Praying the Scriptures for Your Adult Children : Trusting God with the Ones You Love

OVER 500,000 SOLD IN THE PRAYING THE SCRIPTURES SERIESAs 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. As parents of adult children, we often wonder: Will my children make good choices when they're on their own? How can I let them go when I've held them for so long? 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 will face in life from relationships to career decisions and everything in between. In Praying the Scriptures for Your Adult Children, Jodie continues her Praying the Scriptures series with biblical prayers for your adult children, whether they are just leaving the nest, flying well on their own, or struggling to take off at all. Each section focuses on a different aspect of adulthood, with encouraging stories from experienced parents who are praying their children through rocky marriages, health concerns, financial challenges and other real-life issues. At the end of each chapter, you'll find personalized prayers for your children taken straight from Scripture. Each chapter also includes verses for you to pray for yourself as you take the challenging step of trusting God to care for your children in ways that you can't. With grace and wisdom, Jodie addresses cultural trends such as couples living together before marriage and young adults leaving the church, as well as the painful realities of loneliness, addiction, and mental health issues. With hope-filled words for the parents of the prodigal, she is particularly sensitive to the long-term prayers we offer, even as we doubt ourselves and grieve over our children's choices. Whatever you are praying for, you will find confidence and peace in these powerful prayers for your kids. Praying the Scriptures for Your Adult Children guides you to the bedrock of God's promises as you release your children to God's shepherding care 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. Contents Foreword by Jim Daly PART 1: PRAYING for Your ADULT CHILD 1. The Battle Begins 2. Blessing and Releasing Your Adult Child 3. Praying for Your Child’s Transition to Adulthood 4. A Year of Prayer PART 2: PRAYING for Your ADULT CHILD’S RELATIONSHIPS 5. Praying for Good Friends and Fellowship 6. Praying for a Future Spouse 7. Praying for a Young Marriage 8. Praying through a Troubled Marriage or a Divorce PART 3: PRAYING through the MILESTONES in Your ADULT CHILD’S LIFE 9. Praying for a Good Place to Live 10. Praying for a Job 11. Praying When Your Children Have Children PART 4: PRAYING for Your ADULT CHILD’S HEALTH, SAFETY, and WELL-BEING 12. Praying through a Health Crisis 13. Praying for Mental and Emotional Health 14. Praying for Protection from Harm 15. Praying through a Job Loss or Financial Difficulty 16. Praying through the Struggles of Infertility PART 5: PRAYING for Your ADULT CHILD’S VICTORY OVER TEMPTATION 17. Praying for Strength to Resist a Party Culture 18. Praying for Protection from Sexual Sin 19. Praying for Recovery from an Addiction 20. Praying for Your Prodigal Epilogue: Is Jesus Enough? Acknowledgments Footnotes Jodie Berndt knows what it's like to ache for an adult child who has left the nest but not the heart. In Praying the Scriptures for Your Adult Children, Jodie offers biblically-based prayers and encouraging stories to guide you in hope-filled trust that no matter what, your grown child is never out of God's reach. Offers encouragement and biblically-based prayers for parents of adult children, with sections on different aspects of adulthood intended to help parents trust in God to care for children who are on their own