Jodie Berndt
Jodie Berndt has written or cowritten many books, including the bestselling Praying the Scriptures series for children, teens, and adult children. A speaker and Bible teacher, Jodie has been featured on programs like Focus on the Family, The 700 Club, and a host of popular podcasts, and she has written articles for many news and faith outlets. She and her husband, Robbie, have four adult children, and they live in Virginia Beach, Virginia.
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Praying the Scriptures for Your Adult Children
- By: Jodie Berndt
- Length: 7 hours 3 minutes
- Publisher: Zondervan
- Publish date: November 16, 2021
- Language: English
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4.63(176 ratings)
As parents of adult children, we often worry about whether our children will make good choices when they’re on their own.¬†Praying the Scriptures for Your Adult Children¬†provides you with¬†biblically based prayers and encouraging stories to guide you as you pray for your adult children through anything they face.¬†¬†
Parent and author Jodie Berndt understands what it’s like to release children into the world and still care deeply about them and everything they’re up against in life. In¬†Praying the Scriptures for Your Adult Children,¬†Jodie shares prayers designed with your adult children in mind, whether they’re just leaving the nest, flying well on their own, or struggling to take off at all.
Jodie shares advice on navigating all aspects of adulthood with encouraging stories from experienced parents who are praying their children through real-life issues like leaving the church, struggling with health concerns, navigating broken marriages, fighting addiction, dealing with financial problems, and more.
In Praying the Scriptures for Your Adult Children, Jodie addresses some of the most difficult questions that confront parents:
- How can I support my children when they make decisions I disagree with?
- Is it too late to start praying for my children?
- What does the Bible teach us about praying for our children?
With the grace and wisdom of someone who’s been there, Jodie shares the tools and encouragement you need to find the¬†strength to keep praying, even as you doubt yourself and grieve over your children’s choices.
Whatever you’re praying for,¬†Praying the Scriptures for Your Adult Children¬†will help you find confidence and peace taken straight from Scripture, guiding you to the bedrock of God’s promises as you release your children to God’s shepherding care.
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- By: Jodie Berndt
- Length: 6 hours 7 minutes
- Publisher: Tantor Media, Inc
- Publish date: May 29, 2018
- Language: English
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4.6(774 ratings)
Jodie Berndt shows you how to make the Bible a book of prayers that can powerfully influence your children’s lives. You’ll discover how to pray specifically and expectantly for their faith, character, safety, relationships, and future. You’ll gain new, biblical perspectives on God’s purposes for your children. And through the encouragement of the Scriptures and true-life stories, you’ll find out what a huge difference your prayers really make in the lives of those you love most.
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- By: Jodie Berndt
- Length: 7 hours 47 minutes
- Publisher: Zondervan
- Publish date: June 08, 2021
- Language: English
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4.69(75 ratings)
Taking you on a 31-day journey rooted in Christ’s words in John 15, Praying the Scriptures for Your Life will help you find guidance and peace as you pray through life’s trickiest issues, from relationships to finances to what to do with the pain of unanswered prayer. Discover how Scripture can be experienced, not just read!¬†
In one of his last conversations with his disciples, Jesus urged his followers to “remain” in him. But what does it mean to remain in Christ in our daily lives? In Praying the Scriptures for Your Life, popular Bible teacher Jodie Berndt invites you to experience deeper intimacy with Christ as you allow his words from John 15 to transform your perspective as well as your prayers.¬†
This reflective 31-day devotional:
- Gives insight into what it means to abide with Christ every day.
- Guides you in how to pray the Scriptures and let them shape your choices.
- Covers topics ranging from relationships to faith to money management.
- Shows how closeness with Christ equips you to bear fruit through your prayers.
- Is a reminder that you are created for connection with your heavenly Father.
- Teaches how abiding is the key to abundance. 
Praying the Scriptures for Your Life is the latest addition to the bestselling Praying the Scriptures series. With short, easy-to-read chapters, the book invites you to read, reflect, and respond as you pray the Scriptures over every area of your life. Discover the peace that comes from abiding in Christ as you sink deep into his Word.
... Read morePraying the Scriptures for Your Marriage
- By: Jodie Berndt
- Length: 6 hours 8 minutes
- Publisher: Zondervan
- Publish date: April 25, 2023
- Language: English
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4.73(11 ratings)
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Praying the Scriptures for Your Marriage equips you with powerful and life-changing prayers that will strengthen your marriage and help you discover the peace, provision, and joy that comes from trusting God with your most important relationship.
God has good things planned for your marriage. He wants to fill you with joy in his presence. And he invites you to partner with him, through your prayers, to experience his richest blessings.
Whether you’re newly engaged or celebrating a golden anniversary, navigating an exciting new season or just barely hanging on, brand new to prayer or have been talking to God your whole life, Praying the Scriptures for Your Marriage helps you find ways to pray for every part of your most important relationship. From praying through a health crisis, parenting issues, job loss, a move, or simply daily love and communication, bestselling author Jodie Berndt covers some of the most common marriage struggles in this helpful, powerful, and thoughtful guide.
Jodie vulnerably shares stories from her own marriage of almost forty years, as well as wisdom gleaned from teaching marriage courses and mentoring other couples, to guide you to:
- Pray specifically and powerfully for the top struggles married couples face
- Approach crisis situations with God’s promises and perspective
- Discover simple and natural ways to support and pray with your spouse
- Develop a more loving, joyful, and deeply connected marriage through scriptural prayers personalized for your own relationship
Praying the Scriptures for Your Marriage is the latest addition to the bestselling Praying the Scriptures series. With short, easy-to-read chapters, this book invites you to read, reflect, and respond as you pray the Scriptures over every part of your marriage–whether you choose to do it individually or together with your spouse. Discover the provision and peace of God as you pray his Word over your marriage.
Reflection questions and a 31-Day Prayer Challenge are included in the audiobook companion PDF download.
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- By: Jodie Berndt
- Length: 7 hours 2 minutes
- Publisher: Zondervan
- Publish date: March 02, 2021
- Language: English
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4.65(150 ratings)
Prayer can be your greatest asset and source of wisdom in raising teenagers in today’s world. Now expanded, this book features updated content on issues like pornography, addiction, self-harm, anxiety, rebellion, technology use, dealing with disappointment, and more.
It’s never been tougher to be a teen–or the parent of one. Thankfully, from your teen’s first date to the next time they borrow the car keys, you can take your concerns to God through prayer.
Drawing on the power of God’s Word, this updated and expanded edition of Praying the Scriptures for Your Teens equips you to pray about the difficult issues your teen may face:
- Relationship challenges
- Doubts about their faith
- Depression
- Rejection
- Sexual purity
- Substance abuse
- Eating disorders
- . . . and much more
This book also guides you in praying about everything from your teen’s character and safety to the purposes and plans that God has for his or her future.
Filled with engaging illustrations, biblical insights, and compelling prayer principles, Praying the Scriptures for Your Teens shows how to make the Bible your source for prayers that can powerfully influence your teen’s life. With a grace-filled approach and a warm, personal style, author Jodie Berndt encourages you that there is not a need your teen will face that God has not already thought of, and provided for, in his Word–and that, no matter how far away our kids may be, they are never out of his reach.
A reference version of the prayers is available in the audiobook companion PDF download.
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