FOR OUR FAMILIES  

Family plays a vital role in God’s design, both for humanity as a whole and for the church in particular. For this reason, the enemy often targets families, the relationships between husbands and wives, and the upbringing of children. Therefore, as we care for one another and for our church, we need to continually ask the Lord to protect and strengthen our families.

Despite all that is happening around us, every Christian family stands on a firm foundation in Jesus Christ. Knowing the Lord personally and walking in submission to Him gives us the strength and wisdom needed for our families to be filled with a spirit of peace, growth, and joy.

Next week, we will pray:

• For the husbands and wives of our church, that they would grow in their personal relationship with Christ, know Him more deeply, delight in Him, and live fully in Him.
  
  
• For the fruit of the Spirit in the hearts of spouses, so that families would be filled with love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control.
  
  
• For children to be raised in the fear of the Lord and in obedience to His Word, as parents guide them to Christ and His gospel.
  
  
• For God’s protection from the attacks and deceptions of the enemy, that the hearts of spouses would be guarded from the temptations of the flesh, pride, false teaching, and the sinful influences of the world around us.