30 Days of Praying

Secret Keeper Girl is having a 30 days of praying for our daughters. I have been joining in and so far it was been amazing. There is something super special about dedicated time just to pray for our daughters.

I posted before about the whole TV mess. You know, in many ways I am blessed that we don't deal with a lot of the typical things that post pre-tweens go through - mostly because the kids don't go to school. I keep tight reign on their friends. And yes, I plan to do this as long as possible.

I wanted to share the first five days so far:

Day 1 - Pray something big for your daughter. "Ask Anything"
For Delena, I prayed she finds her passion. She has her hands in everything but doesn't stick with anything long enough to see it through. She hasn't understood the concept of working at something with lots and lots of practice to get really really good.

For Taya, as of now, it is simple that she comes to a saving knowledge of Jesus Christ.

Day 2 - Ask God to show you your daughter's strongholds.

Both of mine are still young enough to probably not struggle much with strongholds. But I can see areas that could become a stronghold so I asked God to show me what I don't see and guide me to correct what I do see.

Day 3 - Ask God to Give Your Daughter the Holy Spirit

This one was easy to pray for! There is nothing more exciting than praying for the Holy Spirit to be a major force in my daughter's life!

Day 4 - Ask God to Make your daughter a Bold Evangelist

Delena is good at this already! I was at her age too, but then I backed off a bit as I got older. I prayed that she would stay a strong witness and not be afraid to share the gospel. Taya needs to understand it before she can share it, but one day!!!

Day 5 - Ask God to Give your daughter a love for the church

I haven't done this one yet today but this is something close to my heart. If you haven't already, you need to read Already Gone by Ken Hamm. That was a real eye opener. As we continue to search and pray about a new church home, this has to be of utmost importance. I don't want my kids to leave the church the first chance they get. They need to see a love for the church from me and Mark. Right now, that is really hard! I see soooo many things wrong with the church. So I need to pray this for myself also, I need to love it because Jesus is the head of it and He has His hands on her.

You can go to Secret Keeper blog to see more! I can't wait for the next 25 days!!