Some things that we pray about to God will not get answered. It is an interesting Bible study to discover what those are. I certainly wouldn’t pray for those things. But there are also other things that God loves to answer. Again, those things are in the Bible. I read through the Psalms every month, five chapters each day, and I have highlighted most of the Psalms with different colors depending on the topic. For anything that is about prayer or a prayer, I highlight it in blue. One of the requests made to God repeatedly in the Psalms is that God will protect us from shame.

Psalms 25:1-2 To You, O Lord, I lift up my soul.
O my God, in You I trust,
Do not let me be ashamed,

One of the devil’s main goals, as he tempts and interferes in our lives, is to cause us to feel shame. We dread experiences and circumstances that will cause us to feel shame. People often say things to others to try to cause them to feel shame; kids are frequently guilty of this.

The word kindness in the Bible is usually about how we talk to others. One of my memory verse is Micah 6:8, “He has told you, O man, what is good; And what does the Lord require of you, but to do justice, to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God.” Talking with kindness builds others up and never causes any degree of shame.

As I pray for my kids and grandkids, I pray that God will protect them from shame, that they will feel a great sense of God’s love for them, and that they will fully understand their worth and value to Him.