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I Choose Wisdom – Declarations of Wisdom from the Book of Proverbs
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Praying Proverbs 31 – Prayers for a Daughter’s Virtue
We walked through nine weeks of daily prayers for our daughters using Tracy Glockle's book, Praying Proverbs 31 - Prayers for a Daughter's Virtue. Read my intro post here or buy the book here. Join our Facebook page here.
Category Archives: 21 Days of Prayer for Children
21 Days of Prayer for Our Children: Humility, Day 21
Day 21: Humility
Encouragement from Brooke:
I chose humility as our last day’s topic because it is such an amazing posture of the heart. Scripture just seems to scream God’s favor over those who are humble in heart. James 4:10 says that if we’re humble before the Lord, He will lift us up. 1 Peter 5:6 says that if we humble ourselves under the mighty hand of God He will exalt us. Most importantly, in Psalm 149:4 we find that it is the humble who are adorned with salvation. Do you show humility before your sons? Pray and ask the Lord for specific ways you can show humility today so that when the time comes, your sons will know how to show it, too.
“Be completely humble and gentle; be patient, bearing with one another in love.” Ephesians 4:2 Continue reading
21 Days of Prayer for Our Children: Salvation, Day 20
Day 20: Salvation
Encouragement from Brooke: Day after day you will parent, intentionally seeking the heart of your son. But until the King of kings and Lord of lords turns his heart of stone to a heart of flesh, your son’s actions will be motivated by what is pleasing to him, rather than what is pleasing to the Lord. Everything hinges on this.
“Because, if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.” Romans 10:9 Continue reading
21 Days of Prayer for Our Children: Anger, Day 19
Day 19: Anger
Encouragement from Brooke:
So much of the Christian life is a choice. Every day (multiple times a day) we’re presented with a choice to choose God or choose ourselves. Anger is a perfect example. You can just feel it coming, can’t you? Anger is an almost total body experience. Muscles get tight. Temples throb. Jew clenches. Explosion feels imminent…wooing us into believing we have no choice but to react. But it’s not true. We almost always have a choice when it comes to anger. We can choose to embrace it and sin. Or choose to put it away, and instead choose kindness, self-control, compassion, and love.
“Let all bitterness and wrath and anger clamor and slander be put away from you, along with all malice.” Ephesians 4:31 Continue reading
21 Days of Prayer for Our Children: Self-Control, Day 18
Day 18: Self-Control
Encouragement from Brooke:
I wonder, out loud, how he could possibly want to choose discipline over joyful obedience. After days of willful rebellion from two little men, I’m spend and I cannot understand in that moment why ANYONE would choose this chaos – this misery – when simple obedience would change everything. Don’t they know the sweetness that would be theirs if they would just obey? The choice to love Him begins from the beginning…hearts made to worship Him…choose Him. Hearts that left to themselves will choose our own way every time. How can I expect my little ones to choose the good all the time when their own mama, a Jesus-follower for over 20 years, still gets it wrong? Grace. Grace. And more grace. And choosing to love Him more.
“So whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God.” 1 Corinthians 10:31
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21 Days of Prayer for Our Children: Gentleness, Day 17
Day 17: Gentleness
Encouragement from Brooke:
Personally, I don’t think there’s anything wrong with aggression. I don’t want to break my sons of their aggressive streak and I’m learning not to be afraid of it. But I do want to teach them how and when to use it. I’m beginning to think that gentleness is more of an approach to life than a specific characteristic to develop. Since they were born, we’ve whispered these words into our sons’ ears: God made men to protect women and care for them…Your job is to protect your little brother, not hurt him. There’s a time to play and a time to listen…God wants you to use your strength to protect, not to hurt. Superhero’s don’t look for fights, but they will fight to protect others. It’s OK to want to be the best, but the best people in life are the ones who serve others. A gentle word turns away wrath…
“But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, open to reason, full of mercy and good fruits, impartial and sincere.” James 3:17 Continue reading
21 Days of Prayer for Our Children: Faithfulness, Day 16
Day 16: Faithfulness
Encouragement from Brooke:
What I want to talk about…what I want to pray about today…is that our sons would be faithful to God. Doesn’t this one prayer bring with it the solution to everything else we could talk about? A man whose first love is Jesus, will be faithful in all of the areas above [this is just an excerpt, this refers to faithful husbands, men faithful at providing a home, etc.]. He won’t be perfect, but he will possess the ability to be empowered by the Holy Spirit to be faithful. It is something worth praying for.
“Now therefore fear the LORD and serve him in sincerity and in faithfulness…” Joshua 24:14 Continue reading
21 Days of Prayer for Our Children: Goodness, Day 15
Day 15: Goodness
Encouragement from Brooke:
In our efforts to raise our sons are we teaching them that if they do good things they are good? Righteous even? If we teach them that being good is all it takes, if our discipline and training focuses on their behavior, how will they know they need a Savior?Are we raising little Pharisees? Or are we raising Godly men with a heart of God? If a Godly son is your goal, you must aim for the heart. Because unless the heart is changed – touched – the behavior will stay the same. It might look a little different, morph some as they grow. But behavior is always a symptom of the state of the heart. What’s in the heart comes out.
“Out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks.” Matthew 12:34 Continue reading
21 Days of Prayer for Our Children: Kindness, Day 14
Day 14: Kindness
Encouragement from Sally Clarkson [author of
"The Mission of Motherhood"]:
[Lea here: today's encouragement is very lengthy! I am just going to type out some snippets. Those with the copy of the Prayer Warriors book will be able to read the whole thing, of course, which is a blessing.] From personal experience and many years of observation, moms often discipline boys for being boys, instead of understanding that God wants them to grow into strong men…If we want them to be warriors when they are big, they need to be able to practice being little warriors when they are young…That’s not to say they don’t often need to be disciplined and trained when they stay off the path, but it is to say that boys will be boys, and that it’s a good thing…
- a strong loving hand (acceptance and grace)
- a strong gentle hand (kindness and gentleness)
- a strong patient hand (understanding and longsuffering)
- a strong protective hand (teaching and telling) and (encouraging and affirming)
“Love one another with brotherly affection. Outdo another in showing honor.” Romans 12:10 Continue reading
21 Days of Prayer for Our Children: Patience, Day 13
Day 13: Patience
Encouragement from Brooke:
I’m convinced that God cares less about how much I accomplish in life…the “great things” I do in His Name…than He does about how I respond to the things He allows into my life daily. Some of the most accomplished in the Kingdom of Christ are those whose names you and I will never know this side of heaven. And greatness is only measured by how well we respond to Christ in the little things. Being patience for what God’s plan is and not necessarily pursuing our own dreams.
“But whoever would be great among you must be your servant…” Matthew 20:26
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21 Days of Prayer for Our Children: Peace, Day 12
Day 12: Peace
Encouragement from Laura Lee Groves [author of I'm Outnumbered! One Mom's Lessons in the Lively Art of Raising Boys]:
It’s pretty clear to see we’re in this thing called mothering together. What can you do to help yourself? First, find someone to confide in – someone who’s walking your same path, or someone who has walked it before. Find someone you can be honest with about the trials of mothering. If at all possible, step away from the demands – for an hour, for an evening, even for just fifteen minutes. Let someone else hold the baby or chase the toddler for just a bit, and don’t feel guilty. You can help yourself by shifting your perspective as he grows. We have to accept they’re growing and changing, and if we resist that, it just makes everything more difficult. As he grows do whatever you can to stay close to him. [K]eep him talking. Stay close, but don’t smother, and love unconditionally. You’ve poured a lot into your son. The proof of the pudding comes as he spreads his own wings and tries them. Sometimes he has to take a hit before he realizes it’s “real world time.” Don’t save him every time, or he’ll never be the man he was created to be. And last, but most importantly – pray for him and for your relationship. Pray for the faith to let go, for confidence in your and his abilities. The One who made you and loves you is waiting to give help and comfort and peace along the way. And I can help myself to peace – from above.
“Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on Thee; because he trusteth in Thee” Isaiah 26:3 Continue reading
Beginning the day declaring truth and promises from God’s word will strengthen your family’s spirit. Speaking the Word aloud with our children is the greatest blessing we can give them. 
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