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negative tendency that seems to run in your family or your spouse’s family that you would not like to see your child inherit (for instance, laziness, irresponsibility, self-pity, anger, unforgiveness, bitterness, gossiping, coldness, being critical)? ____________. Describe.
    3. Are there any sinful or destructive patterns of behavior on either side of your child’s family which you would not want to touch your child’s life (alcoholism, infidelity, lying, divorce, drugs)? ____________. Describe.
    4. God has given you authority over all the power of the enemy. Take that authority and write out a prayer breaking all the bondages over your family that you listed in questions 1, 2, and 3. (“In the name of Jesus, I break the spirit of divorce and alcoholism and I say that it has no part in my life or the life of my child…”)
    5. Read Romans 8:15-17 and underline it in your Bible. Whose child are you? _________________. Where does your inheritance ultimately come from? ____________________. Where does your child’s inheritance ultimately come from? ___________________.
    6. Write out Romans 8:15-17 as a proclamation to the enemy of your child’s soul, and inform him that your child’s inheritance comes from the Lord.
    7. Read 1 John 1:9 and underline it in your Bible. How do we become cleansed of the effects of sin? ________________. Once we do that, what does God do? ________________. In light of that, how should you pray for your child?
    8. Read Galatians 5:1 in your Bible and underline it. Write it as a prayer over yourself and your child.
    9. Read 2 Corinthians 5:17. Write out this scripture as a proclamation over your child, and then speak it out loud over your child. “ Name of child is in Christ and he (she) is a new creation…”)
    10. Pray out loud the prayer on pages 155–156 of T HE P OWER OF A P RAYING P ARENT . Include specifics about your child.

 

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Read Chapter 23: “Avoiding Alcohol, Drugs, and Other Addictions” from T HE P OWER OF A P RAYING P ARENT
    1. Read Proverbs 11:3 and underline it in your Bible. In light of this scripture, what would be a good character trait for your child to have in order to be able to resist any temptation that the enemy puts in his (her) path? _________________________. Write out a prayer for your child regarding that.
    2. One of the best ways to shield your child from temptation is to pray that he (she) be built up in the truth of the Lord. Write out a prayer to that effect for your child.
    3. Read 1 John 4:2-4 and underline it in your Bible. How do you know that a spirit is of God? _________________________. How do you know that a spirit is not of God? _________________________. The spirit in you is from _____________________. The spirit in the world is from _________________. Which spirit is greater? ______________________.
    4. Do you believe you have authority over all the power of the enemy? (Luke 10:19) ___________. Do you, then, have power over the enemy of your child? __________. Do you believe you have the power tobreak strongholds in your child’s life through prayer? ____________. Why or why not?
    5. Read 1 Corinthians 10:13 and underline it in your Bible. Write it out as a prayer over your child. (“No temptation has overtaken name of child except such as is common to man…”)
    6. Read Romans 8:13 and underline it in your Bible. Write this as a prayer over your child. (“Lord, I praythat name of child will not live according to the flesh which brings death, but will…”)
    7. Read Deuteronomy 30:19-20 and underline it in your Bible. In light of this scripture, how important is it that your child make the right choices? What can happen if he (she) doesn’t?
    8. In Deuteronomy 30:20, what three things must your child do in order to have a long life? ___________________, ___________________, and ___________________. Write out a prayer asking God to help your child learn to do those things.
    9. Write out a prayer asking the Holy