Revelation 5:8
And when he had taken it, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders fell down before the Lamb. Each one had a harp and they were holding golden bowls full of incense, which are the prayers of the saints.



One of the speakers that we heard from was Fern Nichols. She is the founder of Moms In Touch, and the author if a book called "Every Child Needs A Praying Parent." I have that book and have read it several times so I was thrilled to meet the author. Her message was very good. She spoke about praying for your children. (of course) She said that our prayers for our children are going into a bowl in heaven. We are to claim our children for Christ and reclaim the ground from satan. And sometimes we don't know how to pray. Sometimes just our tears are silent prayers. Sometimes we just need to say, "Oh God, help." We need to pray that satan would not have one of our children. And realize that satan is defeated through prayer. Better yet, we have a defeated enemy. When Christ died on the cross satan was defeated. Praise God! If we pray with that in mind then we could pray with more confidence. When we read Joshua chapter 1 God told him over and over to "be strong and very courageous". We can take that and apply it to our prayers especially in regard to praying for our children. When we look at certain situations with our children we get discouraged and we're tempted to think that our prayers aren't making a difference but if we take God at is Word, know that satan is defeated and if we are strong and very courageous than satan will shrink back and we will gain ground in the lives of our children. Praise God!
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