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God,
My kids are growing up faster than I can keep up. I can't follow them into every classroom or every friendship, but You can. Guard their hearts, guide their choices, and bring them back to You when they wander.
In Jesus' name, Amen.
GRACE & TRUTH
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Bible verses about children
Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.
And all thy children shall be taught of the LORD; and great shall be the peace of thy children.
Lo, children are an heritage of the LORD: and the fruit of the womb is his reward.
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