I believe that especially now with all that our children are faced with in school that it is extremely important to be in prayer about the upcoming school year. Last night in Children's Church I did a lesson on this, and it was incredible the reponse I got out of the children. These children are faced with so many things at school. Here are some of the things that were shared: "I just want to have a good friend this year", "I want to have a nice teacher that is not mad all the time", "I want to do better on my report card", "I don't want to be the one that gets picked on", and the list went on. I believe it is very important that we sit down with our children and ask them some questions about what they are concerned about for this next school year and then start praying about it with them. We can make a difference and it all starts with prayer, we need to seek God's heart for our school's through prayer and His word and start praying it back to Him. Even if your child is in daycare or preschool this is very important if not more because those people are influencing your children a good part of the day, you can never start too soon! I am including some things I passed out to the children last night that are good tools for you to use to help them to make a difference in their own lives through prayer. I believe that if we equip our children now with the tools they need that when they are faced with a situation they will know what to do, it will be second nature to them. How awesome would it be for your child to be the light and make a difference in another child life? How much more would our children actually learn academically if they were equipped to handle all of the emotional challenges of school?
Here is a link to the Prayer Card I used, if you cannot order it then just write it down, this is an awesome tool, my son put it by his bed and prayed it last night before bed.
http://http//www.navpress.com/images/pdfs/9781600061837.pdfHere is a page I passed out titled " Specific Prayers to go with My Prayer Card":
1. God, I struggled very hard in_____________. Please help me to do better in this area this school year.
2. God, I had a bad attitude about______________. Please help me to have a good attitude about it this year.
3. God, these 3 things I would like to do better in this school year.
a._________________
b._________________
c._________________
4. God, I was not so nice to_________________ last year. Help me to reflect your love and attitude toward them this year.
5. God, I really want to make a difference in my school this year. I pray that you would show me some things I can do to make a difference. (
after you have prayed this and God starts telling you some things or you have a "pull" toward something you can write them on the following lines and then pray that God would show you how to achieve them and that He would give you the strength and courage to start doing them and accomplish them.)________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________I hope this stirs something in you and we can "Parent with Passion" and help make a difference!
That is so awesome! You are so blessed with the gift of teaching. I am so thankful that you and Allen are the children's pastors. Thank you for all you do for the children!
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