It’s The Absolute Ultimate!! #17~ Praying For Our Children

by gidget on January 30, 2009

in faith,family

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There are a lot of ways to remember to pray for our children and guides on what to pray for. Last year with my moms’ group we read The Power of a Praying Parent and it was there that we also received a guide on praying for 31 Biblical Virtues for Them. Both of these had very thorough ideas, and in fact I combined them to create a great spiral-bound prayer card book for Moondoggie and I to use to nightly pray for Chiquita.

But sometimes we get lazy or out of our routine, so I was so glad when I discovered another, simpler way to try to cover our children in prayer. I still want to get back into the notecard routine, but this is a great way to pray for them at different points during the day.

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I discovered this from a couple of friends of mine who had this button on their family blogs. It comes from a mother’s blog who has been through quite a lot. She said that more than anything she wanted her children to grow up developing an “undivided heart” (Psalm 86:11), ” and was praying “that they will fearlessly make known the mystery of the gospel when they open their mouths” (Ephesians 6:19).

She started this idea to pray for our children 7 times a day, 7 days a week, and posted 7 verses that refer to a particular time of day. Instead of putting them on index cards, I decided to put Scrapblog them! Here are my cards that I’m going to print out and stick up around the house, each one in an appropriate location for what it reads.

I’m going to try to pray as many of these each day as I can! If you’d like to join the movement, you can go to Bring The Rain to get the verses and print them out or use Scrapblog to get creative with it!

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1 angelina January 30, 2009 at 9:08 pm

I love these!

angelinas last blog post..this is for jenny.

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2 Lori February 4, 2009 at 8:44 am

I saw this post on Blissfully Domestic, and I’m glad I came by for a visit. That’s a great idea w/ the scrapblog. Have you read “The Power of a Praying Wife”? I have that, and my husband has “The Power of a Praying Husband.” But I’ve never read the praying for your child one.

Loris last blog post..Kids’ Thoughts on Love

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3 a mom in the 'burbs February 4, 2009 at 9:34 pm

Thank you for sharing these! I poked around several of the links and have printed things out to pray over my beautiful daughters.

Hugs and MISS YOU!!

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4 Beckie February 6, 2009 at 9:00 pm

Thanks, Nicole! I LOVE this idea!!! And also, since Sean is memorizing verses each week for awana, hopefully as he hears these he can start memorizing them too.

Beckies last blog post..Merry Christmas

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5 emma February 7, 2009 at 4:39 pm

I just got around to really looking at this and got a little teary — so sweet… you can bet I am doing this for Cassia!

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6 Laurie February 8, 2009 at 11:57 am

I love your prayer idea for your kids! I want to try it! This seems silly, but whenever I see the clock and it’s all the same number; like 2:22, I pray for my kids. It’s amazing how many times this actually happens!

Lauries last blog post..pinheads…

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7 Stacy of KSW February 10, 2009 at 6:32 am

Thank you so much for sharing this wonderful idea and for the stellar idea to use scrapblog. So glad I found you thrugh Blissfully Domestic, can’t wait to explore the rest of your site

BTW, I see we have a Thesis crush in common

Stacy of KSWs last blog post..Please Bear With Us

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8 gidget February 11, 2009 at 9:09 pm

I’m so glad you guys liked this! If you end up making your own, please come back and and leave a comment/link so we can all see them!

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