Author: James Banks
Publisher: Discovery House
Pages: 235
Prayers for Your Children: 90 Days of Heartfelt Prayers for Children of Any Age by James Banks invites us to commit ourselves to 90
days of heartfelt prayer for our children, as long as we are alive.
It relates to verses from the Bible, especially the Psalms,
from both the Old and the New Testament, spread over every day of 13 weeks or
90 days.
The book affirms that as parents, the best gift we can give
to our children is the gift of prayer. No matter what their age, we can pray
for them.
Each section begins with a brief reflection which introduces
the week’s theme. The themes are pointers to live the Christian faith more
meaningfully and include Knowing, Growing, Walking, Loving, Protected,
Faithful, Fruitful, Thankful, Humble, Pure, Hopeful, Overcoming and Blessed.
The prayers are properly cross referenced to the appropriate
chapter and verse, and related with examples and anecdotes.
The prayers don’t end with Amen, encouraging parents to add
their own prayers at the close of each day’s reading. Also, it emphasizes that we
can never pray too much and that the full worth of our prayers will be made
evident only in Heaven.
As I prayed on, and I prayed for the 90 days as the book
asked us to, I felt myself drawn into the book, pulling my nephews into the
ambit of prayer, besides my own daughter and son. I prayed for the children by
name and felt a deep sense of comfort knowing that I was committing my little ones to the care of Our Lord.
I recommend this book to Christian parents, grandparents and aunts and uncles.
(I read a Kindle edition of this book through NetGalley.)
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