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Help me take my tired hands and stand firm on my shaky legs. Give me wisdom to mark out a straight path for my feet. Then my children who are following me will not stumble and fall but will become strong.  Hebrews 12:12-13

Teach my children the power of Selah (pause and reflect). Don’t allow them to race through life without capturing the meaning. When they experience those ‘ah ha’ moments, they will pause, give thanks for Your constant companionship in their lives, and then strive to comprehend that You were there all along. Psalms 3:1-8

Reveal to my children that letting their minds become seduced from wholehearted, sincere, and pure devotion to Christ is no different from Eve taking that apple. Both hinge on the test of obedience. Eve wasn’t ejected from the garden simply because she ate the fruit but because she disobeyed God by rejecting His authority. We…

Go with my children into the New Year so they will live and not hide. Give them the catalyst to activate their faith … courage. Show them how to tremble their way to confidence, that courage isn’t the absence of fear, but the conquest of it.  Deuteronomy 31:6

Give my children the wisdom to see that Your command to love God above all others is about actions. Love is a verb … They must seek Your presence and Your wisdom through bible study, prayer, and good teachers of Your Word (make me one of those!) so they will be led by the Holy…

God speaks to us through the magic of music. Hearing a new song sometimes puts a bounce in our step or a smile on our  face that lasts all day, or an instrumental arrangement that for  some inexplicable reason fills our eyes with tears … thank You for these little previews of heaven while on…

Give my children the drive to know You intimately, then help them understand it won’t happen overnight. Let my childrenwitness me taking the time and effort to become deeply acquainted with You so that they will have the faith to pursue a relationship with You that is so close that you will walk together whatever…

Don’t let my children compare themselves to others and conclude that they aren’t worthy because they are missing particular talents, attributes, or possessions. Show them it is what they  already possess that You will use to fulfill Your purpose in their life. Give them the faith to see that what they are holding onto is…

It was never Your intent for us to view our faith as a private personal matter. Engage my children with others to be a vital  member of Christ’s body sharing life with other believers. Let  them serve together and develop true spiritual friendships. They will not co-exit, but co-labor for your great cause. You designed…

Let my children run in stride with those who (like them) are committed to lives of purity. Let them draw on examples of commitment to the Lord, like Eric Lidell (Chariots of Fire) and my life as encouragement to pursue their faith and finish their race. 2Timothy 2:22