Isaiah 41:10 (NKJV) 10 Fear not, for I am with you; Be not dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you, Yes, I will help you, I will uphold you with My righteous right hand.’
It's been about two weeks since I've talked about our family growth progress, please forgive me for that. The prayer board is still on fire, my kids love putting up prayers and I love to see how much they think of other people and not about themselves all the time. My oldest especially, I'm close to believing that most of her friends have made it to the board for very serious reason. She genuinely cares for them and wants them all to seek and know Christ and for this I am ever grateful!
The daily devotionals have been going pretty well too, my younger two read them together and they take turns as to who reads them out loud. I'm finding that it's bringing up some questions from them too, which I love because it shows me that they are taking what they are reading seriously and wondering how they can apply it to their lives. It was a bit tricky finding one that was suitable for them to read together. I didn't want the content to be to old for one and not old enough for the other, but I've found one that seems suitable and I will keep close watch to make sure that they are receiving God's word from it.
Our next venture is going to be me praying with them individually. Sometimes we are worried, scared or intimidated about individual issues and we won't share them with the rest of the family. So with this approach I am praying to help my children understand that there is no issue, no question or worry too hard or silly for God. My intent is to take one day a week with each of my kids and go to a quiet place with them and pray for the things that are important to or worrying them. Even though I am not able to be with the twins at this time I will still set aside a day of prayer for each of them as well. They may not be able to tell me the things that are on their minds or their needs, but God certainly knows and I will still lift my babies up to Him.
As the days progress until the next time I sit with them individually I will have them write down the things that are on their minds throughout the week so that they won’t forget and we can address these issues together. Now of course if they feel that it needs to be talked or prayed about sooner or right then, we will do just that. My prayer is to show my children that all of their needs, cares and concerns are God’s too, that He cares about everything that they go through and will be there for them through everything if they let Him.
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