Prayers of a Parent for Adult Children

Prayers of a Parent for Adult Children

Adult children face many struggles, both earthly and spiritual. Even fully grown, they need support as they forge a life of their own. But how can we help them on their journey as they become independent from us? Bring your love for them to the Lord in prayer. God, who knows and loves your child perfectly, will satisfy their every need. Let Kathleen’s words guide your devotions as her prayer collection tackles the challenges of marriage, parenthood, careers, aging, and more. Each of the thirty-one prayers included is accompanied by Scripture passages and short reflections for meditation. This volume offers prayers for adult children. Other books in the series provide prayers for children, teens, and young adults. What a blessing it is to thank God for our precious children thorough all stages of life! Kathleen Nielson has written a book that will improve your prayer life for your children. As you read Prayers of a Parent for Adult Children, you can feel the love, compassion, concern, and wisdom of a mother who has thoughtfully prayed for her own children and those of others for years. It is a beautiful expression of how to guide others to Christ while expressing the love Christ has for his own. This book will help parents grow closer to Christ as they pray for their offspring. -- Miguel Núñez and Catherine Scheraldi-Núñez, Senior Pastor and Director of Women’s Ministries, International Baptist Church, Santo Domingo Since as parents we have no ability whatsoever to change the hearts of our children, prayer for them is not a spiritual luxury; it is essential. It is an amazing grace to us that God welcomes, hears, and answers our prayers. I know of no other guide to parental prayer like Nielson’s tender, insightful, gospel-rich, and loving little book. Read it and you will find yourself praying for new things for your children in new ways than you have before, and as you do, you will grow in affection for your Father and in how you approach him in prayer. -- Paul David Tripp, Author, New Morning Mercies: A Daily Gospel Devotional and Parenting: 14 Gospel Principles That Can Radically Change Your Family There is no greater joy for Christian parents than to hear that their children are walking in the truth. But how do we pray toward that end, day in and day out, through every stage of their lives? I can think of no better guide than this series by Kathleen Nielson―a diligent student of God’s Word, a wonderful writer, and a praying mother (and now grandmother). Because these prayers are so Scripture saturated, you can have confidence that you are praying in accord with the will of our good and sovereign God. Take up and read, and pray, and by God's grace you could change your world. -- Justin Taylor, Managing Editor, ESV Study Bible Parenting is important and hard. How do you pray through this complexity? What do you pray when you aren’t sure what to say or how to say it? Kathleen Nielson knows the parental spiritual roller-coaster. She’s lived it. And prayed through it. This book will give you words to pray and encouragement to ponder as you navigate the issues and challenges of real-world parenting. It helped me. I think it will help you as well. -- Mark Vroegop, Lead Pastor, College Park Church, Indianapolis; Author, Dark Clouds, Deep Mercy: Discovering the Grace of Lament We love how these beautiful, biblical prayers help us to “pray most earnestly” (1 Thess. 3:10), to “pray without ceasing” (1 Thess. 5:17), and to pray specifically for our own children. Furthermore, pastors should encourage every member to pray for the children of the church and assist them in doing so. This book would be a huge help to that end, for often people are willing to pray but “do not know what to pray for” (Rom. 8:26). For those in congregations that take vows to assist parents in the Christian nurture of their children, we can’t imagine a better or more important way of fulfilling their vows than praying for those children from their youth onward. -- Anne and Ligon Duncan, Wife, Mother, Christian Educator; Chancellor and CEO, Reformed Theological Seminary Kathleen Nielson is an author and speaker who loves working with women in studying the Scriptures. She has taught literature (PhD, Vanderbilt University), directed women’s Bible studies in local churches, and served as director of The Gospel Coalition’s Women’s Initiatives from 2010 to 2017. She and her husband, Niel, make their home partly in Wheaton, Illinois, and partly in Jakarta, Indonesia, where Niel helps to lead a network of Christian schools and universities. They have three sons, three daughters-in-law, and a growing number of grandchildren.