What to do with a daughter who has walked away from the Lord, or is not living out her faith, or maybe is not a believer yet?
Praying for Your Prodigal Daughter Hope, Help, and Encouragement for Hurting Parents
Many Christian parents throw up their hands or suffer from guilt based parenting...neither of which helps the daughter. Based on her own testimony of praying for over six years for her former prodigal daughter, Kim, Janet gives hope to parents in what may seem like a hopeless situation.
Janet came from a line of prodigal daughters, and she herself had her backsliding days after accepting Christ at the age of eleven and then living life her own way as a divorced single parent for seventeen years. When she rededicated her life to the Lord, married a godly man, and entered seminary, Janet thought for sure her daughter would want to live the Christian life too. But during her wayward years, Janet was not a good role model for her only daughter, Kim, who started on her own prodigal journey at age seventeen.
Chronicles
Praying for Your Prodigal Daughter chronicles Janet’s realization that only God could bring back her daughter and the journey of praying daily for Kim’s salvation and God’s will to be done in her life. Their story, as told by Janet and Kim, of God’s redemption in both of their lives, along with the stories of many praying mother’s and former prodigal daughters, will give hope and encouragement to hurting parents of prodigal daughters. Janet also shares practical tips to help parents and families cope with the trauma of having a prodigal daughter or sibling.
Chapters
Each chapter has discussion question designed for use as a family or support group, and Janet encourages families to pray and receive support together. There is also space to journal and cry out to the Lord at the end of each chapter. In the appendix is a section on praying scripture titled “Forty Days of Praying for Your Prodigal Daughter” and a Prayer and Praise Journal.
More About the Author
Janet has a Masters of Arts in Christian Leadership (Ministry of the Laity), and she and her husband Dave are long-time members of Saddleback Church in Lake Forest, California where Dave is a Community Leader in Couples’ Ministry and Janet founded Woman to Woman Mentoring. They have four married children and ten beautiful grandchildren.
