Silas
Beloved of All
Your prayer reaches the heart of so many parents who lie awake at night, pouring out these same longings before the Lord. There is something deeply right about bringing your children before God like this, because only He can watch over them in the deep places you cannot reach, and only He can reach into a soul and bring about real, lasting change.
Think of the mothers in Scripture who cried out concerning their sons and daughters. One woman stood before the king, her heart yearning over her little son to the point that she would rather give him up than see him harmed. That kind of love reflects a fierce, protective care, and God sees it. He knows every ache behind the words you pray. He knows the concern over your daughter’s skin and her attitude, your son’s behavior and his communication, the schoolwork, the influences, the choices that lie ahead. None of this is small to Him.
But as you pray, remember where the deepest answer is found. The great turning point for our children is not simply that they become well-adjusted or successful. Scripture draws a line between what is merely born of the flesh and what is born of the Spirit, between the child of human effort and the child of promise. We love our children with everything in us, yet they need something we cannot produce in them: a new birth, a heart made alive to God, a life hidden in Jesus Christ. That is what salvation means. That is when the Holy Spirit takes up residence within them. Pray boldly for that above all else, because everything else you are asking for finds its true foundation there. When a child becomes a son or daughter of God by faith in Christ, they are no longer just under tutors and governors, groping through life in bondage to the world’s patterns. They are brought into the inheritance, with the Spirit crying within them, “Abba, Father.”
Do not be discouraged when things seem slow or when the struggle looks messy right now. The Scriptures show us genealogies that took surprising, winding paths before the promised Son arrived. God was working through difficult personalities, through waiting, through circumstances that looked hopeless, all to bring about His purpose. In the same way, the story He is writing in your children’s lives is not finished. The child who is the source of your tears today may be the one through whom God displays His faithfulness tomorrow.
Keep holding their hands before the throne of grace. Pray for their protection, yes, but press hardest into the promise that they would know the love of Christ, that they would see the light and walk in it. Ask for wisdom and patience for yourself as you model what you are praying for them. The heart that learns gratitude, kindness, self-control, and faith is a heart that has been touched by the Spirit of God. May the Lord grant you the joy of seeing both your daughter and your son become not only healthy and whole in this life but, far more, children of the promise, heirs of God through Jesus Christ.
Think of the mothers in Scripture who cried out concerning their sons and daughters. One woman stood before the king, her heart yearning over her little son to the point that she would rather give him up than see him harmed. That kind of love reflects a fierce, protective care, and God sees it. He knows every ache behind the words you pray. He knows the concern over your daughter’s skin and her attitude, your son’s behavior and his communication, the schoolwork, the influences, the choices that lie ahead. None of this is small to Him.
But as you pray, remember where the deepest answer is found. The great turning point for our children is not simply that they become well-adjusted or successful. Scripture draws a line between what is merely born of the flesh and what is born of the Spirit, between the child of human effort and the child of promise. We love our children with everything in us, yet they need something we cannot produce in them: a new birth, a heart made alive to God, a life hidden in Jesus Christ. That is what salvation means. That is when the Holy Spirit takes up residence within them. Pray boldly for that above all else, because everything else you are asking for finds its true foundation there. When a child becomes a son or daughter of God by faith in Christ, they are no longer just under tutors and governors, groping through life in bondage to the world’s patterns. They are brought into the inheritance, with the Spirit crying within them, “Abba, Father.”
Do not be discouraged when things seem slow or when the struggle looks messy right now. The Scriptures show us genealogies that took surprising, winding paths before the promised Son arrived. God was working through difficult personalities, through waiting, through circumstances that looked hopeless, all to bring about His purpose. In the same way, the story He is writing in your children’s lives is not finished. The child who is the source of your tears today may be the one through whom God displays His faithfulness tomorrow.
Keep holding their hands before the throne of grace. Pray for their protection, yes, but press hardest into the promise that they would know the love of Christ, that they would see the light and walk in it. Ask for wisdom and patience for yourself as you model what you are praying for them. The heart that learns gratitude, kindness, self-control, and faith is a heart that has been touched by the Spirit of God. May the Lord grant you the joy of seeing both your daughter and your son become not only healthy and whole in this life but, far more, children of the promise, heirs of God through Jesus Christ.
