I Am a Leader for Christ . . . I Am the Mother of a Prodigal, Part 1
Kathy Davis How well I remember sitting one day with a group of fellow Christian leaders sharing prayer requests for our children. As I listened to their requests my own weary heart broke once again. You see, my prayer needs were so very different. The cry of my heart was for deliverance from darkness for one child, for freedom from addiction for another...
12 Ways to Love Your Wayward Child
Desiring God Staff Many parents are brokenhearted and completely baffled by their unbelieving son or daughter. They have no clue why the child they raised well is making such awful, destructive decisions. I’ve never been one of these parents, but I have been one of these sons. Reflecting back on that experience, I offer these suggestions to help you reach out to your wayward child...
When Christian Kids Reveal They Aren’t
Julie Ganschow I know today’s blog will hit painfully close to home for some of you. You are the parent of a child or children that you have raised in a Christian home...You are shocked and dismayed as
you see your children, who professed Christ at one point in their lives, now happily living a worldly lifestyle...
Encouraging Parents of Prodigals
Diane Bucknell What could be more grievous to Christian parents than to have their adult child reject the Gospel? Some children go through a season of rebellion and return to the Lord, but when a grown child makes a cogent decision to forsake the essential truths of Christianity it is heart wrenching...
What Should We Do When They Stray?
Nicholas T. Batzig Of all the painful experiences that I have had to face through nearly a decade in ministry–the death of a mother, couples enduring the heartbreak of miscarriage, strife, abuse, divorce, scandal, etc.–having to walk with a godly father and mother through the dark shadows of having a child rebel is among the most difficult...