The Power of a Praying Parent Quotes

“Pray that your children will develop a heart that seeks after God.”
― Stormie Omartian, The Power of a Praying Parent

“When we pray, we bring that power to bear upon everything we are praying about, and we allow the power of God to work through our powerlessness. When we pray, we are humbling ourselves before God and saying, “I need Your presence and Your power, Lord. I can’t do this without You.” When we don’t pray, it’s like saying we have no need of anything outside of ourselves.”
― Stormie Omartian, The Power of a Praying Parent

“Children who have faith have distinctly different characteristics from those who don't. In fact, one of the main manifestations of a person with strong faith is the ability to give—not just in terms of money or possessions, but also time, love, and encouragement.”
― Stormie Omartian, The Power of a Praying Parent

“Prayer is acknowledging and experiencing the presence of God and inviting His presence into our lives and circumstances. It’s seeking the presence of God and releasing the power of God which gives us the means to overcome any problem.”
― Stormie Omartian, The Power of a Praying Parent

“All your children shall be taught by the LORD, and great shall be the peace of your children. ISAIAH 54:13”
― Stormie Omartian, The Power of a Praying Parent Book of Prayers

“The Bible says, “How can one enter a strong man’s house and plunder his goods unless he first binds the strong man?” (Matthew 12:29). In other words, we can’t have any effect in the devil’s territory unless we first bind him and forbid him any authority there.”
― Stormie Omartian, The Power of a Praying Parent

“For we ourselves were also once foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving various lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful and hating one another. But when the kindness and the love of God our Savior toward man appeared, not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to His mercy He saved us, through the washing of regeneration and renewing of the Holy Spirit, whom He poured out on us abundantly through Jesus Christ our Savior, that having been justified by His grace we should become heirs according to the hope of eternal life. TITUS 3:3-7”
― Stormie Omartian, The Power of a Praying Parent

“Prayer is much more than just giving a list of desires to God, as if He were the great Sugar Daddy/Santa Claus in the sky. Prayer is acknowledging and experiencing the presence of God and inviting His presence into our lives and circumstances. It’s seeking the presence of God and releasing the power of God which gives us the means to overcome any problem.”
― Stormie Omartian, The Power of a Praying Parent

“Rejection brings out the worst in people. Love and acceptance bring out the best.”
― Stormie Omartian, The Power of a Praying Parent

“As you pray for your children, you will find it to be an unending habit of your heart. Being able to positively affect your children in prayer will keep you in close contact with them and actively involved in their lives, even after they leave home. And it will continually contribute to your joy as a parent!”
― Stormie Omartian, The Power of a Praying Parent

“The more a family can be splintered apart, the weaker and more ineffectual they become, and the more the enemy has control of their lives. One way to avoid this is through prayer.

When you cover your family relationships in prayer, whether it be with your children, parents, stepparents, brothers, sisters, grandparents, husband, or wife, there will be far fewer instances of strained or severed relationships.”
― Stormie Omartian, The Power of a Praying Parent

“It’s the best of jobs. It’s the most difficult of jobs. It can bring you the greatest joy. It can cause the greatest pain. There is nothing as fulfilling and exhilarating. There’s nothing so depleting and exhausting. No area of your life can make you feel more like a success when everything is going well. No area of your life can make you feel more like a failure when things go wrong.”
― Stormie Omartian, The Power of a Praying Parent

“Whoever curses his father or his mother, his lamp will be put out in deep darkness” (Proverbs 20:20).”
― Stormie Omartian, The Power of a Praying Parent

“When we pray, we bring that power to bear upon everything we are praying about, and we allow the power of God to work through our powerlessness.”
― Stormie Omartian, The Power of a Praying Parent

“Cuando oramos, nos humillamos a nosotros mismos delante de Dios y decimos: “Necesito tu presencia y tu poder, Señor. No puedo hacer esto sin ti”. Si no oramos, es como decir que somos más que suficientes para enfrentar situaciones y que no necesitamos a Dios.”
― Stormie Omartian, El poder de los Padres que Oran

“También aprendí que no debía intentar imponer mi propia voluntad sobre mi hijo durante la oración.”
― Stormie Omartian, El poder de los Padres que Oran

“Lord, show me how to pray for this child. Help me to raise him Your way, and may Your will be done in his life.”
― Stormie Omartian, The Power of a Praying Parent

“Instruye al niño en su camino, y aun cuando fuere viejo no se apartará de él. Proverbios 22:6”
― Stormie Omartian, El poder de los Padres que Oran

“Lord, help my children to make godly friends. I know that You brought us here and You will not leave my children forsaken. I’m concerned that in their need for acceptance they’ll end up with friends whose moral standards are not as high as Yours. Bring godly role models into their lives.”
― Stormie Omartian, The Power of a Praying Parent

“Cuando no oramos, es como si nos sentáramos a un lado observando a nuestros hijos en una zona de guerra recibiendo disparos desde todos los ángulos.”
― Stormie Omartian, El poder de los Padres que Oran

“Señor, muéstrame cómo orar por mi hijo. Ayúdame a educarlo a tu manera, y que tu voluntad sea hecha en su vida.”
― Stormie Omartian, El poder de los Padres que Oran

“Descubrí que sin Dios estamos destinados a repetir los errores de nuestro pasado y a copiar lo que hemos observado.”
― Stormie Omartian, El poder de los Padres que Oran

“Las vidas de nuestros hijos jamás deben ser dejadas al azar.”
― Stormie Omartian, El poder de los Padres que Oran

“Levántate, da voces en la noche, al comenzar las vigilias; derrama como agua tu corazón ante la presencia del Señor; alza tus manos a él implorando la vida de tus pequeñitos. Lamentaciones 2:19”
― Stormie Omartian, El poder de los Padres que Oran

“Behold, children are a heritage from the LORD, the fruit of the womb is a reward. PSALM 127:3”
― Stormie Omartian, The Power of a Praying Parent

“We don’t want to limit what God can do in our children by clutching them to ourselves and trying to parent them alone.”
― Stormie Omartian, The Power of a Praying Parent

“If you’re being tormented by guilt or feelings of failure in this area, confess your thoughts to God, pray about it, put it in God’s hands, and then stand up and proclaim the truth!”
― Stormie Omartian, The Power of a Praying Parent

“after the initial pain of releasing our children there comes joy and peace, both for them and us.”
― Stormie Omartian, The Power of a Praying Parent

“No temas, porque yo estoy contigo; no desmayes, porque yo soy tu Dios que te esfuerzo; siempre te ayudaré, siempre te sustentaré con la diestra de mi justicia.”
― Stormie Omartian, El poder de los Padres que Oran

“Busqué al Señor, y Él me respondió, y me libró de todos mis temores” (Salmo”
― Stormie Omartian, El poder de los Padres que Oran