When Dads Pray, Powerful Stuff Happens
My prayer life used to be boring. Then I had kids!
If you’re a parent, you’ve probably cried out a few foxhole prayers in your day. Whether it was the time your kid stuck their hand in that dangerous thing you warned them a million times not to touch (and you thought they were going to die), or ate that thing you’re pretty sure was a baby-alien (and you were sure they were going to die), or that time they fell at the park and you realized children bleed like that scene in the movie, “Carrie” (but they didn’t die)!
After a few years, though, my prayers became predictable as I pretty much stuck to praying the same things, the same way, in the same tone for my kids each day.
God, protect them.
God, shield them.
God, save them.
God, don’t let them kill each other.
God, don’t let me kill them today!
These, of course aren’t bad prayers, but in the words of my rather wise 5 year old at the time who picked up on my repetitive prayer pattern, “Dad, you do know that God can do other things too, right?”
Ah, bless him.
Soooo, I came up with 10 “other” things to pray for our little ones, especially after speaking to a dozen other dads and realized that their prayer lives lacked imagination too.
For that reason, I’ve put together this 10-week prayer series for dads. Relax, it’s not like a school course or anything close to that.
I’’m simply one dad, helping other busy dads like you craft Biblical prayers that impact your kid’s lives.
I am convinced that the greatest impact a father can have on his children’s lives is his prayer life. That’s because OUR prayers train our kids to place their burdens and desires at the feet of their loving Father in heaven, who is more than capable of meeting every single need they will ever have.
You and I will never be the perfect dads (mostly because we’re human), but boy, we can sure be a praying dads! And quite honestly, we don’t know when this whole quarantine thingy will end, so if you’re going to be working from home, I figure you’re going to need all the prayers you can get!!
HOW DOES IT WORK?
On Monday mornings over the next 10 weeks, I will release one new blog post with a dad-themed prayer for our kids. Each week will cover an aspect of parenting you will most certainly face as a father (courage, heartache, making friends or lack thereof, confidence, etc).
Each blog post will include a short intro story and one short prayer you can pray for your kids each day through the week. I’ll also include an audio version of each blog post incase you only have time to listen to it on the go. Each post will also come with a (PDF) PRAYER RESULTS WORKSHEET so you can track how God is working through your prayers in the life of your kids.
FULL DISCLOSURE: The audio was recorded about a year ago when I envisioned this series as a podcast. But life happened, and now, it’s a blog series.
HOW WILL I KNOW IF THESE PRAYERS WORK?
The prayers are NOT magic formulas. Allow yourself to be led by the Holy Spirit of God as you pray each day. You can pray along with exactly what I write or you can expand on each prayer as the specific needs of your kids come to mind. You can also keep track of how God is working in your kids lives by downloading and working through the (PDF) PRAYER RESULTS WORKSHEET.
When you do pray, ask in faith believing that God heard you. God is more eager to hear and respond to your prayers than you are willing to ask. Jesus said in Matthew 7:9-11, “Which of you, if your son asks for bread, will give him a stone? Or if he asks for a fish, will give him a snake? If you, then, though you are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give good gifts to those who ask him!”
You can pray the prayers out loud with your kids next to you, or pray it for them on your own time. You can listen to the audio version in your car and have your kids listen along or you can use it as an idea generator for how to pray. If you have a son and the week’s prayer is for a girl, feel free to make the adjustment to fit their gender.
Either way you use it, my hope and prayer is that this series will end up being a spiritual blessing to your family! So, I invite you to journey with me through this 10-week prayer series as we make a lasting spiritual impact on our kids through prayer.
As a gift to you for your willingness to join me in this series, I am making available FOR FREE a downloadable copy on an eBook I authored, #DADLIFE: 31 Powerful Prayers To Help Dads Fight For The Heart Of Their Little Dudes And Little Sunshines.
DOWNLOAD A FREE COPY HERE
May God watch over you and your family as you come on this 10-week prayer journey with me! Thanks again for checking it out.
Please feel free to leave a comment below to let me know some future topics that I could pray for, or share this blog post on your social media page with a dad!
God bless you and keep rocking at being dad!
