Often I have found is that when our girls are learning how to be strong in the strength of the

Lord, which is what we pray for them, is that God will take them through hard times. He will allow

hardships and suffering and trials. And as a mama, I got to tell you, I don't like those. I mean,

if it was up to me, I'd say, no-mm, no more. She's had too much.

This is too much for her.

But time and time again in our lives,

when our girls have learned to be strong in the Lord

and have real strength that last and looks like the strength of Jesus,

it's been the hard times that have prepared them better for the world that we're living in,

that is obviously coming against them on every level.

Well, that's Stacey Thacker, and she's joining us today on Focus on the Family with Jim

Daily.

She's going to help you better understand the power of prayer in the life of your teen daughter.

I'm John Fuller.

John, I'm the dad of two boys, so I'm not quite sure what I'm getting into here, but it sounds

like daughters need prayer.

You know, we have three girls, and my prayers for the girls tended to be and still do

a little more intentional, a little more consistent.

I don't know why that is.

That's interesting.

It feels like we care about our daughters in a different way than our sons. Our sons are more

like, stop that, don't do that, slow down, don't run. And daughters are more like, I'm praying for

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