Give a Family Prayer Box this Christmas!
Acts 1:14
They all continued to pray in one accord.
There is nothing more solid than a family that prays in earnest for one another. Help a family you love to get bit by the family prayer bug this Christmas. It starts when you write a prayer note to each member of the family. Make it personal and put it in an envelop with their name on it. Just pray for God to give them the desires of their hearts and to use them as lights in the world with the unique gifts and talents they have been given.
Find a special box that reflects the importance of the prayers it holds. The goal is that the box becomes a central focus in a room where the family gathers. If you are crafty get a wooden box in a craft store and decorate it. Better yet, if you have the skill, make a box! If you don’t feel capable of either, there are lots of lovely boxes in the $10 neighborhood in many home gift stores, departments, and garage sales.
You can also get very inexpensive note cards in craft stores or dollar stores. Or just cut up paper. Place your written notes in the box with your written instructions for the family to place their own prayers for each other, like surprises, whenever they are inspired. It is also a good routine to write a prayer for holidays and birthdays.
Place blank note cards for the family to continue using. A separate color card can be used like an “SOS” for a family member to request prayer for something urgent. At least once a week the family should sit down together and check out the box. Each person reads their private prayer surprises to themselves, and everyone prays together for the prayer requests.
A prayer box gives a family another outlet for improving communication, sharing their challenges, and most of all, combining the strength of their own unity to appeal to God for his love and care over their everyday lives! Nothing but good can come from such shared devotion to prayer. Shared prayer creates cords that cannot be broken!
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