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How could this Cat prayer be changed to focus on God's glory?
"Lord, please help our son behave during these teenage years, He's hanging around the wrong kind of people and his habits with language and other things is going downhill. We've invested so much in him and had such high expectations, but he seems to be falling so short of what we hoped for."
Here's what we think:
Dog Prayer: Lord, please help our son to live in righteousness during these critical years. This is the time when so many young people forgot Your Word and they begin to slip from Your character. If he follows after his friends instead of Christ, how can he live for You? Please don't allow him to bring rebuke upon Your great and holy name... make him a warrior, a servant and a minister for Your kingdom.
Our Analysis
The first prayer isn't wrong - we all want the best for our children, but it IS incomplete for it never brings God into the picture. The second prayer motivates God to intervene for the sake of His own name and reputation... and it shows that this is the parent's greater concern too. The second prayer is primarily concerned about God's glory while the first is concerned primarily about the son's behavior.
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