Praying for your Children - Day 2 Growth in Grace

Day 2 - Growth in Grace - 2 Peter 3:18 ~ But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To him be glory both now and forever! Amen. (NIV)

For me, I'm a visual and I get a better picture by seeing the actual definitions so you'll probably get that everyday with some other "nuggets". The definition of Grace according to http://ardictionary.com/Grace/3466 is:

The exercise of love, kindness, mercy, favor; disposition to benefit or serve another; favor bestowed or privilege conferred.

Here is an excerp taken from Focus on the Family and how it pertains to our own Growth in Grace titled Life is your classroom. You can read the full article at http://www.focusonthefamily.ca/faith-issues/faith-parenting/leading-your-kids-to-christ

When someone is learning how to fix a transmission, his practical training takes place in a garage. In our case, practical training needs to take place in a relevant venue – in the hustle and bustle of everyday life. Our life is an example to our kids. Practice-what-you-preach parenting is the only kind that works.

However, parenting by example does not demand that we be perfect. If we demand performance and perfection from our kids, our faults will appear as signs of hypocrisy. But if we encourage growth by grace, our faults will become signs of authenticity.

We, along with our children, are learning about God. This means discussing our growth in Christ in practical, everyday terms with them. It includes letting them see us apply our faith to our lives. Then they will get excited about joining in the process.

I love what I was able to find today on the internet in that while we pray for our children today we can apply it to our own lives. Sometimes parenting is so hard and we don't wait to fail but in our failures, we all learn. In everyday encounters, we can show others grace and our children will see it and mimic it. We need to think about how we react to others because our children see all and hear all! I'll try to post tomorrow's topic of prayer later this evening so we can get a head start on praying for our children.