For This Reason I Kneel

Why do we pray for our sons and daughters?  It’s certainly not just because it’s the ‘right thing to do’. If we made a list, there likely would be some very admirable reasons, some heart-wrenching burdens and some deeply rooted desires that motivate us to bring our family before the Throne.  But if we strip away our wishes, hopes and pleas, the essential foundation of our prayer is that our sons and daughters would know Jesus, understand His love and be compelled to live for Him with every ounce of their being.   

Today, let’s pray the benediction from Ephesians 3:14-21 over our sons and daughters.  No need for extra words… God’s Word is enough.  He is always enough.

“For this reason I kneel before the Father, from whom every family in heaven and on earth derives its name. I pray that out of his glorious riches he may strengthen you with power through his Spirit in your inner being, so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love,  may have power, together with all the Lord’s holy people, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ,  and to know this love that surpasses knowledge—that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God.”

Pray without ceasing.