Monday, February 22, 2016

Pray For Them



Then little children were brought to Jesus for him to place his hands on them and pray for them.  ~ Matthew 19:13

We know from this verse in Matthew that Jesus prayed for the children he came into contact with. Wouldn't it be amazing if one (or more) of these prayers had been preserved and written down for us? To be able to repeat Jesus' words as we prayed for the children in our own lives would be pretty sweet. Still, we know that Jesus prayed for them, and that as followers of Christ we are to do the same.

So what do we pray? It doesn't have to be fancy or have all the right words. Sometimes when words fail me, I just breathe deeply and ask God to meet the needs of my Compassion children and their families. Sometimes it's more like a big sigh with my thoughts focused on my children.

Other times I get more specific and address their prayer requests or use Compassion's prayer ideas. There are 31 days of prayer or 52 weeks of prayer. Sometimes I even pray scripture over my children.

Recently I came across this quote...
"Inviting God to intervene in the life of a child is an act of hope."
I'd love to join you in praying for your Compassion children. Take a few minutes to leave their names in the comments and I'll lift them up in prayer. I'll start and perhaps you can pray for my kids.


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In Africa... Portia, Joseph, Nadege, Esther, Bridget, Joylyne, Mwikali, Duncan, Mwanzia, Rayson, Gabriel, Collins, Collina, Jackson, Winfrey

In Central America....Hondy, Veronica, Yoselin, Antoni, Kendry, Marlon

In South America...Ruth, Emanuel, Jazmin, Lian

In Asia...Jerry, Orm, Preeti,
2 replies · active 472 weeks ago
Wowie zowie, 28! What a blessed woman you are!
several of them are correspondents, but yes...we are blessed to be able to have this many kids in our lives. I remember about 9 years ago praying that God would allow us sponsor oodles of kids and he answered that prayer!
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In Africa: Rodgers

In South America: Charly and Wilmer

In Asia: Viona and Barbie

I love my kids so much!
Today I'm lifting up my little Anahi, thanking God for keeping her family safe! A letter arrived from her yesterday saying that while traveling to a relative's home, her family was involved in a car accident. They are all ok, praise God!
1 reply · active 472 weeks ago
Thank God they are all ok
In Africa...Hapness, Neema, & Sandra

In Philippines...Surya, Prince King

In Dominican Republic...Laura
I love this idea!!! Thanks for sharing your kids names! I know I love praying for your kids when I read the posts you share about them. I'd love to specifically ask for prayer for Ndikubwimana, who lost his mom, Gatwiri, who lost her mom, Kenedy, who's mom is in prison, and Gizelle, who's dad just left. And I so appreciate your praying for Karol when you read the post about her!

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