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    31 Days of Prayer for My Teen: A Parent's Guide
    31 Days of Prayer for My Teen: A Parent's Guide
    31 Days of Prayer for My Teen: A Parent's Guide
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    31 Days of Prayer for My Teen: A Parent's Guide

    By Susan Alexander Yates

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    Parents of teens today face overwhelming challenges. Whether a model child out in a dangerous world or a rebellious maverick who's breaking mom and dad's hearts, every teen needs prayer. But where do parents start?
    Susan Yates offers parents a clear-cut and simple plan for praying for their teens. 31 Days of Prayer for My Teen helps parents focus on the needs of their teens and pray effectively for things like

    o moody, unloveable, or rebellious teens
    o friends and role models
    o temptation and decision making
    o sibling rivalry and anger
    o self-centeredness and doubt
    o and much more.

    Each prayer includes Scripture readings and journal questions for more in-depth study.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBaker Publishing Group
    Release dateSep 1, 2004
    ISBN9781441244246
    31 Days of Prayer for My Teen: A Parent's Guide

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      31 Days of Prayer for My Teen - Susan Alexander Yates

      © 2004 by Susan Alexander Yates

      Published by Baker Books

      a division of Baker Publishing Group

      P.O. Box 6287, Grand Rapids, MI 49516-6287

      www.bakerbooks.com

      Ebook edition created 2013

      All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means—for example, electronic, photocopy, recording—without the prior written permission of the publisher. The only exception is brief quotations in printed reviews.

      ISBN 978-1-4412-4424-6

      Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data is on file at the Library of Congress, Washington, DC.

      Unless otherwise indicated, Scripture is taken from the HOLY BIBLE, NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION®. NIV®. Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984 by International Bible Society. Used by permission of Zondervan. All rights reserved.

      Scripture marked ESV is taken from The Holy Bible, English Standard Version, copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles, a division of Good News Publishers. Used by permission. All rights reserved.

      To our Father God, who loves to hear our prayers

      no matter what!

      And with special thanksgiving to him

      for the five spouses he has given our five children:

      Will Gaskins, Christy Borgman, Alysia Ponzi,

      Scott Anderson, and McLean Wilson

      I’ve prayed for each of you since you were infants.

      I didn’t know you then, but God did,

      and he has answered my prayers above and beyond

      anything I ever dreamed in bringing you

      into our lives.

      To him be the glory!

      Ephesians 3:20–21

      Contents

      Acknowledgments

      Abig thank-you to my husband and best friend forever, John. A special thank-you to our five children: Allison, John, Chris, Susy, and Libby, who taught me to love the teen years. And heartfelt thanks to my editor, Vicki Crumpton, and the great team at Baker Books.

      About the Book

      As parents of teens we know we need to pray, but we are often so overwhelmed with all our child’s needs (and our own!) that we don’t know where or how to begin.

      This book will help you!

      You’ll find two ways to use this book. First, you can use it as a daily prayer for your teen by matching each day to the day’s date. With this method you’ll be able to cultivate the habit of regular daily prayer for your teen, and in the process you’ll experience the joy of a regular time to let God himself love and encourage you. By praying in this way, you will receive the benefit of exploring prayers and issues that might not have occurred to you.

      Second, you’ll note that each prayer has a particular topic so you can go directly to the topic that expresses your concern and pray that specific prayer. Prayers are listed by topics in the table of contents.

      The inspiration for this book came from a book I wrote several years ago called And Then I Had Teenagers: Encouragement for Parents of Teens and Preteens. That book deals with the challenges we face as we raise our teens. In it you will find practical guidance in handling many of the issues that you will be praying about in this book. I hope you will use this book of prayers as a companion to the larger book. Additional help is also available in the book my husband and I wrote, Character Matters! Raising Kids with Values That Last. Further information about these two books and other helpful resources can be found in Appendix 4 in the back of this book.

      In the prayers I have tried to balance my use of he or she and son or daughter. I felt that using he/she repeatedly would be distracting, so I have chosen one or the other to use in each prayer. Please adjust the gender to suit your needs.

      At the end of each prayer you will find activities that can personalize and deepen your prayer time. First there is a relevant Scripture verse. Second, a list of additional Bible verses, which are referenced in the prayer, will expand your study. Let the printed prayer be a basis for creating your own prayer for your child each day, and then write it in the space provided. You will be encouraged when you use the book next month to see how God has answered your prayer! Next, thank God for one of his character traits that has been brought to your mind by the prayer or by the verses. (For example, Thank you, God, that you are always faithful.) Throughout the day, take time to think about what his faithfulness means to you. Space is also provided to write out a promise from God encountered in your Scripture study. Use these tools to enhance your time

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