![]() ![]() I pray that my child will not go the way of the prodigal son (Luke 15). I pray that my child will hear his father’s instruction and forsake not his mother’s teaching. Through the work of your Holy Spirit, will you convict my child to help him understand that your ways are better than man’s. But more importantly, he is rebelling against you. My child is rebelling against me and the church. As Proverbs 1 tells me, I pray for wisdom and instruction. I humbly ask for wisdom and guidance with my child. I come admitting my own failures and repent of my sin. Praying for the Rebel Childįather, Son, Holy Spirit, you are a great and amazing God. Never stop praying for your child who is rebelling. I recently heard that prayer is like oxygen to neglect to pray is to suffocate yourself. In prayer, you admit to God that only he can help your child who is in rebellion. In the moments of frustration, stress, anger, or fear, remember that prayer is essential. If it wasn’t for the prayers of my parents, grandparents, and most of all– the conviction of the Holy Spirit, I would not only be a child of God but I wouldn’t be a student pastor.Īs a student pastor and former rebel, I can tell you this: the best thing you can do for your teenager who is rebelling is to keep them in church and never stop praying for them. The moment you stop praying for your child is the moment you stop caring. That might have never changed had it not been for the steady prayers of my parents. I can’t speak for my sister, but there came a point in my life where I wanted nothing to do with God, the church, or the Bible. And it didn’t stop me from eventually rebelling against them and the church. ![]() Anytime there was a church event or Bible study, we were there.īut even as faithful as my parents were, it didn’t stop me from having questions. My parents love the Lord and did everything in their power to make sure my sister and I were brought up with the teachings of the Gospel. ![]() Yet, even in a small town, it didn’t take much for a teenager to rebel and forget the teachings of his past. It was hard to get away with anything because everybody went to church together. I grew up in small-town Alabama where everyone knew everything about you. A Plea to PrayĪccording to the Westminster Shorter Catechism prayer is an “offering up of our desires unto God, for things agreeable to his will, in the name of Christ, with confession of our sins, and thankful acknowledgment of his mercies.” As Christians, we know how valuable prayer is for maturing in our relationship with Christ. ![]() We hope these will encourage you to remain steadfast in prayer, for “the prayer of a righteous person has great power as it is working” (Jas. Over the next few weeks we will offer you prayers you can use as a starting point to lift up the teenagers you love to the Lord. But there are times when it is a comfort to us to speak words, to pray out loud from the Scriptures, because as we pray we are reminded of the promises and character of God who loves our teenagers more than we can imagine. Thanks be to God, we who have the Holy Spirit do not have to form perfect phrases, because “the Spirit himself intercedes for us with groanings too deep for words” (Rom. We long to pour out our hearts to God, but it can be hard to find words when we are worried or afraid. Sometimes the teenagers we love go through season of pain and suffering, and we quickly reach the limits of our human ability to help. ![]()
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |