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The Rolling Stone Dad
For all that is in the world- the desires of the flesh and the desires of the eyes and pride of life - is not from the Father but is from the world. 1 John 2:16
The Temptations sang it best when singing about having a Dad that was a Rolling Stone; that wherever ‘he laid his hat was his home.’ Lord, I pray that the Rolling Stone Dad will not continue to be a Rolling Stone Dad. Lord, don’t allow him to commit sexual sins. Allow him to know that if he commits sexual sin, he is sinning against himself. Lord, don’t allow him to roll out of one relationship and into another relationship.
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Lord, I pray the Rolling Stone Dad will not use women for sex, money, and a place to lie their head. They will acknowledge and respect all women: especially the mother of his children. I pray that the dad will teach his son not to follow his footsteps. Lord, allow the Rolling Stone Dad to talk about and get over any issues that they have with their mother, grandmother, or any other women which may have caused him not to be able to make a commitment to one
woman.
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Teach him how to love his family and be content in his heart with the family You have given him. Renew his mind, allow him to have the mind of Christ, so that he will strengthen his family to leave a legacy that he was truly a good family man. Don’t let him abuse drugs, alcohol, or money. Teach him what it really means to be a family man.
I pray men will take their true place in society: they will be the provider, protector, and their child's biggest supporter. They will have godly character and integrity. Lord, bind up the hand of the enemy because the Rolling Stone Dad may not have known any better: he is only doing what he saw other men in his family do as he was growing up; this behavior may have been common in his family. Don’t allow him to return to being the way he was. Allow him to know that greater is He that is in him, then he that is in the world. I pray that the dad will teach his son not to follow his footsteps.
PRAYERS FOR THE CHILDREN
Lord, I pray that if a child has a dad that is a Rolling Stone Dad, that the curse is broken with their dad. I pray that their dad will be the last Rolling Stone Dad in the family. Break every chain of this sin and bondage. I pray that both father and son will grow in wisdom and knowledge about how to treat women.
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