{"id":2026,"date":"2018-03-19T22:56:38","date_gmt":"2018-03-19T22:56:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/gso\/?p=2026"},"modified":"2018-04-16T20:34:25","modified_gmt":"2018-04-16T20:34:25","slug":"for-this-child-she-prayed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/gso\/2018\/03\/19\/for-this-child-she-prayed\/","title":{"rendered":"For this Child She Prayed"},"content":{"rendered":"

There was a story once told about a family who owned a vase.\u00a0\u00a0The vase was a family heirloom, passed from generation to generation for hundreds of years.\u00a0\u00a0To the parents who now owned this vase, it was priceless.\u00a0\u00a0One weekend, the parents were going to go out for the evening and the vase, which sat on a mantle, was entrusted to their two children.\u00a0\u00a0As the evening progressed, the two children were playing and became a bit careless.\u00a0\u00a0Before they realized it, the vase was tossed from child to child.\u00a0\u00a0One toss was short, and the vase came crashing to the floor.\u00a0\u00a0It was broken into many pieces.\u00a0\u00a0Later that evening, the parents arrived home and were met by their two children at the door.\u00a0\u00a0The priceless heirloom, passed from generation to generation, was now lost . . . forever.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Wood Family<\/p><\/div>\n

Our faith, which is the most valuable thing we own, is like the vase in this story.\u00a0\u00a0Our faith is the one thing we can pass from generation to generation.\u00a0\u00a0It increases in value if it is shared with our descendants and they receive it with the same care we give it.\u00a0\u00a0We desire for our children to treat their faith and value it as we do our own.\u00a0\u00a0We want our children to have a love and passion for God that overflows in a love for mankind and demonstrates that love in a world that is broken and in desperate need for the heirloom for which we care so deeply.<\/p>\n

Amid a secular society, it is easy to become careless with our faith.\u00a0\u00a0It is our responsibility to train our children so that they have a healthy respect for God, the work of the cross, and for His Word.\u00a0\u00a0Proverbs 22:6 says \u201cStart children off on the way they should go, and even when they are old they will not turn from it.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0We must be intentional with how we develop our own walk with Christ and be purposeful in how we train the next generation to do the same.<\/p>\n

Many people believe we are fighting a losing battle when faced with the challenges of today.\u00a0\u00a0We battle social changes, moral shifts, and technology that consumes the desires of the hearts of our children.\u00a0\u00a0However, the Word of God does not change!\u00a0 It is our faith in the Word that is our precious heirloom and we must pass it down to the next generation.\u00a0\u00a0In II Timothy, 3:16-17, the Bible says, \u201cAll scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, that the man of God may be competent, equipped for every good work.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0Are we equipping our children, and the generations to come, to be trained and equipped (and even corrected) the same as we are by the Word of the Lord?<\/p>\n

I am proof of the importance of passing this precious heirloom from generation to generation.\u00a0\u00a0In 1879, my great-grandmother, Florence, asked Jesus Christ to be her Lord and Savior.\u00a0\u00a0As she continued to live her life as a devout Christian, she married and had children.<\/p>\n

Many years later, Florence was staying with her son.\u00a0\u00a0He had small boys of his own at this time and one evening, they were acting as young boys do.\u00a0\u00a0Although they had been sent to bed, they decided to tip-toe closer to the fireplace to get warm after everyone had gone to sleep.\u00a0\u00a0Believing they would not get caught, the inched even closer to the fireplace.\u00a0\u00a0Then, they heard a noise.\u00a0\u00a0They listened in carefully and realized it was their grandmother . . .praying.<\/p>\n

As she prayed the word became clear. \u201cOur heavenly Father, I pray for laborers into your vineyard.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0The boys realized that she was praying over them!\u00a0 As they continued to listen, they were impressed by the fact that this old lady was up late and praying when she could have been asleep, warm in her bed.\u00a0\u00a0That prayer produced fruit!\u00a0 From that line of prayer has come more than 80 ministers, one IPHC general official, two conference Discipleship Ministries directors, three conference bishops and eight missionaries! One of the boys who heard her pray years later became a conference bishop.\u00a0\u00a0I, personally, am a product of my great grandmother\u2019s prayers. I currently serve as children\u2019s pastor continuing to share the good news with children.<\/p>\n

Each generation will influence the next generation either for good or for bad. The wisdom of the psalmist found in Psalms 145:1-4 is an excellent example for each generation. The psalmist said: \u201cI will praise you, my God and King, and bless your name each day and forever.\u00a0Great is Jehovah! Greatly praise him! His greatness is beyond discovery!\u00a0Let each generation tell its children what glorious things He does.\u201d<\/p>\n

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By Elaine Wood<\/strong><\/p>\n

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\"\"<\/a>Elaine Wood currently serves as the children\u2019s pastor at Valley Harvest Ministries in Dublin, Virginia, she also served as the first national children\u2019s ministry director for the IPHC. A graduate of Emmanuel College, Elaine has a rich family heritage in the IPHC, going back four generations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"excerpt","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1905,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","episode_type":"","audio_file":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","filesize_raw":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[520,1],"tags":[510,521,534,289],"class_list":{"0":"post-2026","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-allgenerations","8":"category-general","9":"tag-510","10":"tag-all-generations","11":"tag-elaine-woods","12":"tag-march","13":"entry"},"title_es":"Por este ni\u00f1o que ella rez\u00f3","content_es":"Hubo una historia que una vez se cont\u00f3 sobre una familia propietaria de un jarr\u00f3n. El jarr\u00f3n era una reliquia familiar, pas\u00f3 de generaci\u00f3n en generaci\u00f3n durante cientos de a\u00f1os. Para los padres que ahora eran due\u00f1os de este jarr\u00f3n, no ten\u00eda precio. Un fin de semana, los padres iban a salir por la noche y el jarr\u00f3n, que estaba sobre un manto, fue confiado a sus dos hijos. A medida que avanzaba la noche, los dos ni\u00f1os estaban jugando y se volvieron un poco descuidados. Antes de que se dieran cuenta, el florero fue arrojado de ni\u00f1o a ni\u00f1o. Un lanzamiento fue corto, y el jarr\u00f3n se estrell\u00f3 contra el piso. Estaba roto en muchos pedazos. M\u00e1s tarde esa noche, los padres llegaron a casa y fueron recibidos por sus dos hijos en la puerta. La reliquia inestimable, que se transmite de generaci\u00f3n en generaci\u00f3n, ahora se perdi\u00f3. . . Siempre.<\/em> Nuestra fe, que es lo m\u00e1s valioso que poseemos, es como el jarr\u00f3n en esta historia. Nuestra fe es lo \u00fanico que podemos transmitir de generaci\u00f3n en generaci\u00f3n. Aumenta en valor si se comparte con nuestros descendientes y ellos lo reciben con el mismo cuidado que nosotros le damos. Deseamos que nuestros ni\u00f1os traten su fe y la valoren como hacemos con los nuestros. Queremos que nuestros hijos tengan un amor y una pasi\u00f3n por Dios que se desborde en un amor por la humanidad y demuestre ese amor en un mundo quebrado y en una necesidad desesperada de la reliquia de la familia por la cual nos preocupamos tan profundamente. En medio de una sociedad secular, es f\u00e1cil descuidarse con nuestra fe. Es nuestra responsabilidad entrenar a nuestros hijos para que tengan un respeto saludable por Dios, por el trabajo de la cruz y por Su Palabra. Proverbios 22: 6 dice: \"Pongan en marcha a los ni\u00f1os por el camino que deben seguir, y aun cuando sean viejos, no se apartar\u00e1n de \u00e9l\". Debemos ser intencionales con la forma en que desarrollamos nuestro propio caminar con Cristo y ser decididos en la forma en que entrenamos la pr\u00f3xima generaci\u00f3n para hacer lo mismo. Muchas personas creen que estamos librando una batalla perdida cuando enfrentamos los desaf\u00edos de hoy. Luchamos contra los cambios sociales, los cambios morales y la tecnolog\u00eda que consume los deseos de los corazones de nuestros hijos. Sin embargo, \u00a1la Palabra de Dios no cambia! Es nuestra fe en la Palabra que es nuestra preciosa reliquia y debemos transmitirla a la pr\u00f3xima generaci\u00f3n. En II Timoteo, 3: 16-17, la Biblia dice: \"Toda la Escritura es exhalada por Dios y \u00fatil para ense\u00f1ar, para redarg\u00fcir, para corregir y para instruir en justicia, para que el hombre de Dios sea competente, equipado para toda buena obra. \"\u00bfEstamos equipando a nuestros hijos, y las generaciones por venir, para ser entrenados y equipados (e incluso corregidos) de la misma manera que lo somos por la Palabra del Se\u00f1or? Soy una prueba de la importancia de pasar esta preciosa reliquia de generaci\u00f3n en generaci\u00f3n. En 1879, mi bisabuela, Florence, le pidi\u00f3 a Jesucristo que fuera su Se\u00f1or y Salvador. Mientras continuaba viviendo su vida como cristiana devota, se cas\u00f3 y tuvo hijos. Muchos a\u00f1os despu\u00e9s, Florence se estaba quedando con su hijo. \u00c9l ten\u00eda ni\u00f1os peque\u00f1os en este momento y una noche, estaban actuando como los ni\u00f1os peque\u00f1os. A pesar de que los hab\u00edan enviado a la cama, decidieron ponerse de puntitas m\u00e1s cerca de la chimenea para calentarse despu\u00e9s de que todos se hubieran ido a dormir. Creyendo que no los atrapar\u00edan, los acercar\u00edan a\u00fan m\u00e1s a la chimenea. Entonces, escucharon un ruido. Escucharon cuidadosamente y se dieron cuenta de que era su abuela. . .praying. Mientras oraba, la palabra se volvi\u00f3 clara. \"Nuestro Padre celestial, oro por los trabajadores en tu vi\u00f1a\". \u00a1Los muchachos se dieron cuenta de que estaba orando por ellos! Mientras continuaban escuchando, quedaron impresionados por el hecho de que esta anciana se hab\u00eda levantado hasta tarde y rezaba cuando pod\u00eda haber estado dormida, abrigada en su cama. \u00a1Esa oraci\u00f3n produjo fruto! De esa l\u00ednea de oraci\u00f3n han salido m\u00e1s de 80 ministros, un funcionario general de IPHC, dos directores de conferencias del Ministerio de Discipulado, tres obispos de conferencia y ocho misioneros. Uno de los muchachos que la escuch\u00f3 orar a\u00f1os m\u00e1s tarde se convirti\u00f3 en obispo de la conferencia. Yo, personalmente, soy un producto de las oraciones de mi bisabuela. Actualmente sirvo como pastor de ni\u00f1os y contin\u00fao compartiendo las buenas nuevas con los ni\u00f1os. Cada generaci\u00f3n influir\u00e1 en la pr\u00f3xima generaci\u00f3n, ya sea para bien o para mal. La sabidur\u00eda del salmista que se encuentra en los Salmos 145: 1-4 es un excelente ejemplo para cada generaci\u00f3n. El salmista dijo: \"Te alabar\u00e9, mi Dios y Rey, y bendecir\u00e9 tu nombre cada d\u00eda y para siempre. \u00a1Grande es Jehov\u00e1! \u00a1Mucho elogio! \u00a1Su grandeza est\u00e1 m\u00e1s all\u00e1 del descubrimiento! Deje que cada generaci\u00f3n les cuente a sus hijos qu\u00e9 cosas gloriosas hace \". Por Elaine Wood<\/strong> \"\"<\/a> Elaine Wood actualmente se desempe\u00f1a como pastor de ni\u00f1os en Valley Harvest Ministries en Dublin, Virginia, y tambi\u00e9n se desempe\u00f1\u00f3 como la primera directora nacional de ministerio de ni\u00f1os para IPHC. Egresada de Emmanuel College, Elaine tiene una rica herencia familiar en IPHC, que se remonta a cuatro generaciones.","author_name":"","jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/gso\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2018\/01\/All-Generations-GSO-2018-3.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pb62Bx-wG","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/gso\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2026","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/gso\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/gso\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/gso\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/gso\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2026"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/gso\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2026\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/gso\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1905"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/gso\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2026"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/gso\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2026"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/gso\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2026"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}