Praying for Your Prodigal Daughter: Hope, Help & Encouragement for Hurting ParentsSimon and Schuster, 2008 M01 29 - 288 pages Offering hope, help, and encouragement to hurting parents of prodigal daughters, author Janet Thompson shares out of her own experience as a prodigal daughter and as the mother of a prodigal daughter. And the key to the help she offers is prayer. While you, as a hurting mom or dad, may know that you need to pray for your daughter, this walk-along-beside-you book will take you gently by the hand and show you how. In it you will find candid stories of other parents of prodigals -- and even the stories of prodigals themselves. Don't wait until you have a prodigal situation. Any parent will benefit from this book's incredible insights, prayers, and stories. Praying for Your Prodigal Daughter is about hope, help, and support from others who have walked a similar road. Chapter Topics Include • Setting Boundaries • Surviving in Marriage • Resolving Conflict • Making it All About Her • What Did We Do to Cause This? |
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Page viii
... . . . . . . 135 13 Surviving in Marriage. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149 14 Maintaining a “Normal” Family. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159 15 Making It All about Her ...
... . . . . . . 135 13 Surviving in Marriage. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149 14 Maintaining a “Normal” Family. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159 15 Making It All about Her ...
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... Marriage . 149 14 Maintaining a " Normal " Family . 159 15 Making It All about Her .... 167 16 Confronting Our Own Mistakes . 177 17 Resolving Conflict 187 18 Supporting Each Other 199 SECTION FOUR QUESTIONING YOUR ROLE WITH YOUR ...
... Marriage . 149 14 Maintaining a " Normal " Family . 159 15 Making It All about Her .... 167 16 Confronting Our Own Mistakes . 177 17 Resolving Conflict 187 18 Supporting Each Other 199 SECTION FOUR QUESTIONING YOUR ROLE WITH YOUR ...
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... married . Granny Hazel and Grandpa George soon had a baby boy , and eigh- teen months later my mother , Marilyn , was born . Growing up , my mom felt overshadowed and neglected by her outgoing , gregarious working mother , so she turned ...
... married . Granny Hazel and Grandpa George soon had a baby boy , and eigh- teen months later my mother , Marilyn , was born . Growing up , my mom felt overshadowed and neglected by her outgoing , gregarious working mother , so she turned ...
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... marriage . At twenty , my mom met and quickly married my dad , and twelve months later I was born . When I was ten years old , my highway patrol- man father was shot and killed in the line of duty . My mom shook her fist at God , saying ...
... marriage . At twenty , my mom met and quickly married my dad , and twelve months later I was born . When I was ten years old , my highway patrol- man father was shot and killed in the line of duty . My mom shook her fist at God , saying ...
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... married a godly man , and en- joyed a Christ - centered marriage and home . But she didn't . Instead , Kim was angry and confused at my new Christian life and wanted no part of it . Sin has consequences . During my prodigal years , I ...
... married a godly man , and en- joyed a Christ - centered marriage and home . But she didn't . Instead , Kim was angry and confused at my new Christian life and wanted no part of it . Sin has consequences . During my prodigal years , I ...
Contents
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4 | 38 |
SECTION | 81 |
9 | 92 |
10 | 105 |
LIVING LIFE WITH YOUR PRODIGAL DAUGHTER | 117 |
11 | 119 |
29 | 187 |
18 | 193 |
Supporting Each Other | 199 |
SECTION FOUR | 209 |
What Is Unconditional Love? | 223 |
21 | 235 |
22 | 243 |
SECTION FIVE | 253 |
12 | 123 |
19 | 135 |
13 | 149 |
14 | 159 |
15 | 167 |
16 | 177 |
Extending Unconditional Forgiveness | 265 |
27 | 299 |
Epilogue | 309 |
39 | 319 |
51 | 325 |
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Popular passages
Page 97 - The husband should fulfill his marital duty to his wife, and likewise the wife to her husband The wife's body does not belong to her alone but also to her husband In the same way, the husband's body does not belong to him alone but also to his wife.
Page 93 - If I shut up heaven that there be no rain, or if I command the locusts to devour the land, or if I send pestilence among my people; if my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.
Page 79 - For the word of God is living and active. Sharper than any doubleedged sword, it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow; it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart.
Page 160 - See that you do not look down on one of these little ones. For I tell you that their angels in heaven always see the face of my Father in heaven.
Page 209 - Honor your father and mother" (this is the first commandment with a promise), '"that it may be well with you and that you may live long on the earth.
Page 178 - God, let us draw near to God with a sincere heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled to cleanse us from a guilty conscience and having our bodies washed with pure water.
Page ix - May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.
Page 115 - But the Counselor, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you all things and will remind you of everything I have said to you.