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In Genesis, chapters 18 and 19, we read the account of how Abraham stood in the gap for Sodom. God was going to destroy Sodom because the city had turned against Him, but Abraham interceded.

He asked God if He would destroy the righteous with the wicked. (Gen. 18:23.) Then he asked that if fifty righteous people could be found, would God spare the city. God said He would.

Abraham continued to intercede and reason with God until He agreed to spare Sodom if only ten righteous people could be found. But there weren't ten. There was only one: Abraham's nephew, Lot.

God sent two angels to Lot to tell him to leave the city because it was going to be destroyed. Lot obeyed. Genesis 19:29 tells how God remembered Abraham and spared Lot. Because Abraham stood in the gap, Lot was spared.

We see in Ezekiel 22:30 that God was looking for someone to stand in the gap for Israel. Israel had shed blood, profaned the Sabbath, lived immorally, and turned her back on God. In this case God could not find anyone who was willing to stand in the gap for Israel, so He poured out His anger upon her (v. 31.)

What Parents Can Do
Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen (Heb. 11:1). Your faith brings God's power down from heaven to earth no matter what your need. The same faith that brought you salvation brings all the rest of what God has for you, no matter what it is.

Don't worry about when and how the manifestation is going to come. If you wonder when or try to reason how, you are in doubt. You are doubting God and binding His power to bring the manifestation. God doesn't need your worrying; He demands your faith.

Believe God's Word and stand on it. God will do the rest. Just be concerned about your faith and about God's promises. Leave the results to God.

Believe that you have it before you get it. Before you see any results; then wait patiently for the manifestation.

Take control of your mouth because it is your mouth that speaks your faith. Continually and sincerely speak your faith by praising God for the answer because by faith it is done. Remember, "We walk by faith, not by sight" (2 Cor. 5:7). Stand and speak your faith, no matter what you see.

Love and not condemn. Don't allow wrong words to slash out at your children. God doesn't like that. He wants you to reach your hands out to your children right in the midst of their sins.

God's Obligation
Let me explain what God will do when you stand in the gap. If parents will stand in the gap for their children; children, for their parents; all people, for their loved ones; God's power will rule upon the earth and honor the prayers.

Look at the following scriptures:
By the word of the Lord were the heavens made; and all the host of them by the breath of his mouth.
(Ps. 33:6)

The Lord looketh from heaven; he beholdeth all the sons of men. From the place of his habitation he looketh upon all the inhabitants of the earth.
(Ps. 33:13-14)

Our souls waiteth for the Lord: he is our help and our shield. For our hearts shall rejoice in him, because we have trusted in his holy name.
(Ps. 33:20-21)

The angel of the Lord encampeth round about them that fear him, and delivereth them. O taste and see that the Lord is good: blessed is the man that trusteth in him.
(Ps. 34:7-8)

The eyes of the Lord are upon the righteous, and his ears are open unto their cry...The righteous cry, and the Lord heareth, and delivereth them out of all their troubles.
(Ps. 34:15,17)
The compassion that God has upon the lonely heart, upon the heart that has been defeated in life, is amazing. When you don't know what to do, just cry out to Him for His mighty power.

Parents, all you need to do is love, believe God's Word, and stand in the gap by standing in faith on that Word. Let God use you to reach out to your child and show His love to him.

Your part is to let your light shine and praise God for producing the end result: a born-again, Christian child. God will do the rest. Let God reach out through you and perform His Word.

Source: Stand in the Gap for Your Children by Norvel Hayes
Excerpt permission granted by Harrison House Publishers

Author Biography

Norvel Hayes
Web site: Norvel Hayes Ministries
 
Norvel Hayes is a successful businessman, internationally renowned Bible teacher, and founder of several Christian ministries in the United States and abroad.
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