What Praying for Your Children Does for You

While I’m sure every thoughtful Christian parent prays regularly for their children, we may not realize what praying for our children does for us. William Law opened my eyes to several ways that praying for our children benefits us. You might think of some others–please share them in the comments.

I’ve been in several marathon training groups that began meeting months before a marathon. It’s astonishing to see how a little bit of daily training takes very ordinary, often very unathletic people, and gently but steadily leads us to a place where we can start running twenty-six miles around breakfast time and finish sometime before lunch.

If we took spiritual progress this seriously—and we should (Matthew 5:48)—what “spiritual workout” will move us steadily and consistently toward spiritual fitness?

William Law, a classical writer who taught the church almost three centuries ago, says that one of the most effective workouts we could ever perform for ourselves is regularly praying for our children’s spiritual welfare.

How does praying for our kids help us grow?

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