Prodigals get delivered and turn back. Prodigals get saved and backslide again. They take two steps forward and one step back, or worse, two or three steps back. We don’t understand it, because we walk in a fullness with God they need. I suspect that sometimes they go back into sin because there are spaces … Continue reading Empty Spaces Filled
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Kidron Reveals Redemption
“Jesus … went out with His disciples over the Brook Kidron, where there was a garden, which He and His disciples entered” (John 18:1 NKJV). That garden was the Garden of Gethsemane. But before we go there, let’s go back and look at the other mentions of the brook in the Old Testament: “Also [King Asa] … Continue reading Kidron Reveals Redemption
“My Soul Refused to be Comforted”
There are times it seems we will see no end, that prodigals will never be saved and stop living life outside of relationship with God, times when our faith is being bombarded, but in our anguish—and anguish it can sometimes be—we can look to the Word of God for direction. Psalm 77 is one such … Continue reading “My Soul Refused to be Comforted”
Abhor and Cling
“Abhor what is evil. Cling to what is good.” That advice from Romans 12:9 (NKJV) could and should be a prayer for prodigals: Our Father, cause our prodigals to abhor what is evil, to never be comfortable with it or in it. We pray they will instead cling to what is good. In Jesus’ name … Continue reading Abhor and Cling
Functioning from a Place of Remembered Victories
Three times the psalmist asks: “Why are you cast down, O my soul? And why are you disquieted within me?” (Psalm 42:5, 11; 43:5 NKJV). He also says: “My tears have been my food day and night, While they continually say to me, ‘Where is your God?’” (v. 3). “I will say to God my Rock, ‘Why have You forgotten … Continue reading Functioning from a Place of Remembered Victories
Prayer for Prodigals 