Some Day I will have 2 daughters! Yahoo!

Remember me sharing about a friend who shared with me "God doesn't make mistakes. I do."  I have learned to let go and let God do what he is going to do about my boys and their girl relationships.  I have the responsibility to pray for them and this prayer has truly helped.  I realize some of the ways suggested might seem like "well it's too late" but keep on praying and let God do His thing.  Just Pray!  I have cut and pasted the main text of this article but I encourage you to see the whole document on www.ReviveOurHearts.com (Type in title of article in the search box)

12 Ways to Pray for Your Child's Future Mate

Naturally, a primary prayer for a future son- or daughter-in-law would be for him or her to enter into a personal relationship with God through Jesus Christ. Here is a list of 12 other things we can pray. (can be adapted for either son/daughter)

1. Help my child's spouse to remain a virgin. Guard him from "outer-course" (petting experiences); abuse; harassment; and pornographic content in music, photographs, and movies (Col. 3:5).
   
2. Make my child's spouse a man after God's own heart, a maturing Christian who can take a spiritual leadership role that encourages my daughter toward deeper spiritual growth (Eph. 5:25-28).
   
3. Develop in my child's mate a desire to seek and ask forgiveness when wrong from both God and man (1 Jn. 1:8-9).
   
4. Show my daughter's spouse what you want him to do with his life. Help him to seek your purpose for his creation (1 Tim. 4:12).
   
5. Teach my child's spouse the basics of spiritual warfare, how to flee temptation, how to take thoughts captive, and how to stand firm against the devil's schemes (1 Pet. 5:8-9, 2 Cor. 10:3-5, Jas. 4:7-8).
   
6. Help my daughter's spouse to become a master of good, uplifting communication. Protect him from foul language and angry response (Col. 3:8).
   
7. Give my child's spouse deep, satisfying personal relationships that will prepare him for marriage without compromising his purity (1 Thess. 4:3-8).
   
8. Teach my daughter's spouse to be a good parent. Give his parents good parenting skills, and, if not, provide him with a godly role model. Be the Father to the fatherless if he has no father (Ps. 68:5-6).
   
9. Give my child's spouse a hunger for God through prayer and Bible study (Mt. 13:23).
   
10. Help my daughter's spouse to make a commitment to the truth, to choose honesty in every situation, even when tempted to lie to lessen punishment or consequences (Eph. 4:25).
    
11. Give my daughter's spouse a proper attitude toward money in giving, receiving, and working. Help him learn how to budget, save, and tithe (1 Tim. 6:6-11).
    
12. Make my child's spouse considerate and sensitive, a giving, loving Christian man who can place others needs before his own without losing his personal identity (1 Jn. 3:16-18).