Praying for Your Teens Part 1

Mary Kane

Join Mary Kane and Jane VanOsdol as they discuss the popular topic of Praying for Your Teens.

In this two-part podcast, Mary and Jane discuss the issues that affect teens’ lives–and their parents’. They’ll cover the topics of spiritual growth, physical safety, health, relationships, jobs, education and their futures.

The teen years are critical years for kids. Decisions they make now can affect them for better or for worse for years to come. Don’t send your kids out “unprayed”! Learn how to pray for them as you traverse these years with them. Mary and Jane also feature several of their favorite resources that they’ve used through the teen years with their children.

Jane VanOsdol

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Resources

83442: And The Bride Wore White: Seven Secrets to Sexual Purity (Celebration Edition) And The Bride Wore White: Seven Secrets to Sexual Purity (Celebration Edition)By Dannah Gresh
80927: God in the Alley God in the AlleyBy Greg Paul
451876: Love & Respect: The Love She Most Desires, the Respect He Desperately Needs Love & Respect: The Love She Most Desires, the Respect He Desperately NeedsBy Dr. Emerson Eggerichs
942683: Love is a Decision Love is a DecisionBy Gary Smalley
59133: Mean Girls: Facing Your Beauty Turned Beast Mean Girls: Facing Your Beauty Turned BeastBy Hayley DiMarco
608821: The Case for Christ/The Case for Faith, 2 Volumes in 1 The Case for Christ/The Case for Faith, 2 Volumes in 1
42199: The New Evidence That Demands a Verdict The New Evidence That Demands a VerdictBy Josh McDowell
920865: The Power of Praying for Your Adult Children The Power of Praying for Your Adult ChildrenBy Stormie Omartian
919252: The Power of a Praying Parent The Power of a Praying ParentBy Stormie Omartian
87967: Wild at Heart Wild at HeartBy John Eldredge

In this devotional book, Jane’s daughter, Amber, is a contributing author.

526058: This Is Now: A Girl-to-Girl Devotional for Teens This Is Now: A Girl-to-Girl Devotional for Teens
By Patti M. Hummel



Changes

Jane VanOsdol

Jane VanOsdol

I struggled with discouragement because of being sick, but God had something in mind with all that time I spent resting. At that time He was also putting in my heart a desire to start a blog about prayer. So for that year, I spent a lot of time reading and studying about blogging and podcasting and researching what resources I would need to do all this. It was a tough year, but God was busy laying the groundwork for future plans.

The BIble verse that became my theme for that year was the following:

Now, I was impatient and just wanted to feel better and get on with things, but I had to learn to WAIT. I had no choice.

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Over the years, I have learned more of what it means to wait on the Lord when I sense He is calling me to make changes. Mostly I have learned this from my own painful blunders of charging ahead and then having to undo my mistakes because I acted too soon or took on too much and made a mess of things.