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A prayer for our children

Friends, I am knee deep in the 1 Kings. Well, maybe ankle deep, as this was in Chapter 3. :) Solomon got to make a request to God. And his request was brilliant: "Give your servant a discerning heart to govern your people and to distinguish between right and wrong."

I read it and was cut to the quick. That is my desire for my kiddo - that he would be discerning and able to distinguish between right and wrong. I've been trying to write about this for a while and failing, so I figured out all I can do is pray about it. Here is a prayer for him - and all our children...no matter their age!

Heavenly Father God, please help us lead our children. Through you, help us build a foundation of right and wrong. Help us show our kids how to be discerning. It is a hard world. There seems to be less black and white and more gray. But almost right IS still wrong. God, I'm not sure how to teach my child that. You, however, are the ultimate parent. God, I give you my child. I pray that your Holy Spirit in him is strong. I pray that as he goes through life and comes into situations where he doesn't know what to do, that you provide him wisdom. I pray for the words for his father and I to teach him what we can. I pray for his heart to be strong. I pray for him to have this desire to distinguish between what is right and wrong. I pray for him to listen to you, to seek you, to know you and to do what is right even when it's hard. Even when it means walking away from a friend or "tattling," which can be hard when you're seven (or any age)! God, I pray that all of our children have a desire to know you. A desire for your word and a hope in your future. You have gifted us with our children and we praise you for that. God, guide us. Guide our children. We can't do this without you. In Jesus' name, I pray.

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