I trust the Lord for fulfilling His promises, answering prayers He said were “done,” and saving those I love, but the pain in prodigals' day-to-day lives is hard to take. Yes, “circumstances don't change the promise” (Winkelman, Fighting for Your Prodigal through Prayer, p. 125). and “we are walking in victory while praying through circumstances” … Continue reading I Trust God, But …
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God’s Not Fighting
We often say, “God is fighting for our prodigals.” I’ve said it more times than I can count, and it may take me a while to stop, but God doesn’t have to fight. He’s constantly working His plan, but He is God. Nothing is a contest to Him. He is omnipotent, omniscient, all-sufficient, and has … Continue reading God’s Not Fighting
No Contest!
It's no contest, because “‘the LORD is in His holy temple’” (Habakkuk 2:20 NKJV). Your prodigal may be living a life based on a lie about who God is, but the LORD is in His holy temple! Your prodigal may be living the lie that he or she doesn’t need God, but the LORD is … Continue reading No Contest!
His Face
Have you heard or read the phrase, “Until God opens a door, stand in the hallway and praise”? Praise is an important part of the waiting during the journey of loving and praying for a prodigal, because praise puts us in God’s presence, since God inhabits praise (Psalm 22:3). While we don’t praise God to … Continue reading His Face
The Promise in the Fig Tree
“He was hungry. And seeing from afar a fig tree having leaves, He went to see if perhaps He would find something on it. When He came to it, He found nothing but leaves, for it was not the season for figs. In response Jesus said to it, ‘Let no one eat fruit from you ever again’” (Mark … Continue reading The Promise in the Fig Tree
Prayer for Prodigals 