Pray 7x7

Angie Smith posted on her blog (Bring the Rain) about her desire to pray for her children on a daily basis and encouraged other moms to do the same. If you click on the button that has the little girl praying, it will take you to her blog post.

I believe that prayer is one of the most important gifts we can give our children and our families. Through prayer, we can teach our children about a relationship with God. I read recently that sometimes people think the Lord's Prayer says, "Our Father who art in Heaven... gimmie... gimmie... gimmie..." Not so.

I want to teach my children that it is okay to ask God for things, but mostly that we need to seek His desires for us. What will be the Godly choice in a given situation? How would God want me to respond? But more than asking for things, I want my children to hear God's voice. I want them to enjoy His presence.

N was reading her Bible to A in the truck tonight. She asked what other verses were good to read because she had already read John 3:16 and Psalm 23. The only specific verse I could think of at the time was Romans 3:23. "for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,"

But what a wonderful blessing to know that even though we have sinned and come short of God's standard, He loved us enough to send His Son to die for us and take the punishment that should rightfully be ours.

John 3:16 - "For God so loved the world (you & me & yes, even the person we think of as the most horrible person in the world) that He gave His only Son, that whoever believes in Him, will not perish but have eternal life."