right hand in the heavenly places, far above all rule and authority and power and dominion, and above every name that is named, not only in this age but also in the one to come.” Ephesians 1:16-21
Partially paraphrased from David's admonition to his son Solomon in 1 Chronicles 28:9, 10 and 20, 21; 1 Chron. 29:18, 19……….
That you,my son/daughter __________, would acknowledge the God of your father, and serve Him with wholehearted devotion and with a willing mind, for the LORD searches every heart and understands every motive behind the thoughts. If you seek Him, He will be found by you; but if you forsake Him, He will reject you forever. Consider now, for the LORD has chosen you………(for a specific purpose to glorify Himself)……..Be strong and courageous and do the work. Do not be afraid or discouraged, for the LORD God, my God, is with you. He will not fail you or forsake you until all the work for the service……..of the Lord is finished……..O LORD, God of our fathers……keep this desire in the hearts of (my children) forever, and keep their hearts loyal to you. And give my son/daughter _______ the wholehearted devotion to keep your commands, requirements and decrees and to do everything to ………….(complete the work you have for their life's purpose and for your glory.)