The Prayer of the Helpless Parent
"Not by might nor by power, but by My Spirit," says the Lord of hosts. Zechariah 4:6
No one raises perfect kids. No one is the perfect parent. No one does it all.
God helps parents raise their kids. He delights when we admit our weaknesses because that's when He gives us wisdom and power through the Holy Spirit. He loves the prayer of the helpless parent. I think that God uses our kids to get our attentions. He wants to rule in our lives, but as long as we feel we can succeed in our own power, we won't listen to His Spirit.
Psalm 127:1 says, "Unless the Lord builds the house, they labor in vain who build it." God will help you build your house. You can do it with Him as the architect and builder.
Often I cry out to the Lord, "Unless You build this house, it isn't going to work. You know the parents here. You know the children. Lord, you gave them to us, so help us be successful in raising them."Pray to God for help in building your home. Pray that you might keep your marriage holy and pure. Ask Him to give you wisdom, strong and resilient commitments, pure romance and vital relationships. Ask God to help you, the helpless parent. Ask Him to get your child's attention. Plead with Him to build convictions where you can't. Ask Him to build your home. God loves the prayer of the helpless parent.
Discuss: What makes you feel helpless as a parent? What's happening in your family right now that pushes you to depend on God?
Pray: Spend some time in prayer, asking God to give you specific wisdom and guidance for the decisions you face as a parent right now.
17 comments:
Thank you so much! I am so glad that I "met" you. You have been such an uplifting force in my life. I know I can turn to your blog, or read your comments on others and that I will most likely smile. You are such a special person and I thank God for you!!! And I thank Sonya for assigning me your name. I love you!!!!
It's been a pleasure getting to know you too. I feel the same way about you, you always make me smile and I find you to be so inspirational and a very funny girl! I feel we have connected from the start and I hope to meet you very soon! I love you,too!!!!!
oh i am going to vomit
just kidding just jealous
someone said that about me too, you guys just missed it cause it accidently got deleted from her blog
Oh Sonya, we love you too!
oh i didn't fish for that compliment did I?
YOU???? NEVER! SM
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NCNC!!! Are you guys going to tell us?
Lura guessed it!!! New Cup New Cup!!! I graduated to a new cup size! SAL
Time to post!!
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I think your lying about new cup new cup, what does NCNC really mean?
If you have graduated to a new cup size, does that mean your pregnant?
No, but I have gained about ten pounds since I quit smoking!
POSTY POSTY!!
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