Daily Devotion

 

Family Strong: Pushed Hard

by | Mar 26, 2023 | Daily Devotion, Family Strong | 0 comments

Do you ever feel like you are being pushed hard? Feel like you are falling? Happens to us all and to our children. This week we are using Psalm 118 as a guide to praying for our children (and grandchildren). Today’s verses speak to the real-life experience of being pushed hard.

Real life presents real circumstances. Our children will be pushed hard. Pushed by friends who are not always kind, by teachers with an agenda, and by philosophies of our culture that contradict the truth of Scripture. Being pushed hard will continue when our kids have kids of their own. Let’s pray today that our children will turn to the source of strength when they are being pushed hard.

Psalm 118:13-14
I was pushed hard, so that I was falling, but the Lord helped me. The Lord is my strength and my song; he has become my salvation.

Heavenly Father,

Life will come with its hard pushes. Our children will be pushed back and pushed around by situations beyond their control. They will know what it means to stumble. Many times, they will be about to fall. And most of the time, I won’t be there to catch them, but you will always be right by their side.

Father, be their strength against the influencing crowd. Be their help against life’s inevitable challenges. Defend them against the strongest temptation in their weakest moments. Let them know that they are never alone. May this confession always be on their lips: “He has become my salvation.”

In Jesus’ name.
Amen.

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