A Praying Mom

This morning I was thinking of my Grandpa Eastwood. I wonder how many people were helped in some way from his service as a preacher? His homecoming to Heaven must been like that song, "Thank You for Giving to the Lord" where several people would tell him they were in Heaven because of his service. Well, then I got to thinking about his mother who always prayed for him & prayed for him to grow up and be a preacher. That prayer of his Mom's sure did have a lot power. She died when he was pretty young, too, I think. So that prayer was also a protection. I wonder if she hadn't prayed like that, would he have become a preacher?

I believe the prayer of a mother is a serious thing, and so is the lack of prayer. My Mom prayed for me, prays for me still. My life has been so blessed and  protected from those prayers.

I pray for my kids and I will list some of things I pray for them. Although the list changes as they grow older, their life changes, and they needs specific prayers about different things, so this is not a complete list.  I know I could do better at praying for them. So please comment & share with me how you pray.

Prayer Requests For My Kids

• They will come to know Jesus as their LORD & Savior early in life. (After they have come to know Jesus as their LORD and Savior, I pray for them to grow in their relationship with Him.)
• For God to build a wall of protection around them, protecting them from all evil; Spiritual, Emotional, and Physical.
• They would keep their life's pure.
• They would marry the right person, when it's the right time.
• They would have strong prayer life. 
• That God would help them in their school work, and help them to learn what they need to, and especially help them with subjects that are harder for them.
• That they would have good dreams and  have their minds on God while they are going to sleep. (I pray this at night with them before they go to bed. I figure it might help them not have nightmares. If I forget this one, even Cj will remind me. They like this one & the wall of protection one especially. Andrew still asks me to pray those with him. When they go to their Dad's I have to call them before they go to bed and pray it because they asked me to. They don't like to go to sleep without my having prayed with them, even Andrew who's almost 15.)
• That they would choose to follow Christ each day. (Now that I think about it, I think I'm going to add that they would bring glory to God each day.)
• That they would be blessed like Daniel and Joseph.
• When they are older, they would know what God wants them to do with their life's and then they would do it. 
• They would be obedient. 
• They would accept punishment gracefully. 
• I thank God for their good health, and I ask him help them to continue to have good health