WHEN YOUR CHILD WALKS AWAY
APPENDIX B
Scriptures to Return To When a single verse carries you through a hard week, mark it. Write the date. Come back to it a year from now. Below are the passages referenced throughout this book, grouped so you can find them quickly. When you are tempted to think it is all your fault • Proverbs 22:6 — Train up a child in the way he should go. • 1 Samuel 8:1–3 — Samuel’s sons did not walk in his ways. • Ezekiel 18:20 — The soul who sins shall die. The son shall not suffer for the iniquity of the father. When you need to see what is really going on in their heart • Romans 1:18–25 — They exchanged the truth of God for a lie. • James 4:1–3 — The anatomy of a restless, unsubmitted heart. • Jeremiah 17:9 — The heart is deceitful above all things. When you need to know what kind of parent to be now • Ephesians 4:15 — Speaking the truth in love. • Colossians 4:6 — Let your speech always be gracious, seasoned with salt. • 2 Timothy 2:24–26 — Gentle, able to teach, patiently enduring evil. When you need to know that God is not done • Psalm 121:3–4 — He who keeps you will not slumber. • Jonah 1–2 — God pursues the runner. • John 21:15–19 — Christ restores Peter with three questions. • Luke 15:11–24 — The father sees the son while he is still a long way off. When you need a place to stand in prayer • Philippians 4:6–7 — By prayer and supplication with thanksgiving. • Romans 8:26–27 — The Spirit intercedes with groanings too deep for words. • Romans 5:8 — While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.
Word of Life Fellowship • 23
Made with FlippingBook - Online Brochure Maker