Protecting Your Family Through Prayer Colossians 1:9-14

  Father God in heaven, regarding my family and me, open our eyes from darkness to light, with love and forgiveness for each other and from the power of Satan to God, that we may receive and live in forgiveness of sins in our inheritance set apart by faith in Jesus Christ our Savior - Acts 26:18

I ask that __  may be filled with the knowledge of Your will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding

That __  may walk worthy of the You Lord, fully pleasing You, being fruitful in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God

Strengthened __with all might, according to Your glorious power, with all patience and longsuffering with joy

Giving thanks to You Father who has qualified us to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in the light.

You have delivered us from the power of darkness and transferred us into the kingdom of the Son of Your love

In whom we have redemption the forgiveness of sins.   Colossians 1:9-14
 

 Often people want to experience God’s protection for themselves and their families, but they don’t know where to start. They love the Word and do their best to abide in it, but they are unsure of how to take a stand for their family. Let’s look at three ways you can protect your family through prayer.

#1 Protect Your Family by Making a Declaration

According to Psalm 91:2, to live in God’s secret place of protection we must make this declaration, “We will say of the Lord, He is our refuge and our fortress: our God; in Him will we trust.”

Why is it so important to say such words?

Because that’s how we receive everything God provides for us. We believe in our heart what He says in His Word, and confess it with our mouth. We act on what Jesus taught in Mark 11:23: “Whosoever shall say...and shall not doubt in his heart, but shall believe that those things which he says shall come to pass; he shall have whatsoever he says.”

#2 Protect Your Family by Making a List of Promises

Psalm 91:2 is only the beginning. The Scriptures are filled with God’s promises to protect His people, and it’s time for you to begin proclaiming them over your family.

Search the Scriptures for other promises for your family. Make a list, print out that list, put it somewhere you’ll see it every day and proclaim those promises.

God’s promises don’t just work for us automatically because they’re in the Bible. They have to be activated by faith-filled words.

#3 Protect Your Family Through Prayer

Every morning pray for yourself and your family members by name and declare that God is your refuge. Say things like, “Thank You, Lord, for our divine protection. Thank You that it’s like a bubble over each one of us. Thank You for being our Shelter and our Shield today. You surround us so that no weapon formed against us will succeed, in Jesus’ Name.”       

You can protect your family through prayer. Don’t just accept that you have to take whatever devilish thing comes your way—sickness, disease, accidents, destruction. No! Jesus died so that you and your family could be safe from the enemy’s strategies. Begin declaring Psalm 91:2, standing on God’s protection promises and praying for each of your family member’s divine protection each day. Begin activating God’s promises today and see the salvation of the Lord!