A prayer for your prodigal, written by Cindy McMiniman and read by Kelly Gibbons.

Though you have made me see troubles, many in bitter, you will restore my life again.

From the depths of the earth, you will again bring me up.

You will increase my honor and comfort me once more.

Psalm 71, 20 and 21.

How do you trust God and not worry when you see your child start spiraling downward?

How can you know when to say something and when to let your child work it out?

How can you trust that God ultimately has good in mind when it all looks so bad?

One of the most intense concerns a mother has for her children, apart from her concerns

for their physical safety, is her concern for their spiritual condition.

We fear our children will turn their backs on their faith and all they were taught

and needlessly stumble through life.

That situation can not only be fearful, but it can make us feel so helpless.

I asked hundreds of moms to share with me their secret to maintaining hope for a way

we're child, even if the situation looks hopeless.

Their answer is always the same.

Their hope is in God, not their child, and God's ability to turn that child's heart

back toward home.

Janice, who witnessed her daughter's self-destruct into drugs and a dangerous lifestyle for several

years, saw God turn her daughter's heart around.

But she said her only comfort during that season of her daughter's rebellion was praying

scripture over her daughter.

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