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For our Children

I am *not* a Proverbs person. Last year I read through the bible in a year and so I had to venture through them all, and I did find some goodies that I had never read before! This one needs to be shared because those of you with kiddos may find some use in praying this over them. Daily!

Saying 14 (note, I had NEVER known there were "sayings" in Proverbs!) My son, if your heart is wise, then my heart will be glad indeed. My inmost being will rejoice when your lips speak what is right. (Proverbs 23:15-16)

Let's move past the obvious - this is for daughter's too :). 

At this point in my child's life...when what he is SEEING in the world doesn't align with God's "this is what you should do" list, those words are my hope. The actions of those around him, if followed, will lead to roads I pray with my whole heart that he avoids.

But I believe in the power of the Word of God and because the words in saying 14 are my hope, I pray those two verses for my baby every morning. (insert - what do I mean by that? I type them every morning through an app I have used to memorize scripture and as I type, I pray those words are true for my son. It doesn't take a lot of time! I encourage you with all that is in me to find verses to pray for your kiddos. They don't have to be mine, find a verse or two that God puts on your heart and keep them there until new verses present themselves. Praying words that are God-breathed is so helpful to them...even if they never know we are doing it)

We cannot force our children to have wise hearts. All we can do is pray that they believe...that they are gifted with the Holy Spirit and HE makes that transition in their hearts. If that happens, can you imagine the joy that your heart will feel?! 

We also cannot make our children speak what is right. We can teach them. Hopefully we can show them. But they control the words coming out of their mouths. And, oh, the rejoicing when those words coming out are RIGHT! When they are kind. When they align with biblical principals. When they express love - toward those they know or simply fellow human beings. When right words spoken lead to actions that are right as well, we have hit the jackpot!

Friends, join me in praying for our children:

Heavenly Father God, please help us, as parents, raise our children to know You, so that through the Holy Spirit, their hearts are wise. Left to our own devices, our hearts are anything but. When the hearts of our children our wise, how glad we will be! Lord, what rejoicing on this side of Heaven when our children speak what is right. God, our kids cannot know what is right if we do not show them. You have entrusted our children to us here on earth...and part of that entrusting means showing/speaking/doing what is right. Please help us do that! Give us the desire to be an example of "right" in this world. Give us the courage to do so, even when the "world" seems to think what we are doing and how we are raising our kids is old-fashioned, or doesn't make sense, or seems crazy! You, God, have given us words to help us raise our children to know You. Help us remember them. In the name of Jesus I pray.

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