You can stay involved in your adult child's life through prayer! As your grownup child steps out into the real world, they will need your prayers more than ever. Through prayer, you can entrust them into God's loving care. Using stories from other parents and insight gleaned from personal experience, Stormie Omartian will help you seek God's guidance regarding your adult children and their career choices, sense of purpose, marriages, parenting skills, leadership, struggles, addictions, faith, and other important decisions they'll have to make. Paperback.
In this important follow–up to her book The Power of a Praying® Parent (over 1.7 million sold), Stormie Omartian addresses the areas of concern parents have for their grown children and shares how to lift them up to God. With stories from other parents and insight gleaned from personal experience, Stormie helps parents pray with the power of God’s Word over their adult children and their
- career choices and sense of purpose
- marriages and other vital relationships
- parenting skills and leadership
- struggles, addictions, or emotional trials
- faith commitment and prayer life
Each year thousands of parents watch their grown children step out into the world and wish they could do more to support them. They can. Every parent can rest in the power of prayer to turn their child over to the care, protection, and guidance God provides.
Omartian offers a follow-up to her million-plus seller The Power of a Praying Parent, focusing this time on praying for adult children. “The truth is,” says Omartian, “you never stop being a parent who deeply cares about your child's well-being, no matter what age they are....” She offers 14 things to pray for adult children, including that they find freedom, restoration and wholeness; have a sound mind and right attitude; and be protected and survive in tough times. Each chapter includes Prayer Power—a brief, specific prayer—and Word Power, Scripture verses pertaining to the topic. Fans of Omartian will find more of her chatty, personal style mixed with lists and myriad subtopics throughout; new readers may be put off by repetition and that same chattiness. But all readers will know that Omartian's heart is dedicated to prayer, God's redemptive love and a healthy future for all adult children: “by praying, we can help them to hear from God so He can lead them to do what He wants.” (July 1) Copyright 2009 Reed Business Information.
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Reviewed by Carolyn Young (Hernando, MS), September 14, 2009
I'm only half through reading this book, but so far, I've found it to be extremely helpful, in changing my attitude towards my adult children, and my prayers for my adult children. I'm using it in conjunction with the study guide. I would definitely buy other studies by this author, Stormie Omartian.
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Reviewed by Faye Jonas (Germantown, NY), September 11, 2009
What an encouraging & uplifting resource! With 3 adult children, I had convinced myself that my parenting was over. But Stormie shows very clearly that this is not the case! The devil doesn't want us to latch on to the Power of Prayer because it IS a Great Power from our Heavenly Father! Stormie covers many of the areas where our children struggle & gives specific verses for us to claim. Parents, we must stay on our knees!
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Reviewed by Cindy Kaufman (Bethlehem, PA), September 03, 2009
I lead a small group of women that meet monthly to pray for their adult children. I will be using this book to help us pray in a more Godly way for our children and their families. Stormie is right on with her guidance and insights for praying. If this issue is a concern, I recommend reading book.
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Reviewed by Monica Ashbrook (Tucson, AZ), August 16, 2009
True to her God given gift Stormie Omartian blesses us again with awesome prayers for our adult children. This book, just like all her others, is so helpful- when your heart is heavy and you just don't have the words she interecedes to God with her words and our hearts.
4 out of 5 stars
Reviewed by Wyn (Sask,Canada), July 07, 2009
This lady knows her prayers, it doesn't matter which of her books you pick up and read your prayer life improves a thousand times and so do the results. In this one she is focusing on your adult children. It is so difficult to pray for them because you are no longer the person in control of their life, they are, and of course, their ideas are definitely different from yours. Praying for them helps to keep them on the path of God without you becoming a nag in their lives that they avoid. Praying for them also helps to improve your relationship with them because you are not as worried about everything that they do. Well, in theory at least ;) . Stormie has an excellent writing style that is very clear. She presents her ideas well and her sample prayers cover the bible thoroughly.
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Reviewed by Stacey (Las Vegas, NV), July 04, 2009
Stormie O’Martian’s “The Power of Praying For Your Adult Children” is packed with several wonderful ideas on how to pray for your grown kids. She gives appropriate verses of scripture to pray for each topic she showcases. Also included are prayers to pray or get you started in praying for your sons and daughters. This book is unlike her other books (“The Power of a Praying Wife” and “The Power of a Praying Husband”) in that it doesn’t highlight a different topic of prayer for each day of the month.
Still, this is a valuable resource to help you pray for your adult children – especially if you have a difficult time seeing your children as adults. I recommend this book to every parent who wants to get in the daily habit or needs a few ideas of how to pray appropriately for their adult kids.
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