S12 E5 | Does Praying for Our Family Make a Difference?
5/7/202632 min
Praying for our family shouldn't be our last resort — it should be our first priority.
In this episode, you'll learn:
- Scripture-based prayers you can borrow when you feel inadequate or short of words.
- How to persist and make peace with prayers that have gone unanswered.
- The powerful, generational impact prayer can have on your family.
Links and Resources We Mention in This Episode:
- Give today, and get a copy of Come Close to Jesus by Lysa TerKeurst as our thank-you. Get started here!
- Fight for your family by downloading 15 Prayers for Your Husband and 15 Prayers for Your Son or Daughter.
- We’re grateful to the American Association of Christian Counselors for being a yearlong sponsor of Therapy & Theology. Click here to apply for their Youth Mental Health Coach program — a biblically grounded, clinically excellent training to help you support youth facing today’s most common mental health challenges.
- Go to Compassion.com/Lysa to join us in sponsoring a child through Compassion International today.
- Subscribe here to receive new Therapy & Theology episodes straight to your inbox.
- Want a chance to be featured on Listener Mail? Leave Lysa, Jim, or Joel a message or a question right here.
- Click here to download a copy of this transcript.
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First 90 secondsShae Hill· Host0:00
[gentle music] When your thoughts are racing and nothing feels clear, you need something solid to hold onto. Because of you, another woman can find that steadiness in Biblical truth found in resources like Therapy and Theology. Your special financial gift today helps place God's Word into women's hands so they can be guided by truth, not fear. Give now by going to proverbs31.org/givenow, or simply click the link in our show notes below. [gentle music] Welcome back to Therapy and Theology, where we help you work through what you walk through. I'm your host, Shae Hill, and today's episode is so special. As we help you fight for your family this season, we especially want to help you fight for the people you love most in prayer. So today's episode will help you do just that, as Lisa, Jim, and Joel provide a framework for how to pray for your family, and they'll even include some specific scriptural prayers. As you fight for your family this season, maybe you're inspired to ask a question that sounds something like this: "How do I really help the young people in my life who are struggling both mentally and emotionally?" If that's you, whether you're a parent, a grandparent, or someone who just feels called to help, we're here to help you. That's why I wanna tell you about the Youth Mental Health Coach program from the American Association of Christian Counselors and Light University. It is a Biblically based, clinically excellent