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| praying for your adult children: Praying the Scriptures for Your Adult Children Jodie Berndt, 2017-12-05 OVER 500,000 SOLD IN THE PRAYING THE SCRIPTURES SERIES As parents of adult children, we often worry about whether our children will make good choices when they're on their own. Praying the Scriptures for Your Adult Children provides you with biblically based prayers and encouraging stories to guide you as you pray for your adult children through anything they face. Parent and author Jodie Berndt understands what it's like to release children into the world and still care deeply about them and everything they're up against in life. In Praying the Scriptures for Your Adult Children, Jodie shares prayers designed with your adult children in mind, whether they're just leaving the nest, flying well on their own, or struggling to take off at all. Jodie shares advice on navigating all aspects of adulthood with encouraging stories from experienced parents who are praying their children through real-life issues like leaving the church, struggling with health concerns, navigating broken marriages, fighting addiction, dealing with financial problems, and more. In Praying the Scriptures for Your Adult Children, Jodie addresses some of the most difficult questions that confront parents: How can I support my children when they make decisions I disagree with? Is it too late to start praying for my children? What does the Bible teach us about praying for our children? With the grace and wisdom of someone who's been there, Jodie shares the tools and encouragement you need to find the strength to keep praying, even as you doubt yourself and grieve over your children's choices. Whatever you're praying for, Praying the Scriptures for Your Adult Children will help you find confidence and peace taken straight from Scripture, guiding you to the bedrock of God's promises as you release your children to God's shepherding care. |
| praying for your adult children: The Power of Praying for Your Adult Children Stormie Omartian, 2022-10-04 Keep Parenting Them Through Prayer Even though your relationships with your children may change once they enter adulthood, you can still impact the direction of their lives by asking your heavenly Father to shape them for His glory. This powerful book from bestselling author Stormie Omartian offers you encouragement and support as you continue to love, influence, and minister to your now-grown kids. You’ll learn how to ask for God’s divine intervention in the lives of your children as you pray that they will develop hearts hungry for God, His Word, and His ways flourish in their relationships, careers, and health stand strong against temptations, stumbling blocks, and worldly distractions No matter how old your children are, you can find peace knowing they are in God’s hands. The Power of Praying for Your Adult Children is an inspiring reminder to turn all your hopes and dreams for your family over to God, confident that He hears and answers your every request. |
| praying for your adult children: Praying for Our Adult Sons and Daughters John & Therese Boucher, 2012-10-01 No one ever stops being a mom or a dad. So when our children become adults, we still worry about them—and want to care for them. One way we can still care for them is to lift them up in prayer. When we do so, God’s love for them—and for us—is unleashed. We are able to replace our concern with a love that comes from the heart of God. Our Father moves mountains of worry and discouragement, leaving new refreshment and delight in its place. This book is designed for parents who want to pray for their adult sons and daughters with the kind of power that makes a real difference in matters of the heart. This book: Gives parents hope, encouragement, and a renewed commitment to pray and to relate lovingly to their adult sons and daughters. Addresses the desire to be a better parent and shows how parents can best pray for specific needs. Provides questions for reflection and sharing at the end of each chapter as well as instructions for a particular prayer skill that will help readers grow as a loving parent. |
| praying for your adult children: Praying the Scriptures for Your Children Jodie Berndt, 2013-08-20 Jodie Berndt shows you how to make the Bible a book of prayers that can powerfully influence your children’s lives. You’ll discover how to pray specifically and expectantly for their faith, character, safety, relationships, and future. You’ll gain new, biblical perspectives on God’s purposes for your children. And through the encouragement of the Scriptures and true-life stories, you’ll find out what a huge difference your prayers really make in the lives of those you love most. Discover How to Pray God’s Will for Your Children’s Lives There’s no place like God’s Word to turn to when you want to pray confidently and effectively for your kids. “Prayers permeated with the Word of God bring about changes in our children and keep us in touch with God’s priorities. This is a wonderful resource that you will want to refer to over and over.” Fern Nichols, founder and president of Moms in Touch International “If I could choose only one book to help me pray for my children, this is it! Not only has Jodie given us a rich treasure of true stories, practical prayers, and relevant Scriptures for our children, but a surprise awaits! In reading this I found my own confidence if God growing. RUN and get this book for moms and grandmoms.” Susan Alexander Yates, author of How to Like the Ones You Love “I know of no one who can speak more authoritatively than Jodie Berndt on praying for your children. Every parent who wants their children to grow into godly men and women should read this book. |
| praying for your adult children: The Power of a Praying Parent Stormie Omartian, 2024-10-08 Why Leave Your Child's Life to Chance When You Can Give It to God? Bestselling author Stormie Omartian has ignited the prayer lives of millions through her Power of a Praying® series. In this timeless guide written for parents, Stormie shares how you can pray through each stage of your child’s life, from early childhood to adulthood. In 32 short, easy-to-read chapters, learn how to put your child's life in God's loving hands as you pray for every part his or her life. You don't have to be a perfect parent. But you do need to be a praying parent. And you can do that. The Harvest Legacy Series For more than 50 years Harvest House Publishers has provided high-quality books that affirm biblical values, helping countless readers grow spiritually strong. The Harvest Legacy series celebrates the lasting influence of select Harvest House titles with deluxe, special-edition releases. These enduring works have collectively impacted millions—and they are sure to inspire readers for years to come! |
| praying for your adult children: Doing Life with Your Adult Children Jim Burns, Ph.D, 2019-03-26 Are you struggling to connect with your child now that they've left the nest? Are you feeling the tension and heartache as your relationship dynamic begins to change? In Doing Life with Your Adult Children, bestselling author and parenting expert Jim Burns provides practical advice and hopeful encouragement for navigating this tough yet rewarding transition. If you've raised a child, you know that parenting doesn't stop when they turn eighteen. In many ways, your relationship gets even more complicated--your heart and your head are as involved as ever, but you can feel things shifting, whether your child lives under your roof or rarely stays in contact. Doing Life with Your Adult Children helps you navigate this rich and challenging season of parenting. Speaking from his own personal and professional experience, Burns offers practical answers to the most common questions he's received over the years, including: My child's choices are breaking my heart--where did I go wrong? Is it OK to give advice to my grown child? What's the difference between enabling and helping? What boundaries should I have if my child moves back home? What do I do when my child doesn't seem to be maturing into adulthood? How do I relate to my grown child's significant other? What does it mean to have healthy financial boundaries? How can I support my grown children when I don't support their values? Including positive principles on bringing kids back to faith, ideas on how to leave a legacy as a grandparent, and encouragement for every changing season, Doing Life with Your Adult Children is a unique book on your changing role in a calling that never ends. |
| praying for your adult children: Setting Boundaries® with Your Adult Children Allison Bottke, 2019-12-03 This important and compassionate new book from the creator of the successful God Allows U-Turns series will help parents and grandparents of the many adult children who continue to make life painful for their loved ones. Writing from firsthand experience, Allison identifies the lies that kept her, and ultimately her son in bondage—and how she overcame them. Additional real life stories from other parents are woven through the text. A tough–love book to help readers cope with dysfunctional adult children, Setting Boundaries® with Your Adult Children will empower families by offering hope and healing through S.A.N.I.T.Y.—a six–step program to help parents regain control in their homes and in their lives. S = STOP Enabling, STOP Blaming Yourself, and STOP the Flow of Money A = Assemble a Support Group N = Nip Excuses in the Bud I = Implement Rules/Boundaries T = Trust Your Instincts Y = Yield Everything to God Foreword by Carol Kent (When I Lay My Isaac Down) |
| praying for your adult children: Prayers for Prodigals James Banks, 2011-04-01 When you’re the parent of a prodigal, you know you can never pray enough. But how do you persevere when you’re tired and discouraged? Prayers for Prodigals offers encouragement for parents to “come boldly before the throne of grace” and intercede daily for their children through a series of inspirational prayers. The book also includes fourteen brief meditations, which are drawn from Scripture and the writer’s and others’ personal experiences with prodigal children, such as Ruth and Billy Graham and Monica, the mother of Augustine. This unique book inspires parents in a sustained, daily prayer effort for their prodigal children. |
| praying for your adult children: One-Minute Prayers for Your Adult Children Allison Bottke, 2015 If you know the pain of parenting an adult child who has lost his or her way, you will also know that ultimately your best hope is in God's intervention. Allison Bottke offers prayers that give voice to the cries of your heart for your adult child's present and future. |
| praying for your adult children: Prayers for Your Adult Children Lisa Hodgins, 2017-09-19 Our families need prayer now more than ever. The US Census Bureau has determined that one-third of American millennials (ages 1834) still live with their parents. Almost daily we are hearing reports on the news about the rise in drug use. Are you worried about the life choices your adult children are making? Are you helping or enabling your children? Do you question if Gods at work in their lives when you dont see your prayers being answered? This thirty-day devotional will help you learn to draw strength from God one day at a time. With over two hundred scriptural references, you are guided to rethink your approach to helping your adult children. By seeking Gods guidance, meditating on his promises, and having an open heart and open ears, let God give you direction in your relationship with your children. Each daily devotional covers a relevant topic, provides correlating scriptures, includes a sample prayer, and a Meditation Moment section. Then reflect on what you read, record in the Meditation Moment section what God is prompting you about, and pray how you can apply what you learned. God loves your children more than you do. Let him help you develop stronger, healthier relationships. We cant change them, but God can! Be encouraged as you use this thirty-day devotional tool to help you grow in your faith and inspire you with new ways to improve your relationship with your adult children. |
| praying for your adult children: Praying the Scriptures for Your Teens Jodie Berndt, 2021-03-02 Berndt offers Scripture-based intercessions targeting sex and dating; drugs and alcohol; depression, anger, and rebellion; physical health and safety; relationships; and more. This is a daily reminder for parents that no matter how detached children seem to be, they're never out of God's reach. |
| praying for your adult children: Parenting Your Adult Child Susan Vogt, 2011 It is eighteen years after the birth of your child. He is now stronger than you. She is now taller than you. Either one of them can work a cell phone faster, text message, IM, or design a Web page while you're still reading the newspaper. How did your baby grow up so quickly? As a parent, do you have anything left to say to your son or daughter? Is there anything your child still needs to hear from you--or will tolerate you saying?--from the Introduction Parenting Your Adult Child addresses such thorny issues as: When to rescue and when to not. When to push and when to restrain yourself. How to keep your faith when your child seems to be abandoning it. How to forgive yourself for the mistakes you made in parenting along the way. How to move into an adult/adult relationship with this amazing person you have raised. The audio edition of this book can be downloaded via Audible. |
| praying for your adult children: Never Too Late Rob Rienow, 2017-05-31 I have no greater joy than to hear that my children are walking in the truth.--3 John 4 Never Too Late is full of practical and biblical wisdom to guide parents trying to reach their adult children for Christ. The four biblical principles outlined in this time-tested resource have been honed at the popular Never Too Late conferences organized by Visionary Family Ministries. Most importantly, this book has been an encouragement for parents desperately wanting their children to have deep faith and a personal relationship with Jesus Christ. Writing with compassion and honesty, pastor Rob Rienow shares a powerful message of hope: it's never too late to point an adult child's heart toward God. Parents, grandparents, and great-grandparents will find practical help in this book to build closer relationships with their children. . . . Rob reminds us we . . . must hold fast to the goal of our children placing their full faith and trust in Christ. . . . You will richly benefit from reading this book. --John White, Wheaton Bible Church Rob Rienow has done an incredible job of capturing the burden that so many parents feel for their adult children. . . . Never Too Late brings you hope even in the midst of painful times. --Jim Burns, author of Confident Parenting. |
| praying for your adult children: The Power of Praying Stormie Omartian, 2021-08-17 “When you live according to God’s Word and by the power of His Holy Spirit, you can trust that God is moving you into the wholeness, purpose, and blessing He has for you.” Through Christ, you’ve been given an open door to become the woman God made you to be. Stepping through that door means accepting the Lord’s invitation not only to follow Him, but also to intimately know Him and understand His heart for you. In The Power of Praying®, bestselling author Stormie Omartian will help you see your goals, desires, and relationships transformed for God’s glory. You’ll understand new truths about who God really is and all that He wants to do in your life. You will also be able to partner with Him as you… solidify the foundation of your faith endure trials with purpose, confidence, and hope bless your family and community with His light and love Stormie encourages you to embrace a rich, active prayer life. Selections from some of her bestselling titles create this bountiful gathering of reflections, guidance, Scriptures, and prayers, sure to bless the heart of any woman seeking to draw nearer to God. |
| praying for your adult children: How to Love Difficult Parents Jim Newheiser, 2021-08-23 We are used to having our parents help us, but how do we handle it when the tables are turned and our parents are the ones who need help? Declining health, financial needs, divorce, relational issues—what’s an adult child’s role when their parents are struggling? Counselor Jim Newheiser understands the many types of challenges adults may face ... |
| praying for your adult children: Parenting by God's Promises Joel R. Beeke, 2011 In Parenting by God's Promises, Dr. Joel R. Beeke explores what nurture and admonition look like and offers gems of practical wisdom for parents on topics such as family worship, teaching children, modeling faithful Christian living, and exercising discipline. |
| praying for your adult children: Violent Prayer for Your Adult Children Michael Van Vlymen, 2018-10-02 A book on prayer for people who really need miracles. |
| praying for your adult children: Praying for Your Special Needs Child David Rizzo, Mercedes Rizzo, 2018-08 Take it from people who know! Being a special needs parent comes with deep, often unexpected challenges that can shake your faith to the core. Drawing from their personal experience, David and Mercedes Rizzo share openly the myriad challenges of parenting a special needs child, while offering grace-filled counsel on practical steps you can take and suggested prayers to invite God into your situation. Topics include finding doctors and specialists who will treat your child with respect and kindness; advocating for your childs individualized education plan; preparing your child to receive the Sacraments; giving attention to your marriage and your other children; and preparing your child for adulthood. Face your challenges with the power of prayer! For every parent and caretaker of a special needs child, this resource will build your faith and offer practical ways to incorporate hope and prayer into your daily life. |
| praying for your adult children: How to Really Love Your Adult Child Gary Chapman, Ross Campbell, 2011-03-01 More than 10 years after Parenting Your Adult Child was published, much has changed - including young adults themselves, as well as their parents. Economic upheavals, challenges to traditional values and beliefs, the phenomenon of over-involved helicopter parenting - all make relating to grown children more difficult than ever. Yet at the same time, being a parent of an adult child can bring great rewards. This revised and updated version of Dr. Gary Chapman's and Dr. Ross Campbell's message will help today's parents explore how to really love their adult child in today's changing world. The book includes brief sidebars from parents of adult children and adult children themselves with their own stories. An online study guide will also be available. |
| praying for your adult children: The Love Dare for Parents Stephen Kendrick, Alex Kendrick, 2013-07-01 From the authors of international best-selling marriage book The Love Dare comes The Love Dare for Parents, a 40-day journey of “dares” challenging one or both parents to understand, practice, and communicate Christ-like love to their children. Easy to read and work into a busy schedule, The Love Dare for Parents is designed to “turn the hearts of parents to their children and turn the hearts of children to their parents” (Malachi 4:6) so that moms and dads can more fully enjoy and delight in their children while maximizing the positive impact they have on their lives long term. Each day brings a promising key verse from Scripture, a biblical principle about love that applies to parenting, a specific challenge the parent does for the sake of their child, and space to journal thoughts and reflect on what happened that day. The Love Dare for Parents even includes access to a FREE online parenting assessment, helpfully keyed to select material in the book.Parents, take the dare! |
| praying for your adult children: A Parent's Book of Prayers Tony Wood, 2014-11 A Parents Book of Prayers provides parents with meaningful prayers to God for their children’s faith, struggles, direction, and future. |
| praying for your adult children: The Power of Prayer to Enrich Your Marriage Stormie Omartian, 2021-02-02 It’s Never Too Soon or Too Late to Pray for Your Marriage Stormie Omartian’s bestselling books on prayer have changed the lives of millions. In The Power of Prayer to Enrich Your Marriage, Stormie shows husbands and wives how to pray with urgency and power for God’s protection against the 14 most common marital problems that can lead to distrust, dissatisfaction, and sometimes even divorce. Whether you want guidance to help you avoid common pitfalls or you need healing and restoration from struggles you’ve already faced, you can partner with God to strengthen your relationship. This book will help you… prevent and pray through the challenges that may arise in your marriage lift your requests for good communication, forgiveness, wisdom, and much more to the Lord experience heartfelt peace knowing that no obstacle in your relationship is too great for God The Power of Prayer to Enrich Your Marriage also provides you with Bible verses that will speak truth to your heart about your relationship with your spouse and God, and personal prayers you can use to ensure your marriage lasts a lifetime. |
| praying for your adult children: She Reads Truth Raechel Myers, Amanda Bible Williams, 2016-10-04 Born out of the experiences of hundreds of thousands of women who Raechel and Amanda have walked alongside as they walk with the Lord, She Reads Truth is the message that will help you understand the place of God's Word in your life. |
| praying for your adult children: Parenting the Wholehearted Child Jeannie Cunnion, 2014-04-08 Rarely do I ever find myself agreeing with everything I read in a book. But Parenting the Wholehearted Child is the book I wish I'd written. Jeannie has given parents a profound gift within its pages. -- Kathie Lee Gifford, actress, singer, playwright, songwriter, and cohost of the Today Show's Fourth Hour Your kids aren't perfect. And you don't have to be either. Are you exhausted from the pressure to be a perfect parent raising perfect children in this imperfect world? Do you ever wonder, How did these precious children get stuck with a parent like me? If so, let these grace-drenched pages saturate your heart with God's unfailing love while also equipping you to be a vessel of God's unconditional love to your children. With authenticity, conviction, and a lively sense of humor, Jeannie guides you on a transformative journey into raising wholehearted--not perfect--children, who live from the freedom found in being wholeheartedly loved (and liked!) by God. Parenting the Wholehearted Child equips you with biblical wisdom and practical ideas to teach your children that they are fully accepted by God, not because of anything they do or don’t do but because of everything Jesus has already done for them. Woven throughout the book is the good news that it is God's extravagant grace--not your perfect performance--that transforms the hearts of children. |
| praying for your adult children: Prayers That Prevail for Your Children Cliff Richards, Lloyd Hildebrand, 1994-06-01 More than eighty topical prayers will lead you into anointed intercession for your children. You will learn to focus on God's promises for your children as you pray His Word in thie behalf. |
| praying for your adult children: My Favorite Prayers Stormie Omartian, 2015-04-01 The Gift of Prayer Do you have favorite prayers? Words you often lift up for yourself, your spouse, your family, and your friends? Emergency prayers and quiet, every day, Just bless them, Lord, prayers? Beloved author Stormie Omartian has spent decades writing prayers and books on prayer. Her simple, straightforward, and sympathetic voice may echo your own heart. In this lovely, giftable collection are some of her favorite prayers. Allow them to inspire you to spend some time with the One who loves you more than you can fathom, and who longs to hear the words that make up your own favorite prayers to Him. |
| praying for your adult children: Mom Set Free Jeannie Cunnion, 2017-08-29 Moms are under so. much. pressure. Pressure that weighs us down and threatens to wipe us out. Are you ready for relief? Mom Set Free will empower you to parent in the confidence of God's grace and to experience the freedom you were created for. We moms are told that we have to get it all right so our kids turn out right. We’re told that their entire futures are riding on our ability to perfectly orchestrate their lives. And we’re told that the strength of their faith hinges on ours. And we begin to believe that if we just try hard enough, we can actually “be enough.” These impossible standards leave us stuck in worry, anger, guilt, comparison, and shame. Jeannie Cunnion gets it. And in Mom Set Free she reveals how the Good News of the Gospel empowers us to live—and parent—in the freedom for which Christ has set us free. Jeannie invites us to journey alongside her as we learn to: -Lay down what God has not asked us to carry so we can thrive in what He has. -Embrace our significance in our children’s lives in light of God’s sovereignty. -Trust God with the children He has entrusted to us. -Receive God’s grace so we can reflect God’s heart to our kids. It’s time to breathe deeper, walk lighter, and reclaim the wonder and adventure of parenting. |
| praying for your adult children: Lead Me, Holy Spirit Stormie Omartian, 2012-08-01 From bestselling author Stormie Omartian comes a brand-new look at one of God’s most amazing gifts to those who believe in Him: the Holy Spirit. Readers can walk in the power and presence of the Holy Spirit in every area of life. With a sure hand, Stormie helps readers to see that the Holy Spirit wants those who know Him to hear His gentle leading when He speaks to their heart, soul, and spirit. He wants to help believers enter into the relationship with God they yearn for, the wholeness and freedom God has for them, and the fulfillment of God’s promises to them. He wants to lead them. As readers trust in the Holy Spirit and His great love for them, they will be filled with His mind, knowledge, wisdom, understand their special calling, and sense His guidance in the way they should go. |
| praying for your adult children: My Heart, Ever His Barbara Rainey, 2020-03-31 As we search for meaning in our world of shallow online relationships and glamorized selfies, many are returning to traditional and liturgical churches. The repeated words, benedictions, and historic hymns connect us to saints who have gone before, giving us a sense of belonging, richness, and transcendence. Written prayers, once cast off as archaic, are now welcomed as guides to tune our hearts to the heart of God. In My Heart, Ever His Barbara Rainey shares 40 prayers for women. They can meditate on one prayer throughout the week or read a prayer a day for 40 days as a way to express the longing of our hearts to our Father who loves us even as he sees who we truly are. Like the psalms of David, these prayers are honest, sometimes raw. Barbara uses these transparent expressions of common experiences to encourage us to surrender to Christ and help us see God as he is, not as we assume him to be. My Heart, Ever His provides a stepping-stone to help you become more transparent with God and discover his welcoming embrace. |
| praying for your adult children: The Power of a Praying Mom Stormie Omartian, 2023-03-07 Lead Them While Growing in Him Gathered in this sweet little book are prayers in pairs: a message from your heart to God’s, and a companion request seeking His guidance, protection, and blessings for your children. You’ll deepen your reliance on God as you trust Him to encourage your little ones to grow in faith, shaping them for His glory as their unique talents, passions, and purpose blossom. With a dedicated space for writing out your own prayers for your family, this beautiful edition of The Power of a Praying Mom will become a cherished keepsake. The perfect gift for every mother, bestselling author Stormie Omartian’s inspiring words will help you parent from a place of peace as you cover your children’s lives with powerful prayer. |
| praying for your adult children: Praying Circles Around Your Children Mark Batterson, 2012 Mark Batterson shares a perfect blend of biblical yet practical advice that will revolutionize your prayer life by giving you a new vocabulary and a new methodology. You'll see how prayer is your secret weapon. Through stories of parents just like you, Batterson shares five prayer circles that will not only help you pray for your kids, but also pray through your kids. Batterson teaches about how to create prayer lists unique to your family, claim God-inspired promises for your children, turn your family circle into a prayer circle, and discover your child's life themes. And he not only tells you how, he illustrates why. As Batterson says, I realize that not everyone inherited a prayer legacy like I did, but you can leave a legacy for generations to come. Your prayers have the power to shape the destiny of your children and your children's children. It's time to start circling. |
| praying for your adult children: Common Worship: Times and Seasons President's Edition Common Worship, 2013-07-15 This revised, expanded edition of the Common Worship President’s Edition contains everything to celebrate Holy Communion Order One throughout the church year. It combines relevant material from the original President’s Edition with Eucharistic material from Times and Seasons, Festivals and Pastoral Services, and the Additional Collects. |
| praying for your adult children: Release My Grip Kami Gilmour, 2017 Saying goodbye to a child as they leave the nest and learn to fly ushers parents into an emotional time of grief, joy and nostalgia. Release My Grip, by popular blogger Kami Gilmour, offers inspiration and practical insight as she reveals the surprising truth she learned while knee-deep in this sacred season of parenthood. Often humorous and always honest and hope-filled, these stories have equipped and encouraged the hearts of millions on the popular SoulFeed blog. In this keepsake book, you'll discover how this time can be fertile ground for deepening your relationship with Jesus. You'll also gain the practical tools you need to help you pause, reflect, and capture the words on your heart during your own unique journey as a parent of a young adult fledgling--from high school graduation through the years that follow. With every chapter of Release My Grip, you'll find: - Compelling reflection questions that draw you into the peace of God's presence and promise, gently shifting your focus from the loss you feel to the richness and hope of a new season that's just beginning. - Relevant Scriptures to ponder--words that reveal God's heart, bringing relief and hope in the midst of wondering and worrying. - Practical challenges that help you adjust to the rhythm of life's new normal and maintain meaningful connection with your young adult child. - Journaling spaces that make it easy to capture your letting-go journey as it unfolds, making this book a treasured keepsake to reflect back upon. |
| praying for your adult children: To Light Their Way Kayla Craig, 2021-10 Prayers to guide your journey of raising kids in a complicated world. In an age of distraction and overwhelm, finding the words to meaningfully pray for our children--and for our journey as parents--can feel impossible. Written with warmth and welcome, To Light Their Way gives voice to your prayers when words won't come. Filled with more than 100 modern liturgies, this book guides you into an intentional conversation with God for your children and the world they live in. From everyday struggles like helping your child find friends or thrive in school to larger issues like praying for a brighter world rooted in peace and truth, these pleas and petitions act as a gentle guide, reminding us that while our words may fail, God never does. At the core of To Light Their Way is the deepest of prayers: that our children will experience the love of God so deeply that their lives will be an outpouring of love that lights up the world. |
| praying for your adult children: The Passionate Mom Susan Merrill, 2013 Based on the book of Nehemiah, the author presents an overall approach to parenting. |
| praying for your adult children: The Power of a Praying® Wife Stormie Omartian, 2007-01-01 Omartian shares how wives can develop a deeper relationship with their husbands by praying for them. Packed with practical advice on praying for specific areas, including decision-making, fears, spiritual strength, and sexuality, this book helps women discover the fulfilling marriage God intended. |
| praying for your adult children: Wisdom at Wit's End Lia Martin, 2018-06 Are you losing your way in a world of supermom myths? Are mothers destined to always compromise their cores? Or can you still choose to love your own divine design?Despite the cultural commands to be more, do more, and have it all, Lia Martin helps you turn impossible statements about motherhood into truths that fit your own life. Wisdom at Wit's End is your invitation to stand for calm amidst the chaos. Resist the rush of approval and discover how to participate in peace. Listen deeply for wisdom that will be whispered only to you, on purpose. Your kids don't need a perfect parent. They need a healthy, happy mom. Whether you're a mom-to-be, mom of months or decades, or a mom who just feels overwhelmed, Martin's writing enables you to abandon maniacal myths and find your breath. You can bring yourself back into life, even if you're at your wit's end. Because every challenge that feels like an ending is always a place to begin. |
| praying for your adult children: 31 Prayers for My Son Aaron Smith, Jennifer Smith, 2017-12-14 Praying For HimChildren are an incredible blessing. Parenthood is a marvelous gift. God created something uniquely special in the bond between a parent and child. As you continue on your journey of parenting, purpose your heart to pray for your son, seeking God's perfect will for his life. This resource is designed to walk you through thirty-one specific prayers for your son. This resource will help you... learn how to pray for your son. inspire you to pray for his greatest needs. challenge you to pray for him daily. encourage you to pray with him. embrace intimacy with God as you pray to Him. |
| praying for your adult children: The Power of Praying® for Your Adult Children Stormie Omartian, 2014-02-01 Stormie Omartian's bestselling The Power of a Praying® series (more than 28 million copies sold) is rereleased with fresh new covers and new material to reach a still-growing market of readers eager to discover the power of prayer for their lives. In this important follow-up to The Power of a Praying® Parent (2 million copies sold), Stormie addresses areas of concern you may have for your grown children and shares how to lift them up to God. With stories from other parents and insight gleaned from personal experience, Stormie helps you pray with the power of God's Word over your adult children and their career choices and sense of purpose marriages and other vital relationships parenting skills and leadership struggles, addictions, or emotional trials faith commitment and prayer life Perhaps you are watching your grown children step out into the world and wishing you could do more to support them while giving them the freedom they crave. You can. It doesn't matter how young or old they are, you can rest in the power of God working through your prayers. |
| praying for your adult children: One-Minute Prayers for Your Adult Children Allison Bottke, 2015-03-01 If you're a mom or dad who has watched your adult child's life spiral out of control, you're not alone. You join a reluctant club comprised of millions of parents concerned about the bad choices their son or daughter has made. Author Allison Bottke is part of that club too. She has watched in agony as her son made choices that eventually resulted in his arrest. Out of her experience came her bestselling book Setting Boundaries™ with Your Adult Children, the first in a highly successful series of Setting Boundaries™ books. Now Allison offers you—and all parents in pain—a book of prayers written specifically to help you intercede with God on behalf of your prodigal. If you know the pain of parenting an adult child who has lost his or her way, you will also know that ultimately your best hope is in God's intervention. Allison's prayers give voice to the cries of your own heart and your desire to seek and trust God with your adult child's present and future. |
Prayer Guide - Adult Children - Loving Life at Home
Make love the defining characteristic of our adult children’s lives, O Lord (1 John 4:11-12). May they love You with all their heart, soul, mind and strength, and love their neighbors as they love themselves (Mark 12:30-31). Grant them a heart that is wholly sold out to You, Jesus (1 …
The Power of Praying® for Your Adult Children - Harvest House
Pray That Your Adult Children Will 1 See God Pour Out His Spirit upon Them O nce you have released your adult children into God’s hands and dedicated—or rededicated—their lives to …
Power of Praying for Your Adult Children Prayer and Study Guide
When studying in a group, read the assigned chapter for the week in The Power of Praying for Your Adult Children and answer the questions in the corresponding chapter here in the Prayer …
Praying for Your Grandchildren and Children - Deborah Haddix
Give my daughter a deep desire to listen to You, Lord, and pray often, “What message does my Lord have for his servant?” (Joshua 5:14b). Let her learn early in life that to obey You, God, is …
Power Of Praying For Your Adult Children [PDF]
Power of Praying for Your Adult Children is an inspiring reminder to turn all your hopes and dreams for your family over to God confident that He hears and answers your every request …
ADULTS PRAYING FOR CHILDREN TONY SOUDER - LeaderTreks …
As a lifelong champion for children, I applaud Tony Soud- er’s approach to an intentional prayer focus on individual, specific children that God has placed in our lives.
Praying for Your Children - Flanders Family Home Life
Title: Praying for Your Husband from Head to Toe Author: Jennifer Flanders Created Date: 1/21/2014 5:46:54 AM
31 Ways to Pray for Your Children - Bridging the Gap
31 Jul 2019 · Following is the list I have developed, complete with brief suggestions for prayer from Scripture. Feel free to duplicate it--or improve upon it--to help you pray specifically and …
The Power of a Praying® Parent - Harvest House
our children grew up and left home to build their own lives. In the last edition of this book, I included an additional chap-ter called “Praying for Your Adult Children.” It consists of simple …
Praying For Your Children - FICM
Your children should be at the top of your prayer list. One of your primary roles as God's steward is to intercede for their salvation. The following is a suggested prayer for the salvation of your …
Praying for Your Children and Grandchildren - Jesse Rich Ministries
No matter how your children conduct themselves, always pray the Word over them, speak over them, and praise God that they are protected, healed, whole, saved and delivered.
Pray Your Adult Children Will Resist Evil Influences and Destructive ...
I pray by the power of Your Holy Spirit that my adult child is free of all evil influences and destructive behavior. Expose whatever needs to be revealed to Your penetrating and all …
The Power of Praying® for your Adult Children - Harvest House
Pray That Your Adult Children Will. 1. See God Pour Out His Spirit upon Them. O. nce you have released your adult children into God’s hands . and dedicated—or rededicated—their lives to …
The Praying Parent - Prayer Closet Ministries
When you pray for your child, you are asking God to make His presence and power a part of his or her life. You are asking God to powerfully work in his or her life. That does mean that there …
One-Minute Prayers™ for Your Adult Children - Harvest House
respond to our prayers for our children—in His time and according to His purpose. But how can we ask God to give hope, peace, love, or direction to others when we ourselves are hopeless, …
30-Day Praying for Your Children Challenge
Biblical Self-Esteem—"Help my children develop a strong self-esteem that is rooted in the realization that they are God's workmanship, created in Christ Jesus." (Eph. 2:10) …
30-DAY PRAYER CHALLENGE praying for your children
Pray that your children would be strong and courageous... believing that God is always with them. Pray that they would be bold to stand for what is right, even if it means standing alone. Ask …
Power of Praying for Your Adult Children Book of Prayers - Harvest …
Help me to forgive my adult children for anything they have done to hurt or disappoint me. Today I say, “For this adult child prayed, and You, Lord, have heard my prayers and granted my …
Children & Prayer — The Power of a Praying Child - Focus on the …
Sometimes cute prayers will emerge from their mouths because they are kids. One kid prayed: Dear God, please take care of my daddy and my mommy and my sister and my brother and …
52 Things to Pray for Your Kids - Harvest House
show the best kind of love to our children. I am so glad Jay wrote 52 Things to Pray for Your Kids. In this book, Jay makes the immense calling of praying for our children approach-able. We …
Prayer Guide - Adult Children - Loving Life at Home
Make love the defining characteristic of our adult children’s lives, O Lord (1 John 4:11-12). May they love You with all their heart, soul, mind and strength, and love their neighbors as they love themselves (Mark 12:30-31). Grant them a heart that is wholly sold out to …
The Power of Praying® for Your Adult Children - Harvest House
Pray That Your Adult Children Will 1 See God Pour Out His Spirit upon Them O nce you have released your adult children into God’s hands and dedicated—or rededicated—their lives to Him (as I described on page 28), then the fi rst and most important way to start praying is to ask God to pour out His Spirit upon them. It
Power of Praying for Your Adult Children Prayer and Study Guide
When studying in a group, read the assigned chapter for the week in The Power of Praying for Your Adult Children and answer the questions in the corresponding chapter here in the Prayer and Study Guide on your own.
Praying for Your Grandchildren and Children - Deborah Haddix
Give my daughter a deep desire to listen to You, Lord, and pray often, “What message does my Lord have for his servant?” (Joshua 5:14b). Let her learn early in life that to obey You, God, is the best way to the life her heart truly desires, (1 Samuel 15:22).
Power Of Praying For Your Adult Children [PDF]
Power of Praying for Your Adult Children is an inspiring reminder to turn all your hopes and dreams for your family over to God confident that He hears and answers your every request Praying the Scriptures for Your Adult Children Jodie
ADULTS PRAYING FOR CHILDREN TONY SOUDER - LeaderTreks …
As a lifelong champion for children, I applaud Tony Soud- er’s approach to an intentional prayer focus on individual, specific children that God has placed in our lives.
Praying for Your Children - Flanders Family Home Life
Title: Praying for Your Husband from Head to Toe Author: Jennifer Flanders Created Date: 1/21/2014 5:46:54 AM
31 Ways to Pray for Your Children - Bridging the Gap
31 Jul 2019 · Following is the list I have developed, complete with brief suggestions for prayer from Scripture. Feel free to duplicate it--or improve upon it--to help you pray specifically and purposefully for your children to experience and evidence:
The Power of a Praying® Parent - Harvest House
our children grew up and left home to build their own lives. In the last edition of this book, I included an additional chap-ter called “Praying for Your Adult Children.” It consists of simple prayers to help you pray specifi cally for them. Th at’s because as a parent you will never stop praying for your children, no matter
Praying For Your Children - FICM
Your children should be at the top of your prayer list. One of your primary roles as God's steward is to intercede for their salvation. The following is a suggested prayer for the salvation of your children: Dear Heavenly Father, I bring your child (name) before You. I stand against
Praying for Your Children and Grandchildren - Jesse Rich Ministries
No matter how your children conduct themselves, always pray the Word over them, speak over them, and praise God that they are protected, healed, whole, saved and delivered.
Pray Your Adult Children Will Resist Evil Influences and …
I pray by the power of Your Holy Spirit that my adult child is free of all evil influences and destructive behavior. Expose whatever needs to be revealed to Your penetrating and all-seeing light so deliverance and freedom can come. In Jesus' name I pray, Amen. Adapted from: The Power of Praying for Your Adult Children by Stormie Omartian
The Power of Praying® for your Adult Children - Harvest House
Pray That Your Adult Children Will. 1. See God Pour Out His Spirit upon Them. O. nce you have released your adult children into God’s hands . and dedicated—or rededicated—their lives to Him (as I described on page 28), then the first and most important way to start praying is to ask God to pour out His Spirit upon them. It
The Praying Parent - Prayer Closet Ministries
When you pray for your child, you are asking God to make His presence and power a part of his or her life. You are asking God to powerfully work in his or her life. That does mean that there will always be an immediate answer to your prayers. Sometimes it can take days, weeks, months, or even years. Yet, if you are praying something is happening,
One-Minute Prayers™ for Your Adult Children - Harvest House
respond to our prayers for our children—in His time and according to His purpose. But how can we ask God to give hope, peace, love, or direction to others when we ourselves are hopeless, restless, guilty, or lost? We can pray effectively for our adult children only when we pray effectively for our-selves. The two go hand in hand.
30-Day Praying for Your Children Challenge
Biblical Self-Esteem—"Help my children develop a strong self-esteem that is rooted in the realization that they are God's workmanship, created in Christ Jesus." (Eph. 2:10) Faithfulness—"Let love and faithfulness never leave my children, but bind these twin virtues around their necks and write them on the tablet of their hearts." (Prov. 3:3)
30-DAY PRAYER CHALLENGE praying for your children
Pray that your children would be strong and courageous... believing that God is always with them. Pray that they would be bold to stand for what is right, even if it means standing alone. Ask God to equip them as mighty warriors for his purposes. Jos 1:9; Deu 31:6; Eph 6:10-18 Read: 5 Ways to Equip Your Children to Fight Spiritual Battles by ...
Power of Praying for Your Adult Children Book of Prayers
Help me to forgive my adult children for anything they have done to hurt or disappoint me. Today I say, “For this adult child prayed, and You, Lord, have heard my prayers and granted my petition” (1 Samuel 1:27). I give You all praise and glory. In Jesus’ name I pray. Continue earnestly in prayer, being vigilant in it with thanksgiving.
Children & Prayer — The Power of a Praying Child - Focus on …
Sometimes cute prayers will emerge from their mouths because they are kids. One kid prayed: Dear God, please take care of my daddy and my mommy and my sister and my brother and my doggy and me.
52 Things to Pray for Your Kids - Harvest House
show the best kind of love to our children. I am so glad Jay wrote 52 Things to Pray for Your Kids. In this book, Jay makes the immense calling of praying for our children approach-able. We parents know we need to pray for our children, but life just comes at us, and well…we’re busy. But Jay offers us practical and real -
