Some time ago, while feeling in low spirits over a struggling child, I spoke with a woman in Philadelphia at a seminar I was conducting. She seemed radiant and cheerful, but her smile faded as she told me of her own son, far from the Lord, who had broken her heart. “I prayed for him a long time,” she said, “then I sort of ran out of prayers.”
At the same seminar, another woman told me of a daughter who had become deeply ensnared in demonism, witchcraft, and the occult. “When she came back to the Lord,” said the woman, “she credited my prayers and those of my friends. ‘I didn’t have a chance against your prayers, Mom,’ she told me.”
I thought of Jesus’ words in Luke 18:1, that we “always ought to pray and not lose heart,” and resolved that as long as I lived I would pray for prodigals and, as long I had a Bible, I would never run out of prayers for my children and those of others.
Here is my own collection of prayers, promises, and insights, which helped me during a painful period of life. I hope they’ll encourage you, too. If so, please contact me through my website at www.robertjmorgan.com.
We should, after all, never give up. Prodigals have a way of coming home.
Throughout this book I’ve used the masculine gender to avoid the awkward he/she format, and because the majority of prodigals are males.1. My original prayers used “she” and “they,” because I have daughters and no sons. I’m so glad for our renewed relationship today. They’ve given me permission to use pieces of their stories, as I retell my anguish that led to times of extended prayer. Please insert your own child’s name as you pray along with me.