How to pray for your children

Psalm 72 As a parent or a grandparent, we want the best for our children. Babies are cute and sweet but with age they are brought to the point of making decisions that will lead to godliness or ungodliness. Parents have the responsibility to guide their children in the way they should go. Every godly parent should heed the words of this psalm. 

King David wanted God to grant His son Solomon to have the ability and the wisdom to make just and fair decisions so that he could judge fairly. David knew just as any parent, who is a praying parent, that when that happens families will be at peace, the oppressed will be defended and delivered, the oppressor will be crushed. In addition, the godly will flourish, peace will prevail, the needy rescued when they cry for help. David, like any parent, sees the need to defend them as he takes pity on the poor and needy because he values their life.

So how do we pray for the next generation? Pray that they are wise, and see the need to protect the innocent, that they have wisdom and the ability to defend the poorest of the poor, they honor them as people made in the image of God who are valuable, they are able to make wise, just and fair decisions