HOUSE OF ROBERTS BLOG

Ok so I am totally a prayer girl, ever since I was little! My mom was a prayer girl so I grew up hearing her pray for me, our family, and for others. In the morning, in the evening, and in the afternoon ha! Prayer was such a natural and normal way for me because I saw it constantly at work in and through my mom’s life. Prayer was not a plan B or C in our life it was always a plan A. It was always the answer to anything we were facing…Before school each morning, our friendship pains, not making a sports team, when we were sick, when we ate dinner, before we would take a test, when we would have bad dreams, when a boy would hurt my heart, or when I was making a decision the answer was always “Gabby have you prayed? Have you asked the Lord for His help?” When I was younger I won’t lie this drove me nuts at times. I just wanted someone to tell me what to do or to make it okay instantly. However, now I say, “God thank you that I had parents that pointed me to Jesus and prayer.” It was shaping me and building in me a natural default to have a mind and heart of prayer. A posture of always reaching to Him. They were teaching me then and I wouldn’t fully appreciate till later; that God was with me and that he wanted to help me ALWAYS. That He is always the answer to whatever Life brings my way, good and bad! 

Because of this I grew up so aware of His presence in my life even when I was doing wrong and didn’t want Him there I would sense Him with me and doing wrong just never felt right because of it. I remember multiple times in my teens when I was going through a hard time and partying, I would be drunk and I would hear the Lord whisper in my ear “Gabby what I have for you is better than this.” Holy agitation would hit my heart and bring a deep disdain for the way I was living and a hunger for more of Him would sweep through me. I know my mom was praying for me in these moments…She’s a prayer girl.

I am leading my kids this same way, continuing this “prayerful posture” forward in their lives and in Jesus' name the generations to come from us. That His presence would be normal to them, that they would joyfully include Him in their days, that they would see their dad and I praying in all things, at all times, on every occasion, persistently (Ephesians 6:18) inviting God to help, teach, train, heal, provide, and to be with us. 

They may not get it FULLY right now, they may even fight you on it, but believe me PLANT the seed of prayer in their hearts, and tell them constantly that God is with them and will always help them! Together with them pray about everything and know and trust God to water that seed you plant in them all the days of their life.