Throughout our lives, we receive so many blessings from God, and among them is the incredible privilege and responsibility of being a parent. When children are raised in God's ways, they become such a blessing, not just to us, but to everyone around them. They truly become powerful tools in God's hands, vessels of honor used to bless so many.
That's why it's so important to always teach our children God's Word. We need to pray for them day and night, watching over their souls, so they can walk in righteousness and their steps will be firm. We should speak to them as children of God, declaring ministries, gifts, and talents over their lives.
We can't underestimate their potential based on what we see right now. We have to keep believing in God and His promises, trusting that they will be fulfilled in His time. And in the meantime, we have to keep blessing our children. Every word we speak can either build them up or tear them down. Let's always speak with love, focusing not on the temporary things, but on the eternal.
Down the road, we'll get to enjoy the fruits of our prayers and see with such joy that it was all worth it. When we see our children becoming what we declared over them, we'll know that the waiting wasn't in vain.
So, let's keep our spirits up. Let's not give up. Let's renew our strength, because what we've cried out for in secret is going to happen. God will raise up children of honor to be blessed and to be a blessing.
For he hath strengthened the bars of thy gates; He hath blessed thy children within thee.
That our sons may be as plants grown up in their youth; That our daughters may be as corner stones, polished after the similitude of a palace:
Even by the God of thy father, who shall help thee; And by the Almighty, who shall bless thee With blessings of heaven above, Blessings of the deep that lieth under, Blessings of the breasts, and of the womb:
And all thy children shall be taught of the LORD; and great shall be the peace of thy children.
This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success.
Praise the LORD, O Jerusalem; Praise thy God, O Zion.For he hath strengthened the bars of thy gates; He hath blessed thy children within thee.
The LORD shall bless thee out of Zion: And thou shalt see the good of Jerusalem all the days of thy life.Yea, thou shalt see thy children's children, And peace upon Israel.
The LORD bless thee, and keep thee:The LORD make his face shine upon thee, and be gracious unto thee:
and all these blessings shall come on thee, and overtake thee, if thou shalt hearken unto the voice of the LORD thy God.
But Jesus called them unto him, and said, Suffer little children to come unto me, and forbid them not: for of such is the kingdom of God.
But my God shall supply all your need according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus.
Honour thy father and mother; which is the first commandment with promise;that it may be well with thee, and thou mayest live long on the earth.
The LORD shall command the blessing upon thee in thy storehouses, and in all that thou settest thine hand unto; and he shall bless thee in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ:
For I will pour water upon him that is thirsty, and floods upon the dry ground: I will pour my spirit upon thy seed, and my blessing upon thine offspring:
The LORD shall bless thee out of Zion: And thou shalt see the good of Jerusalem all the days of thy life.
The LORD shall preserve thy going out and thy coming in From this time forth, and even for evermore.
Blessed is the man that trusteth in the LORD, and whose hope the LORD is.For he shall be as a tree planted by the waters, and that spreadeth out her roots by the river, and shall not see when heat cometh, but her leaf shall be green; and shall not be careful in the year of drought, neither shall cease from yielding fruit.
Verily I say unto you, Whosoever shall not receive the kingdom of God as a little child, he shall not enter therein.And he took them up in his arms, put his hands upon them, and blessed them.
The LORD bless thee, and keep thee:The LORD make his face shine upon thee, and be gracious unto thee:The LORD lift up his countenance upon thee, and give thee peace.
For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the LORD, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end.
The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit. Amen. Written from Rome to Philemon, by Onesimus a servant.
The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Ghost, be with you all. Amen. The second epistle to the Corinthians was written from Philippi, a city of Macedonia, by Titus and Lucas.
For the LORD thy God blesseth thee, as he promised thee: and thou shalt lend unto many nations, but thou shalt not borrow; and thou shalt reign over many nations, but they shall not reign over thee.
but they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.
Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.
If ye walk in my statutes, and keep my commandments, and do them;then I will give you rain in due season, and the land shall yield her increase, and the trees of the field shall yield their fruit.
For thou, LORD, wilt bless the righteous; With favour wilt thou compass him as with a shield.
Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; And lean not unto thine own understanding.In all thy ways acknowledge him, And he shall direct thy paths.
Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that ye may abound in hope, through the power of the Holy Ghost.
I have been young, and now am old; Yet have I not seen the righteous forsaken, nor his seed begging bread.He is ever merciful, and lendeth; And his seed is blessed.
But Jesus said, Suffer little children, and forbid them not, to come unto me: for of such is the kingdom of heaven.
Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God: therefore the world knoweth us not, because it knew him not.
The LORD shall preserve thee from all evil: He shall preserve thy soul.The LORD shall preserve thy going out and thy coming in From this time forth, and even for evermore.
He shall feed his flock like a shepherd: he shall gather the lambs with his arm, and carry them in his bosom, and shall gently lead those that are with young.
And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.
For thou hast possessed my reins: Thou hast covered me in my mother's womb.I will praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made: Marvellous are thy works; And that my soul knoweth right well.
The LORD preserveth the strangers; He relieveth the fatherless and widow: But the way of the wicked he turneth upside down.
What man is he that feareth the LORD? Him shall he teach in the way that he shall choose.
If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children, how much more shall your Father which is in heaven give good things to them that ask him?