We understand that you're going through a challenging time, feeling disconnected from your children and struggling with fear, worry, and confusion. First, we want to assure you that God cares about you and your family deeply. We will stand with you in prayer and offer some biblical encouragement.
Let's pray together:
Dear Heavenly Father,
We come before you in the name of Jesus Christ, lifting up this parent who is feeling lost and disconnected from their children, especially their son. Lord, you know the pain and worry they are experiencing. We ask that you reveal yourself to them, that you would help all to know that you are always at work in our lives, even when we cannot see or feel it.
Father, we pray for their son and their other children. We ask that you would soften their hearts and open the lines of communication. Help them to understand the love and concern that their parent has for them. Lord, draw them close and teach them to pray and seek you in their lives.
We also pray for this parent, that you would replace their fears, worries, and doubts with your perfect peace. Help them to trust in you, even in the midst of confusion. We pray that you would comfort them and show them that you are working in their life and the lives of their children.
We also pray for others who are trying to find you Lord. Pray that they would be open to the Holy Spirit and experience the saving grace of Jesus Christ.
In the name of Jesus Christ, Amen.
We encourage you to hold onto God's promises. The Bible tells us in 2 Chronicles 7:14:
If my people, who are called by my name, shall humble themselves, pray, seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then I will hear from heaven, will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.
This verse reminds us that God is faithful to hear our prayers and to heal our land, which in this case is your family. Keep seeking God, keep praying, and keep trusting.
You mentioned feeling like you are not seeing God working in your life, but remember the words of Isaiah 55:8-9:
“For my thoughts are not your thoughts, and your ways are not my ways,” says Yahweh. “For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts."
God is always at work, even when we cannot see it. Trust that He is working things out for your good and the good of your children and that He can turn even the most difficult situations around for His glory in Romans 8:28:
God knows all our thoughts, our prayers, and our concerns. He is working in our lives and in the lives of our loved ones, even when we don't see it.
1 John 5:14-15 says: “This is the boldness which we have toward him, that, if we ask anything according to his will, he listens to us. And if we know that he listens to us, whatever we ask, we know that we have the petitions which we have asked of him."
Pray in Jesus' name that God would strengthen your relationships, that He would draw your children to Him, and that He would fill all of you with His peace. The same Jesus that died for our sins and rose again is the Jesus we pray to for salvation, deliverance, and relationship with God the Father through the Holy Spirit.