James;
Sounds much like my history with my own daughter, my oldest,
she's now 24. Married and has a 18 month-old son. Her mom
& I weren't invited to the wedding.
But, the last 2 years have been a blessing from God. Not
only did He restore our relationship with our daughter, but
our son-in-law has since come to know the Lord and we see
the grandbaby as much as we want. We all live in the same
small town, near a large west-coast city.
The Lord has truly blessed. When this all began, the only
thing I could think of to do was give her to the Lord.
Then, in time, my son-in-law, then, also, my grandson. I
prayed and I prayed and I prayed. I remember the scripture
about Daniel, where he prayed 21 days and then heard from
God, the devil had delayed the reply for that long. So I
prayed and prayed and prayed. My daughter, son-in-law and
GRANDbaby all attend church now. Not the church I attend,
but I have been to their church, for my grandson's
dedication, and they have a pastor who loves the Lord and
preaches the Bible.
I stand now and look back, as you are standing and looking
forward. If you have not done so, put it all in God's
hands. He will work in impossible ways. As you already
know, love your daughter for all you are worth, give-up the
parenting, she's an adult, and love her inspite of your
warts and failings. Do not allow the devil to condemn you
in any way. I find that when the condemnation begins I say
"Jesus", sometimes over and over and over, until the
condemnation ends and I begin to worship Him and thank Him
for all that He has done and all that He will do.
During the darkest hours when my daughter was "out of
fellowship" with us Jesus was(is) the Light that brought us
thru. The lesson to stop the parenting and allow her to be
an adult was the toughest to learn, I had spent her whole
life protecting her and wanted to continue to do so. I
still slip with this one but she has become quite tolerant
of Dad's obvious love for her, now she can laugh and
appreciate it. Maybe becoming a parent is the reason for
the change. I prefer to believe that it is because Jesus
healed the relationship and helped ol' Dad mend his ways.
I thank the Lord every day for restoring my daughter,
providing her with a fantastic husband (and great
son(in-law) to me) and giving me the WORLDS' greatest
grandbaby (in grandpa's eyes anyway).
James, I had intended this to be an encouragement to you.
Now I'm not sure that's what I have done. It brings tears
to my eyes to recount this period of my life, but, the tears
are of joy and thanksgiving. Thank-you Jesus for mercy and
grace.
Lord, my prayer for James and his family, is that you would
restore daughter to parents and parents to daughter, make
this family whole once again. Thank-you Lord for your
mercy, grace and love. It knows no bounds. Your desire Lord
I know is to have this family in unity. The enemy desires
to continue the disunity and strife. We come against him
Lord.
Great BIG God, itty-bitty devil.
Lord as Stephen said with his last words, "Lay not this sin
to their charge." As Christ said upon the cross, "Forgive
them for they know not what they do." Lord, I intercede on
behalf of this family, I pray a prayer of forgiveness over
them. Heal the wounds, take away the angry words, break the
chains of the enemy. The Sword of Your Word severs hold of
the enemy. Pour into their hearts Your love, Your grace,
Your mercy. Heal this family, totally, completely. Break
their hearts, Lord, Pour out the gunk and the junk, fill
them with Your love, heal their hearts without seam or
scar. By Your stripes are we healed, Lord. We/they have
the power and authority to destroy the works of the enemy.
And Lord I know you have answered this prayer even before it
was prayed. You have known of this prayer since before the
foundations of the earth were laid. I thank You, Lord. I
thank You. I thank You.
Mark this day, what the Lord has done. May this always
stand as a memorial to you, Lord. You alone are worthy.
For all of eternity all glory, all honor, all power to You,
Lord.
James, may the Lord bless you from the depths of His
abundance.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Thursday, April 01, 1999 8:53 PM
Subject: [RR] Easter Prayer request for lost children
| I wanted to share a prayer request with you my brothers
and sisters
|concerning
|my 21 year old daughter. You have heard this before, maybe
some of you have
|a similar situation. She was raised in church. We went
twice on Sunday and
|most Wednesday nights. As she got older she begin to walk
away from the Lord
|and the church. She stopped going over two years ago just
before moving out.
| There has been a lot of resentment in her heart towards
the church and to us
|her parents for the way we raised her, by the rules we
inforced as she was
|growing up.
|However there has been a change in her spirit over the past
few months and
|she
|has agreed to come Sunday morning to church and come to our
home for
|dinner.
|
| Please hold her up in prayer. I so want God to bring her
back to Him.
|Her name is Jennifer.
|
| Maybe there are others of you who want add your lost
children to this list
| for prayer. I would like to hear from you and I will pray
for your lost
|loved ones.
| Thanks
|
|
| James Styles,
Sr Commander
| Outpost 45,
Huntsville, Al
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