Prayer Topic
That our children may be prepared to stand alone for truth.
Prayer Focus
Prayer that our children will have the courage of Esther.
Scripture Reading
“Then Esther bade them return Mordecai this answer: Go, gather together all the Jews that are present in Shushan, and fast ye for me, and neither eat nor drink three days, night or day; I also and my maidens will fast likewise; and so will I go in unto the king, which is not according to the law: and if I perish, I perish” (Esther 4:15-16).
Devotional
Raised by her cousin Mordecai as an orphan, Hadassah (later to become Esther) probably never dreamed that she would one day become queen of the Persian Empire. However, God had called her to that specific position for a specific purpose, to courageously stand for Him and for God’s people in a time of crisis and peril. Her decision to appear before the king uninvited, and at the risk of forfeiting her own life, is a tribute to the power of God at work in a person’s life. Pray today that God will give our children the courage of Esther, for they may one day need to stand without fear as she did.
Prayer Promise
“Our heavenly Father is more willing to give His Holy Spirit to them that ask Him, than are earthly parents to give good gifts to their children. But it is our work, by confession, humiliation, repentance, and earnest prayer, to fulfill the conditions upon which God has promised to grant us His blessing. A revival need be expected only in answer to prayer” (Selected Messages, book 1, p. 121).