Hey moms of boys! I hope you’ll join me for 21 Days of Prayer for Sons which starts this coming Tuesday.
Need to buy the book? You can get in PDF, Kindle, and now Nook too. It’s normally $5.97, but it is on sale for just $1.99 until September 6.
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Are you the mother of boys who often finds herself ready to waive the white flag in defeat?
Do they drain you, overwhelm you, steal your heart, break your heart and cause you more anxiety than you ever dreamed possible?
Maybe you only have one boy amongst a sea of estrogen and you just can?t figure out how to respond to him in a way that affirms all that is good about his masculinity.
You’re not alone.
Last May, over 1300 women and a few dads in SEVEN different countries joined together to pray purposefully and passionately for the hearts of their sons in a challenge called 21 Days of Prayer for Sons. 21 Days is based on the best-selling eBook Warrior Prayers: Praying the Word for Boys in the Areas They Need it Most.
Even our best parenting efforts don’t come with a guarantee. As much as we might wish we could change their hearts of stone to hearts of flesh (Ezekiel 36:26), we can’t. But we serve a God who can. Knowing this, it becomes quite clear that there is only one thing we can do?
Plead with God.
Pray.
?The fervent prayers of a righteous man avails much.? James 5:17.
It?s our hope.
The next 21 Days of Prayer for Sons challenge starts September 6 and ends September 26, 2011. How can you participate? Easy!
- Purchase your own copy of Warrior Prayers: Praying the Word for Boys in the Areas They Need it Most (just $5.97 as a PDF download or on Amazon Kindle!) You could, in theory, participate in the challenge without a personal copy, but your experience will be much deeper and richer with it.
- Commit to praying for your son(s) or grandsons 10 times a day for 21 days straight. This is a huge commitment, so if you feel God leading you to participate, pray and ask Him to give you the strength and endurance you need.
- Consider leading your own group on your blog or in your community!
- Sign-up HERE!
Get inspired by recent participants!
?This challenge?has given me my joy back in mothering? ~LaToya
?Thank you for giving me a tangible method for transformation in my family!!? ~Anne
?Thanks, Brooke for your help. I?ve always known that God was listening; I just didn?t know what to say!? ~Laurel
?So many heart changes are going on in our home and I?m just so thankful?? ~Ashley
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Brooke is a mom of two young boys who leave her desperate for God?s grace. Her pursuit of being a better mom has left her at the foot of the cross, knowing that if God doesn?t show up ? nothing happens. This dependence upon God to turn hearts of stone to hearts of flesh leads her to her knees in prayer. She?s the author of the best-selling eBook Warrior Prayers: Praying the Word for Boys in the Areas They Need it Most, creator of the 21 Days of Prayer for Sons challenge and co-founder of the well-loved online community for mothers of boys, the M.O.B. Society. She offers hope for change to the hearts of women at her main blog, A Life in Need of Change.
If you’re a mom of boys, I hope you’ll join me for 21 Days of Prayer for Sons coming up September 6-26. In case you’re not familiar, this is focused period of prayer for our sons using the ebook Warrior Prayers by Brooke McGlothlin. You can sign up to participate and join a group at Warrior Prayers. {I’m not leading a group; just participating this time.}
Need to buy the book? You can get in PDF, Kindle, and now Nook too.
Read: Overcoming Fear, Conclusion, The Prayer That Started It All
Brooke talks about a sense of fear in parenting… I call it the fear that I’ll mess up my kids. I always thought I couldn’t be a “boy mom” and yet I knew that God was going to give me boys. Everything that I do as mom affects them. That’s a sobering reality. What am I doing to point them to God? At the same time, God reminds me that it isn’t about me. It is humbling when I see my boys thrive and succeed in spite of me.
This has been an incredible journey. I intend to regularly pray these sets of scriptures over my boys. I also plan to find additional scriptures to pray over my boys.
I’m reading a couple of other parenting books right now too. I’ll conclude my 21 days of prayer series with some follow up resources that you might like.
Pray: Humility
Pray the scriptures about humility over your sons.
Your turn! You made through 21 days of prayer for your sons. Please leave a comment about your journey!
Read: The Power of Forgiveness
In our home, children are allowed to say they’re sorry if the result of their behavior was an accident.
Until reading this, I hadn’t really thought about how to teach my boys the difference between an apology and forgiveness. I don’t think I really practice the difference between the two.
The need for forgiveness occurs when one child (or one adult, for that matter) has deliberately sinned against another.
Often it’s the simplest distinctions that have a profound affect on the way we understand the world.
I plan to start implementing this distinction in our discipline plan. In many cases, I firmly believe in introducing concepts before a child can fully comprehend them and allowing them to grow into the ideas.
I have asked my boys to forgive me when I’ve made a bad choice or wasn’t in control of my attitude. It is important for me to model the things that I expect of them.
Pray: Honesty
Pray the scriptures about honesty over your sons.
Your turn! Leave a comment!
My name is Amanda and this is my family, The Pelsers. I open my home to you as an encouraging and inspiring shelter for your heart by sharing my journey of faith, motherhood, and homeschooling. Make yourself at home, take part in the conversation, and enjoy the journey!
