Okay, so in my favorite blog
Bring the Rain, Angie has come up with 7 verses to pray for your children each day for 7 days. I substituted my kids' names & printed out each verse onto scrapbooking paper & then glued them onto more cutesy paper last night. Today I taped them up all over the house in places that will help remind me to pray.
Here are the verses that Angie picked:
When they wake up: "Let the morning bring Joshua & Rachel word of Your unfailing love, for they have put their trust in You. Show them the way they should go, for to You they lift up their soul." (Adapted from Psalm143:8)
When they are getting dressed: "Therefore, as God's chosen child, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourself with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience. Lord, help them bear with others and forgive whatever grievances they have against others. Help them forgive as the Lord forgave them. And over all these virtues, help them put on love, which binds them all together in perfect unity." (Adapted from Colossians 3:12-14)
When they go out of the house: "Joshua & Rachel, do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God's will is-His good, pleasing and perfect will." (Adapted from Romans 12:2)
While they are eating: "Teach Joshua & Rachel the secret of being content in any and every situation whether well-fed or hungry, whether living in plenty or in want. Teach them that they can do everything through him who gives them strength." (Adapted from Philippians 4:12-13)
While they are washing hands: Lord, give Joshua & Rachel clean hands and a pure heart, and let them not lift their soul to an idol or swear by what is false. Let them receive blessing from the Lord and vindication from God their Savior. Let them be part of the generation of those who seek him, who seek your face, O God of Jacob. (Adapted from Psalm 24:4-6)
When they are going to bed: "The Lord Your God is with you; He is mighty to save. He will take great delight in you, he will quiet you with his love, He will rejoice over you with singing." (Zephaniah 3:17)
While they are sleeping: "I pray that Joshua & Rachel will do everything without complaining or arguing, so that they may become blameless and pure, children of God without fault in a crooked and depraved generation, in which they shine like a star in the universe as they hold out the word of life-in order that they may boast on the day of Christ that they did not run or labor for nothing." (Adapted from Philippians 2:14-16)
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