“God, please let them all nap at the same time today.”
Most mothers do a lot of praying like this every day, but these are really the types of prayers that Abraham Lincoln talked about when he said
“I remember my mother’s prayers and they have always followed me. They have clung to me all my life.â€
I love to imagine children walking around with all the things their mothers have prayed for them clinging to them like armor.
GETTING STARTED
I WANT to pray more often and more intentionally for my kids, but I usually do one of two things:
1. I fall off the wagon and just throw out a couple random prayers throughout the day.
2. I get in a rut and pray the same things over and over every day – without getting specific or taking the time to listen.
Deep, meaningful, passionate prayer for my children is something I desperately want.
A GREAT TOOL
Sometimes we just need a little direction. That’s why I love this prayer calendar adapted (with permission) from Bob Hostetler’s prayer list for parents. It’s a great starting point as we develop a daily habit of praying for our children.
Each day has a prayer topic and verse. It’s just the inspiration I need to get me going.
You can download the Mother’s Prayer Calendar here.
Enjoy! May all our children be well prayed for today.
(Read Part 2 of this series here.)
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This is really great! I saw the link to this in your ebook but haven’t had a chance to print it out yet. (We don’t have home access to a printer until we get back into our house!) I really love the way it is set up. Thanks for sharing!
You’re welcome, Lisa!
I keep a little spiral 3×5 notebook with my Bible. Every time I come across a verse that strikes me as a good one to pray for my kids, I jot it down. Sometimes I pray one of those verses for them, sometimes I go through the whole notebook, but I like the inspiration that comes from praying the words of God for my kids. My practical tip =)
PS – Love the new blog Kat!
Erin,
I love that idea.
I tend to have little scraps of paper all over. And then they get lost…
I’m totally hitting up the office supply store today to get a little notebook like that.
That’s brilliant. Praying the Word of God into our children is the best thing we can ever do for them. Thanks for this.
I have three month old twin girls, my first! and your prayer calendar is a complete inspiration for me. I am working hard to form habits like this that help me to be a good mother. I can’t wait to use it and share it. Thank you so much for the inspiration! Blessings~c
P.S. I found this link at your post on Passionate Homemaking
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That is such a useful resource that you are providing and you give it away totally free. I appreciate seeing websites that comprehend the value of supplying a useful resource for no cost. I definitely loved reading through your article
Many thanks
Thank you so much for all of this… it came to me at the right time. I feel like I am trying so hard, and even praying about everything, but I always feel that I am coming up short and not good enough. I know this will all make a big difference in my life and therefore my children and husbands lives as well, God bless you… I will be back often
Love Traci
weary Mommy of two
thank you for the prayer calender! I am one of those people who have tendency to pray for the same things without being too specific…simply because sometimes I’m just not sure what to pray for. I am new to this blog and it’s just great. Thank you for taking the time to do this for all of us mommies! xoxo
Thank you very much for this great idea, in time like this in this season, this is what i needed, a calender of prayer for our childern to defit the power of the devil in their live. god bless you.
I just finished 31 days of interceding for my child. It has been an amazing experience. My almost 18 year old son was making terrible choices. As a parent, my first and last defense was prayer. Our daily prayer combined with a Bible verse for the day has been a powerful reminder that God is in control. I found sending him the prayer as a text message while he was in school was a great reminder that he has others praying for him. Facebook messages were also good in that prayers and scripture that could influence his friends were posted on his wall. All glory goes to God, in that we saw other teens and their parents make comments on his prayer of the day. To wrap this up…thanks. My daily prayers had found the end of the month and I was looking for other inspired words of prayer. Thanks again.
is this calendar still available? i can’t seem to get the link to work. i’m in desperate need of it right now!
I just tested it and it worked fine. Are you on a slow connection? You might also try right clicking and “Save As…” the file…
I got it – thanks! For some reason it just took a while for the pdf to load. Now I’m trying to figure out how to get your ebook. I just subscribed to the feed but don’t see a link for the book. I seem to be challenged tonight!
What happened to the Praying for your Husband calendar?
It’s here – http://inspiredtoaction.com/resources/
It seems to still be working for me. Are you having any trouble downloading it?
Hello,
I am from Brazil and I have been praying with Mother’s praying Calendar for Children . Than I told some friends here and they ask me to translate for them. So every day after my devotional I send them a e-mail and tell them what to pray at that day.
They are loving and ask me to tell you about it. Thank you for that .
I just found this. Thank you for creating the calendar. It is just what I need to pray with purpose for my children.
Hi Kat. can’t get any of the prayer calendars to work on my computer. it stops printing about 2/3 of the way on each one. my printer does fine on other websites. help, please. thanks!!
Thank you very much Kat, for the calendar, it is great idea!
Blessing to you.
Susana
Regretfully, it’s sexist — a calendar for parents would have been gender neutral.
I have used this prayer calendar daily for three years – wonderful resource. During the months with 31 days, I pray that God is preparing a loving spouse for my daughter and son!
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