"It’s never too early or too late to start praying for the children you love!
From infancy to empty-nesting, parenting is full of surprises and scares, hard decisions and unexpected blessings. Through it all, your children need your prayers.
In 90 days of poignant prayers drawn from Scripture, James Banks guides you to speak God’s words of promise and comfort back to Him. As pastor, parent, and grandparent, James uses his deep knowledge of the Bible to address your child’s needs and challenges, covering everything from salvation and temptation to anxiety, growth, and contentment.
Each day is a launching pad for your own prayers as you bring your specific concerns to God. He loves the children in your life even more than you do, and He is waiting to hear your every hope, fear, and dream for them."
""Come to me, all of you who are weary and carry heavy burdens, and I will give you rest." (Matthew 11:28 NLT)
When we think about what Jesus's words promise and who is actually saying them, they become some of the most welcoming words ever spoken. In a world that is unraveling with anxiety and stress, no one less than Jesus offers us His peace.
Yet it's hard to feel peaceful while waiting for a biopsy result, grieving a lost relationship, or walking through unemployment. How do we receive and enjoy the peace God offers during hard times?
The answer is prayer that is an everyday, heart-to-heart relationship with the Creator. With scriptural insights and inviting storytelling, James Banks shows how daily friendship with God brings us peace as we experience anxieties, suffer past hurts, and face chronic difficulties.
The peace Jesus offers us is more than just words. It's healing for our hurts and calm for our troubled hearts. It's love and acceptance when others misunderstand us and push us away. It's the freedom of a new identity in Him, defined not by how good we are but by how good He is.
Through prayer God transforms the way His followers see themselves and others."
"No child is too far to reach.
When you share your faith with your children you pray they stay rooted, knowing there are many obstacles that will challenge them. You don't want them to stray, but it happens. Heartbreak and hopelessness set in as you watch them make harmful decisions. But you are not alone.There's no need for shame or embarrassment because you are not alone!
Prayer for Prodigals: 90 Days of Prayer for Your Child helps you find peace in painful circumstances. When you don't know where to turn with tough questions and desperate thoughts, the pages of this book will point you back to God. Pastor James Banks shares experiences as father to prodigal children and provides insight from Scripture to guide parents through this time. Your faith and trust in God will be strengthened as you pray through the process of your child returning to what they know.
Meditations provide fresh insights and emphasize faith in God's power to answer prayer
Helps those who are tired and discouraged to persevere in prayer
A 90-day adventure in praying God's Word for individuals, small groups, and churches
For personal reading, this includes weekly encouragement, daily scriptural prayers, and prayer tips. For group use, this updated and expanded edition includes weekly questions for discussion and suggestions for praying together. Groups can support, encourage, and comfort one another as you bring your kids to God in prayer."
"No prodigal is beyond the reach of God.
Do you have a child who has walked away from Jesus? Or have you walked away from Him yourself? Hope Lies Ahead captures the candid journey of a prodigal son's return, written from the unique perspective of both the father who prayed and the son who struggled. Told together, their story will encourage you through the honesty of their pain and their compelling experience of God's redemption.
Amid the heartache of watching his teenage son self-destruct and the realization that all he could do was pray, pastor James Banks wrote the popular book Prayers for Prodigals. At a low point, Geoffrey Banks recognized that life could be better, and he sensed Jesus calling him back. Now, Hope Lies Ahead tells the powerful story of God's faithfulness to answer prayer and of the healing found in Him.
No matter what you're struggling with-whether it's you or a child who has abandoned faith or faces addiction or prison-you are not alone. There is hope in Jesus, who makes all things new."
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