Hello All! Well... I am back! lol..finally! It has been a while. We are now on Ch.6- "A Positive Mom is a Praying Mom". I know that we hear this alot... "Pray". And I think because its one of those things that sometimes gets put on the back burner unless we are extremely happy or extremely sad, that we dont realize how much prayer is needed and helpful. Karol stresses the fact that it is oh so important that we pray for our children (and also for ourselves that we will raise them right :) ) I know that God already has a plan for each of us, but we dont know what that plan is. We should pray that our children will have the wisdom and strength to do whats right and that God will show them the way that they should go. God is SOOOOOOO POWERFUL. He can do anything. But his will WILL always be done, and we must except that fact as well. He always answers prayers. Sometimes it is yes but sometimes it is 'not now', 'no', or 'you dont need that'. By praying we must put our full trust in God that he will see our children through the good times and the bad. When they might be a few months old, when they are teenagers, and when they are adults. We can even pray when they are babies for when they will become adults in the future. It is that important! Karol gives three important reason for why we should pray.
1.) "We pray because God tells us to bring all our requests to him." - The Lord already knows what we might want or need but that does not give us an excuse to not pray. James 4:2(the end of verse 2)- "You do not have because you do not ask God."
2.) "We pray because we need wisdom from above to be good mothers"- There is no way we could do this job by ourselves. I know the times that I get overly busy I tend to try and rely more on myself and think about myself more than I do God, and it bites me in the rear-end every time!
3.) "We pray because it turns our eyes toward God and off our problems." By asking for God's help we are telling him "hey!, I trust you and I know that you can do this!" For the past few weeks I have been overburdened with a few things. Everyday I have to just stop and pray. I give all of my cares to Lord and after I pray I dont even let myself think about them. Sometimes it is very hard, because I just want to worry worry worry. But every time I pray I except the things that I cannot change and leave it to the Lord because I know he is the only one that can. It has taken time, and should I say practice :), for me to stop worrying so much but I must admit I feel so much free-er and like a weight has literally been lifted off my shoulders. Prayer WORKS. All you have to do is literally... believe that God knows what he is doing and let him handle it.
Mark 11:24- "Therefor I tell you, whatever you ask for in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours."
Challenge for you: If you dont already have a daily prayer time, make one! I like to pray while a drive in the mornings. Pick a time for you and God, it doesn't always have to be the same time everyday, our schedules change! But just make time for God and you. See what happens :)
Your title is so true! Though at times it might feel like the telephone line is down, God ALWAYS hears us and answers our prayers. The story of Job is perhaps my favorite story in the Bible and it shows that just because we pray(he prayed first thing every morning), doesn't mean that difficult situations will not come our way. But that not matter what, the LORD will never forget us and will raise us up if we only continue to pray and follow Him. Great Post! :)
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