Good Mornings

The value of consistent prayer is not that He will hear us, but that we will hear Him. ~William McGill

Abba, help me to hear Your voice in the mornings.  Help me to be a patient and cheerful parent even though I am still sleepy and not feeling quite up to the day ahead.  Children wake up with so much energy and enthusiasm.  Help me to honor their natural worship of You on a new day.

Amen

Give ear to my words, O Lord, consider my sighing. Listen to my cry for help, my King and my God, for to you I pray. In the morning, O Lord, you hear my voice; in the morning I lay my requests before you and wait in expectation (Psalm 5:1-3 NIV).

Praying with my Legs

I prayed for twenty years but received no answer until I prayed with my legs.
~Frederick Douglass, escaped slave

Abba God, the hardest part of parenting is the doing.  Sometimes, I get so tired.  Sometimes life is so full and busy.  Please help me to slow down and focus on the children you blessed me with.  Please help me to not just pray good things for my kids but to also DO good things for them.  Show me how to be a godly parent.

Amen

 
You see that his faith and his actions were working together, and his faith was made complete by what he did. James 2:22

Do This Through Me

Prayer does not change God, but it changes him who prays. ~Søren Kierkegaard

Abba God. This job is hard. Way harder than I thought before I first dove in. Help me not to rush them into adulthood. Help me to slow down and enjoy them as they are. Help me to have patience with their silliness and their loudness. Help me to be the mother you saw inside of me when you chose me to care for these children. I cannot do this. I have been a mother for a while now, and one thing I have learned for sure is I CANNOT DO THIS. I need You, God. For the sake of my children, their father and myself, I need You to do this through me.


Amen.

You did not choose Me, but I chose you and appointed you that you should go and bear fruit, and that your fruit should remain, that whatever you ask the Father in My name He may give you.

John 15:16

Unceasing

My husband named the blog.  He did good.

I have been sad to see the Lifting Hands blog end its run. 2010 has also ushered in a new need to cover my children in prayer.  This blog will include pre-written prayers for our children, along with scripture references.  It will also include links to articles on prayer and ideas for incorporating prayer more creatively into our lives as parents (and grandparents).

Join me on the journey?

Heather