006. Cries for Our Children

By Brenda Walsh Ministries

Wouldn’t it be wonderful if more people had a burden for introducing children to their Best Friend, Jesus? What a different world this would be if kids grew up knowing how much God loves them.

The Challenge for Parents

Sadly, we are living in a time where many parents view religion as a social event—going to church on weekends, but then going about their business the rest of the week as if God was not even present in their lives.

It’s amazing how many people claim to be followers of Christ, yet:

• Don’t know how to pray to God in an intimate way.
• Have no faith that God really hears or answers their prayers.

It’s no wonder why young people today stop attending church as soon as they are old enough to refuse! If parents don’t have a close relationship with God, how can they expect their children to? Parents need to first recommit their lives to God and then pray for wisdom and guidance in raising their little ones.

Scriptural Foundations

1 Samuel 1:27-28: “For this child I prayed, and the Lord has granted me my petition that I made to him. Therefore, I have lent him to the Lord. As long as he lives, he is lent to the Lord.”

Proverbs 22:6: “Train up a child in the way he should go; even when he is old he will not depart from it.”

God will honor the cries for our children. Pray passionately for their salvation, and experience the truth found in 3 John 1:4: “I have no greater joy than to hear that my children are walking in the truth.”

Additional Bible Texts

Isaiah 54:13 (KJV): "And all thy children shall be taught of the LORD; and great shall be the peace of thy children."

‍Proverbs 20:11 (KJV): "Even a child is known by his doings, whether his work be pure, and whether it be right."

Psalm 127:3 (KJV): "Lo, children are an heritage of the LORD: and the fruit of the womb is his reward."

Ephesians 6:4 (KJV): "And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord."