Prayer Posters

I'm reading a new book about prayer, The circle Maker, by Mark Batterson. I have really enjoyed this book, been inspired, encouraged and motivated to raise my level of prayer earnestly. You'll be seeing more about that.
Today, I just want to share one little tid-bit, directly quoted from the book because I loooove this idea, and have to pass,it on for any readers with young children.

       "A few years ago, our friends Dennis and Donna, who pastor a neighboring church on Capital Hill, told us about something God had impressed upon them to do for their children. They identified words that were descriptive and prescriptive of their kids; then they had them framed to hang on the walls of their rooms. They often wondered whether those words meant anything, but their oldest daughter, who is now grown up and out of the house, recently told them that on some nights when she couldn't fall asleep, she would look at those words on the wall, and they would speak to her.  Those framed words started to frame her. She started to see herself in light of her God-ordained destiny.
      Lora and I loved the idea, so we adapted it for our daughter, Summer. Prior to Summer's most recent birthday, Lora recruited two of Summer's aunts to come up with a list of prophetic words to speak into Summer's life.  Each of them took three words and talked about them over a special birthday dinner. Then we had a graphic designer turn those nine words into a poster. Each word is in a different font, and these different fonts represent nine different dimensions of her destiny. That poster hangs in Summer's room as a reminder of her true identity in Christ...
These nine words define the character we see in Summer.  These nine words are nine prophecies that we will pray around Summer for the rest of our lives."

From The Circle Maker, Mark Batterson.