Especially

at this holiday season of the year, parents, husbands and

wives painfully wait near the phone and watch the door

and the mailbox for the return of the prodigal son or

daughter or spouse.

It is a

time of gut wrenching prayer and introspection as to what

is going through the minds and hearts of the prodigals

that have left their homes and families to "find

themselves."

This

subject is so prevalent in today's society that many of

the pastors on the south side of Atlanta that meet each

week for our unity fellowship breakfast have banded

together to deal with this issue.

If you have

a prodigal family member that you would like for us to

uplift in prayer, there is a wonderful opportunity for

this to happen.

We meet for

prayer the first Thursday of every month at noon at Sams

Auditorium at the old Fayette County High School. You are

always invited each month to participate with us.

On this

particular Thursday, Dec. 2, our monthly prayer group

consisting of pastors and prayer warriors will be meeting

to uplift our prodigal prayer requests.

If you need

prayer in this area, you can come and give the first name

of the individual for whom you request prayer, or just

give the initials. These requests will then be lifted up

to the throne room of heaven to the very ear of God,

asking him to restore these situations for his glory and

to the needs of your family.

If that is

not enough there is still another wonderful opportunity

to uplift your prodigal requests.

On the same

day, Thursday, Dec. 2 at 7 p.m. the same pastors and

prayer warrior group will be gathering at the

Fayetteville Church of God, 895 South Highway 85,

Fayetteville to conduct an interdenominational area-wide

worship service for the purpose of uplifting our

prodigals again to almighty God.

Pastor

Roger Powell will be our gracious host. To God be the

glory; great things he has done!

To my

knowledge, this type of Christian cooperation of pastors

and churches meeting together for this express purpose

has not happened before.

Don't

suffer in silence with these issues. Come and be a part

of a group of people that believe that God can and will

move to restore our families and our marriages.

[The Rev.

Dr. Knox Herndon is the pastor of His House Community

Church (SBC), a substitute school teacher in the Fayette

County school system, and a former Army chaplain. The

church is currently meeting in the American Legion Log

Cabin across from the fountain on the Square in

Fayetteville. Prayer line 770-719-2365; e-mail [email protected] ]