I’ve been all over God’s word today… Deuteronomy, Psalms, Romans, 1 Corinthians, Ephesians, Proverbs… and you know what I see throughout it all? The same loving, gracious God, gently calling and beckoning his people to walk in his ways and teach his ways to the next generation.
And the realization hit me: I can teach my children, but it is God alone who can save their hearts.
God alone can grow the seeds that I’ve so earnestly planted. God alone can hold their hearts and win their love and devotion. This is why my prayers are so important. For what my teaching is powerless to do, my prayers CAN do! I don’t want God to just have their outward obedience! I want him to have their hearts to the very core!
Dear parent, do you feel helpless for where your family is at? Pray!
Do you feel like all your efforts in teaching your children were in vain? Pray!
Have your children rejected your teachings? Pray!
“Unless the Lord builds the house, the builders labour in vain. Unless the Lord watches over the city, the watchmen stand guard in vain. In vain you rise up early and stay up late, toiling for food to eat, for He grants sleep to those he love. Children are a heritage from the Lord, offspring a reward from Him. Like arrows in the hands of a warrior are children born in ones youth.”
Psalm 127:1-4
Surely the Lord answers our prayers in accordance with his will. And we know from scripture it is his will that NONE should perish, but that all will come to repentance.
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Prayer is so foundational, but we quickly forget that with little prayer there is little power. As I am the father and husband in a blended family, I agree a million times over. Where our effort ends, His power begins.
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“Where our effort ends, Him power begins.” Love that! Amen!
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