I have to tell you, the past almost 19 and 11 years have gone by waaay too fast. Taylor is practically grown, so unbelievably mature and wise and exactly the same can be said of Greyson. Kevin and I are constantly learning from our boys. Faith is a whole other thing for them than it was for us growing up. They are much more steadfast. And we are also finding that as they age, there is very little, if any "gray" area for either of them. They KNOW what they believe. I'm thankful to be able to say, that from what we can see, their hearts, minds and spirits line up almost exactly with the Word of God, even when they don't particularly want it to. :) God is in them. And it's good.
Kevin and I are pretty careful about the things we speak over them daily. We know how powerful our words are and what a difference the life you speak over your child can make. We pray that edifying words will be received by their hearts and words of cursing will be cast down immediately. We call them "healed" when they're not feeling well, "wise" in spite of silly choices and "favored, loved and planned for" when they feel it the least. We speak healing over our home pretty consistently and pray/claim Psalm 91 frequently. Really, protection and provision in their lives are just prayed for and expected. We speak favor over them where their school, teachers, coaches, hockey and friendships are concerned. Daily, we call good friends into their lives and the removal of any that would cause harm. We speak good, wise choices into them and over them and the death of any desire that could lead them down a wrong path. Our heart's desire is that they follow hard after God everyday. And everyday, that their desire for Him increases a little, ok, a lot, more. :) We work to impart those desires through our words and into their lives. We know their lives will be more peaceful, more powerful, more blessed, if they do and what parent wouldn't want that for their child?
We've seen so much amazing fruit from speaking goodness and grace over them, even in times of discipline. God has been and is faithful. Always.
Lately, God has laid it on my heart to really speak a blessing over them. You know, like Jacob spoke over his grandsons. Something they'll look back on and remember forever. A prophecy from God and their parents that they can claim and hold onto always...
... and maybe something they'll do for their children someday.
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Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and they who indulge in it shall eat the fruit of it [for death or life].
Proverbs 18:21
Call those things which do not exist as though they do.
Romans 4:17
So Jesus answered and said to them, “Have faith in God. For assuredly, I say to you, whoever says to this mountain, ‘Be removed and be cast into the sea,’ and does not doubt in his heart, but believes that those things he says will be done, he will have whatever he says. Therefore I say to you, whatever things you ask when you pray, believe that you receive them, and you will have them.
Mark 11:22-24
Then God said ... then God said ...then God said. Gen 1
I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing; therefore choose life, that both you and your descendants may live; that you may love the Lord your God, that you may obey His voice, and that you may cling to Him, for He is your life and the length of your days; and that you may dwell in the land which the Lord swore to your fathers, to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, to give them.
Deut. 30:19-20
The message is very close at hand; it is on your lips and in your heart. And that message is the very message about faith that we preach: If you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. For it is by believing in your heart that you are made right with God, and it is by confessing with your mouth that you are saved. As the Scriptures tell us, “Anyone who trusts in him will never be disgraced.”
Romans 10:8-11
If you want kids that are just absolutely extraordinary, you are going to have to raise them differently than other kids are being raised. ~ Andy Andrews
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