Valentine's Day is over. The
carefully chosen cards are tossed aside. The candy is long gone.
Praying mom, be encouraged.
The love you show your children by sacrificing time to pray with other moms for
them is not fleeting but is an everlasting gift of multiplied prayer before the
Throne of the One Who is LOVE, the One to Whom LOVE and POWER belong. (Psalm 62:11-12)
As you pour out your heart
before Him, keep waiting, keep expecting, and keep trusting are David's
reminders in Psalm 62. The Lord our God is our only rock and salvation; He is
our defense; we shall not be moved!
However, are you a mom overly
anxious to pour out ALL your thoughts for your child, what YOU want for your
child? I think we all would if we could. But, praying God's Word for your
child, putting your child's name in a Bible verse, is a more power filled way
to pray.
Here are some reasons Moms
in Prayer International prays Scripture for children as a separate section on
their Prayer Sheet:
It "is a powerful
weapon that the intercessor uses in praying for others." *
"To pray according to
God's Word brings a peace and a tremendous hope, because God's Word will not
return empty." *
"To pray according to
God's Word will crowd out selfishness and wrong motives." *
The Moms in Prayer
International ministry Booklet states, "As we pray, placing our child's
name in the verse, the power of God's Word drives out anxiety and fear, and
produces faith in us." When we agree in prayer over each child using
the Scripture verse, those words will go deeper into our own minds and hearts.
The Booklet goes on, "Remember that faith is taking God at His word and
acting accordingly. It is accepting God's words no matter what the
circumstances, what the world says or how we feel."
Scripture helps us think
God's thoughts and pray for our children accordingly and brings power to our
words—because, we are praying "God says so" prayers. (John 15:7) The
practice of praying God's Word and heart has more power than all the words you
can come up with. A new Moms in Prayer group leader in Seattle wrote, "This
prayer practice helps many parents".
Praying God's Word is
important for them and for you. By doing so, we allow the Lord to work out His
love through the power of His life-giving Word that always accomplishes what He wants and bears fruit.
*"Igniting a Passion to Pray," Moms in Prayer International
