Week of Prayer for Children
Please join us in A Week of Prayer for Children (August 16-23), a time to intercede for Houston’s at-risk children. We are joining many congregations and ministries in this effort: Good Hope Missionary Baptist Church, Grace Community Church, Grace Fellowship United Methodist Church, Houston Coalition Against Human Trafficking, Houston Prays, Memorial Drive Presbyterian Church, Mission Houston, St Luke’s United Methodist Church, and Union Baptist Association. We believe that united intercessory prayer can make a great impact in the lives of these children.
The prayer guide, which can be downloaded here, focuses on seven systemic issues that children in Houston face. This is an ideal opportunity for everyone who has a passion for the health of children, a heart for God, and a few moments a day for one week to lift children in prayer as the new school year begins.
Introduction to Week of Prayer for Children (from the Prayer Guide):
How does God see the children of our city? We have several clues from the life and ministry of Jesus.
When His disciples sought to push them aside, Jesus declared, “Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the Kingdom of God belongs to such as these,” Luke 18:16. He taught us that, “Whoever welcomes one of these little children in my name, welcomes me,” Mark 9:37. A short time later, “He took the children in His arms, put His hands on them and blessed them,” Mark 10:16.
When asked who was the greatest in the Kingdom of God, “He called a little child and had him stand among them. And He said: ‘I tell you the truth, unless you change and become like little children, you will never enter the Kingdom of heaven. Therefore, whoever humbles himself like this child is the greatest in the Kingdom of heaven,’”Matthew 18:2-4.
Jesus went on to warn us, “But if anyone causes one of these little ones who believe in me to sin, it would be better for him to have a large millstone hung around his neck and to be drowned in the depths of the sea,” Matthew 18:6.
Jesus was serious about children. Towards the end of His earthly ministry He declared, “From the lips of children and infants you have ordained praise,” Matthew 21:16.
In the last verse of the Hebrew Scriptures we read these words, “He will turn the hearts of the fathers to their children, and the hearts of the children to their fathers; or else I will come and strike the land with a curse,” Malachi 4:6.
This prayer guide is designed to help us align our hearts with God’s heart as we turn our attention to the plight of the children in our city, and it is designed to help us pray in unity. Use the prayer guide in your prayer closet, during the prayer at meal times, in your small group, or in the prayer ministries of your congregation.
It is our hope to raise up an army of praying people seeking God’s heart for the children of our city.
Download your copy of the prayer guide here.
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