Power of a Praying Parent III

SECURING PROTECTION FROM HARM

Often our most urgent and fervent prayers regarding our children are for their protection. It's hard to think about other aspects of their lives if we are worried sick over their personal safety. How can we pray about future events when we're concerned about them even having a future?

Being a praying parent doesn't mean that nothing bad will ever happen to your children or that they will never experience pain. They will, because pain is a part of life in this fallen world. But the Bible assures us that our prayers play a vital part in keeping trouble from them. And when a painful thing does happen, they will be protected in the midst of it so it will be to their betterment and not their destruction.

PRAYER:
Lord, I lift ________ up to You and ask that You would put a hedge of protection around him/her. Protect his/her spirit, body, mind, and emotions from any kind of evil or harm. I pray specifically for protection from accidents, disease, injury or any other physical, mental, or emotional abuse. I pray that he/she will make her/his refuge "in the shadow of Your wings" until "these calamities have passed by" (Ps 57:1). Hide him/her from any kind of evil influences that would come against him/her. Keep him/her safe from any hidden dangers and let no weapon formed against him/her be able to prosper. Thank You Lord for Your many promises of protection. Help him/her walk in Your ways and in obedience to Your will so that he/she never comes out from under the umbrella of that protection. Keep him/her safe in all he/she does and wherever he/she goes. In Jesus' name, I pray. Amen.

Verses:

Psalm 91:1-2 He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty. I will say of the Lord, "He is my refuge and my fortress;my God, in Him I will trust.

Isaiah 43:2 When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow you. When you walk through the fire, you shall not be burned, nor shall the flame scorch you.

Isaiah 54:17 No weapon formed against you shall prosper, and every tongue which rises against you in judgment you shall condemn. This is the heritage of the servants of the Lord, and their righteousness is from Me, says the Lord.

Psalm 91:9-10 Because you have made the Lord, who is my refuge, even the Most High, your dwelling place, no evil shall befall you, nor shall any plague come near your dwelling.

Psalm 4:8 I will both lie down in peace, and sleep; for You alone, O Lord, make me dwell in safety.

Entire above posting is taken from the Book "The Power of a Praying Parent" by Stormie Omartian.