So you are feeling the pain of the rift between you and your adult child, and that is a heartache that many parents endure in silence. But what if I told you that reconciliation could be closer than you think?

Today, we're going to dive deep into the delicate art of mending broken bonds. We'll explore a strategy to bridge the gap and bring healing to your family. Let me preface this by acknowledging that I don't know the day or the time when God will restore your family. If it were up to me, it would have been yesterday, right? But what if you started fighting for your children in the spiritual realm? I want to show you how to do that as well as give you some practical advice on a do and a don't for fixing your relationship.

I'm fully aware that many of you are experiencing complete estrangement, where your adult child is not even giving you the opportunity to do some of these things. However, prayer is always available, and it's free, right? It's a gift that I think too many times we take for granted and make our last resort when it should be our first line of defense. That's what today is about.

Practical Advice: Do and Don't

Don't give up hope. Some of you love me for this, and some of you hate me for this, and that's okay. I will never tell any mom that I'm coaching that there's no hope. As long as there is breath, there is hope. I know this is daunting and how hard it is because I've been there, thinking for ten years that my family would never be restored. But the best part is, my family is restored, and it's better than it was before because no family is perfect.

Do forgive. Forgiveness is powerful. It changes you, and your forgiveness can also help change the situation. Remember, the only person you can control is you. Forgiveness is your responsibility. If your adult child forgives you, that's on them. It has nothing to do with you. It's for them, and the same here applies to you.

Seeking Guidance

For those of you I haven't talked to before and are looking for guidance on this journey, if you want coaching and want to learn more, you can click the link below for a discovery call. I look forward to talking to you more about that there.

Prayer for Spiritual Victory and Reconciliation

Today, I want to offer a prayer that provides God's protection and guidance while reaffirming your faith in His promises to restore and heal. It can be comforting and empowering for you, seeking help in the spiritual realm for your relationship with your children. Thousands of you are going to pray this, so imagine how powerful that is for your child. Insert your child's name when you pray.

Heavenly Father, we come before You today to seek Your strength and guidance as we navigate the challenges of estrangement from our children. Your word tells us that we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places. Therefore, we put on the full armor of God so that we can take our stand against the devil's schemes.

Lord, give us Your truth, the breastplate of righteousness, protect our feet with the preparation of the gospel of peace. Above all, we take up the shield of faith with which we can extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one. We take the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit, which is Your word.

We pray for our children, Lord, that You would protect each and every one of them from the enemy's plans and bring them back to the path of righteousness. Open their hearts to Your love and healing. Restore the bonds of love and respect between us. Teach us to forgive as freely as You have forgiven us in Christ Jesus. We claim Your promise that no weapon formed against us shall prosper, and we declare that Your plans for us and our children are plans for welfare and not for evil, to give us a future and a hope.

We stand firm in Your promise that if we raise our children in the way they should go, when they are old, they will not depart from it. And as stated in the book of Luke, You give us authority over all these things. We have the authority to speak these things, and we come against any forces trying to come between us and our children. We ask You to protect our children and thank You in advance for putting people in their path who will speak truth to them and not harm them.

We take authority over the enemy and any stronghold that is trying to come between us and our children, our family as a whole. We want our children restored. We want ourselves restored and, therefore, our family coming back together more powerfully and healthier than when we separated.

We pray these things in the mighty name of Jesus. Amen.

Remember, where two or more are gathered in His name, He is there.