Praying for our prodigals
Margaret Laning offers pastoral comfort and biblical encouragement to Christian parents whose children have turned away from faith and embraced worldly sin. Through prayer, Scripture, and dependence on God's sovereign power to change hearts, the article calls parents to persist in intercession and loving admonition while trusting in Christ's power to redeem even the most wayward prodigals.
Mrs. Margaret Laning, wife, mother, and grandmother in Hull Protestant Reformed Church of Hull, Iowa "We lift up our child in prayer, Lord. Help us, for we do not know what to do. Our child is walking in sin, will not meet to talk with us about it, and is listening to and giving in to spiritual enemies. We cry out for Thy mercy. Thou alone hast power to change the heart…." Such is a prayer of Christian parents who have a wayward child. Who else can set such a one free? "Bring thy son...
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