We pray for those we love, our prodigals. Some call themselves by the name of Christ but are not walking in His ways and some were raised in the church have rejected Him. Our prodigals have been taken captive through worldly philosophies and empty deceptions. They have believed in the traditions of men and the elemental principles of this world and have been deceived by persuasive arguments. Although they are alienated and hostile in mind, engaged in evil deeds, we ask that God would rescue them from the domain of darkness and transfer them to the kingdom of His beloved Son in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins. May Jesus reconcile them through His death and present them before Him holy and blameless and beyond reproach. May they be established in faith and continue steadfast, and not moved away from the hope of the gospel that was heard and which was proclaimed to them and in all creation under heaven.

Colossians 2:8, 1:13, 21-23

We will not cease to pray for our prodigals and ask that they may be filled with the knowledge of His will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding, so that they will walk in a manner worthy of the Lord, to please Him in all respects, bearing fruit in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God; strengthened with all power, according to His glorious might, for the attaining of all steadfastness and patience. We hope to one day joyously give thanks to the Father, because He has heard our cry and qualified our prodigals to share with us in the inheritance of the saints in light. Colossians 1:9-12