Day 12 - Thursday - January 19- Prayer Focus - Marriage and Family
21 Days of prayer is a time of transformation - like a chunky hairy UGLY caterpillar goes into a cocoon and comes out later, transformed into a beautiful butterfly.
May this be true of us during 21 days of prayer. We enter the season with things in life that make life seem ugly. Yet when we come out of a time of focused prayer with the Lord, we see things with a beauty and grace as only He can design.
Today our Focus on Marriage and Family
Matthew 19:4-5 (NIV)
4 “Haven’t you read,” he replied, “that at the beginning the Creator ‘made them male and female,’5 and said, ‘For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh?
Before the church, God created the home - the family.
When God does something it’s for a specific reason.
Some people say God is exclusive and leaves people out, that’s not true. He wants all to be in His family.
But He has a purpose and a reason. He’s very specific. Marriage is designed by God and not by man. God’s design for marriage is that a man and woman will be united together.
He created marriage and the home so that we might have companionship.
Ephesians 5 and Psalm 78 give such holy and honorable descriptions.
The home is holy that God has created and that is why the enemy attacks it.
So we need to be in prayer for the home and family.
Ephesians 6:10-12 (NIV)
10 Finally, be strong in the Lord and in his mighty power. 11 Put on the full armor of God, so that you can take your stand against the devil’s schemes. 12 For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms.
We are to be strong in the Lord.
If God says it we believe it! He’s specific for a reason.
This time of 21 Days of prayer is to grow strong in Him. We are to put on that full armor of God.
Nehemiah 4:14 (NIV)
After I looked things over, I stood up and said to the nobles, the officials and the rest of the people, “Don’t be afraid of them. Remember the Lord, who is great and awesome, and fight for your families, your sons and your daughters, your wives and your homes.”
Let’s be ready to fight in the spiritual realm.
Three things I’m praying for today:
1. Homes built on the Word of God.
There is no marriage that is too far gone for God.
2. Homes with a spirit of love and unity.
3. Homes filled with children in love with God.
Let’s fight for our family, our homes, our marriages and our children.
