Day Eighteen: That she would be saved
“…because, if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.” – Romans 10:9
The prayer of every parent for their daughter is that she “will be saved”. We pray that she will one day be with us in heaven singing praises unto a glorious and transcendent God. As parents, we have the desire to care of our daughters fused into our DNA. Whatever we can do for them, we want to do. But, this is something they must do on their own. They must confess for themselves. They must believe for themselves. We must lift them before our glorious God in prayer that He draws them to Himself so that they may indeed believe and confess. And we must trust God to accomplish His will in this, all for His glory alone.
Lord, thank you for being mighty to save. You sent your Son to die for an undeserving people. In His death, we are saved from our sins and adopted into your family. We are called to confess that Jesus is Lord and to believe that You have raised Him from the dead. Help my daughter in her belief. Pour out Your grace on her in such a way that she has no other option but to submit her life to your authority. May she see Your goodness as shown through Your Son and my Savior – Jesus Christ. May she one day soon confess and believe and be saved. I thank you, Lord, for Your goodness in her salvation. Amen.
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John Coakey, Jr. and Danielle have been married for 14 years, they have two daughters (14 & 10), and they all live in Columbia, MD. John has served in the US Army for the past 17 years and is currently a Lay-Elder serving First Baptist Church of Brooklyn (Baltimore, MD). He blogs at “christfocusedliving.
