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Prayer of Protection for Children

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Posted by: MarkSentMe

OK. Here's the deal: I was talking to my neighbor/friend last week and she has confided that her kids stress her out and that she has on occoasion choked them Her husband has just left about 3 weeks ago to Iraq. I am afraid that during the deployment that if the stress levels increase she may resort to physical violence again. She didn't give dates or times of the choking, so I don't know if this occurred here or at their last duty station.
I talked to a sister at church and she was saying that I need to witness to her. I have invited her to our church and offered her to join our "Operation Girlfriend" deployed spouse support group. She was not interested in going to a church which is not of her denomination.
I have been trained as a foster parent and the law in Kentucky states that I must report suspected cases of child abuse. Part of me says "Wait and see". The other part says that waiting may result in a situation where she loses control and goes too far.
I called my case worker and she said by law I have to report it. Then I talked to Pastor Todd. He said that the way to decide if I should report it is to ask myself if not reporting it is going to cause more harm or put these children in further danger.

Dear Lord,
I hold Michelle and her family up to You in prayer. Thank You for You love and Your Word. Please watch over them and bless their home with love, patience and peace. Please send an angel to watch over them and shine a light for them. Please help Michelle to be calm and to count to 10 before taking disciplinary action against her children. Please help the social workers to use discernment and wisdom before making any decisions. Please help me to reach out to her in love. Thank You, Lord. Amen.

Sharyn


Posted by: Chimbamu

O Lord, Our God, we pray for our children that you O Lord who started the good work in them, will complete it, in the name of Jesus we pray. Amen.
Lord, Jesus, grant us peace in our day! Amen


Posted by: mariposa

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Originally Posted by MarkSentMe
OK. Here's the deal: I was talking to my neighbor/friend last week and she has confided that her kids stress her out and that she has on occoasion choked them Her husband has just left about 3 weeks ago to Iraq. I am afraid that during the deployment that if the stress levels increase she may resort to physical violence again. She didn't give dates or times of the choking, so I don't know if this occurred here or at their last duty station.
I talked to a sister at church and she was saying that I need to witness to her. I have invited her to our church and offered her to join our "Operation Girlfriend" deployed spouse support group. She was not interested in going to a church which is not of her denomination.
I have been trained as a foster parent and the law in Kentucky states that I must report suspected cases of child abuse. Part of me says "Wait and see". The other part says that waiting may result in a situation where she loses control and goes too far.
I called my case worker and she said by law I have to report it. Then I talked to Pastor Todd. He said that the way to decide if I should report it is to ask myself if not reporting it is going to cause more harm or put these children in further danger.

Dear Lord,
I hold Michelle and her family up to You in prayer. Thank You for You love and Your Word. Please watch over them and bless their home with love, patience and peace. Please send an angel to watch over them and shine a light for them. Please help Michelle to be calm and to count to 10 before taking disciplinary action against her children. Please help the social workers to use discernment and wisdom before making any decisions. Please help me to reach out to her in love. Thank You, Lord. Amen.

Sharyn


Heavenly Father,
I stand in agreement with this prayer, asking You to send angels to watch over this family. May Your Holy Spirit guide the mom to godly, immediate, practical sources of help. Give her Christian role models who can show her how to cope with her very stressful situation and refrain from choking the kids.

Strengthen those around these kids and mom who truly care about them. Should "the call" need to be made, let them know in such a fashion that they will do without hesitation or remorse. In Jesus' name I pray. Amen.


Posted by: jeremiah184

Lord Jesus I ask that You give this petitioner Your wisdom in regards to her actions. Jesus, I ask that You protect this mother with a husband gone to Iraq and give her Your peace and I ask that You would be in this petitioner's heart that she use wisdom from above before she opens a door that would very more than likely cause this poor mother and wife undue stress and grief.
Lord, it is clear that this mother/wife is frightened and unsure of her husband's fate and therefor her very marriage and her childrens' father and their future is in jeapordy to her and this is as You know Yourself before Your own death on the cross UNBELIEVABLY stressful and FRIGHTENING. Jesus I ask that You move in a way to bring safe, trustworthy and Godly women friends to this wife and mother and minister to her to help her through this dark time..God give her amazing strenghth and peace that comes from You and do not let her and her family be terrorized and shamed by anyone because You know the incredible stress these wives and mothers are under with loved ones in danger.
Lord, I lift up this mother and wife to You and I ask for Your mercy and protection to be upon her and her kids...the worst thing to happen would be for this family to be further frayed and I ask that You put a ring of protection around this family and keep them together and bring them Godly, loving, non-condeming, safe, trustworthy counsel. Thank You Jesus.

I think that you were told this thing by this very grieving/fearful mother not to have you betray her but to help her and give her some much needed understanding from you not child services. Obviously this is a very stressful situation and this mother has not consistently and maliciously hurt her children. I respectfuly suggest that you bring this before the Lord and measure your actions according to the Lord's wisdom and guidance. I doubt very much from what you have said that this is an "abusive" mother and I grieve that anyone would judge her and try to condem her by calling child services.
Walk in her shoes through the Lord's HOly Spirit before you judge her and make phone calls that will at this point it seems introduce more hardship and fear into her and her childrens' lives.
She obviously trusts you and just because she doesn't want to go to your church doesn't mean that she is not willing to have help from the Lord. This may be your opportunity to witness to someone about Jesus and not about a particulr church or denomination.
Perhaps, you could offer to come over and help her out now and then with the kids? Bring her dinner and introduce her to some of your friends. She sounds like she needs some friends rather than child services causing her and her children grief and more stress by finger pointing and accusing her. Don't you think she already accuses herself and feels bad? I repectfully suggest that you seek the Lord's face and ask Him what He wants you to do for this woman.