Prayers for the Battlefield by Heidi St. John

Author:Heidi St. John [St. John, Heidi]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: RELIGION / Christian Life / Prayer, FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS / Parenting / Motherhood
Publisher: Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.
Published: 2018-09-18T00:00:00+00:00

FATHER, I want to walk in the authority of Your Son. I want to show my children what true victory looks like.

I recognize that I can’t do this apart from the empowerment and conviction of the Holy Spirit. I need You to teach me how to walk in Your strength instead of my own. The battle is real, but You are bigger than any force of evil in this world.

Most of the time the attacks and struggles that come my way don’t cause me to praise You. To be honest, I’m more prone to panic. Praise isn’t something that comes naturally to me in the midst of a challenge, and yet it’s something I need to learn. Sometimes the water is deep. Sometimes my feet don’t touch the spiritual ground under my feet, and my faith flounders. So Lord, I’m counting on You to remind me that when the days are long and the finances are tight and the struggle is more real than I want it to be, those are the times I need to praise You most.

This daily struggle with sin brings me to my knees. Lord, help me to own my sin, and give me the courage to confront the sin I see in my children. Help me to identify with their struggle instead of excusing it so that we can all learn—my children and me—about the rest that comes from walking in the center of Your will. Lower the defenses of my heart so that I can raise a righteous defense against the enemy of my soul.

Lord, as I consider the battlefield and the many snares that litter its landscape, I pray for eyes to see the direction You want me to go and a heart to embrace Your instruction. Teach me to lean into Your will with a joyful obedience that demonstrates my love for You and Your Word. After all, I know that true victory can only come through obedience to You.

I pray for obedience and victory for my children, too. It seems that I ask my children to obey me several times each day, and I am often met with steely disobedience or, at the very least, the threat of it. Now, as I come before You, I see that I struggle to obey You, my heavenly Father. But You consistently see me through Your eyes of grace. Please give me grace for my children, even as You extend grace to me.

Lord, let my eyes look straight ahead; fix my gaze on You. Cause me to give careful thought to the paths I take, and keep me steadfast in all my ways. I am trusting that Your grace will carry my children and me to victory, one day, one decision, at a time.

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