Declarations are just as important for children to speak forth over themselves as they are for parents to speak over their children. Training your children to decree life over themselves equips them for victory, not only in the day to day, but for decades to come. I encourage you to confront death spewing forth from your child’s mouth. If he says, “I’m stupid,” don’t let it slide. If she says, “I’m ugly,” don’t just shrug
If you follow Equipping the Children on Facebook, you’ve probably noticed we’re posting DECLARATIONS FOR PARENTS from the Psalms this month (Along with PRAYERS FOR PARENTS, PRAYERS FOR CHILDREN, and DECLARATIONS FOR CHILDREN.) God’s Word in your mouth is POWERFUL and as you take your place as a son/daughter of the Most High, you have the divine privilege of decreeing His plans, purposes, and promises over your children. Your declarations plant seeds of destiny into
In John 17, Jesus prays for His disciples. The chapter is pure gold, and from it we can mine out seven powerful prayers to pray for our children, plus a dynamite declaration. I’m using the wording for all of these from The Passion Translation because they are so poignantly expressed, but you can reword according to your translation of preference if you prefer. 1. Protect each one. John 17:11 – …So I ask that by
Children, even young children, can learn to pray for orphans. As they do so, their hearts will be moved for the less fortunate and the Father’s heart for justice and mercy will be birthed within them. Some adults don’t want to bring up unpleasant subjects with children, not wanting to crush their innocence. However, children are powerful agents in the Kingdom. When they pray for orphans, things change! We used to do a Hannah/Samuel set
If you follow Equipping the Children on Facebook, you know we’ve been doing the #summerprayerclub where we pray through the seven mountains of influence with our children. In case you missed it or have fallen behind, here are all of the weeks in one place. We encourage you to print them off and do them with your children. (If you enjoy this post, you may enjoy these other free printable pages to use in praying
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