God’s Story for my Child

There have been many times on our journey it has felt hopeless and we have been overwhelmed by the day to day. During a time when our child had been admitted into the Mental Health Unit a friend of ours from Church sent us an email as they had been praying. They had looked up the meaning of our child’s name which was ‘God has remembered’ and sent us a big prayer around this meaning. It is always significant when you name your child but more than ever, in that moment, we needed to be reminded of the incredibly prophetic name that our son had.

From that moment on whenever we spoke his name we were declaring ‘God has remembered’. That particular lesson helped us to start learning how to hold faith in declaring and writing our son’s God story and making it plain. A few months later we also received the most remarkable prophetic word that was SO encouraging yet nothing that we were seeing in reality at the time. The church was left in tears because they knew the challenges we were facing and also were encouraged on our behalf by this word. Another paragraph in the God story.

Another time I was out of ideas and energy, completely depleted and unsure of the future, I went to a Church Prayer Meeting. I got on my knees and I cried and cried. God gave me the clearest picture of my son on his wedding day. It was as clear as anything. I felt the breath come back into my lungs at this vision. Another photo in the God Story.

I have created a template (found in the FAQ’s) to help us as parents write down the God story for our child - the meaning of their name, prophetic words, dreams, visions… anything that has been significant to remind you of the God Story. If you don’t have anything now it will give you something to pray for and look for.

PRAYER

Thank you Lord that you have a future and a hope and a purpose for every person on the planet. I pray that you help remind us of the God story for our children. That it would become a weapon for the times we doubt. That we would ask, seek, knock and declare life over our children. Amen

Amy Jorgensen