For the raising of my children.

by Laura
(Canada)

Please pray for my children. I am a Christian, but in the folly of my youth, I married an unbeliever. He is also a drug addict and an alcoholic. He is very selfish and self-indulgent, and focuses his life on pleasure and fun. Very often he mistreats me in front of our children - he is rude and hateful and uses foul language. My heart breaks to think that our four children are growing up with this man as their model of how a man should behave. I hardly dare to ask for prayers for my husband, as I fear his heart is too hard to ever change. But I ask for prayers for our precious children, that God would send godly role models into their lives, that they would somehow grow up to be mature, responsible, godly men and women regardless of how their father behaves. I want so badly for my children to grow up to be loving and unselfish, so that they can have good marriages and happy families some day. I can't bear the thought of them turning out to be selfish and unloving like their father. Thank you for your prayers. I have 4 children, 2 boys and 2 girls.