For this my son was dead, and is alive again; he was lost, and is found. And they began to be merry. (Luke 15:24)

There are children who are raised in church from a young age. They hear Bible stories, hear about the miraculous birth of Jesus, God’s love for the world and learn the way they should go, but the world somehow still gets a grip on them. These children wonder from these early upbringings to confuse chaos for fun, and disobedience for confidence. They are thrown emotionally into choices that leave them broken and longing for wholeness. Parents pray and ask others to pray with them. The answers to the parent’s prayers seem so distant and at times these parents may drift into worry and wonder of how God will ever stop their child from sinking deeper and deeper into the pleasures of the world and turn them around to Him. They long and look for the day when their child would turn away from the noise of the world and be able to hear the call of Christ for their life. My friend, if you are desperately asking the Lord to bring your child back to Him, don’t stop praying. Keep praying and keep inviting others to come alongside you to cover the soul of your precious child in His word. There is power in the name of Jesus and in Jesus. There is the gift of reconciliation which is wonderfully told in story of the Prodigal Son. In this scripture passage, the father continually looked for his son to return. He rejoiced that his son came back to his earthly house but celebrated that his son was now alive and found eternally. “For this my son was dead, and is alive again; he was lost and is found.” So, they began to celebrate (Luke 15:24). So, as you pray and await the day for your child to surrender their life to Christ, cling to this story of hope and never stop praying for your prodigal child. Father, thank You for Your eternal love and I pray Your peace for those who are praying for a wandering and wayward child. Father, move upon the brokenness in their child’s life that they would look to their Father in heaven and find wholeness, healing and the eternal hope through Your Son, Jesus. In the blessed Name of Jesus. Amen.