"SHARING HOPE THROUGH SCRIPTURE FOR THOSE WHO HAVE PRODIGAL CHILDREN"
PROVERBS 8:17 I love those who love me, And those who seek me diligently will find me.
Some explanatory thoughts and application:
1. God is love, and He states here in this verse of His love for people.
2. That love for people, would include your prodigal child, or children as the case may be.
3. God also says He loves those who love Him.
4. Prodigals are in love with everyone and everything but God at this moment.
5. But, God is able to change all that.
6. Jesus gave us the story of the prodigal son in Luke 16 to encourage us that prodigals can change.
7. When a person seeks the Lord diligently, they will find God.
A prayer for your prodigal(s):
Father, we thank You for Your love for
our prodigal(s). You love them just as much as You love anyone. You
loved us ourselves when we were not loving You, and You drew us to
Yourself. We pray that You might show and reveal and allow Your love for
our prodigal(s) to become so clear and overwhelming to them, and
deliver them from any false ideas they may have about how You view them,
and what You think of them, and what You desire for them.
We also pray that You would bring the
needed conviction into their lonely, empty, and sad souls. Give them the
gift of repentance, and bring restoration back to You into their lives.
Please help us to diligently pray for them. Part of the verse in this
devotional, speaks of finding You. We Lord as those with prodigals need
to find You to help us with our pain and sadness over our prodigals.
So, Lord, we entrust them to You this
day, we know that nothing is impossible with You, and we pray for You
Lord to move in upon their lives and bring them back to their right
mind, and bring them back to You, and back to us.
In Jesus’ name. Amen
Pastor Bob Grenier.
