Filled

Outside my office window stands a maple tree. It was a seedling, a gift from another tree in the neighborhood, that grew in our backyard for a few years and then was moved to the side yard. When autumn comes, the leaves change from green to golden and red.

 

But, there is a stage, a process if you pay attention, when some of the green leaves are edged in red. Then, that red slowly fills in completely, sometimes while the leaf is green and other times while it is turning gold.

 

This is not unlike the process that happens to followers of Jesus. There is a process, sanctification, which happens from that first step of faith to the time when we are completely filled with Jesus Christ. It’s a process the Apostle Paul called of faith to faith, glory to glory. (Romans 1:17; 2 Corinthians 3:18 NKJ)

 

This is important to remember as we pray for our children. They are being grown “up in all aspects into Him who is the head, even Christ.”

 

But practicing the truth in love, we will in all things grow up into Christ, who is the head.

Ephesians 4:15 (NET)

 

So, praying moms, keep praying the Word of Life over your children’s lives. And multiply your prayers by gathering with other moms to carry your children together to Jesus. Your faith and His Word will bring His work into your children’s lives. (Mark 2:1-12)

 

Moms in Prayer International impact children and schools worldwide

for Christ by gathering mothers to pray.

 

It’s easy to join or start a Moms in Prayer group. Just go to the website, https://momsinprayer.org/, and click on “Get Involved.”