{"id":624,"date":"2015-06-25T13:03:00","date_gmt":"2015-06-25T13:03:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/globalawakening.com\/2015\/06\/25\/interceding-for-your-children\/"},"modified":"2023-10-24T18:11:08","modified_gmt":"2023-10-24T22:11:08","slug":"interceding-for-your-children","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/globalawakening.com\/interceding-for-your-children\/","title":{"rendered":"Interceding for Your Children"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

\u201cYou don\u2019t have to do everything right as a parent, but there is one thing you cannot afford to get wrong\u2026prayer. You\u2019ll never be a perfect parent, but you can be a praying parent. Prayer is your highest privilege as a parent. Prayer turns ordinary parents into prophets who shape the destinies of their children, grandchildren and every generation that follows.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2014Excerpt from \u201cPraying Circles Around Your Children\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

My husband, Joshua, and I have three amazing children: Simeon (6), Selah (4), and Malakai (2). As you might imagine, life is incredibly full and rewarding, if not also, at times, challenging and exhausting. About a year ago my sister mailed me a little book titled, \u201cPraying Circles Around Your Children.\u201d My husband and I had always prayed for our children—short prayers on the way to school, before naps, bed times, ect.\u2014, but everything changed when I read this little book.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

My eyes were opened; my heart stirred. I shared the amazing insights from the book with my husband and we changed our prayers from, \u201cLord let them follow you all the days of their lives\u201d to \u201cLord, let them want to know you more each and every day of their lives.\u201d we didn\u2019t want them to just be followers; we wanted them to be lovers of Him. I finished this small book soaking in each and every word, hungry to start this new prayer journey with my family.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So we sat down and tailored a prayer list for each child. We listed their strengths and struggles, as well as what the Lord had spoken to us about them. Then we found Bible verses to go with each topic area (e.g., fear, love, grace, anger, etc.). We incorporated these verses into our family prayer time, which was becoming more intentional and powerful. We prayed over our children with a greater passion, a greater purpose. We understood we were shaping their destinies and pushing back the powers of darkness, which would have all people be fearful\u2014afraid of not being liked, accepted or loved. We were laying the foundation of God\u2019s perfect love, which drives out all fear.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Honestly, I don\u2019t know what I am doing as a parent most of the time and often fail miserably. I sometimes get overly mad about trivial things: cluttered rooms, spilled cereal, and soiled carpet\u2014and that\u2019s just from this morning alone! I forget to extend the grace that has been so beautifully given to me. I know there are so many that feel this same way. I encourage you to stop, plant your feet and pray for your children. Prayer helps focus your priorities on the eternally significant, and in doing provides peace (both to your child and you).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201c[I]f you are willing to interrupt your sleep cycle, if you are willing to get on your knees and intercede for your family, God will answer your prayers long after you are long gone. Don\u2019t lose heart. Don\u2019t lose hope. Don\u2019t lose faith.\u201d<\/i><\/p>\n\n\n\n

– Tonya Clark<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u201cYou don\u2019t have to do everything right as a parent, but there is one thing you cannot afford to get wrong\u2026prayer. You\u2019ll never be a perfect parent, but you can be a praying parent. Prayer is your highest privilege as a parent. Prayer turns ordinary parents into prophets who shape the destinies of their children, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[109],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalawakening.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/624"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalawakening.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalawakening.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalawakening.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalawakening.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=624"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/globalawakening.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/624\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10882,"href":"https:\/\/globalawakening.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/624\/revisions\/10882"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalawakening.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=624"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalawakening.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=624"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalawakening.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=624"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}