This morning I sat down at the table and opened the Devotional called Grace For The Moment by Max Lucado and read the August 10th devotional. ( I am about a month behind.)
A Parent's Precious Prayers
All your children will be taught by the Lord, and they will have much peace. Isaiah 54:13
Never underestimate the ponderings of a Christian parent. Never underestimate the power that comes when a parent pleads with God on behalf of a child. Who knows how many prayers are being answered right now because of the faithful ponderings of a parent ten or twenty years ago? God listens to thoughtful parents.
Praying for our children is a noble task. If what we are doing, in this fast-paced society, is taking us away from prayer time for our children, we're doing too much. There is nothing more special, more precious than time that a parent spends struggling and pondering with God on behalf of a child.
Walking with the Savior.
I am thankful that I had a mom and dad that prayed for me and each of their children and grandchildren. I remember Mom kneeling by a chair at the kitchen table and praying for me. She didn't know that I had seen her as I was supposed to be on my way to the bus stop. That picture of her will always stay in my mind. I don't all that she and God talked about when she prayed, but I wonder if the decisions I made were because of those prayers. I remember times when I had two choices--the right choice or the wrong choice and God led me down right path.
Thank you, Mom and Dad, for praying for me!
A Parent's Precious Prayers
All your children will be taught by the Lord, and they will have much peace. Isaiah 54:13
Never underestimate the ponderings of a Christian parent. Never underestimate the power that comes when a parent pleads with God on behalf of a child. Who knows how many prayers are being answered right now because of the faithful ponderings of a parent ten or twenty years ago? God listens to thoughtful parents.
Praying for our children is a noble task. If what we are doing, in this fast-paced society, is taking us away from prayer time for our children, we're doing too much. There is nothing more special, more precious than time that a parent spends struggling and pondering with God on behalf of a child.
Walking with the Savior.
I am thankful that I had a mom and dad that prayed for me and each of their children and grandchildren. I remember Mom kneeling by a chair at the kitchen table and praying for me. She didn't know that I had seen her as I was supposed to be on my way to the bus stop. That picture of her will always stay in my mind. I don't all that she and God talked about when she prayed, but I wonder if the decisions I made were because of those prayers. I remember times when I had two choices--the right choice or the wrong choice and God led me down right path.
Thank you, Mom and Dad, for praying for me!
Devotions are an important part of our life too, great post!
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