Promises for Parents For as the rain and the snow come down from heaven, and do not return there without watering the earth, and making it bear and sprout, and furnishing seed to the sower and bread to the eater, So shall My word be which goes forth from My mouth; it shall not return to me empty without accomplishing what I desire, and without succeeding in the matter for which I sent it. Isaiah 55:10-11 (NASB) Do not fear or be dismayed because of this great multitude, for the battle is not yours but God’s. II Chronicles 20:15b (NASB) I am still confident of this: I will see the goodness of the LORD in the land of the living. Wait for the LORD; be strong and take heart and wait for the LORD. Psalm 27:13-14 Delight yourself in the LORD and He will give you the desires of your heart. Psalm 37:4 Cast your cares on the LORD and He will sustain you; He will never let the righteous fall. Psalm 55:22 I wait for the LORD. My soul waits, and in His word I put my hope. Psalm 130:5 He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds. Psalm 147:3 Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not turn from it. Proverbs 22:6 I will pour water on the thirsty land, and streams on the dry ground; I will pour out my Spirit on your offspring, and blessing on your descendants. Isaiah 44:3 I am the Lord and there is no other; apart from me there is no God. I will strengthen you, though you have not acknowledged me. Isaiah 45:5 But this is what the Lord says: Yes, captives will be taken from warriors and plunder retrieved from the fierce. I will contend with those who contend with you and your children I will save. Isaiah 49:25 All your sons will be taught by the LORD, and great will be your children’s peace. Isaiah 54:13 Lift up your eyes and look about you: All assemble and come to you; your sons come from afar, and your daughters are carried on the arm. Isaiah 60:4 I will give them a heart to know me, that I am the LORD. They will be my people, and I will be their God, for they will return to me with all their heart. Jeremiah 24:7 “For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the LORD, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.” Jeremiah 29:11 “Restrain your voice from weeping and your eyes from tears, for your work will be rewarded,” declares the LORD, “They will return from the land of the enemy.” So there is hope for your future, declares the LORD. Your children will return to their own land. Jeremiah 31:16-17 For nothing is impossible with God. Luke 1:37 This is the confidence we have in approaching God: that if we ask anything according to His will, He hears us. And if we know that He hears us - whatever we ask - we know that we have what we asked of Him. I John 5:14-15 Resources Good News About Prodigals, Tom Bisset Discovery House Publishers How to Pray For Your Children, Quinn Sherrer Servant Publications Lena, Margaret Jensen Here’s Life Publishers Lord, Is It Warfare? Teach Me to Stand, Kay Arthur Multnomah Praying God’s Will for My Daughter (Son), Lee Roberts Thomas Nelson Publishers Prayers That Avail Much for Mothers Word Ministries Prayers For A Woman of Faith Zondervan Spiritual Disciplines For the Christian Life, Donald Whitney Navpress The Power of a Praying Parent, Stormie Omartian Harvest House Publishers Waiting, Finding Hope When God Seems Silent, Ben Patterson Inter Varsity Press Praying Prodigals Home, Quinn Sherrer and Ruthanne Garlock Regal Books