The Bible shows parents bringing their children before God. Hannah prayed for a son and gave him to the Lord (1 Samuel 1:27), and people brought children to Jesus so that he would bless them (Mark 10:16). The words Scripture gives for such prayers were first spoken to others: the priestly blessing of Numbers 6:24-26 to Israel, and Paul’s prayers to the churches at Ephesus and Colossae (Ephesians 3:16-19; Colossians 1:9-12). Isaiah 44:3 is a promise about descendants: “I will…
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