Praying for Laney

To help be more specific in my prayers for Laney, I wrote down a list of areas/charactertics that I'd love to see in her life one day. As a woman praying for her daughter and knowing that she will be around me most of the time in these formative years, I was concerned that she would "catch" the very same struggles as have I, so these specific areas/struggles were at the top of my prayer list. When I pray, I don't just pray for where she is at right now or what lesson she is trying to learn at age one, although that is essential and necessary. I pray for the woman she will be in the years to come, for they will be upon us before we know it. I cannot wait to see how the Lord will honor these prayers. I can't wait to tell her how I've prayed for her and how long I've waited to see the Lord work in these areas of her life. Here are some of the areas I wrote down to give you an idea(not in any sort of order):

• Heart for God(ever-growing relationship, thriving, fruitful, proactive)


• Obedient (to authorities in this life and to her ULTIMATE authority(the Lord))


• Godly wife/mother


• Fleeing evil, discerning spirit, set-apart


• Wise: in words (The Word drives this home so so so much in Proverbs)


• Heart for the Nations, Discipler


• Boldness


• Contentment (with who the Lord has made her, being complete in Him, self-esteem, etc)


• Pure, virtuous woman


• Health: caring for the Body and the Temple


• Godly spouse


• Humble


• Sound mind: (conquering worry, negativity, etc)


• Physical protection

I am typing out my verses on here so you can see which verses I pray for each area. Just give me a day to get it all typed out. (It's too late right now to type them out.) :)

Whew. I know that's a huge list, but these truly are areas that I have in mind for Laney, and I know the list will continue to build. Ha! I don't know about you, but when I actually beat away all the distractions of my morning/day and finally get on my face before the Lord, I feel that all is well with the world and I could pray for what seems like forever. I talk to the Lord like I would my best friend. He is my best friend. All that to say, I can be there forever, if my schedule permitted it. I just don't have that kind of time anymore. Nap times are only so long. I do pray for her when we're playing sometimes, but not all that often. I'd like to start working on that more. My problem is getting on my face and beating away everything that bombards my mind.

How to make praying practical: For those of you who can never find the time to pray for all that you need to pray for, especially now that you have at least one life to pray over daily, here are a few practical tips on how to remember and cover each request that you have in your life. This is just one way that I pray if I know that I am super busy on a particular month.

• One way that I have found it easier to pray (my family's needs, children, friends, praises, thanksgiving etc..) I made a calendar and each day was dedicated to a prayer, friend, or need in my life. By the end of my week, I felt like I was truly obedient to pray and cover everything. Have you ever told someone you were going to pray for them, and in your prayer time, you spent the whole time praying for just you? Ha! Boy am I guilty of that. You just need one hour to do this calendar that will help you pray for the whole month! Every month you might need to change a few things here and there as the Lord answers your requests(and He will). Every week doesn't have to be the same, especially if your requests are growing in number.


• Once your calendar is made, you can now type out a more detailed description of what you'd like to pray for on another page that's stapled to it. (Can you tell I used to be a High School teacher?) There are details and dates that you just can't remember, so I would type out a description of these requests to jarr my memory.

I was trying to upload a calendar of mine to be as an example to you, but I can't figure out how to do just that. Anyone know how? (My data file host won't let me upload Microsoft files and I don't know how to switch my calendar over to a pdf file. Arrg!) I hope these ideas could be of some help to you. I will be posting my verses soon and very soon. Haven't these prayer ideas and plans that have been presented this week by the other authors been so helpful?! I love it! Way to go ladies!