Not
too long ago, I opened up Twitter and was reading down the tweets when I came
upon one by Moms in Prayer International. It said, "There are NO words to
describe how LOST this generation is! MOMS will gather to pray & cry out "This
day we fight!"
The
next tweet was from a moms' group promoting putt-putt golf and Santa.
I
was struck by these two very different mom-focuses. I'm not saying the second
tweet was bad. It's just the first reveals the importance of having an eternal
mindset.
Francis
Frangipane wrote: "We are in a season of life when kings are going to
battle. In the context of that battle, where are we? If we are not fighting on
some level, if we are only sighing from heaviness, dear friend, our world is in
trouble indeed. This is a day when kings go to war, not a time when we can
comfortably nap away our responsibilities."
Replace
the word "kings" with moms. Are we fighting in prayer for our children or
sighing? Are we at war or napping?
Those
are questions every mom who is a follower of Jesus Christ needs to ask herself.
The enemy's desire is to destroy our children. It is always wartime.
These
words of Francis Frangipane are poignant: "…when we fail to pray, life
descends into deeper chaos." Chaos is not what I want
for my children. And I certainly don't want the enemy to have the upper hand on
their lives.
But,
remember—we have the right as daughters of the Heavenly Father to enter His throne room
with confident outspokenness in plainness of speech, with fearlessness and
courage, and ask because seated at the right hand of God the Father is the Son,
our High Priest, who shares our feelings and has compassion for us. (Hebrews
4:14-16) Because our Advocate stands with us, our prayers before the Throne
have the power to bring to the lives of our loved ones the opposite of
chaos—order, stability, harmony, calm, peace. So—
Let's pick up our swords and fight!
Let the high
praises of God be in their throats and a two-edged sword in their hands
Psalm 149:6 (AMP)
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