What is the situation?
Is this your child or someone else’s?
Is the child in danger?
We need some details to know if we should pray, and if so then how to pray.

LANCER wrote on 08/23/18 at 10:29:04:

The Girl is not in danger that we know of. Dad more or less ignores her, mom is strung out on drugs and hasn't visited her in over a year. Samantha is currently with her grandmother who has full custody of her. Grandma is very old and frail and can no longer raise her. My wife used to date the daddy, and has become very close to Samantha over the years. Samantha wants to stay with us badly, and granma wants us to get custody of her. Momma is trying to cause trouble and halt the whole thing though. If this isn't resolved, Samantha could go to the state, both parents have been ruled unfit. None of their family is willing to take Samantha in. Please pray for the Lord's will to be done. After much prayer from my wife and I, we feel this is what God wants of us.

Thank you all so much for the prayers! The court went pretty good, but the mom caused some issues. She didn't agree with what we were trying to do, but she didn't have a lawyer. She just wanted to start trouble, like she did when two of her other children were adopted out because of the drugs in their systems when they were born. We just want to see Samantha follow Jesus and have a real shot at a good life. Again, thank you all very much!

Joel, have you and your wife been approved to adopt by the court yet?

My wife and I have and will continue to pray for a quick and permanent resolution to this.
God IS in control of all things.

Joel, let me offer this observation to you.
The biological ties go way deep, with girls to their mother, extremely deep.
I am sure you have heard about love/hate relationships.
It can be fraught with peaks and valleys, and much confusion.
This little girl might very well need to place, on her own, this piece to the puzzle of her life, once she starts to understand life a little more.
I don’t think for a second, that you or  your wife don’t want the very best for her, and your actions speak to that fact.
I just want to caution you that birth relationship is a wild card, and more often than not, it can only be played once...
If not played well, the outcome can bring much confusion and heartache.

As believers we have seen, and know, that with God, anything is possible...
Her mother could wake tomorrow a changed creature, free to drugs and their toxic environment.
This can still be a wonderful thing, winners all, it’s possible.

God, all you touch is glory and magnificents, we ask that you guide all in this manner Father, that we don’t rely on our understandings but surrender all understanding, to You.
Amen

Thank you all for your prayers and support! Your points are well taken, and we just have to do what is right in God's eyes and trust Him to lead us through whatever comes from this situation. We can do all things through Christ who strengthens us.