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Wayward Children: Never Giving Up on Them

April 6, 2010 at 11:00 pm | Posted in Wayward Children | Leave a comment
Tags: praying for kids, prodigal son, Wayward Children

Father in Heaven,

Thank you that You have given us a glimpse into Your own heart in the story of the prodigal son (Luke 5:11-32).  You have also shown us to wait and to never give up when our children go astray.

I pray for (name of child), that You would use every experience in his/her life to remind him/her that Your way is the best way.  I ask that every minute of every hour of every day, You will remind, draw close, and give my child a very real sense of your presence.

Please let (name of child) find the things of the world that lure him/her from You to be like swine food (v.16)—unsatisfying, unappealing, and a reminder of the “feast” that awaits him/her when he/she returns to You.

Help me to be faithful to cover this child in prayer day and night.

While he was still a long way off, his father saw him and felt compassion for him, and ran and embraced him and kissed him. (v.20)