In the chapter for Week 2 titled “The Power of a Parent’s Prayers,” Mr Banks talks about what I mentioned earlier this week. He says, “When you’re the parent of a prodigal child, you’re sometimes the recipient of unsolicited advice.” (p23) He discusses the well intentioned, yet…
Each day’s prayer touches on a different topic. For instance, the title for Day 2 is “When You Feel Like a Failure as a Parent.” It goes on to pray about releasing what…
One of the reasons for God allowing us a prodigal is to grow our hearts to be more compassionate with other humans. Mr Banks notes, “Through prayer He takes us by the hand and leads us to…
In Mr Banks’ introduction, he states “Prodigals are an especially precious gift because they teach as much, including patience, the depth of our own…
In addition to wonderful, thoughtful and well written prayers, there is much more to this book. Mr Banks breaks the book up into weeks, as well as days, so at the beginning of every week, he offers an…
“Prayers for the Prodigals” is much more than simply a resource of prayers we can use to bring our children into God’s Presence. As I mentioned yesterday, Mr Banks uses…
During this time of the year, as children everywhere have returned, or are returning to school and parents return to a more steady routine, I would like to spend this month discussing how…
