Praying Detectives – What I’m Reading

“Parents should use prayer as an investigative tool. Suppose the parents suspect that one of the children has lied about something to them, but they cannot prove it. It’s important that parents not discipline blindly because the Bible teaches that every fact has to be established in the mouth of two or three witnesses. But God knows the truth about the matter, and the parents should pray asking God to provide them with all they need to know in order to be godly parents. If there is a hidden lie that needs to be brought into the light and dealt with, the parents should ask God to do it. Of course, such a prayer offered in all honesty is a prayer that’s offered up in the will of God. How would our loving Father not answer such a prayer? Too often the reason we don’t ask is that we don’t really want to know. We belong to that shortsighted school of car maintenance and repair — don’t lift the hood if you don’t want to know.” (My Life for Yours, p. 118)