I agree with your prayer for Marlene's son except the part about "worry". We are not to worry. But I pray that the Lord place this boy's mother on his heart. Give him eyes to see, ears to hear and a heart to receive the love the Lord has for him and to know that other than the Lord, there is no love like a Mother's Love. Dear Lord I pray for this young man that his desire for alcohol or drugs or any other temptation that is standing between him and his relationship with the Lord and his family be removed. Dear Lord I know you will not change our Will, but I pray that you open this young man's eyes so that he may see what he is doing to himself and the people who love him. I pray you give him the strength to turn from these substances and to turn from the friends or people or anything that is influencing him or tempting him to continue. I pray you set your path before this young man and help him to stay focused on your Will Lord. Not his Will but your Will. I lift up Marlene to you Lord and help her and give her strength to face the future and never stop praying for her son. That she never give up praying for him and expecting God to deliver him. I pray Lord that Marlene not worry or be afraid for her son, for fear comes from the Devil. I pray she knows that God is in control and that whatever happens is out of her control, and that she turn her son over to the Lord completely and that you answer her prayers Dear Father. I pray in the name of the Father, The Son, and the Holy Spirit. Amen.
I feel your heart breaking Marlene. I had a son who was 29 years old and it seemed no matter what I did, or how much I prayed, or how hard I tried to change things for him, I thought God was not answering. He almost died before my eyes when he was 21. He had cut an artery in his arm in a car window. I prayed and cried to God to please don't take my son and his bleeding stopped and he lived. He lived to marry and have 2 children and one day his wife decided she didn't want to be married anymore. It is a very long and heartbreaking story, but he got addicted to Xanax and other drugs. For 3 months before he died he was doing so much better and was getting to keep his boys nearly all the time. The only time he would mess up was when they were with their mother and not with him. I was angry at God because he wouldn't fix things. I was angry because he took my son and not his ex-wife who I see as true evil. I was angry because his ex-wife would not leave him alone. Everytime he tried to have a relationship with anyone, here she came. Then off she went again and again to a promiscuous life and drugs. I was angry, angry, angry. I was angry because his ex-wife came down that day when everyone was gone and gave him the drugs that killed him. I will not go into details, but 2 weeks before he died, I went outside and talked with God and begged him to please help my son. Please send him someone to love. Help him get off the drugs. Help him .......... Help him........... Do this............ Do that............. I finally stopped and just said "Not my Will but your Will Lord". And 2 weeks later God took my Baby. He took him out of his pain, out of his brokeness. My heart still hurts deep down in my stomach. I know that God had been answering my prayer for years "not to take my son." And I believe that kept him on this earth longer than he was supposed to be. I know he is safe now.
I pray for you Marlene and your son. I pray that God not only show him the path he is to choose, but that he guide him and direct him toward it. I pray that God help him turn from his old friends, his old life, and to put people in his path that will help him in his walk with the Lord.
God Bless You............................... Jo Lynn