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Do you hear stories of mothers who are prayer warriors for their children, their husband, their friends, and their church families? Ever feel like you fall short in that area? I know this is true for me!

Prayer Warrior-In-Training

It is really hard to sit down for a time of focused prayer when two little kids want my attention. If the kids are sleeping, I must admit that my prayer times often turn to nap times if I sit still for 30 seconds or so. Plus, my mind wanders to things I should be doing and I get distracted from actually praying.

Honestly, my biggest problem, I just simply forget to pray! I think of it in the morning and then all the sudden it is 7:30 at night and I realize that I haven’t prayed all day. Grr…

I want to be a prayer warrior.

I thrill at the idea of modeling a solid prayer life to my kids. My desire is to pray a protective spiritual wall around my home and family.

But more often than not, my prayer life is a little lacking.

Desire alone just isn’t enough.

So what is a Mom to do?

Prayers To Pray In Every Room Of Your House

Currently, to counter this area of weakness, I am finding ways to remind myself to pray in each room of my house. So, as I move through my day, my prayer life can be a natural part of my routine.

How does this look in practice?

Well, let me show you the examples for what I do in each room of my house. For every area there is a designated prayer topic. When I enter a specific room, I try to take a moment to prayer either out loud or in my head for that room’s designated topic.

Keep in mind, I don’t do this every single time I change rooms! Just at certain times throughout the day as God prompts me.

I keep the topics pretty basic and let the Holy Spirit lead me as how to pray at that specific time for the current topic. For this season of life, this method helps me to not let prayer be forgotten in the busy, exhausting days of mothering.

Let’s go over the areas I have and I will show you what prayers I pray. These serve as examples that you can totally switch up as you see fit for your home, routine, and family.

 

Kitchen

Give thanks for:

-The provision of food to eat.
-The time shared with family preparing meals together.
-The ability to feed your family and guests.

Request:

-Discernment in what to eat and drink-let it be foods that help your body function well for God’s glory.
-Constructive time spent in the kitchen as a family building relationships.
-Healthy view points on food and drink. (Protect your family from issues of overeating, anorexia, gluttony, etc)

Dining Room

Thank God for:

-Fellowship time spent around the table with your family.
-Fellowship time spent at the table with guests.

Ask God to:

-Bless your conversations with peace, grace, truth and love.
-Let your time together grow your relationships stronger.
-Guide you all in selfless conversations that allow you to hear about each other’s concerns and joys.

Living Room

Praise God for:

-Friendships that can flourish during time spent together.
-Ability to show hospitality to those who come to your home.
-Comfortable places to host games and conversations.

Request of God:

-Friends that will draw your family closer to God.
-Opportunities to reach out to those who need to hear about God’s love while they are visiting your home.
-Protection over your friends and acquaintances-this is a great time to lift up specific requests that friends have mentioned to you.
-Evil be kept from your home in the form of ungodly influences and people.

Office

Praise God for:

-Ability to work at your current job.
-An occupation that provides for the financial needs of your family.
-An area to coordinate and manage all the resources God has given your family.

Ask God for:

-The ability to perform all your duties at home and at work to the best of your ability.
-Opportunities to share Christ’s love with those who you interact with at work-both customers and co-workers.
-Wisdom to handle all activities and interactions in a way that glorifies God.
-Good relationships with your coworkers and bosses.
-Attitudes that willingly work for the Lord and not for men.

Kid’s Bedrooms

Thank God for:

-Your child! 🙂
-That you get to parent this child.
-Their safety.
-Their health.
-Their talents and abilities.
-Their friendships.
-Their relationship with God (if they are walking with God in faith already.)

Ask God to:

-Reveal Himself to your child through the Holy Spirit working in their lives.
-Bring them to faith in Jesus’s work on the cross (if they have not already accepted Jesus.)
-Grow their faith (if they have already accepted Jesus.)
-Strengthen them in their current stresses and concerns.
-Bless their continued health and safety.
-Give you wisdom on how to encourage and grow their abilities and talents.
-Prepare their future spouse for a life of Godly marriage together.

Master Bedroom

Praise God for:

-Your marriage-the fact that you are married and defying a 50% rate of divorce is a God-give blessing to begin with!
-The love your spouse does show you everyday.
-The ability to share your love with your spouse on a daily basis too.
-Special moments together with your husband that confirm your love and commitment to each other.

Request God to:

-Protect your marriage from all of the worldly influences that are trying to break it up.
-Provide your husband and you with supernatural ability to serve each other’s needs in the best ways possible.
-Grant you the perspective to see your spouse’s point of view.
-Help properly support your husband through his current joys and concerns.

Family Room

Praise God for:

-Placing you in this family-both within your home and within your extended family.
-Opportunities to love and serve your family on a daily basis.

Ask God for:

-Unity and Godly peace to be experienced between all your family members.
-Wisdom as how your family should interact with each other during times of disagreements.
-Spiritual growth as a whole family unit.

Storage Room

Thank God for:

-Material goods that provide for your family throughout the year.
-Memorials and mementos that can be saved to serve as reminders of God’s faithfulness and love to your family over the years.

Ask God for:

-Reminders that all earthly treasures are just fleeting and to not place undue importance on things.
-Reminders to build up heavenly treasures that will last for eternity.

Laundry Room

Thank God for:

-Clothes to wear.
-Ability to create a clean environment for your family.

Ask God for:

-Joyful heart attitudes while doing the repetitive tasks of homemaking.
-Reminders to clothe yourself first and foremost in righteous acts and deeds that glorify God before your family and others.
-Ability to make a clean, welcoming home for every member of your family.

Bathroom

Praise God for:

-Access to clean, running water.
-Access to sanitary conditions that keep you and your family healthy.
-Christ’s work on the cross to cleanse you of all your sins!

Request God to:

-Show you areas in your life that are in need of His cleansing.
-Give you the humility to repent of sins in your heart and life.
-Create humble and repentant hearts in all of your family so that they may be right with God.

Garage/Car

Thank God for:

-Ability and health to leave home.
-Vehicles that make travel safer and easier than ever before in history.
-Good roads over which to travel.

Ask God for:

-Safety in your travels.
-Guidance to the places He wants you to go and avoidance of  places that are not honoring to Him.

 

In closing, remember that prayer is an on-going conversation with God. Don’t make it a part of the check list on your to-do sheet. Find ways that will work for you to remember to stop and enjoy communicating with the Lover of your soul.

It is my prayer that you take this list of suggested prayers and use it to spur you on to a closer walk with God throughout your days.

In the comments below, I would love to hear how other mothers find time to spend in prayer.

Do you prefer one quiet time or talks throughout your day? How do you remind yourself to walk with God daily?

I love to hear what you have to say!

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