Praying Scriptures

I've been so blessed and thankful to be part of a marriage and motherhood small group ever since we joined our church back in October. We've slowly been working our way through the book "Praying the Scriptures for Your Children" by Jodie Berndt. What a wonderful tool to use as we pray for our kids! She includes many Scripture verses with every chapter to help us zero on specific passages to pray for every aspect of our kids' lives.

We just finished the book at our study yesterday, so it was fresh in my mind when I discovered a fabulous idea thanks to Pinterest. As soon as I saw it, I knew I needed to make it happen. And that's what I did on this rainy morning. I chose two verses for each boy that I wanted to focus specifically on praying for them over the remainder of 2012. Then, I traced their hands and wrote their special verses on them and laminated them with contact paper. For both Brennan and Owen, I chose a verse about their salvation. Then, for Brennan, I also chose a verse about kindness and compassion. For Owen, I also chose a verse about obedience. I tried to choose one that were applicable to our stage of life right now or areas that have been struggles in the past. There were so many great ones from that book to choose from that it was really hard to narrow it down to just two!

I hope this will become a yearly activity for our family, and even extend to finding a key verse for John and I to pray throughout the year. What a blessing to use the treasure trove of Scripture to pray for our kids (and ourselves)!