Praying God's Word Over Your Kids: Part 3Sample

As a parent, I really don’t want my sons to suffer. I would love for their lives to be problem free as they follow Jesus. There, I said it. Yet, I know and have experienced God in a remarkable way through my own hardships and struggles. It is often in our most difficult moments where we encounter God’s love and presence in such a profound manner and where our faith deepens. Why would I expect that it will be different for them? And why would I want them to be robbed of walking more deeply with God? When our children face trials, it is our job to be there to guide and coach them. We cannot accept their consequences—they have to. But we can pray over them to learn from their trials and persevere through them. Not only that, we can trust that God will be working in those difficult times to help them become the godly women and men they will grow into. They will be challenged and tested in their lives. We must pray that they will not see these times as a setback but instead, a setup for what God wants to do in and through their lives. Because friend, He doesn’t waste a thing they walk through. Not one single thing. ●____________ may be hard pressed on every side, but she is not crushed; ____________ may be perplexed, but she is not in despair. ____________ may be persecuted, but she is not abandoned; ____________ may be struck down, but she is not destroyed. (2 Corinthians 4:8-9) ●Therefore, ____________ will not lose heart. Though she is outwardly wasting away, yet inwardly, she is being renewed day by day. (2 Corinthians 4:16) ●____________ will never tire of doing what is good. (2 Thessalonians 3:13) ●____________ will consider it pure joy when she faces trials of many kinds because she knows that the testing of her faith produces perseverance. ____________ will let perseverance finish its work so that she may be mature and complete, not lacking anything. (James 1:2-4) ●Blessed is ____________ who perseveres under trials because, having stood the test, she will receive the crown of life that the Lord has promised to ____________ who loves him. (James 1:12) ●____________ will throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles her. ____________ will run with perseverance the race marked out for her. ____________ will fix her eyes on Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter of her faith. (Hebrews 12:1-2)