Filled with easy-to-follow advice and biblically sound suggestions, Praying for Your Children gives parents and those who love children the tools to make an eternal difference in their lives.
Authors Dr. Elmer Towns and Dr. Dave Earley share how and what to pray to bring your children closer to God. Defined are the roles and responsibilities of parents in raising children who learn to rely on God for their strength and power to be victorious in any situation.
Stressing the importance of starting early, actual prayers are shared that children can memorize. Biblical parents and their prayers are also highlighted, providing excellent examples of how praying for children pleases God to answer.
You dont have to be a great spiritual prayer warrior for God to answer your prayers for your children. The secret is God. You dont get great answers because youre more spiritual than others, or because youve prayed longer or better. The secret is God! The simplest prayer launched with the simplest faith can set the wheels of Heaven in motion. Trust Him to do great things for your children.
Table of Contents
Introduction: Victory Over Danger
Chapter 1: Why Pray for Children?
Chapter 2: How to Pray for Children So God Answers
Chapter 3: Praying With Jesus for Children
Chapter 4: Praying With Paul for Children
Chapter 5: Praying for Prodigals
Chapter 6: How to Pray for Children Seven Days a Week
Chapter 7: Preparing to Pray With Children
Chapter 8: Preparing Children to Pray
Chapter 9: Teaching Children to Pray
Chapter 10: How to Bless Children
Chapter 11: Practical Ideas and Prayers for Praying With Children
Epilogue
Appendix A: Top Ten Prayers
About Elmer Towns
About David Earley
About the Authors
Dr. Elmer Towns, vice president of Liberty University, college and seminary professor, and dean of the School of Religion, is also the author of numerous popular and scholarly works. He is the recipient of the coveted Gold Medallion Award awarded by the Evangelical Christian Publishers Association for the Book of the Year, The Names of the Holy Spirit. He and Ruth, his wife of 56 years, have three children and ten grandchildren.
Dr. Dave Earley is chairman of the Department of Pastoral Leadership at Liberty Baptist Theological Seminary and Liberty University. He also serves as the director of the Center for Church Planting of Liberty University. Dave served as the founding senior pastor of the New Life Church of Gahanna, Ohio. He has written twelve books. He and his wife, Cathy, have three sons studying ministry at Liberty University.