Topic: Praying Parents
Text: I Samuel 2:12-25

A lot of parents are blind to the fact that the future o their children or wards rises or falls on the level of their (parent’s) prayers. You may leave a huge financial or material heritage to your offspring but if you do not invest prayer efforts in them you have not dome them any good. Of all legacies, the “legacy” of prayer is the greatest. If you pray for your children and wards, you will secure their future. Parents should intercede for their children. I counsel you to intercede for the Salvation of the souls of your children.

In Samuel 2:27-36, God reminded Eli that He had said his father’s house would stand before Him for ever as priests. He said because Eli had honoured his children more than Him, by the time He finished with him, there would not be any old man in his house. Many of us do not tell the truth to our children, maybe because we are afraid of them, or because, we do not want to hurt their feelings. If you mislead your children hey will blame you. They may even turn round to harm you. Pray for the Salvation of the souls of your children so that they will not destroy you. I have always prayed that my children should be greater than me. This is the only way your family name can prevail.

If your sons lesser than you, their sons may also be lesser than they. Before you know it, your name will be forgotten. This may be one of the reasons why, in Africa, big names for not endure. Genesis 19:30-38 tells us one of the many stories in the Bible. There was a man called Lot whom the Bible refers to as a righteous man. When God was about to destroy Sodom and Gomorrah, He rescued Lot, his two daughters and his wife. The wife because she was more interested in material things, looked back and became a pillar of salt. This was loss number one for Lot. Apart from the loss of his property in Sodom and Gomorrah, He and his two daughters went ahead to live in a cage. Because the two daughters were not righteous, they decided to get their father drunk so that he could have sex with them. Their plans succeeded and the first daughter gave birth to Moab while the second one gave birth to Ammon. These were sons that were cursed from the womb. The entire heritage of Lot became evil because he did not pay attention to the future of his family right from the onset.

Do not rest until your children become born again and are burning for the Lord. Do not rest until your children become far superior to you, spiritually. Invest in the future of your children. Spend time praying for them. You must specifically pray about the future generations. Tell God that you do not want your memory to be wiped out as a result of stubborn and ungodly offspring.

Memory Verse: Ephesians 6:4 - “And ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.”