WHAT DO WE DO WHEN OUR BEST PARENTING DOESN’T WORK?

EARLY WARNING SIGNS OF PRODIGALS:

1) Increasingly Self-Centered

2) Know All the Answers

3) Demand Immediate Gratification

Luke 15:11-20

ACTIONS STEPS FOR PARENTS OF PRODIGALS:

1) Unwavering Prayer

Colossians 1:9 For this reason, since the day we heard about you, we have not stopped praying for you and asking God to fill you with the knowledge of his will through all spiritual wisdom and understanding.

Colossians 1:10 And we pray this in order that you may live a life worthy of the Lord and may please him in every way: bearing fruit in every good work, growing in the knowledge of God,

ACTIONS STEPS FOR PARENTS OF PRODIGALS:

2) Unending Patience

Galations 6:9 Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.

ACTIONS STEPS FOR PARENTS OF PRODIGALS:

3) Unconditional Love

Luke 15:20 “ … But while he was still a long way off, his father saw him and was filled with compassion for him; he ran to his son, threw his arms around him and kissed him.

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