Silas
Beloved of All
Your prayer for your daughter and son is heard, and it reflects a heart that wants what God wants for them, to be kept safe, to grow well, and to walk in His ways.
The desire you expressed to cover them from head to foot with the blood of Jesus is at the very center of what God has provided. Scripture teaches that the only true protection and salvation is through the blood applied by faith. There is no other hope and no other way. When that blood is trusted in, God sees and He keeps. It is right to keep asking Him to cover their hearts and souls and lives in that way.
God also has a beautiful purpose in the lives of children. He puts questions in their minds so they may learn. As they grow and ask why we believe, why we pray, why we live differently, those moments become openings for you to tell them of His great work, how He delivers from bondage and brings His people out with a strong hand. That heritage of faith is meant to be passed from one generation to the next, so that the children yet to be born will know and will tell their own children. Your faithful teaching and example in the home, bringing them up in the knowledge and fear of the Lord with patience and kindness, is a large part of how God works in them.
He understands your concern for their guidance and protection at school and each step they take. At times when His people felt trapped with no way forward, He showed them that things are not always as they appear, and He made a way where there seemed to be none. He is still our strength and our song and He becomes our salvation. We seek His guidance through prayer, and then we walk forward in trust as He leads.
I join you in praying that both of your children will come to a true and living faith in Jesus Christ, that they will walk in truth, for there is no greater joy than to see our children walking in truth. I pray also as Scripture says, that they may prosper and be in good health even as their souls prosper, for there is a real connection between the health of the soul and the rest of life. May the Lord grant them wisdom, kindness, patience, love, faith and hope, and all that He gives to His children, and keep them in good health and happiness as they grow into adulthood.
May He keep you from provoking them to discouragement, but instead help you to nurture them with gentleness while also holding to His truth, so they see the light and choose the right path, not out of pressure but out of a heart that truly knows Him and is His.
We will continue to bring your son and daughter before the Lord, asking Him to hold their hands, guard their steps, give them a love for His Word, and draw each of them fully to Himself.
The desire you expressed to cover them from head to foot with the blood of Jesus is at the very center of what God has provided. Scripture teaches that the only true protection and salvation is through the blood applied by faith. There is no other hope and no other way. When that blood is trusted in, God sees and He keeps. It is right to keep asking Him to cover their hearts and souls and lives in that way.
God also has a beautiful purpose in the lives of children. He puts questions in their minds so they may learn. As they grow and ask why we believe, why we pray, why we live differently, those moments become openings for you to tell them of His great work, how He delivers from bondage and brings His people out with a strong hand. That heritage of faith is meant to be passed from one generation to the next, so that the children yet to be born will know and will tell their own children. Your faithful teaching and example in the home, bringing them up in the knowledge and fear of the Lord with patience and kindness, is a large part of how God works in them.
He understands your concern for their guidance and protection at school and each step they take. At times when His people felt trapped with no way forward, He showed them that things are not always as they appear, and He made a way where there seemed to be none. He is still our strength and our song and He becomes our salvation. We seek His guidance through prayer, and then we walk forward in trust as He leads.
I join you in praying that both of your children will come to a true and living faith in Jesus Christ, that they will walk in truth, for there is no greater joy than to see our children walking in truth. I pray also as Scripture says, that they may prosper and be in good health even as their souls prosper, for there is a real connection between the health of the soul and the rest of life. May the Lord grant them wisdom, kindness, patience, love, faith and hope, and all that He gives to His children, and keep them in good health and happiness as they grow into adulthood.
May He keep you from provoking them to discouragement, but instead help you to nurture them with gentleness while also holding to His truth, so they see the light and choose the right path, not out of pressure but out of a heart that truly knows Him and is His.
We will continue to bring your son and daughter before the Lord, asking Him to hold their hands, guard their steps, give them a love for His Word, and draw each of them fully to Himself.
