"Rejoice always, pray without ceasing, in everything give thanks; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you." 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18
Our family started a new tradition...our prayer jar. We've been doing it for a couple months now and it has been such a blessing in our lives. I have done a couple prayer jars in the past, but this is the first that we have done as a family. We put the names of our family and friends on a small piece of paper and fold them up and put them in our prayer jar. Every week we have the boys each pick one name out of the jar and we pray for those two families everyday all week. The boys get so excited on the night that they get to pick out a new family. We then send those families a card letting them know that we have been praying for them that week. It has been so awesome to see the Lord work through this little prayer jar. We've had several of those people that we've sent the cards to come up to us and thank us and tell us how much it encouraged them and that it was the perfect week to pray for them because of what was happening that specific week in their lives. It has been so encouraging to us to hear those stories. It is a great opportunity to teach our boys the importance of praying for others and at the same time teach them how to pray. We pray for those families everytime we pray throughout the day. It melts my heart to hear my boys praying and growing in their prayer lives since we've started this. The Lord put it on my heart to share this on my blog last night as I was laying in bed trying to fall asleep:) Hopefully it will encourage you and possibly you can also start a prayer jar with your family and witness for yourselves the power of prayer in your family and the lives of your loved ones!
Our family started a new tradition...our prayer jar. We've been doing it for a couple months now and it has been such a blessing in our lives. I have done a couple prayer jars in the past, but this is the first that we have done as a family. We put the names of our family and friends on a small piece of paper and fold them up and put them in our prayer jar. Every week we have the boys each pick one name out of the jar and we pray for those two families everyday all week. The boys get so excited on the night that they get to pick out a new family. We then send those families a card letting them know that we have been praying for them that week. It has been so awesome to see the Lord work through this little prayer jar. We've had several of those people that we've sent the cards to come up to us and thank us and tell us how much it encouraged them and that it was the perfect week to pray for them because of what was happening that specific week in their lives. It has been so encouraging to us to hear those stories. It is a great opportunity to teach our boys the importance of praying for others and at the same time teach them how to pray. We pray for those families everytime we pray throughout the day. It melts my heart to hear my boys praying and growing in their prayer lives since we've started this. The Lord put it on my heart to share this on my blog last night as I was laying in bed trying to fall asleep:) Hopefully it will encourage you and possibly you can also start a prayer jar with your family and witness for yourselves the power of prayer in your family and the lives of your loved ones!
That is really cool! Love the idea :)
ReplyDeleteWhat a greAT IDEA. Love it megan.
ReplyDeleteThat is such a neat idea! What a great way to show the boys how important it is to pray...and what a great tradition to start with them...they can pass it on to their family when they get older =)...so sweet..
ReplyDeletethat is a great idea!!! Megan your boys are super cute!!! I cannot get over how big Jake has gotten. It really has been too long since we have seen you and Matt.
ReplyDeleteHi Megs...we are doing a prayer jar workshop at church this Sat for the brunch...inspired by you!! Thanks for praying for my family...I love you! Crystal
ReplyDeletehi megan!..i went to that workshop at church (it was great!!..i loved it!!) and now i'm sharing the idea with my lil' sister who also has two boys..she's excited!..thank you for sharing!..blessings to your sweet family.. (the boys are adorable!)..miss you guys!..God Bless you all! :)
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