If you’ve been feeling overwhelmed, overstimulated, or tired of correcting your children by raising your voice, this prayer is for you. Pray with me, and save it for the moments when you feel yourself about to snap.

Good afternoon, I’m new here! I’m a single mom so I’ve joined for the support and community, but also to grow as a Christian parent.

A. You feel bad after giving consequences B. You’re tired and don’t have the energy C. Your child keeps pushing back D. You and your spouse are not on the same page E. You didn’t grow up seeing healthy discipline Drop the letter below.

Yesterday, a few parents shared that the hardest part of being consistent with discipline is being tired. And listen, I get it. We wake up tired and still go to work.We’re sleepy and still clock in.We’re drained and still answer emails.We’re overwhelmed and still show up for the job. Why? Because somewhere in our mind, we have decided, “This has to be done.” Bills have to be paid.The household has to be sustained.Responsibilities have to be handled. So even when we’re tired, we pull from a reserve. Some of us have a reserve for our earthly job, but we don’t have a reserve for our children. And I’m not saying that to condemn anybody. I’m saying it because we have to wake up to it. Our jobs help us sustain our homes financially, yes. But our children are an assignment from the Lord. Training them, correcting them, teaching them, covering them, disciplining them, and raising them in the ways of God..... that is kingdom work. So if we give all our energy to the job, the errands, the phone, the people, the scrolling, the stress, and then our children only get what’s left, we have to ask ourselves: Are we missing the mark in the place God assigned us most personally? Because discipline takes energy. Following through takes energy.Correcting calmly takes energy.Repeating yourself without exploding takes energy.Not giving in because you’re tired takes energy.Being consistent when your child pushes back takes energy. And that means we need to start praying differently. Not just, “Lord, help my child listen.” But “Lord, give me the strength to lead.”“Lord, fill my capacity.”“Lord, help me not give everything away before I get home.”“Lord, teach me how to conserve energy for my children.”“Lord, remind me that parenting is not an interruption. It’s an assignment.” Because our children cannot keep getting the exhausted version of us while everybody else gets our discipline, focus, and follow-through. We have to stop treating parenting like the thing we do after everything else gets done.

I’ve been asking God to help me release control of my children and surrender them to him I keep reminding myself that they belong to him and it’s my job to steward them and raise them up in the way of the lord God entrusted me with them so I have to be totally dependent on him to raise lead and guide them I can’t do it in my own strength so father God right now here in this space we release all control and render them to you we ask you to lead us and guide us as we lead them in Jesus name Amen 🙏🏾