That is why I am suffering as I am. Yet this is no cause for shame, because I know whom I have believed, and am convinced that he is able to guard what I have entrusted to him until that day. (II Timothy 1:12)
Dear Father,
Paul lived in such a way that there was no hope for him unless you were real and unless the story of the resurrection was true. But his trust was complete and his confidence unwavering. I pray these children entrust everything to you such that the non-believer considers them silly for how they live.
Give them a strong conviction in their hearts that you are worthy of their trust and their confidence. Do some obvious things in their lives, as you have done with me, that strengthens that conviction - obvious signs of your presence and you walking with them, actions that cannot really be explained away because the odds against them being coincidence are too great. By you Spirit within them, give them an undeniable presence in their hearts. May they then entrust all that they have and all that they are to you.
Amen
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