BONUS: Praying armor over our kids
Pardon the Mess with Scarlet Hiltibidal - Christian Motherhood, Biblical Parenting, Raising Christian Kids
Scarlet Hiltibidal and Christian Parenting
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🗓️ 15 March 2021
⏱️ 14 minutes
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Summary
This week we’re praying a hearty topic over our kids as we focus on the armor of God.
Most of us don’t spend a lot of time contemplating how to fight against the devil’s schemes, but Scripture does. Thankfully, Jesus has already won our ultimate battle by his death on the cross and resurrection from the grave. But, even then, there will still be trouble in this world because we have a real Enemy who seeks to steal, kill, and destroy (John 10:10).
As we face the visible (and often invisible) battles each day, Satan’s success hinges on catching us unprepared and with our guard down. Let’s pray that our kids are battle-ready by wearing the armor of God, as seen in Ephesians 6:13–17:
The belt of truth: Pray that God’s truth will defeat the enemy’s lies in their lives.
The breastplate of righteousness: Pray that they withstand attacks of impurity and wrongdoing by clinging to righteousness.
Feet fitted with the gospel of peace: Pray for a willingness to go and share the gospel.
The shield of faith: Pray for protection from doubt, fear, and anxiety.
The helmet of salvation: Pray for a mind controlled by God.
The sword of the Spirit: Pray that God’s word is their offense, knowing it’s sharper than any sword.
Take a minute to listen to today’s podcast, and then use the list above as your guide for praying all week for kids that are battle ready!
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| 0:00.0 | Christian Parenting. |
| 0:03.5 | Christian Parenting. |
| 0:15.1 | Hey, guys, it's Cynthia. |
| 0:16.3 | Welcome to Part of the Mess. |
| 0:17.4 | I'm glad you're with us as we pray for our kids this week. |
| 0:20.3 | Before we kick it off, |
| 0:21.5 | I want to tell you about an email I received, and I hope this encourages you like it did me. |
| 0:26.1 | But it's from a mom and a wife who's been praying together with her husband for their kids. |
| 0:31.5 | And this is kind of the first time they've done it together as a couple. And they were not able to get a copy of the prayer journal because they live in Canada, and we don't ship there, but since then, by the way, we have gotten them copies. |
| 0:41.7 | But she, for her husband's 40th birthday, made him a makeshift prayer journal with all the attributes |
| 0:48.1 | we prayed last year for our kids. And they've been praying it together and listening to |
| 0:52.3 | the podcast each morning. And she says it |
| 0:54.6 | this way. We've been listening to your prayer series together every morning at 5.30 a.m. before he goes to |
| 0:59.7 | work. They're so short and easy and the best part is the prayer at the end. I'm excited to go through |
| 1:04.5 | all 40 days and attributes. This is the first time in our marriage where we have intentionally |
| 1:09.2 | and consistently started praying together over our family and our kids. |
| 1:13.6 | I've also sent your podcast link to many of my friends and women in my life. |
| 1:17.3 | It's definitely overflowed into my friendships and other relationships. |
| 1:20.4 | I've had spontaneous phone calls with friends where I just have an urge to pray for them. |
| 1:24.7 | And so I hope that encourages you like it does me that what we're doing is |
| 1:28.5 | significant and the Holy Spirit's in it and he's working through us and for us and for our kids. |
| 1:34.0 | And yeah, take a minute, pray for your friends. Share this with people. If you have not gotten a |
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