… whoever would be great among you must be your servant, and whoever would be first among you must be your slave, even as the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve, and to give his … Continue reading
Pray for your kids – Servant heart
Category Archives: Pray for your kids
Pray for your kids – Salvation
Though you have not seen him, you love him. Though you do not now see him, you believe in him and rejoice with joy that is inexpressible and filled with glory, obtaining the outcome of your faith, the salvation of … Continue reading
Pray for your kids – Contentment
Not that I am speaking of being in need, for I have learned in whatever situation I am to be content. I know how to be brought low, and I know how to abound. In any and every circumstance, I … Continue reading
Pray for your kids – Responsibility
I need to try doing more ‘praying for’ rather than ‘grumping at’ my kids in attempting to convince them to do stuff to help around our home. Continue reading
Pray for your kids – Compassion
To pray that our children will be compassionate is to ask God to cause them to enter into to pain, joys and sorrows of others. Are we willing for them to lay don their own concerns, fears and needs in order to both serve and feel the needs of others? Are we prepared as adults to model this? Continue reading
Pray for your kids – Humility
The reward for humility and fear of the LORD is riches and honor and life. (Proverbs 22:4 ESV) What is humility? It is quite a difficult thing to define, often we tend to think of humility in terms … Continue reading
Pray for your kids – Protection
… our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace, and he will deliver us out of your hand, O king. But if not, be it known to you, O king, that we will … Continue reading
Pray for your kids – Diligence
A diligent child is loved by teachers, and as an adult will be an asset to employers. More importantly, we are all commended to work hard for the Lord. Continue reading
Pray for your kids – Joy
Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, rejoice. (Philippians 4:4 ESV) Along with faith and being kept safe, joy is something I regularly ask God to give my kids. Having struggled myself to find joy and knowing how … Continue reading
Pray for your kids – Peace-loving
So then let us pursue what makes for peace and for mutual upbuilding. (Romans 14:19 ESV) Unless you only have one, very young, child then peace is unlikely to be the foremost thought on you mind when they are awake. … Continue reading
Pray for your kids – Generosity
“…give, and it will be given to you. Good measure, pressed down, shaken together, running over, will be put into your lap. For with the measure you use it will be measured back to you.” (Luke 6:38 ESV ) Often … Continue reading
Pray for your kids – Kindness
Kindness could be viewed as a bit of a lame affection – it lacks the sense of commitment and drive of love, the selflessness of mercy, or the staunchness of justice. Kindness effectively means to be benevolent, to be friendly. … Continue reading
Pray for your kids – Purity
Purity is an attribute which humans strive for but can never achieve on our own. Only God is absolutely pure, we are born sinners and so it is only through the sacrifice of Christ and subsequent work of the Holy … Continue reading
Pray for your kids – Courage
Be strong and courageous. Do not fear or be in dread of them, for it is the LORD your God who goes with you. He will not leave you or forsake you.” (Deuteronomy 31:6 ESV) I’m not sure I really … Continue reading
Pray for your kids – Just do it
I have recently been writing on the topic Pray for your kids. So far my approach has been to work through a list by Caroline Cordle of topics to pray about and accompanying Scripture references. Today I want to depart … Continue reading
