RJsMum

I am still struggling with this. My daughter (now approaching 18) continues to spend more and more time with this boyfriend and less time with me. The boyfriend has few manners and continues to encourage her to rebel/lie etc. I am so distressed with the influence he is having on her and the way she has distanced herself from me. Please, may I request your prayers? I am so very very sad

Today has been difficult

My daughter is 17 and lives at home with us x

Thank you x

I have been at rock bottom over the past 24 hrs but someone must have been bringing my name before the Lord. I feel a little calmer but so terribly vulnerable. My daughter has started to give me a hug again and to spend a little time with me. This is encouraging. My husband has not apologised for his outburst and emotional rage over the weekend but he has calmed down a little. I heard my husband and daughter speaking with one another briefly earlier this evening - baby steps. Thank you for your prayers for our family unit

I am really struggling. I had planned a 'family day' today - to just go out and do something normal. My husband point blank refused. I have had a lovely time with my daughter and she has been happy in my presence. My husband however has avoided me upon our return, failed to communicate with me, shut himself away - In fact has done anything to avoid being in the same room as myself. These mood swings from my husband occur all too frequently. [Another heartache of mine is that although we shall have been married for 25 years this year, we have not lived in the true sense of man and wife for 16 years. He moved into what was our spare room 16 years ago and has never expressed any love or affection for me since. I still don't know why he moved into the spare room. I have prayed and prayed for my marriage to be repaired but this with my daughter now .... I am not sure if I can take anymore]. Whilst I have fervent prayers for my daughter and her situation, I wonder if I still have the emotional energy to cope with my own situation....]. I feel like I just want to walk away from it all... I am so very very drained

Lord - Please open my daughters eyes so that she can see more clearly. Guide her in her life steps, especially just now. These are critical years and the influence from out of the home at the moment is not good. Please find her a special friend of a Christian belief and background who will honour her and love her for who she is. May Dad and daughter relationship be renewed and strengthened. Lord hear my hearts pleading.

Please could I ask that Dad feels the soothing balm of the Holy Spirit...

Thank you for your continued prayers. The tension within our home is beginning to lessen a little. I petition the Lord asking him to encourage my daughter to open up to me and share her concerns. I so need her to know how deeply I love her. I ask the Lord to continue to keep her from harm but to enable her to trust me in all things. I love her so much. Baby steps in rebuilding relationships. I am hurting so badly myself. Thank you for your support - I really mean that

Thank you all for your prayers. I am not sure how to respond to individuals - Kwikphilly - my daughter is 17 years old. She lives in the family home. I cannot express my gratitude for the prayerful support of members of this website. Thank you

Thank you to those offering prayers

Thank you Steven - I have done this in the belief that God will enable transformation - but I have no words left and need the Holy Spirit to interpret the ache in my heart. Thank you for your prayers

My family unit requires healing. My daughter has become distant as she spends more and more time with a boyfriend who is having a negative influence on her. Instead of being the happy, caring and loving daughter she once was ... she is becoming rude, secretive, selfish and unkind. I love her but I don't particularly like her current attitudes. Her Dad is hurting bad too. I am so very very sad. I don't know what to pray for anymore