Unceasing (ePub)

Want to discover how to pray with power for your kids? Using Philippians 1:3-11 as a guide, we will learn step-by-step how to move from frustration and worry to confidence in the Lord through heaven-moving prayer. As a result, parents can find rest and joy in God's work in their kids lives.

In this book, Susan Macias explains through personal stories and Scriptural examples how to stop worrying about our kids and pray effectively and powerfully instead. A parent of seven, five of whom are grown, Susan is well-acquainted with the worry and anxiety that plague a mother's heart. But she realized that not only did the worry not help any of her children's problems, but it actually hindered her relationships with her kids. During one particularly trying season, while reading the first chapter of Philippians, she realized it was a perfect outline for prayer.

In Unceasing you will learn not only learn the following steps, you will also get real-world examples of how to employ them:

• Giving thanks
• Feeling joy
• Seeing like Jesus
• Praying in confidence
• Loving like JesusAnd finally, praying for:
• Abounding love
• Knowledge and discernment
• Understanding of excellence
• Life of fruitfulness

Each step build on the one before and through the Lord, has the power to transform the anxiety-laden heart. As you apply the truths in this book you will feel the burden lift and you will watch in amazement as the Lord works in your child's life. Prayer works! Included in the book are study questions to help you understand and apply the concepts from the book. There are also Scripture and prayers after each chapter to use as you pray for your child. Excerpts from Unceasing:Since my nagging voice can be a distraction from His still small whispers to them, I have learned to ask myself a series of questions.

• Am I an impediment to God's work in their lives? Or am I a catalyst?
• Do I drown out His still, quiet voice? Or do I amplify it?
• Am I a roadblock to God's plans for them? Or am I an entrance ramp?

As a parent, even a praying parent, I quickly become overwhelmed and fearful as I look into the eyes of these giants UNLESS I keep my eyes on the Lord. I have no confidence in my own or my children's ability to face their problems. But my confidence in God's ability to not only face, but conquer, those giants is immeasurable. We might not be able to fix our kids, but we can pray to a God who will.