Several times our church has had Dr. Gregory Frizzell come and speak to us. He is a powerful speaker who shares the importance of prayer. I love to hear him and love his materials as well. I always come away from hearing him more encouraged and inspired (and convicted) to get on my knees.
He has written a small book called Powerful Prayer for Every Family: Praying a Hedge of Protection and I wanted to share a little bit about it during this series. I say “little” book because it is stapled together like a booklet. But, the amount of information and the depth of these pages is anything but little.
A few of the topics you will find in this book are: patterns for prayer in your family, embracing Biblical prayers, positive & faith-filled prayers, praying for spiritual awakening, praying for powerful cleansing, a cleansing guide, etc. So much wonderful information in one little book!!
What I wanted to share, though, over the next few days, are the Seven Prayers for a Hedge of Protection and Growth. There are many, many prayers and Scriptures in this book, but my favorite are the 7 prayers to pray for your children. I have highlighted them in his book, written them in my own journal, prayed them and prayed them again. They are powerful prayers that I believe will help to build a firm foundation for our children.
The first of the seven prayers is a prayer for protection of the heart.
“Father, I trust you to guard Caleb’s heart and help him ever look to You in love and reverence. By Your grace, cause him to know, love and fear Your name. Guard his heart from all lesser desires and passions. Lord, please fill him with the continual sense of Your presence and spirit of worship.” (Proverbs 4:23, Matthew 15:8, 22:37, John 4:23-24, 17:3.)
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