I have two questions for MM today. My first question is what are all the necessary ingredients of a good and successful blessing. When you are thinking about blessing or trying to bless someone or thing what are the things you need do to have success with that? What are the things that help and what are the things that hurt the process?
The second question is about prayer for my daughter. She is 12 and nearing 13. She already has a strong will of her own and thinks of her self as much more mature than she actually is. Therefore we have different ideas about some situations. When a child is just an infant a parent I think has wide latitude in their prayers for the child. By the time the child is an adult the normal prohibitions of prayer come into effect, not praying without permission and respecting the child's Will, etc. In the in between time how should one handle this situation. I know you are yourself not a parent but I imagine you have some ideas here.
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I have two questions for MM today. My first question is what are all the necessary ingredients of a good and successful blessing. When you are thinking about blessing or trying to bless someone or thing what are the things you need do to have success with that? What are the things that help and what are the things that hurt the process?
The second question is about prayer for my daughter. She is 12 and nearing 13. She already has a strong will of her own and thinks of her self as much more mature than she actually is. Therefore we have different ideas about some situations. When a child is just an infant a parent I think has wide latitude in their prayers for the child. By the time the child is an adult the normal prohibitions of prayer come into effect, not praying without permission and respecting the child's Will, etc. In the in between time how should one handle this situation. I know you are yourself not a parent but I imagine you have some ideas here.
Thanks so much
Will O