Episode 260 - A Passion to Pray for Children & Schools with Fern Nichols

“I was sending my boys to junior high, into a battlefield every
single day for their minds. Who’s going to pray?” Fern Nichols,
founder of Moms in Prayer International, walks us through the
power of praying together including two key purposes of prayer,
why we pray, and the crisis we’re in and what to do about it. She
also tells us the stories of two of her sons and how God answered
prayer for their safety, salvation, and important life decisions.


ABOUT OUR GUEST


Fern Nichols is a former elementary school teacher and the
founder of Moms in Prayer International, a prayer movement that
mobilizes women around the world to gather to pray for their
children and schools. In 1984, Fern was fearful about sending her
two eldest children off to junior high. She knew the school would
be a battlefield for their hearts and minds. She realized the
warfare would be intense and to fight in this battle she needed
to invite other moms to pray. She called a mom and asked her to
pray with her for their children and school. Her response was an
immediate “yes,” and that was the humble beginning of Moms in
Prayer that now spans the USA in every state and is in more than
150 countries.


Moms in Prayer is an hour of hope. Moms are discovering that
being a part of the Moms in Prayer community is turning their
fears to faith. Week after week they are learning to never
underestimate the power of their prayers. Fern has traveled to
almost every continent in the world speaking, teaching, and
training women how to pray effectively. She and her husband Rle
have been married 51 years. They were involved with Campus
Crusade for Christ (now CRU) for 15 years. They have four
children and 10 grandchildren.


 


SCRIPTURES


And whatever you ask in My name, that will I do, that the Father
may be glorified in the Son. John 14:13 NKJV


Until now you have not asked for anything in my name. Ask and you
will receive, and your joy will be complete. John 16:24 NIV


I urge, then, first of all, that petitions, prayers, intercession
and thanksgiving be made for all people. 1 Timothy 2:1 NIV


“Call upon Me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you
shall glorify Me.” Psalm 50:15 NKJV


“I looked for someone among them who would build up the wall and
stand before me in the gap on behalf of the land so I would not
have to destroy it, but I found no one.” Ezekiel 22:30 NIV


When they arrived, they went upstairs to the room where they were
staying. Those present were Peter, John, James and Andrew; Philip
and Thomas, Bartholomew and Matthew; James son of Alphaeus and
Simon the Zealot, and Judas son of James. They all joined
together constantly in prayer, along with the women and Mary the
mother of Jesus, and with his brothers. Acts 1:13-14 NIV


So Peter was kept in prison, but the church was earnestly praying
to God for him. Then Peter came to himself and said, “Now I
know without a doubt that the Lord has sent his angel and rescued
me from Herod’s clutches and from everything the Jewish
people were hoping would happen.” Acts 12:5,11 NIV


 


BOOKS BY FERN NICHOLS


Mom’s Little Book of Powerful Prayers


Moms in Prayer: Standing in the Gap for Your Children


When Moms Pray Together: True Stories of God's Power to Transform
Your Child


 


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