Praying for my children has always been a joy. However, when they reached their teen years, my prayers became more fervent. It seemed that I was encountering a new kind of battle. I felt like a mother lioness, backed into a corner, trying to protect her young from a charging enemy. Peer pressure, drugs, alcohol, foul language, and sex, seemed to surround my children on all sides, especially from popular music, movies and television. (which at the time wasn't even cable). I didn't know what to do, so I cried out to God and He led me right to a neighborhood religious bookstore called, HIS PLACE. I casually walked in and looked around the store. My eye caught a pamphlet about a group of moms, called MOMS IN TOUCH.
I read through the booklet and discovered that there was an actual organization of moms praying for their children on a weekly basis, fighting against all the problems of childhood and adolescence. I wrote to the organization and asked for materials on how to pray. I soon learned of a woman named, Fern Nichols, who lived in Poway, California, who was also backed into a corner and prayed. Led by the Lord and her desire to protect her children, she started a movement of praying moms that today number over 20,000 groups and more than 150,000 women world wide. This ministry is called Mom in Touch: moms who are in touch with God, their children, their schools and one another through prayer. http://www.momsintouch.org/
Fern's vision is to have every child and every school covered in prayer.
Through Moms in Touch, I learned the four steps of prayer: Praise, Confession, Thanksgiving and Intercession. I talked with other moms at my daughter's school and we started praying. We would gather once a week for an hour of prayer; and God was faithful and answered. He answered prayers about the transition from middle school to high school, prayers about finding good friends, prayers about grades, prayers about school activities, prayers about jobs, prayers about driving, prayers about church youth groups, prayers about choosing the right college, and on and on. Sixteen years later I am still part of a Moms In Touch group, now praying for my adult children (no grandchildren yet), jobs, friends, and spouses. Most of all that their faith in the Lordship of Jesus is strengthened and His power made perfect in their lives.
This year Moms in Touch International will celebrate their 25 anniversary. They are hosting Arise! Cry Out!, a worldwide day of extraordinary prayer for children and schools on November 14, 2009. I believe that there can be no higher calling for any mom than passionate intercessory prayer for the body, soul and spirit of her children. I would strongly recommend the book, Every Child Needs a Praying Mom by Fern Nichols for more inspirational stories of prayers prayed, lessons learned, and battles won. Philippians 4: 6&7"Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus." Oh, because of MIT and intercessory prayer, I have experienced my own spiritual growth that would best be described as swimming a long distance, while feeling both tired and refreshed at the same time. My bumper sticker, "Praying Moms Make a Difference."
I read through the booklet and discovered that there was an actual organization of moms praying for their children on a weekly basis, fighting against all the problems of childhood and adolescence. I wrote to the organization and asked for materials on how to pray. I soon learned of a woman named, Fern Nichols, who lived in Poway, California, who was also backed into a corner and prayed. Led by the Lord and her desire to protect her children, she started a movement of praying moms that today number over 20,000 groups and more than 150,000 women world wide. This ministry is called Mom in Touch: moms who are in touch with God, their children, their schools and one another through prayer. http://www.momsintouch.org/
Fern's vision is to have every child and every school covered in prayer.
Through Moms in Touch, I learned the four steps of prayer: Praise, Confession, Thanksgiving and Intercession. I talked with other moms at my daughter's school and we started praying. We would gather once a week for an hour of prayer; and God was faithful and answered. He answered prayers about the transition from middle school to high school, prayers about finding good friends, prayers about grades, prayers about school activities, prayers about jobs, prayers about driving, prayers about church youth groups, prayers about choosing the right college, and on and on. Sixteen years later I am still part of a Moms In Touch group, now praying for my adult children (no grandchildren yet), jobs, friends, and spouses. Most of all that their faith in the Lordship of Jesus is strengthened and His power made perfect in their lives.
This year Moms in Touch International will celebrate their 25 anniversary. They are hosting Arise! Cry Out!, a worldwide day of extraordinary prayer for children and schools on November 14, 2009. I believe that there can be no higher calling for any mom than passionate intercessory prayer for the body, soul and spirit of her children. I would strongly recommend the book, Every Child Needs a Praying Mom by Fern Nichols for more inspirational stories of prayers prayed, lessons learned, and battles won. Philippians 4: 6&7"Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus." Oh, because of MIT and intercessory prayer, I have experienced my own spiritual growth that would best be described as swimming a long distance, while feeling both tired and refreshed at the same time. My bumper sticker, "Praying Moms Make a Difference."
