Some of my fondest memories are centered on hearing my mother pray after we children were in bed.  I would listen intently as she talked with God because I knew she would call my name. She would be asking the Lord to watch over me, to protect me from evil, and to draw me closer to Him. Once I heard my name, I could then go to sleep, content that all was well.
 
Growing up, we were taught to pray and to believe God for a miracle when we needed one. Every answered prayer was a miracle!
 
We are living in a busy and hectic time. Children are being courted by the world through electronics and entertainment. As never before, we parents need to be aware of all their activities.  Children and teenagers need to hear their mothers and fathers praying for them. They need to hear us calling out their names in prayer.
 
"When I call to remembrance the genuine faith that is in you, which dwelt first in your grandmother Lois and your mother Eunice, and I am persuaded is in you also. Therefore I remind you to stir up the gift of God which is in you through the laying on of my hands"   (II Timothy 1: 5-6, NKJV).
 
 We can only expect our children to learn how to develop a close relationship with God as we teach them and because we have been an example to them. They will believe that Jesus is their dearest friend if He has been that dear friend to us. They will be able to believe God for miracles in their lives if they have seen miracles of answered prayer in ours.
 
 There are times when children, especially teenagers, will wander away from the straight and narrow path.  But, we have the promise that if we "Train up a child in the way he should go: when he is old, he will not depart from it" (Proverbs 22:6). I have seen young adults, and, even older people, make their way back to God because they had been trained in a spiritual church and by a loving mother at a younger age.
 
Recently, my elderly father, who quit going to church fifty years ago, prayed back through and is attending a United Pentecostal Church faithfully. His mother, my grandmother, prayed faithfully for him all the time that she was alive. Although she passed away several years ago, her efforts were not in vain, and she will rejoice with her son one day in heaven. I am convinced, mothers, that God hears our prayers and that we need to pray for our children, no matter what their ages, until the Lord comes.
(From: Ladies Connections Newsletter)