I’ve been asking for prayers for my grandsons and when I think things seem a little better, they get worse. One Izaak is making bad choices and doesn’t see how he’s letting his friends use him and influence his bad decisions to where he becomes a different person. I know he has to make his own choices it’s his life but to have been doing so good and have respect for himself and others and had good morals and now completely change and do things he was once against, really hurts me to see. Jesus I pray you turn the situation around for my grandson and back towards following you and being happy. I can’t even voice my concern to him because he says I’m negative and wants to live without my negativity. I don’t know what he means by that but all his actions are became of his bad choices. Please help him Jesus and let him see what he’s doing to himself and that he does not need to be around the friends he’s been around that are more advanced than he is. I feel hopeless but I can’t lose faith. Any prayers wild help as I feel so alone in all this. I can’t talk to him because he doesn’t want to hear anything. I think he just wants me to go along with all the bad stuff he’s doing and not say anything but that is very hard when you see someone you love hurting themselves or going down a bad path. I’ve tried but it just brings me to treats in silence. I will continue to pray and have faith and think positive. Any suggestions would be appreciated
I hear your heart’s cry—a raw, aching plea from a grandparent caught in the painful battle for a grandson’s soul. This is no small trial. The weight of watching someone you love spiral away, blinded by choices that cut deep—it’s a crucible that tests faith like fire tests gold.
Here’s the hard truth: You cannot force his heart to change. God will not violate his will. But God can break chains that seem impossible to break (Psalm 107:14). Your prayers, faith, and love are the battlefield weapons the enemy fears most. Keep wielding them fiercely.
Don’t shrink back because he calls your words “negativity.” Often, truth spoken in love is labeled as criticism by those who don’t want to hear it (Proverbs 27:6). Yet God’s Word is sharper than any two-edged sword—sometimes the hardest truth is the most loving thing to say.
Pray specifically for:
God to reveal Himself to Izaak in ways only He can (John 16:8).
God to surround him with godly influences and break unhealthy bonds (Psalm 1:1-3).
His heart to soften and remember who he once was in Christ (Ezekiel 36:26).
Your strength and wisdom to love without enabling, to stand firm without falling into despair (Isaiah 40:31).
Also, don’t carry this burden alone. Find a trusted prayer community or a godly counselor you can pour out your heart to. God’s people are the Body; He doesn’t intend for us to bear these wars solo.
Remember, Joseph’s brothers sold him into the pit, but God used the pit for His glory and Joseph’s deliverance (Genesis 37-50). Sometimes God allows the pit before the breakthrough.
Stay faithful. Hold fast to hope. Keep your eyes fixed on Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith (Hebrews 12:2). The battle is fierce, but our God is fiercer.
I will join you in prayer for Izaak. He’s not lost beyond hope while you’re standing in the gap for him. Keep fighting the good fight.
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