Day 14 of the July Prayer Challenge! A little something for a wife to pray as well as a parent! Remember, these passages are from books by Stormie Omartian, “The Power of a Praying Wife” and “The Power of a Praying Parent.” I highly recommend these for your own library, as they are full of truths and are great to reference again and again! For your husband: His Integrity My children will receive a heritage from their father’s adherence to the principles of high moral integrity. There are blessings they will enjoy because of the kind of man he is. Integrity happens in the heart. Therefore, being a man of integrity is something your husband must CHOOSE to do on his own. But you can prayerfully help him fight the enemy that seeks to snare him, blind him, and keep him from making that decision. “Lord, I pray that You would make my husband a man of integrity, according to Your standards. Give him strength to say ‘Yes’ when he should say ‘Yes,’ and courage to say ‘No’ when he should say ‘No.’ Enable him to stand for what he knows is right and not waver under pressure from the world. Don’t let him be a man who is ‘always learning and never able to come to a knowledge of the truth’ (2 Timothy 3:7). Give him, instead, a teachable spirit that is willing to listen to the voice of wisdom and grow in Your ways. Make him a man who lives by truth. Help him to walk with Your Spirit of truth at all times (John 16:13). Be with him to bear witness to the truth so that in times of pressure he will act on it with confidence (1 John 1:8,9). Where he has erred in this and other matters, give him a heart that is quick to confess his mistakes. For You have said in Your Word, ‘If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness’ (1 John 1:8,). Don’t let him be deceived. Don’t let him live a lie in any way. Bind mercy and truth around his neck and write them on the tablet of his heart so he will find favor and high esteem in the sight of God and man (Proverbs 3:3,4). “The integrity of the upright will guide them, but the perversity of the unfaithful will destroy them.” Proverbs 11:3 “Judge me, O Lord, according to my righteousness, and according to my integrity within me.” Psalm 7:8 “Let integrity and uprightness preserve me, for I wait for You.” Psalm 25:21 ------------------------- For your child: Instilling the Desire to Learn “Lord, I pray that (name of child) will have a deep reverence for You and Your ways. May he (she) hide Your Word in his (her) heart like a treasure, and seek after understanding like silver or gold. Give him (her) a good mind, a teachable spirit, and an ability to learn. Instill in him (her) a DESIRE to attain knowledge and skill, and may he (she) have JOY in the process. Above all, I pray that he (she) will be taught by You, for Your Word says that when our children are taught by You they are guaranteed peace. You have also said, ‘The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge, but fools despise wisdom and instruction’ (Proverbs 1:7). May he (she) never be a fool and turn away from learning, but rather may he (she) turn to You for the knowledge he (she) needs. I pray he (she) will respect the wisdom of his (her) parents and be willing to be taught by them. May he (she) also have the desire to be taught by the teachers You bring into his (her) life. Handpick each one, Lord, and may they be godly people from whom (he) (she) can easily learn. Take out of his (her) life any teacher who would be an ungodly influence or create a bad learning experience. Let him (her) find favor with his (her) teachers and have good communication with them. Help him (her) to excel in school and do well in any classes he (she) may take. Make the pathways of learning smooth and not something with which he (she) must strain and struggle. Connect everything in his (her) brain the way it is supposed to be so that he (she) has clarity of thought, organization, good memory, and strong learning ability. I say to him (her) according to Your Word, ‘Apply your heart to instruction, and your ears to words of knowledge’ ((Proverbs 23:12). ‘May the Lord give you understanding in all things’ (2 Timothy 2:7). Lord, enable him (her) to experience the joy of learning more about You and Your world.” “Take firm hold of instruction, do not let go; keep her, for she is your life.” Proverbs 4:13 “My son, if you receive my words, and treasure my commands within you, so that you incline your ear to wisdom, and apply your heart to understanding; yes, if you cry out for discernment, and lift up your voice for understanding, if you seek her as silver, and search for her as for hidden treasures; then you will understand the fear of the Lord, and find the knowledge of God.” Proverbs 2:1-5
Posted on: Sun, 14 Jul 2013 13:27:28 +0000