Prayer Changes Teens: How to Parent from Your Knees [Paperback]

Janet Holm McHenry (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: August 19, 2003

Give control back to God and get back to what you enjoy most–loving your teen. Parenting teenagers isn’t easy. No matter how much we love our kids and want to protect them, we cannot control them or their circumstances. But God is in control, and– particularly when we trust him–he can take care of our kids far better than we ever could.

So what else can we do? We can pray. In fact, prayer should be our first response–because prayer is the most powerful tool at a parent’s disposal. That is what this book is about: releasing our teens to God’s control, learning to pray specifically and with confidence for their every need, and recovering the sense of humor that will help us face the situations that now cause us so much stress. This book includes:

• lighthearted stories designed to help take the edge off of parenting your teenager
• valuable insights on more than twenty areas of conflict you are likely to experience with your teen–from language, grades, and clothing to drugs, drinking, and smoking
• specific prayer strategies to help you make a difference in your teen’s life
• perspectives on the “hot” issues, from real teens
• what the Bible has to say on each subject
• tips from parenting experts
• specific prayers to get you started
• discussion starters to help open up dialogue with your teen

Whether parents have never prayed for their teens, have prayed sporadically, or have prayed every day, now is the time to pray even more and in whole new ways–and Prayer Changes Teens will show them how.

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Give control back to God and get back to what you enjoy most?loving your teen. Parenting teenagers isn?t easy. No matter how much we love our kids and want to protect them, we cannot control them or their circumstances. But God is in control, and? particularly when we trust him?he can take care of our kids far better than we ever could.

So what else can we do? We can pray. In fact, prayer should be our first response?because prayer is the most powerful tool at a parent?s disposal. That is what this book is about: releasing our teens to God?s control, learning to pray specifically and with confidence for their every need, and recovering the sense of humor that will help us face the situations that now cause us so much stress. This book includes:

? lighthearted stories designed to help take the edge off of parenting your teenager
? valuable insights on more than twenty areas of conflict you are likely to experience with your teen?from language, grades, and clothing to drugs, drinking, and smoking
? specific prayer strategies to help you make a difference in your teen?s life
? perspectives on the ?hot? issues, from real teens
? what the Bible has to say on each subject
? tips from parenting experts
? specific prayers to get you started
? discussion starters to help open up dialogue with your teen

Whether parents have never prayed for their teens, have prayed sporadically, or have prayed every day, now is the time to pray even more and in whole new ways?and Prayer Changes Teens will show them how.

About the Author

Janet Holm McHenry loves speaking at churches, on radio programs, and with other groups about prayer. A high school English, journalism, and creative writing teacher, she is the leader of a local prayerwalk ministry and a group of parents who pray for their teens. She is also the author of hundreds of articles and sixteen books, including PrayerWalk, Daily PrayerWalk, and several mysteries for youth. She lives in Loyalton, California. Janet’s website is
dailyprayerwalking.com

Product Details

• Paperback: 208 pages
• Publisher: WaterBrook Press; 1 edition (August 19, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1578566274
• ISBN-13: 978-1578566273
• Product Dimensions: 5.5 x 0.5 x 8.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8.5 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #254,887 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

The author of 19 books, Janet Holm McHenry lives to encourage others through her writing, speaking, and teaching. She has received several awards, including the Advanced Writers and Speakers Association Member of the Year, Mt. Hermon Writers Conference Writer of the Year, and Soroptimists International Teacher of the Year. A high school English teacher, she is married to her high school sweetheart Craig, and they have raised four children in a small town in the California Sierra-Nevada. The beautiful setting has inspired her to follow her passions--prayerwalking and writing. Find out more about Janet at www.janetmchenry.com and her Up2Me blog, http://janetmchenry.wordpress.com.

Customer Reviews

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This is the best book for parents of Teens!, September 18, 2003

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Norma Prigge (Shohola, PA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Prayer Changes Teens: How to Parent from Your Knees (Paperback)

This is a terrific book. Janet McHenry knows from what she writes and uses her real life examples of raising her own teens and teaching teenagers in her writing. From the first pages, where she describes that awful feeling when you first realize your child is not behaving the way you thought he was, to the real, concrete, useful suggestions on how to handle all kinds of situations (drugs, dating, lying, dress, etc.) this book hits the mark. Not to be trite, but I laughed, I cried...and I prayed. The suggestions for prayer are real, and from the gut. It is a book you can buy by the dozen and hand them out to all your friends and they will be enternally grateful. It is that good, and that useful. Here is the answer to "but what can you do?" about your children. Thank you, Janet.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Yes, yes, yes!, August 23, 2003

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Jeanne Zornes (Wenatchee, WA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Prayer Changes Teens: How to Parent from Your Knees (Paperback)

Within two days of getting Janet's book, I had recommended it to four other moms of teens. Consider buying two copies--one to read and digest, and one to share. Janet honestly addresses the big and little issues of parenting adolescents with the simple yet profound tool of prayer. Don't skip over the scriptures given with each suggested prayer. Pray them back to God for your own teens.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Practical/Spiritual Help for Parents of Teens, March 11, 2004

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Karen O'Connor "wordykaren" (Watsonville, CA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Prayer Changes Teens: How to Parent from Your Knees (Paperback)

The best parts of this excellent and supportive book are the practical prayers in each chapter. You can go straight to God with your concerns over every area of your teen's life--from friendships to food issues, from dating to dressing, from homework to housekeeping! The author is an experienced parent of teens, making this book a must for any parent who has ever hrown up his or her hands in despair. Not ony will you receive helpful answers but spiritual comfort and counsel, as well.