Praying for Your Child's Future Spouse
| by Rachel Paxton | December 22, 2005
The past couple of years I have been contemplating the power ofprayer. God seeks for us to be close to Him, and we primarilycommunicate with Him through our prayers.
When we pray, God wants us to be specific in our prayers. If wefollow Him, he wishes to give us the desires of our hearts. Whatdoes your heart desire? One of the things I very much desire formy family is for my children to grow up and marry men and womenwho love and seek to follow after God with all their hearts.
Do you know that some mothers pray for their children's futurespouses from the time they are born? Why would you want to dothat? Think about it. Out there, somewhere, is the future wifeor husband of your son or daughter. God knows who your childwill marry. Will your prayers really affect who your child willmarry?
Of course your child will ultimately decide who he or she willmarry. What is important is that your children understand whatan important decision it is to choose a life partner, so thatthey will not make this decision lightly. Tell your children youare praying for them. Pray with your children so that they knowwhat it is that you wish for their lives. When your children areold enough to date, encourage them to pray about the people they spend time with. My teenage daughter and I also talk about whather future husband might be like, and we talk about good andnot-so-good qualities in a future spouse. There are certainqualities about people she knows she could never live with, likemen who have short tempers or are not good managers of theirmoney. She knows she wants to marry someone who loves God, andwho wants to raise a family as much as she does.
We all want what is best for our children, and the person theychoose to be their spouse is perhaps the most important choicethey will ever make. That decision should be theirs, but if youpray for them God will hear your prayers and will help to prepare your child's heart and the heart of their future wife or husbandfor the marriage that God has intended for them.
When we pray, God wants us to be specific in our prayers. If wefollow Him, he wishes to give us the desires of our hearts. Whatdoes your heart desire? One of the things I very much desire formy family is for my children to grow up and marry men and womenwho love and seek to follow after God with all their hearts.
Do you know that some mothers pray for their children's futurespouses from the time they are born? Why would you want to dothat? Think about it. Out there, somewhere, is the future wifeor husband of your son or daughter. God knows who your childwill marry. Will your prayers really affect who your child willmarry?
Of course your child will ultimately decide who he or she willmarry. What is important is that your children understand whatan important decision it is to choose a life partner, so thatthey will not make this decision lightly. Tell your children youare praying for them. Pray with your children so that they knowwhat it is that you wish for their lives. When your children areold enough to date, encourage them to pray about the people they spend time with. My teenage daughter and I also talk about whather future husband might be like, and we talk about good andnot-so-good qualities in a future spouse. There are certainqualities about people she knows she could never live with, likemen who have short tempers or are not good managers of theirmoney. She knows she wants to marry someone who loves God, andwho wants to raise a family as much as she does.
We all want what is best for our children, and the person theychoose to be their spouse is perhaps the most important choicethey will ever make. That decision should be theirs, but if youpray for them God will hear your prayers and will help to prepare your child's heart and the heart of their future wife or husbandfor the marriage that God has intended for them.
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