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Standing In The Gap: Fighting Spiritual Battles For My Children

Stressed Young Woman

We are not fighting against flesh-and-blood enemies, but against evil rulers and authorities of the unseen world, against mighty powers in this dark world, and against evil spirits in the heavenly places. Eph. 6:12

Well, this is my first post baby post. After an unexpected C-section and an extended stay in NICU, I finally made it home with a healthy baby girl. I was anxious to recover, catch up on a week’s worth of lost of sleep and some uninterrupted snuggle time with my baby.

That was my expectation. However something else was on the books for me. That would be two major parenting dilemmas. Sin came to my house. To my children.

For several days I have been tormented on how to deal with it. I have been riddled with anxiety. I have lost sleep. I have been sick with worry. These are my children and they are in danger. They have been exposed to sin. They have been attacked by the enemy. They are just children and they need my help.

I have been trying to employ all the wisdom I have. I have been trying to find the right answers. I have been trying to protect, cope and reconcile all this mess on my own. And you know what-  it’s not working.

It’s not working because this mess is bigger than me.  I have realized in this season that I am not the first parent who has felt helpless and hopeless. Here’s a few:

  • There was a government official in nearby Capernaum whose son was very sick. When he heard that Jesus had come from Judea to Galilee, he went and begged Jesus to come to Capernaum to heal his son, who was about to die. John 4:46-47
  • As Jesus was saying this, the leader of a synagogue came and knelt before him. “My daughter has just died,” he said, “but you can bring her back to life again if you just come and lay your hand on her.” Mt. 9:18
  • Right away a woman who had heard about him came and fell at his feet. Her little girl was possessed by an evil spirit, and she begged him to cast out the demon from her daughter. Mk. 7:25-26
  • A man came and knelt before Jesus and said, “Lord, have mercy on my son.” Mt. 17:14-15

These parents were helpless and hopeless. They were overwhelmed and desperate.  I am too. I am desperate. I am overwhelmed with the challenges facing my children. But there is a greater reality. Jesus is not.

So today I need to follow in the steps of those moms and dads. Their stories were preserved for a reason. In their desperation they clung to their last and only hope. Jesus. Then fell before him and called on him to do what he does. I need to drop my children at his feet and watch him  heal their sickness, to cast out their demons and bring life back where there is death. He did great things when these parents stood in the gap for their children. He will do great things when I stand in the gap for mine.

Oh, and we named the new baby Amitiah  “God is faithful.”  She is my reminder that he is  just that.

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There is no greater warrior than a mother protecting her child. – N.K. Jemisin

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Comments: 8
  1. Keith Stonehart
    9 years ago

    I love y’all …. Know that. … And also know that I pray for you , Daniel and those beautiful kids every single day , because I know Satan wants them. He wants them because of the war you and Dan have waged on him …. Know this also – WE FIGHT WITH YOU! Lay your cares at the feet of the master and he will protect you as we all fight along side each other … I just woke up and this probably makes very little sense , but that has never stopped me from commenting before 😉

    Keep fighting , you inspire many…

    The Degarmos are loved ,

    Keith Stonehart

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  2. beckye
    9 years ago

    Sin is always there waiting to entrap us and our families. We have Jesus who can help us to overcome it.

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  3. Evelyn
    9 years ago

    Serena, it is with heavy heart that I say how badly I feel for your circumstances. God knows all the TROUBLE the devil put Donald and I through when our children were at that ‘absorption’ age! The times we TREMBLED and SHOOK over anxious moments when our children were in more than just dangers for their souls, but their very physical lives because they stood up for God. The times plans were made to destroy all that we had built up in them from their infancies. The child who knew better than God and mankind whom we had to thrust out to God, as He had commanded. It is a normal thing, these things, but, it was so horrible to go through. And with that, I will pray for you and hubby, that you trust God that He will do what is right. Let those children know out loud in your prayers to God how discouraged you have become. Let them know that sin is never the way to go. I love you and pray that things will ease down..God will give you strength, courage and wisdom. Evelyn

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    • Serena
      9 years ago

      I’m hanging on… and when I am not I know he is hanging on to me. I am claiming the promises that he has made to my children. He will pour out his Spirit and his blessings on my children.

      “For I will pour out water to quench your thirst and to irrigate your parched fields.
      And I will pour out my Spirit on your descendants, and my blessing on your children.
      They will thrive like watered grass, like willows on a riverbank.” Is. 44:3-4

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  4. Rhonda
    9 years ago

    Sometimes I really just wish you had a more spiritual outlook on things. 😉

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    • Serena
      9 years ago

      🙂

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  5. Kathy
    5 years ago

    This Serena is where I am. Everything you stated above is how I am feeling, but reading the 4 different scenarios of the people desperate for God to fix the problem has inspired me to keep pushing an continue to trust God. If he did it for them back then he will do it for me. Thank you so much for this post. really incourging… Hope all is well and love that name Amitiah ” God is faithful” and that he is. He has not got me this far to fail me now! Again thanks for this post…

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    • Serena
      5 years ago

      Thank you for sharing that!!

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