Prayer is one of the most, if not the most, powerful tools we have as believers is Christ Jesus. We have to ability to commune with the Father through the blood of Jesus. We are granted access to the throne room. Psalm 116:2 says that as we prayer he “bends down to hear us” we are told that our prayers are a sweet aroma to him. And if it is as powerful as He says it is, then we need to be teaching it to our children.
I have always shied away from thinking that children as young ages could truly know and understand the gift of salvation. This is of course is inaccurate and is a result of a skeptical and critical heart…the Lord’s always working on something….PRAISE GOD. But he showed me how wrong I was through my own sweet daughter. At a young age she has grown to trust Jesus and has grown to love talking to him. Her faith is an incredible example to me. She prays expectantly. And God answers her faithfully. I am blown away, foolishly, that God would choose to bend down to hear her pleas and grant her them. I believe it is his way of instilling great faith in her tiny heart. And I as Momma have the privilege to help water it and watch it grow.
I also have the responsibility of showing her the magnitude and blessing of this gift. Which is why when she gets fearful or uncertain we remind her of all the ways God has answered her prayers and then encourage her to continue to ask in faith.
A few months ago I was dealing with daily tension headaches. They started in mid-December and were continuing each and everyday for all hours. By mid-March it has just become part of my normal. I had to sit and rest for longer than I wanted to, but I just had no relief. On top of that I was going to see a surgeon for a whole other issue (not related to headaches). As I was preparing to leave my husband asked our girls to pray for their mommy. They didn’t have an understanding of what the issue was so their prayers were pretty vague..until we got to Della. Della simply prayer for mommy’s headaches to go away and for her to have more energy so she didn’t need to lay down so much.
And the headaches left…
I waited two weeks before I even mentioned it because I was certain they would return… remember that critical heart I struggle with? I sat down and I told Della about how her prayer was answered. My word, did that girl’s face light up. Her faith grew in that very moment. She then asked, “What else can we pray for?” We took the time to think and she came up with her next prayer request. She got a piece of paper and wrote her prayer down and stuck it to my closet door as a reminder. It read, “Dear Jesus, take my zeets away before school starts.” Sweet girly had some warts, that she refers to as “zeets” all over the inside of her legs and lower bum. She hated them and was so ready for them to be gone. And the Lord blessed her with clear skin two weeks before school started. And we praised Jesus over and over again for his great faithfulness. And my critical heart has been softened.
God is just soooo good.
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