Praying for Missionary Children

It was amazing what God did to bring our family through health crisis issues that threatened to take the lives of our children. Each of our children were spared by God's intervention, and by fasting and prayer. God responds when righteous men and women pray. We are made righteous by and through Him. This is the issue we must remember.

As we returned to the States, it was always surprising to me the ways in which Satan had intended to destroy our children. Living on the mission field in India exposed us to the various diseases of Indian life: typhoid fever, malaria, dengue fever, and other diseases.

Living in this United States has that same potential for both good and evil. There is a sense that darkness lurks, "seeking to devour" kids and young people who know the Lord. I have the feeling Satan would be "seeking to devour" missionary kids and pastors' children even moreso. He does this through temptation to join the crowd, alcohol, drugs, yes, all the stuff that kills, maims and destroys. Why? To stop those who are called, to hinder the vision, mission and life of those who have been sent and feel a burden for the nation and people they are called to. To strike the children, results in the life and calling of a missionary being hindered.

Prayer for missionary children is a vital part in your prayering for missions. Protection, encouragement, and the move of God on their lives is so important to the success of a missionary family being on the mission field and preaching the gospel. In your praying for the children, marriages, and homes, it strengthened the work of God and the lives of the missionary families going and living in mission fields of the world. Please pray for missionary children!