Episode 40: How to Pray for Yourself (and Others!) PLUS Tips for Picky Eaters

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How to pray for yourself and others

Colossians 1:9-12, ESV

And so, from the day we heard, we have not ceased to pray for you, asking that you may be filled with the knowledge of his will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding, 

so as to walk in a manner worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing to him: bearing fruit in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God; 

being strengthened with all power, according to his glorious might, for all endurance and patience with joy; 

giving thanks to the Father, who has qualified you to share in the inheritance of the saints in light. 

Pray to:

• Know God’s will

• Have wisdom

  • Wisdom: seeing and responding to life’s situations from God’s frame of reference

  • Seeing life from God’s perspective

• Have spiritual understanding

  • The ability to apply wisdom to daily life

• Walk worthy

  • Live in a way that’s consistent with being identified with Christ

• Fully please God

• Be fruitful and do good works

  • Praise God

  • Give generously

  • Live a godly life

  • Disciple your children

  • Display holy attitudes

  • Lead people to Christ

• Know God

• Be strengthened with all power according to His glorious might

  • So that as my physical man wastes away, my inner man may grow mighty in God

• Have patience

  • Endure difficult circumstances

• Be long-suffering

  • Endure difficult people

• Be thankful

Question time

Sarah: How do you handle a kid who says that everything at most meals is “yucky” and “gross” and won’t try it?

• Be excited about new foods

  • Don’t assume they won’t like them

• Compare new things to what they already like

  • Love pickles—green olives are a little bit “pickle-y”

• Very matter of fact—that’s ok, nobody likes everything, but in our family we are going to give things a try (you set the boundary for what you require in your family—you don’t have to answer to anyone for the way your kids eat.)

• Help your tastebuds grow up

  • Don’t worry, you’ll like it some day—let’s see if your tastebuds are ready for it?

• One bite for every year (or so)

  • 3 yo take 3 bites (3 1/2 bites!!)

  • 6 yo take 3 or 4 bites

• BE AT PEACE—consider evaluating what your kid has eaten on a weekly/monthly basis, rather than meal-by-meal.

• All humans will go for easy energy (sugar/carbs) and are drawn to sweet/colorful food. Choose what you have on hand so you have an assortment of things that you’re happy with them eating, and let them make a choice.

• Focus on nutrient density—give them satiating foods.

• Be smart about when you serve what

  • If I serve bread with soup, I have to fight them to eat the soup.

  • If I serve soup first, and give them bread with the second bowl, they gobble down the first bowl.