Prayers for Day Twenty-One
“It is not for your sake,
people of Israel
My
sons are mine for a moment. They are
God’s for eternity. He loves them so
much more than I can begin to imagine.
The works that He will accomplish through my sons…through your sons…is
for the sake of His holy name alone—not for our family name, not for our
hometown, not for their school.
Josh Harris advises us to take
this approach: “When we want to bring glory to ourselves, we share stories of
great things we have done. When we want
to bring glory to God, we share stories of our weakness.” Our society does not applaud weakness. But in our times of weakness—times when our
sons are rebelling or making poor decisions, times when our patience is nearing
the end, times when it is all we can do to get up in the morning—God is shown
for who He really is.
“But he said to me, ‘My
grace is sufficient for you, for my power
is made perfect in weakness.’ Therefore I will boast all the more gladly of my
weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest upon me.” (2 Corinthians 12:9) I pray that I may boast only in the way that
the Holy Spirit has worked in the lives of my sons in spite of
me.
“Not to us, Lord, not to us but to your name be the glory, because of your love and
faithfulness.” (Ps. 115:1)
Commit to praying the following prayers for your sons
or grandsons today.
Humility
May __________humble
himself before the Lord, and be exalted (James 4:10).
May
__________humble himself, therefore, under the mighty hand of God so that at
the proper time He may exalt him (1 Peter 5:6).
May
God give grace to __________as he humbles himself (James 4:6).
If
__________who is called by My Name humbles himself, and prays and seeks My Face
and turns from his wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven and will forgive
this sin and heal his land (2 Chronicles 7:14).
Lord,
lead the humble in what is right, and teach __________Your way (Psalm 25:9).
May
__________have unity of mind, sympathy, brotherly love, a tender heart, and a
humble mind (1 Peter 3:8).
May
__________take God’s yoke upon him, and learn from Him, for He is gentle and
lowly in heart, and __________will find rest for his soul (Matthew 11:29).
May
the LORD take pleasure in__________, and adorn the humble with salvation (Psalm
149:4).
May
__________have all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with others
in love (Ephesians 4:2).
May
__________be subject to the elders. May he clothe himself with humility toward
others, for “God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble” (1 Peter
5:5).
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