Job rose up early.
As the sky drifted from black to indigo to warm yellow light, he diligently constructed altars for each of his children, bringing individual sacrifices of worship on their behalf.
Silently Job asked Yahweh to watch his sons and daughters, to purify them, to make them right before His throne.
What quiet devotion. What reverence for righteousness. What humble trust. All of this before the greatest affliction of his life.
This imagery came to mind upon reading Job 1:5, and it inspired a morning prayer of my own for my daughter Amariah.
And when the days of the feast had run their course, Job would send and consecrate them, and he would rise early in the morning and offer burnt offerings according to the number of them all. For Job said, “It may be that my children have sinned, and cursed God in their hearts.” Thus Job did continually. Job 1:5
Job knew that his parenting efforts were only as effective as the mercy of God…and yet that wondrous truth stirred him to exercise his faith all the more. He remained a persistent presence in his children’s journey of faith, guarding their hearts not only with his teaching but with prayer. And so with the crisp fresh day as his backdrop, he started the fire on the altar, and went to his knees.
Because of Jesus we no longer have to offer the burning ritual, His blood supremely covering all of our sins once and for all.
Still we must pray – pray that this precious sacrifice of Christ would not only cover us but the hearts of our children.
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Let us pray with the faith of Job, readying ourselves for anything that comes with parenthood. Share on X
My Prayer
Dear Heavenly Father,
You are mighty beyond words. How great Thou art! You alone are holy. You alone make us new and make us Yours.
I lift up my child to you O Lord, and I surrender my heart. May the blood of Christ wash over her, may her sins be thrown into the depths of sea (Micah 7:19). May she welcome her Savior into her soul. May she see His compassion, His grace and truth, and treasure them more than anything else! (Matthew 6:21)
May she delight in Her Creator and King, and desire to serve You all the days of her life. May Your song be upon her spirit (Psalm 118:14), may Your Word be an anchor in her mind. May her peace come from Your salvation, may her joy come from Your praise.
May You protect her purity, and guard her heart from temptation. May she work humbly and walk boldly in faith!
When triumph comes may she worship You, when trouble comes may she still worship You. When she lacks knowledge, when she lacks wisdom, increase her fear of You and lead her to You in full faith (James 1:5). When she is downtrodden, draw near to her in comfort. When she wanders, may You find her (Luke 15).
Lord, empower me to care for her and love her as You do, to point her to You every step of the way. Lord, remind me continually that she is Yours. Yours to mold, Yours to use for your glory.
May I commit her to You, everyday. Forgive me when my heart insists its own way, instead of listening to Your perfect plan. Her life is in Your hands, may this I always understand.
Amen.
This is beautiful! Thank you for sharing this!
God bless,
Patty
Thank you Patty!
What a lovely prayer. God blesses you.
Oh praise God
I’m so thankful for praying parents and grandparents who covered and continue to cover me in prayer. It has made a huge difference in my life. I aim to do the same for my kids. I love keeping a prayer journal for them and my husband that documents all the prayers God puts on my heart. I love to partner with His Spirit to stand in faith for them. It’s great fun to see God move on their behalf in matters He asked me to believe for them.
Thanks for reading Jennette! That’s so neat to hear about the multi-generational prayer in your family. Praying to our amazing God is indeed powerful and an essential way to deepen our faith in Him. I recently started a prayer journal and I’m loving it so far, and I’m looking forward to seeing His faithfulness recorded on its pages!
Thank you. I prayed for my daughter.
Amazing post… beautiful prayer. Praying this for my son & plan to write it in my prayer journal! 🙂 Thank you, Dani, for once again proclaiming Christ’s preeminence in all things and for doing so with such beautiful, poetic phrasings. Honored to be your blogging buddy! 🙂
Aw, your words are such an encouragement Lois! I’m so thankful we have a God who hears us and has given us such a beautiful hope for our children in Christ. May we be faithful in praying for our little ones! I’m likewise honored to be your blogging buddy! 🙂
Thank you for sharing this prayer, so beautiful. The words are encouraging, it truly touched my heart. May God continue to Bless you …
Praise Him that this encouraged your heart! I thank God for giving me these words, and want to be faithful in praying them. Blessings, Deanna!
This prayer is amazing. It has come right from the throne of God. Its a master piece so beautiful, so powerful, so encouraging thank you so much. Your friend Pamela.
Praise the Lord this prayer greatly encouraged you, Pamela!
Beautiful prayer ???????????????? Perfect words… as I’m in desperate need of support dealing with my teenage daughter.
Praise God, Annie! I lifted you and your daughter up in prayer, too, that the Lord would redeem this situation and fill your heart with wisdom and peace as you minister to her. Wait upon Him and keep seeking His counsel. ❤️
Oh Dani thankyou
Love your prayers especially for our precious children and grandchildren soo desperately want them to know and love our Lord
Sadly have an aetheist in our family and our daughter seems to have digressed who is married to him am heartbroken but have to keep on praying for God to do a miracle in him
Want to say Gods Blessing over you May God Bless you and keep you May He make His face to shine on you always Amen and Amen????❤️
You’re welcome, Maureen! So thankful Scripture can inspire us to seek the Lord in deep and rich ways, especially for those we love.
Thankyou for this beautiful prayer you are truly Blessed
Pray soo much for Gods healing on your precious daughter
Have these two grandsons who have ADHD causing soo much pain in our family
Praying soo much for Gods healing on them
Still waiting always question my faith Maybe its too weak
Love your prayers just what I need
Also praying for my healing
God Bless you mightily????
Just wanted to share this with you and say thankyou
<3
Oh my goodness. I have an alarm set on my phone for 8:30 pm every night. My sons ( 30 and 20 years old) know that regardless of where they are in this world their mother will be praying for them at 8:30 pm. My prayers have become somewhat generic unless I know of specific things that we have spoken about during the week that they have asked me to pray about. I have been searching for possible devotionals and found a fantastic book – 30 Things I Need To Tell My Son. It is phenomenal. However, I absolutely LOVE this prayer. It absolutely expresses everything my heart wants for my children and grandchildren. Thank you for sharing.
So loved this and so timely! Thank you! God is so good!