Faith based Prodigal support

05/10/2021

Another book I found very helpful during a study I am currently in, is DIVINE INTERVENTION, by Mark E. Shaw, You can connect with Faith Church for the best price, I highly recommend down loading their FREE app there is so much good info at your finger tips!
You should never STOP learning and growing, especially in the area you are hurting, My prodigal has been basically homeless for 11 months, but because he has money he can pay to sleep places, substances and choices get in his way of a long term (home). In the very beginning of the book mark tells us the truth, we must allow the addict to experience the pain of the terrible consequences of his sin.

27/06/2021

The only way I know to get through the pain is a personal relationship with Jesus Christ knowing God is your father and trusting and learning along the way!
Why does God allow the pain to happen because we have free will and we are to learn to help others get through what we have endured

21/10/2020

04/09/2020

Sorry for the delay, I will complete this book on line and live before the end of Labor Day, dies your prodigal stay away during the holidays it is that when they show up ? Mine would come and then not stay long, mainly I believe out of obligation , but then could check off I showed up in the imaginary list .
Have ever wishe your prodigal was in rehab or jail so at least they were alive?

15/08/2020

Chapter 2
Where did God go when his first children rebelled?
The rebellion of others does not mean failure by those responsible for their instruction, importantly the Lord Jesus said faithfulness to the gospel would be a source of division in human relationships including the family.
Luke 12:52-53
Matthew 10:21
We respond with sympathy to those whose parents have rejected them because of their faith we know the gospel divines, we pray for a special measure of God’s grace for those who experience rejection from a spouse arising from their faith because we know the gospel divides.
Jesus said it would also divide parents for their children.
spiritual determination ignores the plain truth.
Ephesians 6:4
Colossians 9:21
The New Testament specific teachings on parenting, directed at fathers, it provides both a warning in a general path in which to lead one’s children’s, and the discipline and instruction of the Lord.
it provides no promises regarding the outcome, however it gives a clear focus for parental responsibility.
Ephesians 6:4 to the responsibility of fathers to provide intentional spiritual instruction for their children we are to lay before them the truth of Scripture.

teaching our children rightly
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living a godly example
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faithful children .....,,,,,,,
if only it were so simple

When you believe Proverbs 22:6 that promises if we raise our children rightly they will not depart from Faith, consider what the passage says, train up a child in the way he should go even when he is old he will not depart from it

1st it might be helpful to remember the man believed to have pinned this proverb departed from the faith.
2nd there are other examples of God and kings of Israel whose sons rebuild against the Lord,  consider the case of Josiah.
we are told in second kings 23 that before him there was no king like him who turned to the Lord with all his heart,and with all his soul, and with all his might. according to the law of Moses nor did any like him arise after him.
Nor should it be interpreted in isolation we must see it in the full context of scripture to declare Proverbs 22:6 as in the spiritual state of one’s offspring you must find scripture supporting the notion of one’s person controlling the eternal destiny of another.
The book of Proverbs is a collection of wisdom to provide instruction to the young and naïve
Proverbs 12:36
this book declares the Lord made for the world in which we dwell through wisdom the overall structure and content of Proverbs assumes cause and affect are operational in both the physical and moral  realm in which we  dwell.
Scripture tells us that more children will choose the path of rejection in the last days second Timothy 3:2.

The judgment of the Lord should be our only concern proverbs 29:25
and Corinthians 4:3
God puts critics in our lives for our good.
Raising a child up in the way he should go and when he is old he will not depart from it is a probability not a promise.
Responding to the judgment of others
first we should allow it to humble us
God puts critics in our lives for a good
second allow the experience to rid you of the fear of man.
we worry far too much what others think about us.
the judgment of the Lord should be our only concern problems 29:25
and Corinthians 4:3
exam in your own life to determine where you have been guilty of judging others fourth return good for evil when wrongly judged by others we have a blessed opportunity to model our savior first Peter 2:23
let us do good for evil
fifth speak the truth in love with Ephesians 4:15

10/07/2020

the short end of it is the father is faced with identifying his son, Deep with and I wanted to scream I never saw the space before I do not know who he is yet I did I knew with certainty my voice cracked as I acknowledge to this visitor from the county corners office at the photo had captured my youngest child the body they found was the boy I want to build so tenderly just one month after his 13th birthday and end came to a 15 year journey of watching his painful dissent into drug abuse and its attendance ugliness.

People find great hope in the story of the prodigal son told by the Lord Jesus. The pictures the greatest love of our heavenly father shows been forgetting all the repent and turn to him. Untold numbers have returned and repentance. But many have not and then he never did nor ever will. Not all children who wander from the faith of particles some offspring or not walking with the Lord but are otherwise upstanding citizens in the eyes of society. They hold gainful employment, fulfill parental duties well, and are good neighbors.
The spiritual well-being is a concern.
They need prayer, the truth spoken in love, effectual work of the spirit in their life. For loved ones who have entered a downward spiral, shattering relationships,  incurred judicial action, destroying trust and molding your beloved into a stranger who you hardly know anymore.

If your loved one is still alive and remains far from the faith, you should hold onto hope that they will be a prodigal who will return.
Our God delights in bringing rebellious souls into his forever family.
If you are the parent of a protocol, I would encourage you to read this book aloud with your spouse, with an open Bible as your companion, together you will need to learn to think biblically about these issues. Some truth in this book ahead may be hard to hear. At times Scriptures paint a painful picture of reality Jesus taught some hard things love ones a practical walk a painful path is easy to think comfortable only come by the repentance and restoration of your protocol, However if you link our joy solely to the response of the heart of a wondering loved one, the journey will be unbearable, and a tragic outcome will be devastating.
True joy and comfort can only be found when your Hope rest solidly in our heavenly father.
It is to him through his word that we must turn for guidance on this painful journey. Let’s allow the light of His word to navigate us through these rough waters.

05/07/2020

Chapter 1 is the end of the journey people find great hope in the story of the prodigal son told by the Lord Jesus pictures the gracious love of our heavenly father shows in forgetting all who repent and return to him many a follower of Jesus whose child chose a path of sinful living have come to the hope that their child story would have a similar glorious ending.How do you live the abundant life Jesus promised when the shadow of a protocol he never returned bothers you for the rest of your life? Not all children who wander from the faith or prodigals some offspring are not walking with the Lord but are otherwise upstanding citizens in the eyes of society they hold game for employment fulfill parental duties and our good neighbors the spiritual well-being is a concern they need prayer they need truth spoken in love and affection the work of the spirit in their life while the word prodigal does not appear in the Bible most people with a knowledge of Scripture identify it with the son of the parable the word itself derives from the Latin prodigy’s, meaning wasteful consider how Jesus describes such an individual.
There was a man who had two sons and the younger of them said to his father father give me to share a property that is coming to me and he divided his property between them not many days later the younger son get it all he had and took a journey into the far country and there he squandered his property in reckless living Luke 15 11-13
This book is not about the well-adjusted that the loss of spring through his eternal need is just as great this work is for those who are living or have lived with one who has a banded himself to reckless living it is for the mini who’s loved ones has entered a downward spiral shattering relationships and current judicial action destroying trust and molding your beloved into a stranger you hardly know anymore. If your love one is still alive and remains far from the faith you should hold onto the hope that they will be a practical who one day returns. Our God delighted in bringing her about your soul into this forever family. This book is for those who live with a protocol or those who wish to help with a  prodigal.
If you’re looking for a book to offer a path certain to bring your particle to Christ you will be disappointed. There is no formula to assure repentance and restoration. But this book will help you understand why this is true. If you follow this book turn the light of the scripture on some of the most difficult issues faced by parents and other family members a prodigals issue such as how to deal with the judgment of others how do I live with my own felt failures as a parent or spouse or a particle when is it loving to let go and allow the particle to bear the full consequences of their destructive choices.
This bookWill help you learn to think biblically about these issues, some truths to be considered may be hard to hear, at times scripture paints a painful picture of reality, Jesus taught some hard things not hard in the sense of difficult to understand but hard to receive his truth love ones are particles walk a painful path.
It is easy to think comfort will only come by the repentance and restoration of your prodigal, However if we link our soul joy to the response of the heart of a wondering love one the journey will be unbearable in a tragic outcome !
allow the light of the word to help see how to navigate through these difficult times .

05/07/2020

Grounded in the truth of Scripture family members of prodigals can no inner joy and serve as a light for Christ at a time when they feel their world is collapsing around them the goal of this book is to help those loved ones use scripture as their guide and facing the difficult and often perplexing issues arising from engaging with those who have a band in themselves to reckless living.
The painful path of a prodigal biblical help and hope for those who love the wavered and rebellious by Craig k. Svensson. If you are local to Lafayette Indiana this can be purchased at the resource center at Faith Church. It is only 15 chapters long with only 137 pages.

05/07/2020

My prodigal just happens to be a veteran but I am going to limit my personal life on here for obvious reasons but I will go live and share some of the book tonight at 7 PM

05/07/2020

ty for joining in, I do not have a degree, and I am still learning, but the best part of sharing faith is that God shows us through his word, and gives us information so we can be empowered to set boundairies and still show compassion to the addict and the loved ones who are on the side praying for a miracle

05/07/2020

Open to everyone who wants to join others to support recovery of our prodigal

04/07/2020

Have you stopped communication with someone a prodigal sibling , uncle mother, best friend , by their choice or your boundary,
Follow along as we read through this Faith based book written by parents of a prodigal giving hope to all.