It's birthday central around the Gurney house!! March is madness for us...celebrating both Noah and Tucker's birthdays!! Wow!! 9 and 7! CRAZY!!!! As much as I want to celebrate my precious boys and show them the gifts they are every year in very unique and creative ways, I have been struck by the fact that nothing I can do will ever compare to what God has in store for their journeys. Which is why tonight I sit and offer up prayers for my sons...
Father, show Yourself to Noah. Open up his heart to the gospel. Take his heart of stone and mold it into a heart of flesh that is madly in love with You!! You have given him a bright mind and he is learning things about You, for which I am very thankful, but sink Your truth into the deepest parts of his being. Give him a singular heartbeat for You and Your glory. Soften his heart to correction and instruction. Help him see that he is in need of a Savior and that You are his only hope. Give him a heart and care for others that come before thoughts of himself. Make him very aware of his sin, not for guilt and shame sake, but to increase his awe of the gospel. Thank You, Father, for working in him and giving him a desire to please other people and making them smile at him. But, God, please use that desire for Your good and not the pressure filled people-pleasing mentality that Satan so easily can deceive with. Thank You for the love of reading that You've given Noah. Please funnel that love toward Your Word and truth. Teach him to think critically and align everything with the very inspired Words of You!! I am so thankful for Noah. And I praise You for the gift of him in our family!!
Father, draw Tucker's heart to You. Help him understand that saying he wants to love You is not fully surrendering his life to You. But thank You for that love You've given him at such an early age!! Bring true understanding to his heart of his need for a Rescuer and his hopelessness without You. Guard his sensitive heart from those that will take advantage of him. Continue helping him be a good friend to those around him. Thank You for giving him a love for sharing his things with others. Continue helping him put others before himself. God, He needs Your patience. Help him to trust You when the timing is not in his plans. Give him a faith that trusts You and knows that You are good and perfect in all You do!! Give Tucker the confidence to be himself and not follow the crowd. Raise him up to be a gentle and kind leader and use him to point others to You. I pray, Father, that You will give him great affections for You, Your Word, and Your glory!! Help him to be willing to suffer and go through hard things for the sake of the gospel. Give Tucker joy beyond all measure!! Thank You so much for this precious 2nd born son! Tucker is precious to us!!
I trust You, Father, with these two priceless lives and I know that their hearts and journeys are in Your hands. Help me, God, to point them to You by my words, actions, and habits. For Your glory alone that I pray these things in Your holy and majestic name. Amen.
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