My Grandma Heavily Believed in Prayer

Monday, April 12th, 2010

From ladies that attended church with my grandma, I have heard them say, "when your grandma prayed, we have no doubt God heard her every word".
With our post, to touch on other subjects, we have strayed from our subject of getting serious with our prayer life and praying for America. So with to days post, I am going back to the subject of prayer.
Mother's Day is coming up and I felt it to be very appropriate to talk about my grandma again and her
prayer life. I know if she were with us today, she would encourage all moms to make sure they are right with the Lord and then make sure you read His word and talk to Him everyday.
I do not wish to take anything from men/dads with either their status with God or how powerful a prayer life they may have(there are some men I would not hesitate to ask their praying for me or someone else). Their day is coming in June and for now I want to focus on moms.
Ladies, we hold a tremendous God given responsibility in our hearts and hands. I believe we have heard "the hand that rocks the cradles rules the world". I'm afraid there is more truth to this than some might want to admit.
For every man that has been elected into office as the President of the United States , including our current one, there has been a women of great influence, be it bad or good, some where in his life from day one. Moms, are we praying for our sons?
For every woman who has married a man holding a position of political leadership or of
spiritual leadership, especially full time, there was a women of great influence, good or bad, somewhere in her life from her first days of life. Moms, are we praying for our daughters that they will be to their husbands, or future husbands, what they should be?
Madalyn Murray O'Hair was a self proclaimed American atheist activist. She is best known for the Murray v. Curlett lawsuit, which led to a landmark Supreme Court ruling ending government sponsored prayer in American public schools.
Then we have Susanna Wesley, a k a the "Mother of Methodism" and was the mother of John Wesley and Charles Wesley, who were both Christian ministers. Both John and Charles contributed in great ways to the cause of Christianity.
Moms, regardless of who we are or our age, we are an influence of some kind on someone.
What kind of influence does our pray life have on those who know us? Could someone feel they could come to us with a need, or do we need to go to a trusted friend for prayer?
Our influence -Is it good or bad?
Have a Blessed Day!