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They Cried Out To The Lord: 31 Days of Prayer for Parents of Trans Identified Children Paperback – January 10, 2025

by Mark Anderson Smith (Author)
3.9 out of 5 stars 5 ratings
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What is a parent to do when a child adopts a trans identity and seeks to change their body to match their new identity? Decades ago parents worried over whether their daughter might get pregnant or their son father a child without being prepared for the responsibility that would bring. Parents worried about clothing, and makeup, and music that was being listened to. Worried about the risks of alcohol and smoking and drugs. Now, far too many parents are blindsided by gender diversity, by claims the child they loved and cared for and cherished was never their child at all. Instead they are presented with an imposter, a stranger, who appears to have taken their child over and demands things that do not make sense. Stop dead-naming me. Use these pronouns. I need to stop my puberty. I need hormones to become who I am supposed to be. I need to have these surgeries... these dangerous and experimental surgeries that will forever alter my body with no hope of ever going back.

Three years ago I was told my child identified as trans. This was devastating enough. I was already worried for my child, for the way she had retreated from the world. I knew too much even then. The fact that so many young adults detransition after submitting to medical procedures that could not be reversed. The dangers of taking puberty blockers and cross-sex hormones. I spiralled down. Catastrophized. Pleaded with those who affirmed my child's trans identity to stop, and none of them would listen. It almost drove me to end it all.

I love my child. So many of us parents love our children and yet are falsely accused of hatred. This is often a form of gaslighting, the manipulation of a person by confusing them with false accusations and the presenting of lies as truth. If it was not for the love and mercy of God, perhaps I would have done something evil to myself. Instead, when everything in my life threatened to collapse, I found there was a foundation in Jesus Christ that stopped me from plunging into an abyss.

Some people may claim gender identities are real, that we should celebrate and affirm trans identities. I cannot and will not accept this, not while my child is in danger and there is only poor evidence - if at all - to support those claims. Increasingly, there is evidence that affirmation prevents growth and maturation in our young people. At a time when our children will rebel against their parents, children need us to stand strong and firm for truth and reality.

The Pied Piper stole the children of Hamelin. It feels like this has happened worldwide. Children turned against their parents, and politicians, social workers, journalists and so many in the media all standing against us.

This book is an attempt to bring order out of chaos. I'm aware that my experience is being repeated to a greater or lesser degree in tens of thousands of households around the world. Some parents have been through a worse nightmare than I have yet had to face. Others are even now only beginning to understand their lives have been forever changed.

As a father who is estranged from an adult child, I have been unable to communicate, even to listen or read what they have written. Instead I have read and researched and tried to struggle to overcome despair and depression, grief and sorrow, anger and confusion. The 31 chapters in They Cried Out To The Lord are my response to the nightmare I have found myself in. Seeking God for answers when I don't even know the questions to ask. Sharing what I've learned from discussions with trusted family and friends. Trying to find hope when there appears to be none. If you have a child or relative who is struggling with a trans identity, may this book be a blessing to you, leading you to know the hope and peace of God.
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  1. Part of series
    31 Days of Prayer
  2. Print length
    187 pages
  3. Language
    English
  4. Publication date
    January 10, 2025
  5. Dimensions
    6 x 0.47 x 9 inches
  6. ISBN-10
    1915183022
  7. ISBN-13
    978-1915183026
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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Goal 31 Ltd
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ January 10, 2025
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 187 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1915183022
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1915183026
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 9.9 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6 x 0.47 x 9 inches
  • Part of series ‏ : ‎ 31 Days of Prayer
  • Customer Reviews:
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Mark Anderson Smith is a Scottish author who has also lived and worked in York, England and in Tajikistan in Central Asia. Married with three children, he works as an IT Consultant and Business Analyst, though aims one day to be able to write full time.

He is the author of two novels including the Christian thriller: Fallen Warriors. He has also written and published an autobiography: Double Your Salary …without losing your soul! to share what he has learned while building a career and encourage others to lift themselves out of poverty. During the Covid pandemic he wrote two prayer and bible study guides under the series 31 Days of Prayer.

Mark is passionate about goals, having seen what a dramatic effect it can have when goals are set that build on each other. In 2009 he accepted a challenge to write down 100 goals. His thirty first goal was the inspiration for his company: Goal 31 Ltd, and in many ways for the 31 Days of Prayer series: “To be and do all that God wants of me.”

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  • Jamie
    5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful!!
    Reviewed in the United States on March 17, 2025
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    Thank you so much for writing this book. It’s amazing!! If you are a Christian with a loved one in this situation buy this book! We need to seek the Lords counsel together!
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  • T Halley
    5.0 out of 5 stars Very Truthful Insghts
    Reviewed in the United States on February 8, 2025
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    I strongly endorsed this book. I lived 12 years as a false transgender woman. It is a lie. This book reflects the heart of a parent of a child that is gone into the far country. I believe the insights are deep heartfelt and truly amazing. No one knows the depth of the Heartbreak of a child that goes into this false set of beliefs. It not only destroys the individual but the family. These prayers give hope and deep inside from God our Father. This is a great book everyone that is interested in this topic should read it.
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  • MamaDrie
    5.0 out of 5 stars Beautiful and helpful
    Reviewed in the United States on March 14, 2025
    Excellent.
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  • Lys
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    Reviewed in the United States on February 1, 2025
    I thought this was a supportive book about how God would guide me to love and acceptance but found it was simply about how to hate my child. Awful and boring and not at all filled with hope or help in how to overcome my selfish bias in order to understand my child. Garbage. 0/10.
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