A Prayer for Your Children

Dear Friends,

Recently I was looking through my journal and I came across a prayer that I wrote for my children back in October of 2019 that I felt was something really significant to share with others. This is so you too can have the opportunity to pray this over your own children.  As parents we're called to pray for our kids and raise them in the ways of God and we need all the help we can get from the Holy Spirit!  Our prayers over our children and families are extremely powerful and carry a great weightiness to them.  So, here's the prayer that I wrote out. I'll make it general so you can personalize it for your own kids!

Dear Heavenly Father, 

I pray for my child/ren ____________________________, that they would: 

1. Have understanding minds and hearts to discern between right and wrong (1 Kings 3:7)

2. Be disciples taught by you and obedient to Your will (Isaiah 54:13 AMPC)

3. Have peaceful, undisturbed composures (Isaiah 54:13 AMPC)

4. Have uncluttered and focused hearts (1 Chronicles 29:19 MSG)

5. Be Greatly protected by You (Psalm 91:14)

6. Have glowing physical and emotional health all the days of their lives (Psalm 104:15 MSG & 1 Sam 16:12 NIV)

7. Have great courage and resolve to do the right thing NO MATTER WHAT and to stay on Your paths for them (Joshua 1:7)

I pray, Father, that ______________________ would be full of JOY and faith, filled with the Holy Spirit and anointed to carry out their purpose and destiny. I ask that Your favor would always be on them and that they would love and walk in Your wisdom all the days of their lives. I ask that they would prosper in every way and in all that they do as they walk in Your will and way of doing things.  Most of all, I ask that they would love You with all of their hearts, minds and strength! 

I ask that they would be confident and comfortable in their own skin, having a positive self-image, knowing that they are marvelously made (in Your image). I pray that they would be well-balanced in their minds and emotions. I ask that they would have favor with both God and man, be well-liked with a good reputation, and be kind and loving to others. I ask that they would bring honor to the Name of Jesus and to our family. 

I ask that they would stay in Your perfect will for their lives and that they would choose to trust You with all of their hearts. 

Father I thank you that ______________________ are in your hands always and that you promise to never loosen your grip on their lives.  Help us (or me) to raise them right and raise them well for Your GLORY! 

In Jesus' Name, AMEN!

For more scripture references: Psalm 16:9 TPT, 1 Timothy 1:14 TPT, Isaiah 44:3, 3 John 1:2, Psalm 1:3, Psalm 119:37 TPT, Matthew 22:37, Psalm 139:14, 1 Peter 5:8 AMPC, Proverbs 3:3-4, Proverbs 3:5-6 NLT, Hebrews 13:5 TPT, Proverbs 22:6, Ephesians 6:4, Colossians 3:23. 

Have a very blessed day my friends!

Love, 
Kristin J

The year of Leaping

Hey friends!

One morning back in January I was reminded that February had an extra day added to it and it was a LEAP YEAR! Quickly the Lord spoke to my heart and said "This is the year of Leaping!"

                                                        As in "He or She leaped for JOY!"

Well that got me so excited! Joy has been a resounding theme for me for awhile now!

When I looked up the definition of Leaping here's what I found:
It means:

-To spring through the air from one point or position to another -To JUMP-
-To move or act quickly or suddenly
-upswing, upsurge, surge, rise, ascend, SOAR, advance, spring, arise, increase, clear.

God has been speaking so much about this and I believe this year is a HUGE year for promises fulfilled, a time of leaping for Joy in seeing and experiencing the faithfulness of God and how true He is to His promises; A year of leaping forward or moving forward into the land that you are to occupy in this next season. A time of moving forward in victory, moving UPWARD in increase. A victorious  extension and addition of territory is taking place! Not just physical territory, but emotional, mental, relational territory and everywhere else the enemy has had an illegal influence (but his influence is being stripped once and for all as you take your rightful place)!  Things are about to change quickly and suddenly in a mighty way and it's going to be so good!

God wants you to know that in the areas where you have felt held back, you are about to leap forward in all that you've been hoping for and believing God for.  Stay firmly planted in God's truth and what He's promised you and keep the focus forward and on Jesus. Trust the Lord to act on your behalf and to unfold the way before you. This IS THE YEAR OF LEAPING! Get ready to LEAP!

"The Sun of Righteousness will rise with healing in His wings and you will GO FREE LEAPING WITH JOY!" Malachi 4:2

"Let the people of God rejoice with gladness. Let the daughters (and sons) of praise LEAP FOR JOY!" Psalm 48:11

(also see: Luke 1:44, Isaiah 35:6 TPT, Song of Songs 2:8 TPT, Psalm 89:16 TPT)

Love you, 

Kristin