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Praying God's great and precious promise: Sonship

6/25/2018

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Praying God’s great and precious promises over our spouse, children, and loved ones.  Today’s promise is SONSHIP. The following scriptures address this promise from Him.

 Matthew 5:9 “Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called children of God.”
 
John 1:12, “But as many as received Him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on His name.: Which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.”  A person cannot appoint you as a son of God.  This is something you are freely given as you believe that Jesus is who He says He is.  When you believe this, being a peacemaker becomes part of that equation.  I love how the Message words this verse, “You’re blessed when you can show people how to cooperate instead of compete or fight.  That’s when you discover who you really are, and your place in God’s family.”

Romans 8:14-16 “For as many are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God. For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but ye have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba Father. The Spirit itself bears witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God.”  The Message words it like this, “So don’t you see that we don’t owe this old do-it-yourself life one red cent. There’s nothing in it for us, nothing at all. The best thing to do is give it a decent burial and get on with your new life. God’s Spirit beckons. There are things to do and places to go!  This resurrection life you received from God is not a timid, grave-tending life. It’s adventurously expectant, greeting God with a childlike “What’s next, Papa?” God’s Spirit touches our spirits and confirms who we really are. We know who He is, and we know who we are: Father and children. And we know we are going to get what’s coming to us—an unbelievable inheritance! We go through exactly what Christ goes through. If we go through the hard times with Him, then we’re certainly going to go through the good times with Him!”

Let's pray.
 
Father, Your ways are miraculous! Thank You for the promise of being Your child; the promise of sonship.  Lord, I am your child not by blood, not by the will of my flesh nor by any man but rather by You all because I choose to believe that Jesus is Who He says He is.  Lord, I hold up my spouse, my children, and my loved ones to You.  I thank You they embrace and believe Who You say You are.  I thank You that Your truth of Who You are is louder than the lies the world says about You.  I thank You for saving us.  I thank You for our heart's desire to do Your will.  As Your child, Lord, help us to love more starting with the ones close to us. Grow our capacity to better love the lost, the hurting, and the lowly. Help us to bring peace to the angry, the agitated, and the frustrated.  Let us never forget to show the love of the Father to all.  Lord, help us to fully understand the liberty and the benefits of being Your child.  Holy Spirit, teach us daily about the access we have to our Father; about the power and authority given to us as a child of God.  Let our spouse, our children, our loved ones and myself fully understand, as Your son and daughter, we did not receive a spirit of bondage to fear or terror, but rather You adopted us through Jesus Christ as Your very own children to boldly call on You, to call You Father, where every bondage to sin is broken.  Every chain that holds us back is removed.  Help us to walk in this freedom, Lord.  Help us to put the devil in his place and let the authority and power that comes with sonship rise up out of our mouths in prayer and proclamation bringing this Good News to all who will listen. I love You, my Father!  I pray and believe all this in Jesus’ name. Amen.
 
Side note: Writing down a prayer for this promise was hard for me to narrow down because the promise of sonship is dear to my heart because of experiencing adoption in our family.  God’s definition of adoption is sonship.  Not a position under a biological son or daughter but rather an equal to all the sons and daughters in that family.  When we become a son/daughter of God, we inherit ALL the rights and privileges as one born in a family.  That is sonship!  There are no dividing lines.  All are God’s children. That is how adoption is in a family on this earth.  When a child is adopted into a family, that child becomes a son/daughter of that family with no dividing lines.  I wanted to focus the prayer above to all the families who have adopted and encourage them that the children you adopted are not “adopted” children, they are simply your son and your daughter;  however, the scriptures above were for all people even the ones who have not experienced adopting a son or daughter 😊 So I chose to write the prayer above for all.  And let’s remember how our Father sees all of us: not as His adopted children but rather simply His children.
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