The Power of a Praying Parent Series {Week 8} and a Legacy Leaver Thursdays Link Up

This week at Leaving a Legacy we will be discussing chapter 8, “Attracting Godly Friends and Role Models,” in “The Power of a Praying Parent” book by Stormie Omartian.

I don’t know about you, but I’m a mama who likes to control things.

Up until my children reached high school age, I homeschool my children, and did everything in my power to control who would influence them. I joined homeschool co-ops, went to Friday school, set up play dates, planned parties, and participated in many church activities so my children could be around godly people, and in a godly environments.

“The righteous should choose his friends carefully, for the way of the wicked leads them astray.” Proverbs 12:26

It is so important who are children are friends with. We need to watchful and in prayer at all times that our children would attract good role models and godly friends. It is so easy for our children to be lead astray by someone who doesn’t follow the Lord.

It can be harder to pick and choose our children’s friends when they older. Even though, I may have the urge to protect my children and go to their schools and direct who they talk to or who talks to them, it’s not possible. (I wouldn’t mind it, I just think they might disown me.)

Even though I’m not able to be with them every minute of the day, I still have a way of watching over who the are with, and that way is through the power of prayer.

Intercessory prayer for our children is life changing!

There is no better place our children can be than in the hands of the Father  We need to be on our knees seeking God’s will for who He wants in our children’s lives. We can not just sit back and think there is no hope, there is always hope with God.

“Don’t stand for someone leading your children astray. There is to much written in Scripture about the importance of the company we keep to take a passive approach to this issue.”  ~Stormie Omartian

Prayer makes all the difference in the world. When you feel your at your wits end with your child’s choice of company, take a stand. Direct them on the path of the Lord, teach them how important it is to be yoked with believers, most importantly pray for them and pray with them. God can do far above what we could ever dream of in our children’s lives. Don’t leave the outcome up to chance, give it to the Lord.

I’m so happy you’ve joined us for Legacy Leaver Thursdays please join us by linking up your posts!

• To link up go to the sidebar and get the code for the Legacy Leaver Thursdays button, right click and “save as” on the code and then upload it into your post. Or you can provide a direct link somewhere in your post linking back here. That way other bloggers can join in too.

• Then copy and paste the direct link from your post, (not your blog url), into the linky tool below.

• This link up will be happening every Thursday at Leaving a Legacy. You can link up your posts that deal with leaving a legacy to your children and other loved ones. These posts can vary from spiritual lessons, to homeschooling tips, to recipes and homemaking skills that you want to pass down. You can also link up posts that offer encouragement to the community. I will do the best I can to read as many posts as possible throughout the week. However, if there are times that I miss you, know that I’m so grateful that you linked up and was so blessed to have you here!

• In order to create an encouraging community here, please take a moment to visit the person in front of you. Thank you!

For those of you that link up throughout the month, I will be choosing a “featured blogger”, for the following month. The featured blogger will be someone who actively participates in the link up, and who’s posts have really touched the community. They will receive free advertising for their blog on my sidebar for that month, and also be allowed to submit one approved guest post during that month.This month’s featured blogger is a dear high school friend, Alyssa Santos. Alyssa has a unique writing style that I love. She’ll make you think, challenge you to grow and draw you closer to the Lord in her writings. Please take a moment to visit her.

Alyssa Santos – Rocks.Roots.Wings.

Many Blessings~

Linking to:
Winsome Wednesdays
Thriving Thursdays
Proverbs 31 Thursdays
Thought Provoking Thursdays
The Weekend Brew
Faith Filled Friday