INTRODUCTION

Job’s home was certainly not a perfect home, but God testified to this man’s faithfulness. The Bible points to prayer as one of Job’s most faithful qualities. Job continually sought the Lord on his children’s behalf with offerings and prayer. One might consider this a simple task if the family loves and serves God together. Yet, Job’s wife is the only indicator we have of Job’s family and she mocked Job’s faithfulness (Job 2:9Then said his wife unto him, Dost thou still retain thine integrity? curse God, and die.
See All...). Some husbands and fathers are quick to point out the errors of those within their home, but could only be moved to prayerful intercession before the Lord by a tragic event. A man who fails to pray for his God-given family is really no man at all.

DEVOTIONAL THOUGHTS

• (For children): The Bible offers many examples of fathers praying for their children, both born and unborn. King David fasted and prayed for a sick child (2 Samuel 12:15-16 [15] And Nathan departed unto his house. And the LORD struck the child that Uriah's wife bare unto David, and it was very sick. [16] David therefore besought God for the child; and David fasted, and went in, and lay all night upon the earth.
  See All...). He also prayed for his son Solomon to follow God’s ways (1 Chronicles 29:19And give unto Solomon my son a perfect heart, to keep thy commandments, thy testimonies, and thy statutes, and to do all these things, and to build the palace, for the which I have made provision.
  See All...). Manoah prayed that God would direct him how to raise his unborn child (Judges 13:8Then Manoah intreated the LORD, and said, O my Lord, let the man of God which thou didst send come again unto us, and teach us what we shall do unto the child that shall be born.
  See All...).
• (For everyone): Are you the head of your home? If so, do you regularly pray for your wife and/or children? How could Job’s wife have better handled the tragedies in their family?
• Read the account of the father in Matthew 17:14-18 [14] And when they were come to the multitude, there came to him a certain man, kneeling down to him, and saying, [15] Lord, have mercy on my son: for he is lunatick, and sore vexed: for ofttimes he falleth into the fire, and oft into the water. [16] And I brought him to thy disciples, and they could not cure him. [17] Then Jesus answered and said, O faithless and perverse generation, how long shall I be with you? how long shall I suffer you? bring him hither to me. [18] And Jesus rebuked the devil; and he departed out of him: and the child was cured from that very hour.
  See All.... What did the father do to help his son? How could this be a picture of a father praying for his child?

PRAYER NEEDS

• Ask the Lord to help you be faithful in prayer.
• Ask God to strengthen each member of the family.

HYMN

FROM EVERY STORMY WIND

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