Be Speaking Life Words over your Children and your Grand’s Baby Toes and Fingers

by Tammy Phillips
August 28, 2023 

“I will declare the decree the LORD has said to Me!” [Psalm 2:7 NKJV]

Yesterday, I was at church. The dangling toes of four-month-old Cooper who was wrapped tightly in the arms of His mother captured my attention.  Immediately, my loving thoughts went to the teensy toes of my precious grandbaby.  Why I am I  so captivated by his tiny little toes and fingers?   Obviously, each digit is a miracle of God perfectly created, but then Holy Spirit clearly answered me.  Those hands and feet will determine his future, where he will go, what he will do and who he we will follow. Those  itty-bitty wonders will determine his destiny and they are so important.  Scripture after scripture flooded my thoughts. 

I was given a new and specific  assignment over my grandson, Jack, in celebration of his two months here on earth.  I prayed for him long before he was born and will continue until my death.  My new assignment is  to boldly declare God’s word and promises over his toes and fingers.  Here we go. 

Jack:

• Walk after the LORD, fear Him, keep His commandments,  obey His voice.  Serve Him and hold fast to Him. [Deu 13:4]
• Walk in all the ways of the LORD that you may live, and it be well with you, and that you may prolong your days [Deu 5:33]
• Walk in God’s ways to lengthen your days. [1Ki 3:14]
• Every place that the sole of your foot will tread upon, God has given you. [Jos 1:3]
• The LORD directs the steps of the godly. He delights in every detail of their lives. [Psa 37:23]
• God sets your feet upon a rock and establishes your steps. [Psa 40:2]
• God’s word is a lamp to your feet And a light to your path. [Psa 119:105]
• Ponder the path of your feet and let all your ways be established. Do not turn to the right or the left; Remove your foot from evil. [Pro 4:26-27]
• When you walk, your steps will not be hindered, And when you run, you will not stumble. [Pro 4:12 NKJV]
• Wait on the LORD and renew your strength. Mount up with wings like eagles. Run and do not be weary. Walk and do not faint. [Isa 40:31]
• Those who run in a race all run, but one receives the prize. Run in such a way that you may win it. [1Co 9:24]
• Run with purpose in every step. [1Co 9:26]
• Strip off every weight that slows you down, especially the sin that will so easily trips you up. run with endurance the race God has set before you. [Heb 12:1]
• When you go through deep waters, God will be with you. When you go through rivers of difficulty, you will not drown. When you walk through the fire of oppression, you will not be burned up; the flames will not consume you. [Isa 43:2]
• Do what is right: to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God. [Mic 6:8]
• The LORD God is your strength; He will make your feet like deer’s feet, And He will make you walk on  his high hills. [Hab 3:19]
• For shoes, put on the peace that comes from the Good News so that you will be fully prepared. [Eph 6:15]
• Walk by faith, not by sight. [2Co 5:7]
• Walk in the Spirit, and you shall not fulfill the lust of the flesh. [Gal 5:16]
• Walk worthy of the calling with which you were called. [Eph 4:1]
• Walk in love. [Eph 5:2]
• Walk as children of light. [Eph 5:8]
• Walk circumspectly.  Be careful how you walk it out, not as fools but as wise[Eph 5:15]
• Walk worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing [Him], being fruitful in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God; [Col 1:10]
• Jesus is your example; follow in His steps. [1Pe 2:21]
• Do not dread the disease that stalks in darkness, nor the disaster that strikes at midday. Though a thousand fall at your side, though ten thousand at your right hand are dying around you, these evils will not touch you. ¹³ You will trample upon lions and cobras; you will crush fierce lions and serpents under your feet! [Psa 91:6-7, 13]
• By God you can run against a troop; By God you can leap over a wall. [2Sa 22:30 NKJV]
• God is your strength and power, And He makes your way He makes your feet like the [feet] of deer and sets you on my high places. He teaches your hands to make war.[2Sa 22:33-35]
• Whatever you do, whatever you put your hands to, do it heartily, as to the Lord and not to men. [Col 3:23]
• You can do all things through God who gives you the strength.
• Tie God’s word on your fingers as a reminder. [Pro 7:3]
• God trains your hands for war, your fingers for battle.  [Psa 144:1]
• And let the beauty of the LORD our God be upon you and establish the work of your hands for you; Yes, establish the work of your hands. [Psa 90:17 ]
• Let your hands be strong. [Zec 8:13]
• Use your hands for good hard work, and then give generously to others in need. [Eph 4:28]
• Make it your goal to live a quiet life, mind your own business and work with your hands. [1Th 4:11 ]
• If you think you are standing strong, be careful not to fall. [1Co 10:12 NLT]
• Stand firm in the faith. Be on guard. Be courageous. Be strong. [1Co 16:13]
• Stand. Stand. [Ephesians 6]
• Stand in awe of God. [Psa 33:8]
• Stand amazed at what the LORD will do for you. [Mic 7:16]
• Stand before the throne and before the Lamb, clothed with a white robe, with palm branches in your hands. Praising our Lord Jesus Christ [Rev 7:9]

I enCOURAGE you to declare these words of God over your grands.  I did not know when my boys were growing up that I could speak, write, nor “carve-in-stone” these powerful words of life over their futures. But guess what?  I know it now.  If it was good enough for Jesus to do.  It is for me.  I will declare the decree the LORD has said to me! I declare the life-giving words over Jack and all future grands, me, my husband, my sons and their mighty, big, long toes… my daughters-in love, my nieces, nephews, theirs spouses and our grand nieces and nephews in the mighty name of Jesus.

Live.  Breathe.  Be declaring.