This could be a fun activity for you – constructing a statement to speak over your children (or to speak over YOURSELF for that matter) that is suited to what you hope for them to become in Christ.

You will bless the Lord at all times and His praises shall continually be in your mouth. You have the whole armour of God so that you can stand against the schemes of the devil. You are a leader and not a follower.Īfter that, I normally say only a few more things before the day begins. You will be a blessing to your teachers and a blessing to your friends. You will love the Lord your God with all your heart, all your soul and all your strength. You are a man of integrity and character. I have a consistent way of starting – an initial first few sentences that they always expect – but then it’s a free-for-all – whatever comes to mind at the time.

Because actually, it is really just a compilation of Scripture verses – promises from the Lord that I reword into affirming statements for their lives. Honestly, I wish I could give you more detail than you’re going to find here. Many of you have asked me to be a little bit more specific about what I say to the boys each day. They smile – in between sighs of impatience – and indulge their mother 🙂 Well, of course, I demand that they take their hands down from over their ears and listen intently as I tell them who they are in Christ and who they are becoming as men who will live in way that is honoring to Him. Most of the time, as soon as I start in on the liturgy of “You are.” statements, they frantically lift their hands up over their ears as if to say, “Mom, enough already, we hear this every day!” I am very intentional about speaking affirmative Scripturally-based statements over my boys. I figured it might be good for me to answer it here on the blog! It has to do with something I mentioned in one of the video sessions in the Gideon Bible study. Recently, I’ve been getting one particular question quite a bit. Whenever I get a free minute, I love sitting down and hear about the things that are on your mind. One of my greatest joys is reading blog comments, tweets and emails from YOU.

He speaks to me by priscilla shirer