Praying for Prodigals

Interesting article on how to deal with prodigals.  It's from the book "When Mothers Pray (C) 1997 by Cheri Fuller of Multnomah Publishers, Inc.

1. Pray For Supernatural Love: Pray for a love that would be open and warm to the prodigal even when she is still in sin.  Love does NOT mean condoning her actions, however. Pray from a position of love, not the position of judgment and anger. 
2. Pray For The Grace To Let Go Of The Prodigal: The prodigal's father let him go. He didn't lay a guilt trip or bash him with the Bible, but he let his son go.  Pray for the parents of prodigals to have the grace to let them go.  Pray for grace to keep your mouth shut and your heart open with love and compassion.
3. Pray For The Endurance To Pray For The Prodigal: It can takes years to see the fruits of intercession for the prodigal.
4. Pray For Famine: True repentance can only begin to happen when the pleasures of sin become painful (physically, emotionally, etc.).  Pray that whatever or whoever the prodigal is placing her trust in outside of Jesus, would dry up.  Pray for disillusionment with the very things that once drew her and held her captive.  Pray that what once brought her sinful pleasure would be dry and barren now. 
5. Pray For Holy Hunger: Pray that the prodigal would long for the cleansing relationship she once had with God.
6. Pray She Would Realize That Something Is Wrong.  Pray for her eyes to be open to the truth of her situation, and pray against the delusion the enemy would try to bring to her.  "Lord, I ask You to build a hedge of thorns around ____________ to separate her from any influence not ordained by You.  I pray that those who would lure her into evil will lose interest and flee from her.  I also pray that You will hedge her in so she won't be able to contact that those who are out of Your will."
7. Pray That The Prodigal Will Receive God's Grace: Pray that she will be able to receive God's love and forgiveness.  Some prodigals may have lived very immoral lives and can't imagine the Father wanting them back.  Pray that they will understand that God is the God of second chances.

Read Luke 15:11-24.  It's a great story of lostness, repentance, forgiveness and love.