So, i got home the other day, thinking, my kids... my family... we need to seek the Lord TOGETHER! If we don't practice praying and hearing from the Lord as a family, how will our children learn what we mean when we say things like, "the Lord is put this on my heart for you...", "we need to pray against this..." or "i think the Lord would have us..." which are phrases we're using more these days.
I gathered everyone on the living room floor and read the Good Shepherd out of their kids Bible. We talked about how His sheep hear His voice, and they follow Him. And with that, we thanked the Lord Jesus for being our Good Shepherd and asked Him to speak to us! Cora Lee(6) buried her face in a couch pillow, Adri Ann(5) pretended to not be interested (which we later found out was discouragement because... she said, "she only hears her own mind"- i know the feeling well!), Katie Jo(3.5) flopped around on the floor like a three and a half year old, and Anna Mae(1.5) ran around like a one and a half year old.
Seriously, in less than a minute, Katie Jo jumps up and runs over to Anna Mae (who usually just barley tolerates her) and gives her a huge hug, and runs back and sits down and says, "God told me to hug Anna Mae!" Then for maybe the first time ever, Anna Mae jumps up and gives Katie Jo one hug after another until all the girls are in one big pile on the floor, laughing as Katie Jo says excitedly, "I guess that WAS God's answer!" Seems like the Lord wanted to establish/restore their little relationship... with a very contagious hug.
The Lord also gave some insight to me (Cory) regarding some spiritual attack going on in my life, so i talked through that with the kids and prayed against it with them!
They are so ready and eager to be given permission to have this sort of relationship with the Lord... instead of all of our stuffy formality let's give them something real!
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