Ok, so you get two options and you can only pick one. Spiritual security or a silver spoon, you get to be born with one. Which would you choose? One gives you excess, while that other gives you access. Spiritual security gives you access and protection in heavenly realms that can’t even be seen. Imagine for a moment what your family would look like if a spiritual security blanket would have been placed around each individual before they were even born. While they were yet figments of someone’s imagination, not yet in physical existence but already covered in prayer.
Strategy 4 is all about using prayer to create a spiritual security blanket around our family. 1 Peter 5:8 says the devil prowls around and is looking for someone to devour. Is it you that he has been devouring? Is it your marriage? Is it your kids? Well. He stops here, and he stops now. No longer will we play defense against his attacks, Oh no! We aren’t fighting for victory, we are fighting from victory. We are going on the offensive. We are forming coverings and taking our battles to the heavenly realms. So, in no particular order we are going to start praying specifically over family members.
Our Spouse: Priscilla reminds us that marriage is a reflection of the relationship between Jesus Christ and the Church. Just take a look at Ephesians 5:22-28. Is your marriage being a good reflection of that relationship? Why, not? I know these verses talk about submission. But, they also talk about death. These verses instruct husbands to love their wife like Christ, loves the church. Jesus gave his life for the church. To me given the option of submission or death, I pick submission. I am not perfect at it, but I am trying. I refuse to give the enemy any footholds to weasel his way into my marriage. How else do you need to cover your marriage and spouse? Don’t have a spouse yet. Well, let’s start creating them a nice soft security blanket for when they get here. Pray that you will learn how to put them them first and how to put their needs above your own. Pray that you will find contentment while you are waiting for them. Pray that your relationship will reflect the relationship between Jesus Christ and the church.
Our Kids: “Train up a child in the way he should go, And when he is old he will not depart from it,” that’s Proverbs 22:6. Notice that it says when he is old. It doesn’t say now, even though some translations vary a little. You are training them so that when they are old, they will not depart from the way they should go. You are praying for their present but also their future. Even if it doesn’t look like it now. Even if your kids are not within 100 miles of the way they should go, keep praying, keep covering, and keep training. So, you don’t have kids now. Perfect, now is a great time to start praying. Like Priscilla said start praying early and creating a spiritual security blanket for them to be born into. Imagine the spiritual security system you can create. Your child isn’t even on the enemies radar and you have essentially installed an intricate security system that rivals ADT.
Your Parents: Let’s start this one by taking a look at Colossians 3:20. I am going to be writing to myself mostly on this one. Here goes nothing. Obey your parents, even though you may be grown and long gone. Still, the bible instructs us to obey. So pray that you find ways to obey. Pray that your heart is soften and you find ways to be obedient. Pray for your relationships with your parents and that you are able to find ways to honor them.
Your Siblings, Aunts, Uncles, Nieces, Nephews, Cousins, Step-mom, Brother-in-Law, Half – sister and on and on: Family can be complicated. But, 1 Timothy 5:8 makes sure that you know that you better provide for your relatives. So, no matter how they got there, if they are family then they get covered. And you may not be in a position financially to provide monetarily for your family, but you definitely can provide for them spiritual. You can go into that throne room on their behalf. You can stand in intercession weaving and knitting together a security blanket that they have no idea exist.
So, let’s pull out some spiritual yarn and get to knitting together this spiritual security blanket. One that is big enough to cover your entire family. One that makes that prowling lion, look not once or twice, but ten times before thinking about coming after your family. Let’s get knitting.
- Read the chapter if you haven’t.
- Pray that God reveals to you which family members need specific individual intercessory prayers. Ask God to show you what footholds have been left open for the devil to try to creep into your family.
- Do some research. Search for some bible verses to add to the one’s Priscilla gave us in the book. Search for bible verses that specifically speak to guarding and protecting your family.
- Start crafting your prayer strategy. Get specific, intercede as needed, cover everyone, and pray to remove those footholds.
- Pray, fervently.
- Last, type it up and print it out. Pray it before every family event. Pray for your future spouse before every date. Pray for your kids every night.
1 PETER 5:8 NLT Stay Alert! Watch out for your great enemy, the devil. He prowls around like a roaring lion, looking for someone to devour.
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