A prayer for your children by Dr. Neil T. Anderson.

Commit your way to the Lord. Trust also in Him, and He will do it.

Psalm 37. 5.

You can and should uphold Christian values and standards in your own home. But when your child leaves your home, he leaves with his own values, beliefs, and personal agenda.

This is the first half of the Prodigal Sun story, Luke 15, 11 to 32. The prodigal son wanted to do his own thing, so his father let him. I don't think the father would have let the boy rule in his home, but he did let him go.

We don't like to see our children fail or make mistakes like that.

When they do, we are too quick to rescue them from the natural consequences of their actions.

The father in the story welcomed his son home after the boy came to his senses.

His repentance was complete.

Father, I have sinned against heaven and in your sight.

I am no longer worthy to be called your son.

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The critical insight we need is offered by the father.

This son of mine was dead and has come to life again,

verse 24.

When your child is out of your sight, only God can bring him to his senses, bring him home, and give him life.

You can't go everywhere your child goes, but God can. He is the child's heavenly father and he is fully

capable of protecting him. I know of a dear lady who has buried two sons and

witness the miracle healing of her husband from a near fatal car accident.

But her hardest trial was discovering that her beloved third son was struggling with

homosexuality.

Months of dark depression were lifted in one day

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