Parenting Factors
As summer time fades into historical past, faculty is simply across the nook. The start of a brand new faculty 12 months brings the introduction of routines once more and the alternatives for a lot of new issues. Although pleasure naturally comes with the brand new, so does apprehension for us and our youngsters. Like each new season, we don’t enter this season alone. We’ve a God who’s with us, for us, and who goes earlier than us. In Isaiah 41, the prophet is met together with his place of uncertainty and is given this encouragement from the God who’s all the time there: “…worry not, for I’m with you; don’t be dismayed, for I’m your God; I’ll strengthen you, I’ll aid you, I’ll uphold you with my righteous proper hand” (Isaiah 41:10 ESV). Although God is all the time with us, we frequently overlook to hunt Him and convey our considerations and each day moments earlier than Him. As your loved ones begins to return to high school and into routines, you’re getting into into an excellent season to include instances of extra intentional prayer.
Journey-Time Prayers. Whether or not you pray together with your kids earlier than they get on the bus or while you drive them to high school, prayers on the experience may also help you and your kids supply the day to God as an act of worship. Throughout these ride-time prayers, you may need to pray by means of the schedule for the day, on your child’s academics, and for any challenges, considerations, or assessments your baby could have throughout the day. Pray additionally that God would use you and your baby to make an affect on others for Jesus at this time.
Dinner Prayers. As your loved ones gathers across the dinner desk, or possibly extra realistically, eats some meals from a drive-thru bag on the way in which to follow, you may spend a while reflecting on the day by means of prayer. You and your youngsters can share good issues and unhealthy issues that occurred throughout the day and reply in prayer, thanking God for the nice issues and praying for Him to be current with you within the unhealthy issues.
Bedtime Prayers. Bedtime is a superb time to shut the day together with your kids and household in prayer. In bedtime prayers, you would concentrate on thanking God for an additional day of life, asking Him to present you relaxation, and filling you in a single day with His power for an additional day.
It doesn’t matter what the sample appears to be like like for your loved ones, when household prayers grow to be part of your back-to-school rhythm, you may be amazed to see how God can change you and your child’s perspective of Him and His fixed presence.
-Dr. Ben Birdsong
Author, Speaker, and Minister
