Praying the Scriptures for Your Adult Children - Jodie Berndt

In Praying the Scriptures for Your Adult Children: Trusting God with the Ones You Love, Jodie Berndt continues her Praying the Scriptures series with biblical prayers for your adult children, whether they are just leaving the nest, flying well on their own, or struggling to take off at all. With grace and wisdom, Jodie addresses cultural trends such as couples living together before marriage and young adults leaving the church, as well as the painful realities of loneliness, addiction, and mental health issues. With hope-filled words for the parents of the prodigal, she is particularly sensitive to the long-term prayers we offer, even as we doubt ourselves and grieve over our children’s choices.

 Praying the Scriptures for Your Adult Children is a small compact book that is easy to carry with you...but it packs a powerful message that you will want readily available. It can be hard to let go of our children when they physically move into adulthood, but parents never give up on praying for their "babies." Filled with anecdotal stories, each chapter ends with prayers for both the praying parent and for the adult child. Each prayer also has the Scripture book, chapter, and verse.

For your convenience, the book is divided into 5 parts:

• Praying for Your ADULT CHILD
• Praying for Your ADULT CHILD'S Relationships
• Praying through the MILESTONES in Your ADULT CHILD'S LIFE
• Praying for Your ADULT CHILD'S HEALTH, SAFETY and WELL-BEING
• Praying for Your ADULT CHILD'S VICTORY OVER TEMPTATION

Each of these parts are then divided into 4 or 5 chapters that touch on more specific topics. The only thing that would have made the book better, in my opinion, would be more room for making notes or journaling. But, if you already have a prayer journal, you can add the prayers and scriptures to it. I do recommend this book. Since I now have both adult children and adult grandchildren whom I pray for, this book will be put to use for years to come.  
 
Disclosure: I received this book free from Handlebar Marketing as part of their Book Review Blogger Program. I was not required to write a review. The opinions I have expressed are my own.