Mothers we have a calling for our children. We are the first line in their defense. Prayer and love are the answer.
That is what the Blood is For a young man sung today in church. My heart seemed to leap out of my chest. I faced a difficult week as a mother. In the midst of the singing, our pastor held an early altar call and two girls turned their life over to the Lord and asked Him to save them. Then as soon as the song ended, a young mom brought her infant daughter wrapped in pink to the front of the church for dedication.
I saw my own 12-year-old daughter in the little baby whom we prayed over as a church, wrapping a hedge of protection around the soul of an innocent child barely in the world, but targeted by the one who hates and wants to destroy her life before it has begun.
Satan marks our children for destruction, but mothers have a heavenly calling. A mother’s calling: to arms, covering her children in a shield of faith. Calling mothers to their knees to pray with tears staining hardwoods and carpets that Jesus’s blood will be applied to cleanse and stain their children’s lives full of hope and wonder. That He fills them to the brim with mothers’ tears of battle for them. We fight for more than we know.
Don’t believe me. What evil lurks in our schools that create self-loathing that makes our little girls take razors and cut their sweet skin? What hatred makes our boys lash out in anger or become combative and hostile? They scare us with their attitudes or mouth off and seem to hang with the wrong kids. New drugs allure them from bath salts and meth. Drugs we never knew about or had to deal with in our teen years. New and dangerous fads from cutting to a dangerous choking game.
Mothers we have a calling for our children. We are the first line in their defense. Prayer and love are the answers. Prayer for Jesus to shine in their lives His truths; His protection; and His calling to them. He is what they need to see them through the difficult years ahead. It is a scary time for our children, but Jesus is so much greater than the darkness in this world. He has already won the war.
God declares in Proverbs 14:26
In the fear of the LORD one has strong confidence, and his children will have a refuge.
When we seek Him, we can cling to this promise for our children:
Isaiah 54:13 All your children shall be taught by the LORD, and great shall be the peace of your children.
I am declaring from this day forward victory for my child in the name of Jesus. I cling to this verse:
Psalm 127:3 “Behold, children are a heritage (inheritance) from the LORD.”
I hope you join with me in a simple prayer as we start October and the Write 31 Days challenge.
I pray for our children, babies, toddlers, tweens and teens. Devil you can not have them. I agree with Christian moms everywhere. My child is an inheritance from God Almighty. Take your hands off her! Back away, Satan. Jesus will stand for her and cover her with His strong love.
Will you pray in agreement with me today? Please add your prayers in the comments.
This post is my first for the Write 31 Days challenge. I am joining the 31 days of Five Minute Free Writes with Kate Motaung. Today’s prompt is “calling.” To read more of this series, visit my landing page.
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My children are grown now, but yes, as a Mother my calling shall always be to pray for them. May I not grow weary, or more likely in my case, so caught up in day-to-day living that I forget what my calling is.
Thanks for sharing!
Jerralea recently posted…31 Days of Life Stories #7
Jerralea, what an important lesson that you have shared. We have a life-calling to pray for our children and then their children too.
Mary Hill recently posted…Defining God’s Love
Mothers’s roles have always been underrated. Thank you for this thought provoking and enlightening post.
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I know. Motherhood is not put on the same pedestal with career even thought it is the hardest job a woman will ever tackle. So much is at stack. Thanks for sharing.
Mary Hill recently posted…Defining God’s Love
Wow, what a powerful post! As a mom it is easy to just go through the motions, but this is the most important job I have!
Melissa recently posted…31 Days To A Clean House
Thanks for coming by my blog and commenting on my Spiritual Journey Thursday post. I think your thoughts echo the cry of every Christian mother’s heart. I love the verses that you claim for your children. They are encouraging and a strong anchor for prayer. Bless you!
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This is my first time meeting you here and yes yes yes I just want to hug you and say thank you for being brave and embracing your call as a mom it’s so much more than tripping over toys and loathing laundry!!! Excited to join you on this 31 days!
“We are the first line in their defense. ” So very true that is, Mary! I’ve cried many tears for my precious kids. It doesn’t stop as they age. My daughter is 21 and I still feel as her “first line” just as I always will. Praying with you and for your 31 day journey. This looks like a wonderful series!
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Candace thank you for your support. I hope you will come back and read more. 🙂
Mary Hill recently posted…A Mother’s Calling
Amen! Yes, I agree that we are in a battle for the hearts of this next generation, joining you in praying for them. Can’t wait to read the rest of your series.
Your website is beautiful!..Thank you for today’s post. Your prayers for all children and call for all women to stand in first-line defense is powerful. Today is our granddaughter’s 14th birthday; she was in her mother’s womb 3 weeks earlier when the terrorists robbed so many children of their mothers or fathers. Our son–her father–was near the WTC at the time; he saw the second plane hit…I take no child and no parent for granted, and pray Jesus’ Precious Blood, as you said, cover and protect us all–children and their parents! God bless you!
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Debi, the postmaster, and I had this convo today that parents and grandparents are failing in praying for the children and grandchildren. Lord, that we do better – and you are right IT IS OUR GOD-GIVEN CALLING.
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Mary your prayer and thoughts are beautiful! Your children will surely be blessed by your ferverent prayers. You have inspired me to be in more prayer for my children.
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First of all, Mary, your blog is beautiful! I missed my calling when my children were young to be a prayer warrior for them. I wasn’t walking with the Lord back then. I guess He really does look after fools and little children because we all made it, even through my husband’s sickness and death. They are in their 20s now, and struggling in so many ways, and my heartfelt prayer is for the Lord to bring/allow ANYthing (short of death, I’m selfish and don’t want to lose them) to draw them close to Him. I know He can and does restore what the locusts have eaten. I think of my teen years, when a food fight was a big deal, and it was so incredibly innocent compared to what our kids now face. THANK you for writing so beautifully on this topic!
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Mary it’s so true these days about children and scary for me to think about our grandchildren. I substitute teach and see so much stuff and disrespect of teachers. As a praying mother and grandmother, I now find myself at school praying over our children. YES, I take prayer to school every single day. If the kids are working on a review or team project I sit there and pray over them. Yesterday I was in special needs with a new little blind boy who like to touch. I held his little arm and prayed for him and I hope he felt comforted.
Debbie, thank you for being on the front lines.
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