Praying for Perseverance in Our Parenting
As much as we love our children, only the Holy Spirit can give us what we need to suffer long and suffer wisely for their sake.
As much as we love our children, only the Holy Spirit can give us what we need to suffer long and suffer wisely for their sake.
Look and see, oh Lord, what has happened to your children – those who were slain in a place that should be safe.
We pray that the hope of the gospel brings comfort and peace even as we are confronted with the horror of more children and teachers lost in the places where they should be safest.
We are saved not by our own good works, but by trusting in the work of Christ in his life. Still, Jesus has commended the practice of fasting.
God never leaves us without a way to love the body of Christ, even when some of our members are half a world away.
Apart from the biblical narrative, we would often lose heart–but those who know and worship King Jesus have a hope that is not of this world.
In the strength of Christ, there is grace to love the teen God has given you, to pray fervently knowing that God always hears, and to share readily the faithfulness of God amidst the struggle.
We don’t have to get God to like us or love us through our prayers. God is already favorably disposed toward us because of Jesus.
Once teenagers discover who they are praying to, we will see it shape how they are praying.