Raising Godly seedYears ago, I learned how to draw the bloodline of Jesus around my son, Christopher. We lived in the inner city, where crime rates were very high. I had two choices: 1. Worry, fret, and let anxiety be my portion, or 2. Get a revelation about the blood of Jesus and proclaim the blood of Jesus over my son. I chose and still choose #2. Years later, Chris shared a most frightening moment when a car with four armed men approached him and asked his name and where he was from… He responded, and they drove off. He wasn’t the one they wanted. They could have gunned him down anyway because that’s how wicked our world is. Thank God the blood of Jesus prevails. Parents, if you depend on your pastors or prayer warriors to do your job, you are too trusting. They have their vineyard to attend. This doesn’t diminish the people who cover you in prayer. But you have a responsibility and a mandate to pray for your children. When parents close their mouths and don’t declare the word of God over their children, the enemy’s agenda for your child wins. You should be saying, “Not on my watch!” Parents! Rise. Wake up! Be sober. Be vigilant. Rekindle the family prayer altar.Even though Chris is in his 30s now, he will still humble himself and pray. He’ll call me and say, “Mom, pray.” When he first left for the military, I prayed and fasted for his safety and preservation. I drew a bloodline around him; I anointed him with holy oil. I gave him a prayer mantle and scriptures to meditate and pray out. We took the holy communion together. I made brutal declarations that Chris would fulfill his days and destiny, and I secured his destiny for decades. I decreed favor. I knocked down walls of opposition, gates of resistance, evil emergencies, crises, and calamities. I wrapped him in the blood of Jesus, summoned angels to keep him, and the favor of God to be his portion – and I STILL DO. Why? Because the enemy is still walking the earth looking for those he c