Pray for Your Family
The most important action you can take to protect your children is to consistently pray for them. We can train them, warn them, and build defenses around them, but nothing is perfect. It is likely that at some point they will find themselves distracted by their devices or exposed to something they shouldn’t see. In those moments they are outside of our control and we must rely on the Holy Spirit to prick their consciences and help them to turn away from destructive things. Prayer is the only way we can ask the Spirit to join with us in protecting our children.
For this cause we also, since the day we heard it, do not cease to pray for you, and to desire that ye might be filled with the knowledge of his will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding;
Colossians 1:9
There are many things about which you can pray related to your children’s usage of digital technology, but here are a few suggestions.
Things to pray for:
- To prevent their devices from distracting them from spiritual things
- To build relationships in real life instead of in a digital world
- To be protected from exposure to impure material
- To build discernment in their use of devices
- To turn to God in times of temptation
You should not only pray for your children, you should also pray for yourself. Knowing how to deal with the many decisions you must make to raise godly children is not easy. It is only with the indwelling of the Holy Spirit that you can know what is best to do for your family.