I prayed for this child, and the Lord has granted me what I asked of him. Pray that God would fill them with peace through His presence. Pray for the Lord’s blessing and care for your child’s life. The Lord bless you and keep you the Lord make his face shine on you and be gracious to you the Lord turn his face toward you and give you peace. I don’t want to pray for only physical needs like safety, growth, and health, but for their spiritual needs–that they would know how deeply God loves them and they would follow Him all the days of their lives. As a parent I consider it my joy and my job to be a prayer warrior for my children. The power of praying God’s promises over your children’s lives is unparalleled. This verse was especially close to me when we were surprised with our third baby (in 3.5 years!). But even on the hard days, the long days, the mind-numbing days, the sick days, the full-to-the-brim days or running around your child is a gift entrusted to you by God. Your child is a gift from God! Some days when they’re toddlers and have pooped all over their room or teenagers who question your every decision it may not always feel like it. So, being affectionately desirous of you, we were ready to share with you not only the gospel of God but also our own selves, because you had become very dear to us. But we were gentle among you, like a nursing mother taking care of her own children. He has good for them to do on the earth from the moment they are born. God’s plan for your child’s life begins now. For we are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do. Be prepared for your little one to ask questions and open up new areas of understanding in your faith walk. God’s kingdom way of living is accessible for children and those with child-like faith. Yes, Father, for this is what you were pleased to do. At that time Jesus, full of joy through the Holy Spirit, said, “I praise you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have hidden these things from the wise and learned, and revealed them to little children. Jeremiah 1:5Īlthough this verse is written about Jesus this is a great verse to pray and speak over your children. Before I formed you in the womb I knew you. Be open to the mysterious or new ways God may work in your life in this season. Ecclesiastes 11:5īirth and pregnancy are a beautiful mystery. RELATED: 10 MOST IMPORTANT ROLES OF A MOTHER As you do not know the path of the wind, or how the body is formed in a mother’s womb, so you cannot understand the work of God, the Maker of all things. Your kids don’t need a supermom, they need a mom who builds her life around Jesus. Honor her for all that her hands have done, and let her works bring her praise at the city gate. Proverbs 23:24Ĭhildren are a joy! Yes, having children is hard and it is work, but it is also an incredibly fun and joyful experience! Her children arise and call her blessed her husband also, and he praises her: “Many women do noble things, but you surpass them all.” Charm is deceptive, and beauty is fleeting but a woman who fears the Lord is to be praised. The father of a righteous child has great joy a man who fathers a wise son rejoices in him. Raising our children to love God and love others is a powerful act of defiance against the powers of darkness. Psalm 139:13-16įrom before your child is born God has beautifully created and perfectly planned your baby’s future. Your eyes saw my unformed body all the days ordained for me were written in your book before one of them came to be. My frame was not hidden from you when I was made in the secret place, when I was woven together in the depths of the earth. I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made your works are wonderful, I know that full well. For you created my inmost being you knit me together in my mother’s womb. God’s kingdom is a kingdom that welcomes and celebrates children–never sees them as an inconvenience or a burden. Truly I tell you, anyone who will not receive the kingdom of God like a little child will never enter it.” -Luke 18:15-17 But Jesus called the children to him and said, “Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of God belongs to such as these. When the disciples saw this, they rebuked them. 35 Encouraging Bible Verses for New Parents People were also bringing babies to Jesus for him to place his hands on them.
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