There are many reasons we can trust the Lord with our prodigals and many verses of Scripture that reveal God and His plan to save them. One that often connects me to the Lord powerfully is Revelation 4:8. It is a description of activity in the throne room right now: “The four living creatures, each … Continue reading The Promise in “Was and Is and Is to Come”
This Is a Hard Blessing
So many of the blessings in this journey with a prodigal are hard. This particular one is right there in the beatitudes, the blessings Jesus included in the Sermon on the Mount: “Blessed are you when they revile and persecute you, and say all kinds of evil against you falsely for My sake. Rejoice and … Continue reading This Is a Hard Blessing
Our Focus Can Result in Perfect Peace
Our eyes are on God. He is our focus in all of this journey. He is our hope. We stand on His Word and declare that what He says is true, no matter what we see in front of us. We find hope in knowing what He will and will not do. We praise Him … Continue reading Our Focus Can Result in Perfect Peace
When You Can’t Seem to Pray
What should we do when you can’t seem to pray? Or when we don’t know what else to pray? Let’s own up to it. Even in this journey with a prodigal, there are so many things we can cover in prayer for them, but there are days that prayer just doesn’t seem possible. We feel … Continue reading When You Can’t Seem to Pray
Bound and Boundaries
No. That isn't a typo. I only meant Bound. I thought of how bound our prodigals are. But then I thought of Job and how God only let Satan go so far. I thought of oceans and how God determines their boundaries. I thought of Deuteronomy 33:27 that says “underneath are the everlasting arms” and … Continue reading Bound and Boundaries
