School Year Prayers from a Mama’s Heart: August – A TEACHABLE HEART
There are so many thoughts that flood my mind as we embark on another school year. The excitement of a new beginning is always something to look forward to, however, there are things that weigh heavy on a mama’s heart as she packs up the new back pack, lunch box and prepares the clean undies and school clothes the night before the first day. It’s exciting, but overwhelming all in the same moment.
Maybe you have grown used to the routine, but for me it is still fresh each year as we begin again. Whether you will send your little one or big one off to school with a loving teacher or keep them under your own roof for home instruction, we all have the same desires. We want our children to grow up and be a success. We want them to love others and be loved back. We want them to be light in a dark world that seems to be getting darker everyday. We want them to learn responsibility and a good work ethic. We have big dreams for our children.
You can see their strengths like no one else. You evaluate their weaknesses and work with them to become a better person. You talk with them and train them every chance you get and yet somehow there are moments when you feel completely helpless. You want what’s best for them even when it’s uncomfortable and you try your best to give them a wonderful life.
There’s lots of things you could do to prepare them for a successful school year, but there’s one thing that my heart is so burdened with this year – PRAYER.
We need to intercede everyday on behalf of the children in our care.
You can teach them arithmetic and reading and writing and history and the arts, but prayer can change them. God holds the power to form them and make them someone we cannot. While we may try to mold and manipulate, nothing can convict, love and transform like prayer.
I hope you will join me this school year in prayer for the children in your life. At the bottom of this post you will find a Prayer Guide with one trait to pray over your children each month. There is a free printable memory verse included to frame or put in a visible place. I will post a new one each month.
Print out the verse and hang it on the fridge or somewhere for the family to see. Remind them everyday that they are prayed for, loved and precious in your eyes and in God’s.
This month we are praying for a TEACHABLE HEART for our children. Get your free printables below!
Click HERE to get your FREE Memory Verse Printable for August.pdf
Click HERE to get your FREE School Year Prayer Guide.pdf
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Love & Blessings,
Micah
P.S. Next month we are praying for a Discerning Heart. If you do not want to miss a single post please enter your email address in the box below.
Teachers: Add the prayer guide to your classroom announcement board and encourage your class to pray for each other. From one teacher’s heart to another: Prayer changes things that we cannot!
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