I sat down on Day One, opened my copy of Praying for Boys, and wept.
The thought that something God had done for me—a way His grace had intersected my life during one of my greatest struggles—was now helping thousands of other moms lift up their sons was just overwhelming.
The life circumstances that Praying for Boys was born out of still stagger me. We lost six family members and friends in six years, and our two boys—born just 23 months apart—came to us in that same season. That they were of the hard-to-handle variety just made the odds of me winning mother of the year go down exponentially. I’m an introvert, they’re both extroverts. The rubs were just everywhere, and all of it, all put together kept, me on my knees.
I didn’t ask to be a prayer warrior. My life just made any other means of survival impossible.
“My prayer ministry didn’t come to me because I worked for it or aspired to it. It didn’t come because I had all the right answers or knew an abundance of Scripture by heart.
I pray because I don’t have all the answers. I pray because I’m lost and can’t see the big picture. I pray because I’m desperate for a word-touch from the God who made me and because I can’t do this life thing without His direction. I pray because I don’t know how to raise these two boys to be the godly men I dream they will be, but I serve the God who does.
Believing that has changed my life.” (Praying for Boys, 22).
I hope it has changed yours, too.
If you experienced a touch of God’s grace during this month of prayer, we would love to hear about it. Maybe God worked a miracle in your home. Maybe He turned a heart of stone to a heart of flesh. Maybe something got a bit better. Or maybe what God did the most was touch your own heart and transform the way you look at and pray for your home.
Whatever God did, we would love to hear it.
Let’s all encourage each other today by sharing how the power of God has worked through our prayers. If you’re a blogger, we’ve provided a link-up for you below. Feel free to write a post on how the 21 Days of Prayer for Sons Challenge impacted your family and share it here (and grab one of the buttons for your blog post below).
If you’re not a blogger, grace us with your story in the comments! Thank you SO much for joining us in this prayer challenge. Our prayer is that the seeds of faith that were planted during this month will take root and blossom into a full-grown, beautiful garden of prayer in your life.
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I am learning to be a prayer warrior, praying deliberate prayers for my boys and myself as we try to figure out this mother-son thing. ‘My life just made any other means of survival impossible’ AMEN and AMEN. I cling to my Savior every day and I also look forward to your daily posts. It’s hard being a mom. It’s hard living in a world that I’m not made for. It’s hard being a mom of boys. But it’s also bringing me closer to my Jesus and strengthening my faith. This prayer blog has been an eye opener for me. I have learned and realized so much about this Christian mother of boys journey I am on. I am learning to be gentle with those two little people that have completely rocked my world.
Newly divorced, I am learning to navigate this single mom of two boys world. I am trying to not just read the Word but to but it into action, to declare in in my life and the life of my boys. God says he is a husband to the husbandless and a father to the fatherless… Im learning to let God be these for us. No easy task but we are learning.
I love love love the book. Praying individual prayers for my boys that we scripture based, changed my life. I have no doubt it will change their lives too. I will continue to read this book over and over. Thank you for your faithfulness!
Thank you so much for writing this book and creating this blog! It is so refreshing and encouraging to know that there are other mamma’s out there going through the same or similar experiences! I thought I had a good prayer life before my two boys, but God is teaching me so much more about prayer now that they are in my life:) I LOVE being a boy mom! I love hearing and learning from all of you as we are on this journey together! It was so powerful knowing that as God was bring us all together to lift up our boys in pray this month. I’m praying circles around my boys everyday. I can’t wait to see how God uses them and works in their lives! Thank you for helping me grow even more as a praying mamma!!
I’ve enjoyed this so much! Thank you!!! My mother told me about the challenge the last day in September. I quickly printed 2 calendars, one for the bathroom mirror & one to carry in my purse. My sons are older, 21 & 17. My oldest has been going through some tough times due to drug addiction and consequences that come with that. I had been praying for 3 years that God would reveal Himself to my son. Just 2 days into this prayer challenge, day one’s prayer was answered. He walked into the faith based recovery program, Teen Challenge! My son’s stony heart was softened. With God working on the oldest, it is giving my youngest and me much needed quality time to work on our relationship. He’s leaving for the Army in May right after he graduates high school. This mama will always be a praying mama. Don’t give up, ladies. Just when it looks darkest, that’s when God’s light shines brightest. He hears our cries and knows our “mama hearts”.
I’ve enjoyed this so much! Thank you!!! My mother told me about the challenge the last day in September. I quickly printed 2 calendars, one for the bathroom mirror & one to carry in my purse. My sons are older, 21 & 17. My oldest has been going through some tough times due to drug addiction and consequences that come with that. I had been praying for 3 years that God would reveal Himself to my son. Just 2 days into this prayer challenge, day one’s prayer was answered. He walked into the faith based recovery program, Teen Challenge! My son’s stony heart was softened. With God working on the oldest, it is giving my youngest and me much needed quality time to work on our relationship. He’s leaving for the Army in May right after he graduates high school. This mama will always be a praying mama. Don’t give up, ladies. Just when it looks darkest, that’s when God’s light shines brightest. He hears our cries and knows our “mama hearts”.
Our life just keeps getting more challenging, and I know I can’t control everything. I caught myself wanting to control everything, and I found myself just turning it over, it all. The book Praying For Boys, I’m praying for the whole family because we in the family have not arrived, we all need the prayers. I’m grateful you broke this apart so we are praying scripture, scripture is giving back what God has said. I will keep using this guide to pray for us all. I next need to get the new Hope For the Weary Mom, I need it. Thank you Brooke. You’ve been a blessing! Joanne
When God called me I wasn’t looking for Him at all. My husband is a US Marine and the first friend I made in 2001 had been praying over us for YEARS to come to know Jesus Christ. While we were stationed in Okinawa, Japan during the time the Earth Quake & Tsunami hit mainland Japan. My soul awoke from a deep slumber and I found myself thirsty for more of Jesus. In the midst of this terrible disaster God has protected my husband and his crew while providing the aide and cleaning up after the radiation . {Psalm 91} . Shortly after I accepted Christ in my life, my 6 year old son accepted Him, and when we returned to the states last year, my husband accepted Christ. Both my husband and I are co -leading our family through the Holy Spirit, blessed with a second son and leading our sons to be Godly men. God has protected my family and I both physically and spiritually ever since and continues to unfold His love and promises over our family. I am a prayer warrior it is a blessing to share my heart with my heavenly father. Being in the military community I have seen the hurts of those who struggle daily with their spouses being deployed. Not many know Jesus or that He loves them. It has been my prayer to know God’s love for me so deeply that it radically changes everything about me so that I can pour out God’s kingdom to reach the lost and the hurt. It is my prayer and hope that everyone receives Christ in their lives and is healed.