FAH in 5 Minutes: A New Perspective on Praying for Your Kids

Famous at Home

Josh + Christi Straub

Parenting, Relationships, Christianity, Religion & Spirituality, Society & Culture, Kids & Family

4.9 • 653 Ratings

🗓️ 16 November 2020

⏱️ 3 minutes

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Summary

It's too easy to get stuck in a pattern of praying the same things for and with our kids. In this episode, Christi shares a powerful insight she received from Habakkuk 2 about the patterns our kids find themselves in and how to pray for them. The big question is: What if we went from "note answerers," to "note-takers?"

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0:00.0	Welcome to Famous at Home in Five Minutes.
0:04.0	Practical insights for creating a family of connection, celebration, and purpose.
0:10.0	Welcome back to the Famous at Home in five minutes.
0:13.0	Today we're talking about a new perspective on praying for your kids.
0:17.0	Recently, I was struggling with just the burden of prayer.
0:22.3	And I think so often as parents, we carry very heavy loads when it comes to our kids.
0:28.3	We see things they're struggling with.
0:30.3	We worry about their future.
0:32.3	We worry about things they're going to come up against or are currently up against.
0:35.7	And we almost get so burdened and overwhelmed
0:38.6	by the task that it makes us silent it's like being we're scared still and instead it was like the
0:45.9	lord gave me this analogy of being watch watchmen and watch women we are the ones in habakkuk too
0:52.4	it says to take your stand upon your watch
0:54.2	post and that's our job as parents over our kids to be able to watch for changes in patterns,
1:00.5	in behaviors, to notice when things they are coming up against and how they're reacting
1:05.4	and responding to them and knowing when it is our job to pray.
1:13.5	But that task can feel overwhelming.
1:15.6	And it was as if the Lord said,
1:16.0	Christy,
1:18.0	I've asked you to stand and take watch.
1:20.2	Stand on the tower and watch.
1:23.1	Scribble down the note and pass it to me.
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