May They Desire You

My greatest prayer is that these children would desire you and seek you.  Behaviors will fall into place as hearts settle into the right place with you.

May they love you.  May they be overwhelmed by the love you have for them and may they desire to give you their whole lives.

Your Word

I pray that the words I have read to her in the mornings from Your Word will not return void.

Plant them in her heart where she treasures her valuables.

Plant them in her mind where she makes her decisions.

Give them root and make them grow.

Created this way by You

Keep far from her mind the irrational throughts that lead to low self esteem; remind her always that you created her, she is yours, and you love her the way she is - that you created her the way she is.

I pray that as she looks at herself and at others, she'd see the similarities - that you created and love each one - rather than the differences to compare.

Learning

Help me be patient with my child and to remember that we often learn by repetition - I will have to walk them through things more than once.  It's not fair to them to expect perfection, or to expect a job well done after only one or two times.

Being Thankful

May I grasp spiritual truths and live them in a way that she also may fully understand.

May she learn to be thankful, to see each moment and all of life's happenings as a gift from you.  May she fully live as she learns to be fully grateful.

Weighing Things Properly

Lord, I pray for our children's ability to properly weigh what messages they get throughout the day.

May the themes of the inappropriate songs they hear not carry more weight than what they have been taught in our homes.

May encouraging words bring them up more than negative ones bring them down.

May your word be read to them daily so they have a firm foundation on which to weigh all these other messages.

May they trust the words and wisdom of their parents over the foolishness of some 'friends'.

May your love be the bottom line that they weight everything else against.

May we be diligent to teach them your love, by our words and actions.

Amen.

Responsibility

We are currently having growing pains in this family as we try to help the oldest learn responsibility.  It's not been the easiest thing for any of us; my prayer is that we would persevere, with grace and kindness, and that she would understand how much better it is, for her character and reputation, to take ownership of her mistakes, to think ahead, and to try hard to be responsible.

Shining Brightly

A morning with the sun reflecting brightly off the bus - made me think wouldn't it be awesome if those kids with Christ at their center shone like that all day long and brought light & joy to their teachers & classmates?  Lord, may your children be set apart - may their actions and attitudes be pointing the way to you & be making their world a better place.

Matthew 5:16  "...let your light shine before others, that they may see your good deeds and glorify your Father in heaven."

Beauty

I pray for my girl's view of beauty.  I pray she knows the difference between inner and outer beauty, and puts  the proper importance on each.  May she develop a beautiful character and learn to look for the beauty in others.  May she recognize the beauty of a smile and in a positive attitude.  May she radiate beauty because she has you at her center.