Gleanings — 8

Prayers for God’s Children— Day 1

The old journal I picked up this morning was filled with prayers once written for my children. Revisiting them, I heard our Heavenly Father’s heart for all His children.

One entry reads,

“Holy Spirit? How do I begin?” And He answered,

“With praise and thanksgiving for their inner beauty and being.

“With petitions for the refinement and completion of the desires, skills and interests I have placed and stirred within their hearts.

“Pray they may they be purified as wine settles and yields to each pouring off of lees and as fine oils are made by distillation, as gold is refined when separated from dross and as grain is separated from chaff. May they learn to welcome My pruning and receive the new growth and increase I’ve planned for all who yield to My hand.

“Ask Me to give them increase of discernment and every gift of My Holy Spirit.

“Believe that I will cloak them with My mantle of humility and meekness.

“Hold them in your heart with gratitude and continuing faith for My deliverance and protection. Trust that as you surrender them to me, I have their best interests at heart and am working in their lives. Always, always, always pray that each will grow in wisdom, faith, hope and in love.”