How can it be that I spend time alone with God in my little 14 X 16 room, mostly in the middle of night, and change lives across the globe? How can it be that children ages 7, 9, and 10, see visions and witness miracles happen at their very words as they pray in that same little room by the light of day?
This morning I awoke with an illness, apparently the same illness that had struck my husband so hard over the weekend. My throat and head ached and my ears filled with painful pressure. Body aches foretold a day of misery. I rose long enough to tell my little troupe that mommy was sick and was going back to bed --- and prayer would start at 9:30 instead of 8:30. Not more than a second passed when M asked, “Can I pray for you?” Wow. M, our newest family member has only been with us 15 months now, but she is the first to offer to pray. All three prayed for my healing. I returned to bed, head on the pillow below which lay a list of healing scriptures. One hour later I arose with hardly a symptom and energy for a full day! Hallelujah!
Our morning routine, after breakfast, is a time of worship followed by a time of seeking God for revelation. After seeking God we share our pictures and words. Next we bring out our jewel bucket and begin intercessory prayer; each person gets a pile of "jewels" - gemstones that represent big prayers and little prayers. Sometimes we use our globe and atlas during this time to further our understanding of where our prayers are headed. Then we spend time encountering God's presence together - or rather, individually while in the same room listening to prophetic worship music. We all it "Picture Time." After picture time we share our pictures. After that we go onto more traditional schooling - math, science, history.
Interestingly enough, children more readily accept the fact that prayer is powerful than we adults do. Fully expecting answers, they will continue to pray the same prayers day after day. While they are certainly excited at hearing about direct answers, they are patient with prayers that take months and months, even years, before the answer comes.
What do we pray for? Everything from missionaries in China and Mali, to earthquake victims and the helpers in Haiti, to dreams and visions for our president and other leaders, to family and friends, to divine revelation and wisdom for us, to finances for friends in need, to supernatural help with math work, all the way down to prayers for teddy bears to have a good day. How our Savior must smile as he watches our gem jar fill with the potpourri of prayers offer from innocent lips!
I hope to regularly post significant pictures and words that the children receive and encouragement to all.
As I have new ideas for drawing kids into worship and prayer, I will try to get them posted.
Blessings on all who seek His name and all who will come to know Him!
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