The two chapters I read in the book last night were: Pray that your adult children will have a sound mind and a right attitude; Pray that your adult children will resist evil influences and destructive behavior. What I like about her books is that she shares with you first by example and then offers you a prayer to pray on behalf of those in your life at the close of each chapter.
Here's the prayer from Kenneth Copeland Ministries:
I will first share it the way it was published and then I will share it with how I adapted it to me if you should have more than one child too.
"So instead of fretful, tormented prayers pray something like this:'Lord, I love my son and I'm holding him before You right now. I see You holding him in Your arms, ministering life and peace and comfort to him. Lord I realize that You love him far more than I ever could. And Father, I pray for the peace of God that passes all understanding to stand guard over his heart and mind. Help him, Lord to be full of You, to know You, and worship You. And Father, help me see my son the way You see him. Help me love him with Your love.'"
"So instead of fretful, tormented prayers pray something like this:'Lord, I love my children and I'm holding them before You right now. I see You holding them in Your arms, ministering life and peace and comfort to them. Lord I realize that You love them far more than I ever could. And Father, I pray for the peace of God that passes all understanding to stand guard over their hearts and minds. Help them, Lord to be full of You, to know You, and worship You. And Father, help me see my children the way You see them. Help me love them with Your love.'"
My favorite part of this prayer is the part of asking to allow God to allow you to see them as they are seen through Him. I trust that this will help you and your children. It has helped me and I treasure this prayer enough that it is taped on the inside cover of my bible. Now that you have knowledge there is no excuse to use this knowledge and expect change in your home and the lives of your children wherever they may live. You know we pray a bit different when they are babies, toddlers, and in the growing up process than when they hit 18 or 21 right. Rightly so we should adjust our prayers because they have greater challenges in their life when they hit those years. We cannot just tell them to go stand in the corner or it is "time out" when they make a decision that is not pleasing to us as a parent. Keep them covered in your prayers. They may not like to hear you always telling them I keep praying for you to change. Why not keep praying and a little less sharing that you are praying as though you are on a soap box preaching. Once in a while it is nice to let them know tha you prayed for them or let them know that you keep them in your prayers daily It is a comfort to a child to know tha a parent loves them and prays the best things for their life and that protection is with them via your faith and prayers.
I am going to include a picture I found the other day. When the children were young we lived in a home where the neighbor created a meditation garden on the side of their house. She created artwork on a few canvases and posted them there. She was most mindful of not having us have to look at blank canvas from our yard. She graciously gave us paint to use for the children and I to create our own artwork on the blank backside of her creations. This is what we created. The far left one was mine. Followed by my daughter's creation and then my son's creation. Take time to create with your children for when you and they are grown up you will then have the memory of that project. You just might surprise yourself and have fun doing it too. I challenge you to a "future memory" with your children.
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