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The Grieving Dad
You, Lord, keep my lamp burning: my God turns my darkness into light. Psalms 18:28 NIV
Lord, I pray You will comfort the father's heart that has lost a child. I pray that You will allow him to grieve, but don’t let the grief paralyze him each day of his life for years to come. Allow him to know that there is a time to mourn, and a time to dance. Allow him to be thankful for the time that You allowed the child to be here on Earth. Lord, I pray that he doesn’t suffer with guilt of things that may have been said or things that he did not say to their child prior to them passing. Give him peace in his heart and surround him with Your comfort. Let the Dad know to be absent from the body is to be present with the Lord.
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Allow the Dad to weep and not be considered weak. Lord, I pray that he will not be so angry with You that he will not worship You. Lord, I pray that if he was a worshiper prior to losing his seed, that he would continue to worship and serve you. I pray that the Grieving Dad will not have anger
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toward you. Allow him to know that King David in the Bible worshipped you after he had lost his son.
Allow his family and friends to come to him and speak words of encouragement to him--especially on the child's birthday or anniversary of the child's death. Allow his family and friends to know that sometimes not saying anything is okay: just their spending time with him is good. Lord, allow them to know that You are God, and You don’t make mistakes. Allow the Grieving Dad to stay connected with You all the more, and if he does not know You, let him get to know You as his personal Savior.
PRAYERS FOR THE CHILDREN
Let the child talk to the Dad about how their sibling’s death has affected them, and allow them to grieve. Don’t let them be mad at the parents because of the child's death. Open the lines of communication so they can freely talk about their sibling’s death. Don’t allow the sibling to fall into depression, or be so angry that they take things into their own hands. Cover the children with Your blood, against accidents, illnesses, danger, or death. Lord, I pray You will comfort them and give them peace that surpasses all understanding.
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