As I (Shane) look back on my life and the mistakes I've made, some were out of ignorance... simply not knowing any better, while others were due to a lack of self control or discipline. As I write this prayer for Ember to possess discipline, I hear the words of one of my former youth leaders echoing in my head... "I know I shouldn't do it, but I'm gonna do it anyways." He explained to us that this was the downside of God giving us freewill because we will always have the freewill to disobey Him. As Ember learns the difference from right and wrong and between being in or out of God's Will, I pray that she will have the self control and discipline to abstain from evil and walk with God. We need discipline in our lives not only to keep from making mistakes but also to keep us doing the very things that we should be doing. Discipline and self control are just as much about walking down the right road as they are about not taking the wrong one. We want Ember to have the self control to stay away from the junk of the world while the discipline to maintain a Christ like life.
Dear Father in Heaven, we pray that Ember lives a life full of discipline and self control. This trait will serve her well to steer her from making painful mistakes and equip her with a desire and dedication to follow the right path and ultimately to follow you. Grant our daughter possession of this trait to enhance her life in You.
Amen! start her young. the bad habits are harder to unlearn then if we had learned these things from when we were tots!! x
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