Thank God for Giving You Rest Over Your Children
Thank God for Giving You Rest Over Your Children
Today, you should pray and thank God for giving you rest over your children. Cain and Abel were the first set of children that God gave to Adam and Eve. The two of them offered their offering to God. However, God accepted Abel’s offering and rejected Cain’s offering. We could see jealousy and envy in Cain because God accepted Abel’s offering. Cain killed his brother, and he became the first murderer recorded in the bible. He followed in the footsteps of Satan whose mission is to kill, steal and to destroy. I pray that God will give you rest over your children in Jesus’ name. Your children will not follow the footsteps of Satan.
Concerns About The Children of Job
Job was a righteous man. Even God testified about Job’s righteousness. However, God did not say the same thing about Job’s children. Only God knows the kind of life that Job’s children were leaving. They were always throwing wild parties and their father was always afraid that they could have sinned against God. Job did not trust his children’s character the same way God trusted and testified about Job’s character. Job 1:5 says, “When a period of feasting had run its course, Job would make arrangements for them to be purified. Early in the morning he would sacrifice a burnt offering for each of them, thinking, “Perhaps my children have sinned and cursed God in their hearts.” This was Job’s regular custom.”
Job’s children were unpredictable. God testified about the character of Job but God did not testify about Job’s children’s character. For Job to always sacrifice a burnt offering for his children thinking that they might have sinned against God and cursed God, it shows that they were capable of doing so. At the end of the day, Job lost all his children. I pray that our children will give us rest in Jesus’ name.
Another lesson we need to learn here is that Job was praying for his children in a place of fear. We should not pray a fearful prayer for our children. We should always pray in faith and not in fear. Job was reactive about his children instead of being proactive. He was supposed to train his children the way of the Lord. If he has done so, he should be able to testify about the character of the children. Job should have trained his children and raised them properly instead of trying to appease God and sacrifice to Him to forgive their sins. For you to have rest over your children, you have to raise them properly and train them in the ways of God.
Other Children Who Refused To Give Their Parents Rest
We have many other children in the bible who refused to give their parents rest. Absalom the son of David, waged war against his father, and he plotted to kill him. Also, Nadab and Abihu, the two sons of Aaron, offered a strange fire unto the Lord and they died as a result of this. Hophni and Phinehas, the two children of Eli, treated the offering of the Lord with contempt and they also died. I pray that you will not experience calamity over your children in Jesus’ name. I pray that your children will give you rest and you will have every reason to give thanks to God.
Prayer Points
- Father, I thank you for giving me rest over my children. Lord, I thank you for giving me the wisdom to start my children off on the way they should go. I thank you Jesus because my children will not turn away from the right part in Jesus’ name.
Proverb 22:6 (NIV)
Start children off on the way they should go, and even when they are old they will not turn from it
2. Father, I thank you because all my children will be taught of the Lord. I thank you Jesus because great will be the peace of my children. Lord, I thank you for giving me rest over my children.
Isaiah 54:13 (NIV)
All your children will be taught by the Lord, and great will be their peace
3. Father, I thank you because my children will love and serve the Lord and they will give me rest in Jesus’ name
Job 1:4-5 (NIV)
His sons used to hold feasts in their homes on their birthdays, and they would invite their three sisters to eat and drink with them. 5 When a period of feasting had run its course, Job would make arrangements for them to be purified. Early in the morning he would sacrifice a burnt offering for each of them, thinking, “Perhaps my children have sinned and cursed God in their hearts.” This was Job’s regular custom
4. Father, I thank you for the wisdom you have given to me to raise my children in your ways. Lord, I thank you because my children will not make themselves vile to you. I thank you Jesus for giving me rest over my children
1 Samuel 3:13 (NKJV)
For I have told him that I will judge his house forever for the iniquity which he knows, because his sons made themselves vile, and he did not restrain them.
5. Father, I thank you because my children will be rooted in the Word of God this year in Jesus’ name. Lord, I pray that my children will do all that your Word has commanded in Jesus’ name. Father, I pray that you will give me rest over my children
Joshua 8:35 (NKJV)
There was not a word of all that Moses had commanded which Joshua did not read before all the assembly of Israel, with the women, the little ones, and the strangers who were living among them.
6. Father, I thank you because my children will live in the fear of God this year in Jesus’ name. Lord, I thank you because you will teach my children to fear and revere you. Thank you Jesus for giving me rest over my children
Psalm 34:11 (NKJV)
Come, you children, listen to me; I will teach you the fear of the Lord.
Your Children Will Give You Rest
7. Father, I thank you for the testimony you established in Jacob which I have made known to my children. Lord, I thank you because my children will serve the Lord and not depart from your ways. Thank you Jesus for giving me rest over my children
Psalm 78:5 (NKJV)
For He established a testimony in Jacob, and appointed a law in Israel, which He commanded our fathers, that they should make them known to their children
8. Father, I thank you because this year, my children will keep your commands. Lord, I thank you for giving me children who will not forget your laws. Thank you Jesus for giving me rest over my children
Proverbs 3:1 (NKJV)
My son, do not forget my law, but let your heart keep my commands
9. Father, I thank you for giving me the grace to raise my children properly. I thank you Lord because as I discipline my children and teach them your ways, they will serve you and do your will in Jesus’ name
Proverbs 13:24 (NKJV)
He who spares his rod hates his son, but he who loves him disciplines him promptly
10. Father, I thank you for giving me the grace to train up my children in the way they should go. Lord, I thank you because my children will not depart from you. Thank you Jesus for giving me rest over my children.
Proverbs 22:6 (NKJV)
Train up a child in the way he should go, And when he is old he will not depart from it.
11. Father, I thank you for giving me the grace to raise my children in your ways. Thank you Jesus for blessing them with wisdom. Lord, I thank you because my children will not bring shame and reproach to the family and to your name
Proverbs 29:15 (NKJV)
The rod and rebuke give wisdom, but a child left to himself brings shame to his mother
12. Father, I thank you for giving me wisdom to correct my children and lead them in the path of righteousness. Lord, I thank you because my children will give me rest and give delight to my soul in Jesus’ name
Proverbs 29:17 (NKJV)
Correct your son, and he will give you rest; Yes, he will give delight to your soul.
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