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S2: You know, have you ever watched one of those movies
S2: where it doesn't use the words and everybody lived happily
S2: ever after? But that's kind of how it it always ends.
S3: Yeah, it's like like a sitcom.
S4: It ends. Everybody's good.
S3: I feel like I'm thinking of, like, The Wizard of Oz.
S3: You know? Where there, like a shot where they're walking
S3: away and then, like, the curse of the end starts
S3: getting right up on the screen while happy music is
S3: playing in the background? Yeah, something like that.
S2: Well, everything gets tied into a nice bow. It's kind
S2: of like the hallmark thing. Like the guy always gets
S2: the girl. You know, there's some struggle along the way,
S2: but they end up together and.
S3: You know it before the movie's over.
S2: And you're like, why can't life kind of be like that? Sometimes,
S2: you know, that it just sort of the predictable ending,
S2: the way that we'd like it to go. You know,
S2: I had an interesting conversation with my son a couple
S2: weeks ago. I picked him up from school. He's in
S2: middle school, he's in sixth grade, and he got in
S2: the car and he was a little ticked off, and
S2: he's pretty demonstrative. So how was your day? I'm frustrated. Okay, well.
S2: What's that? I'm just mad right now.
S4: All right, buddy, let's break this down.
S2: You want to explain why you were mad? And so
S2: he starts to tell me he was in some class,
S2: and they're not supposed to be on YouTube and other
S2: websites during the school day.
S3: Sure makes sense.
S2: I think most of it gets blocked, but the stuff
S2: there's still like workarounds. Oh yeah. So you're not supposed
S2: to be doing anything on the internet that's not directly
S2: related to your schoolwork. Fair rule. Here was the problem, though.
S2: He he had gotten, you know, redirected and back on
S2: task because he had finished early and was trying to
S2: do other stuff like watch something on YouTube. And so
S2: it was teachers like, you can't be doing that. So he,
S2: you know, got off and read a book, but he
S2: looks over and he sees we'll call him Jake. Jake's
S2: over here and Jake's on YouTube. And not only does
S2: the teacher see that he's on YouTube, she pretty much
S2: is allowing him to do it. And there's no problem.
S3: That makes me mad.
S2: My son who's high. This is many of most of
S2: what frustrates him is when things don't seem fair.
S3: Absolutely.
S2: So he was mad. He was like, Jake gets in
S2: trouble all the time, and it's basically like he gets rewarded.
S2: He's off in the corner watching YouTube and not only
S2: is he not being stopped, he's got like the free
S2: hall pass. Get out of jail free to just do
S2: what he wants. And so he was so angry about this.
S2: And I was trying to explain to him, like, look,
S2: sometimes like, let's be honest, teachers have limited capacity. Teachers
S2: are actual people too. So she probably is just like,
S2: do what you need to do because we need to
S2: keep the whole class moving. Like, she probably gave up
S2: the fight that day and I can't say I blame her. Right.
S4: Yes. Yeah.
S2: And so he then it got kind of deep. He
S2: was like, I feel like I try to do the
S2: right thing. And what's the point? Because it kind of
S2: feels like the kids who do the wrong things, they
S2: pretty much get rewarded for it. They get to do
S2: what they want. They don't get in trouble for it.
S2: So I'm kind of feeling like it doesn't really matter
S2: if I try.
S3: It's a hard thing to wrestle with and it doesn't
S3: get any easier.
S4: No it doesn't.
S2: I thought, huh. And so, you know, we I tried
S2: to wrestle down some of these really big sixth grade
S2: emotions about the injustices of the world as seen through
S2: his lens. You know, life's kind of like that. You
S2: can feel like I'm over here trying to do the
S2: right thing. God, you see those people over there? They
S2: don't seem to be even trying. And yet. Huh? Things
S2: seem to be going a lot better for them than
S2: they are for me. Yeah, that's a real emotion. Where
S2: I landed with my son, I try to give him
S2: like a principle or a phrase or things that he
S2: can kind of take with him. And I told him, look,
S2: I know that it doesn't feel like doing the right
S2: thing brings the payoff sometimes. I said, but trust me,
S2: it's worth it to play the long game. I said,
S2: play the long game. Don't worry about the short term. Hey,
S2: he gets to be on YouTube for a day. I said,
S2: getting what you want because the teachers sort of given
S2: up for the day. That's not a win. Maybe it
S2: feels like a temporary win. I said, play the long game.
S2: Coming up, I'm going to go to a really a
S2: passage of scripture in Psalm that really ministered to me
S2: what it looks like as a Christian to play the
S2: long game.
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S2: You know, so much of the Christian life I think
S2: is playing the long game.
S3: Yeah, I think so too. There's a lot of waiting.
S2: It's a lot of waiting. There's a lot of trusting
S2: in the Word of God and knowing that we may
S2: not see the immediate payoff. Yeah, right.
S3: Often not.
S2: I mean, and there's the what we do get to
S2: see in the immediate is kind of the unseen. We
S2: get to see the unseen. Yeah. You know, the the
S2: peace of knowing that you're right with God. A clear
S2: conscience when you go to sleep at night knowing that
S2: you've not done perfectly, but that by God's grace you're
S2: fighting for integrity, to be a person of character, to
S2: Make the decisions to honor God, to turn from evil
S2: to when you miss the mark. Keep short accounts like
S2: there's a there's a there's an intangible. There's a peace
S2: that comes with that kind of living. Right where you
S2: just just sleep better at night.
S4: It's a freedom, right? Absolute freedom in Christ.
S2: Go to Psalm 37. I found this to be just so.
S2: I mean, all of Scripture is so rich, but different
S2: passages hit you differently at different times depending on what's
S2: going on in your life. Psalm 37 has been a
S2: real blessing to me. It says, fret not yourself because
S2: of evildoers. Be not envious of wrongdoers, for they will
S2: soon fade like the grass and wither like the green herb.
S2: Trust in the Lord and do good. Dwell in the
S2: land and befriend faithfulness. Delight yourself in the Lord and
S2: he will give you the desires of your heart. Commit
S2: your way to the Lord. Trust in him and he
S2: will act. He will bring forth your righteousness as the
S2: light and your justice as the noonday. Be still before
S2: the Lord and wait patiently for him. Fret not yourself
S2: over the one who prospers in his way, over the
S2: man who carries out evil devices. Refrain from anger and
S2: forsake wrath. Fret not yourself. It tends only to evil.
S2: For the evildoers shall be cut off. For those who
S2: wait for the Lord shall inherit the land. That's verse
S2: one through nine of a really incredibly powerful psalm. And
S2: this phrase, fret not yourself, is repeated a couple times.
S2: You know, another translation says, do not worry. Don't worry
S2: about evildoers. Don't be jealous of wrongdoers. They will soon
S2: fade like the grass. In other words, the perceived prosperity
S2: or the perceived wins of a person who chooses to
S2: go against God's way is It's temporary. It will fade.
S2: There is no lasting gain when you go against God.
S2: And I don't think you cling to a Psalm like
S2: this with, like, God's going to get them. That person
S2: over there who got that promotion over me, even though
S2: they're they're shaving time off and the boss doesn't even know.
S4: No clue. Come on. I don't think.
S2: I don't think we lord it over people like that.
S4: No, but.
S2: We hold to the principle that waiting on God brings rewards.
S3: And I mean, the person who wrote this, David, is
S3: probably one of the most experienced people in waiting on God.
S3: And seeing the wicked prosper through the.
S4: Wicked prosper.
S3: You know?
S4: Yeah.
S3: The time it took from when he was anointed to
S3: when he became king was 15 years. And God said,
S3: I'm going to make you king. But through those 15 years,
S3: he's actively, uh, the old king is actively trying to
S3: kill him.
S2: Exactly.
S3: And it doesn't look like what God had promised was
S3: going to come true at all. There's a lot of waiting,
S3: a lot of hurt.
S4: A.
S2: Lot of waiting, a lot of trusting. Coming up, I
S2: went through this whole Psalm and I just kind of
S2: put into different categories these principles. What does it look
S2: like to wait on God? What are the principles of
S2: the payoff versus what will happen to those who go
S2: against God? Even if it looks like right now they prosper?
S2: That's coming up.
S1: He was sharing the gospel on the radio and then
S1: he got saved. Young thunders in the crew. It's Carl
S1: and crew on Moody Radio.
S2: Sometimes we wish we could speed up the rewards like
S2: or have it be more predictable. Like today I showed
S2: up to work on time. I worked really hard. I
S2: tried to honor God and was diligent with my work.
S2: Tomorrow I would like to get a promotion. Maybe. Maybe
S2: that's how you feel.
S4: Sure, right?
S3: Sure.
S2: That's certainly how my son feels.
S4: How come you get one? And Jonathan and I don't. Exactly. Right, right, right.
S2: I am doing the right thing over here, and I
S2: don't feel like it's paying off. Meanwhile, there are other kids,
S2: and I don't feel like they're doing the right thing.
S2: But yet it seems like they're getting special privileges. They
S2: get special access. And what's the point? That was what
S2: my 12 year old son was wrestling with. Why do
S2: I bother to try to do the right thing at school?
S2: Because it doesn't seem like it really matters. Psalm 37
S2: is so chock full of these principles of what it
S2: looks like to wait on God and see the ultimate
S2: payoff for that, versus what it looks like to be
S2: opposed to God, to be an evildoer or a wrongdoer,
S2: and maybe see some temporary success, but ultimately know that
S2: there's no lasting power to it. So let me just
S2: go through this. I went through this whole chapter and
S2: I want to first talk about the wrongdoer, the evildoer,
S2: the wicked. All of those terms are used to describe
S2: somebody who is going against God. They will fade and wither.
S2: They will be cut off. They will have no inheritance.
S2: They will be broken. They will see their evil plans
S2: ultimately thwarted or turned against themselves. They will perish. They
S2: will have no future. They will be destroyed. They will
S2: be cut off. It's like.
S4: Whoa!
S2: It's pretty intense. The immediate context of this, this was,
S2: as Jonathan mentioned, this is a Psalm of David. So
S2: he is speaking to this is the remnant of Israel,
S2: the faithful ones. So the inheritance spoken of is actually
S2: the inheritance of the land of Israel. But certainly these
S2: principles are can be much more broadly applied. So for
S2: the faithful, the ones who trust in the Lord, the
S2: ones who dwell in the land, the ones who befriend faithfulness,
S2: who delight themselves in the Lord, who commit their way
S2: to the Lord, who wait for him, who fret not
S2: over evildoers. What are the principles or the the assurances
S2: for those for that group? Well, he will give them
S2: the desires of their heart. He will act on their behalf.
S2: He will bring forth righteousness and justice. That group will
S2: inherit the land. They will delight in abundant peace. They
S2: will see the little that they have may be feels
S2: little compared to the abundance of the wicked. But that little. Oh,
S2: it will be blessed. They will be upheld. They will
S2: have a heritage that remains forever. They will not be
S2: put to shame in evil times. They will have abundance
S2: even in famine. The ability to be generous and give.
S2: They will see their steps established and upheld by the Lord.
S2: They will be protected. Even when they stumble and fall.
S2: They will not be forsaken. They will see children blessed
S2: and provided for. They will be preserved. They will dwell forever.
S2: They will utter wisdom in words of justice. Their steps
S2: will not slip. They will be protected, not abandoned to
S2: the plans of the wicked. They will ultimately see the
S2: wicked cut off. They will have a future. They will
S2: have a stronghold. In times of trouble. They will see
S2: their help and their deliverance. Just think about that for
S2: a minute. I paraphrased a lot of that just directly
S2: out of Psalm, but when I think about the weight
S2: of that, it gives me great confidence in following God today.
S2: That choosing to go God's way, even if there's a cost,
S2: it feels like it's costly. Even if it feels like
S2: short term. I'm giving up something. Man, that gives me
S2: great assurance that it it it's worth it.
S3: Yeah. Even before all that stuff comes and is fully realized.
S3: You know, I think about just the fact of like the,
S3: the presence of the Lord is with me. While I'm waiting,
S3: while I'm hurting, I know he sees me. I know
S3: he loves me. And I know he's with me. Yeah, and.
S3: And that in and of itself is more than I
S3: could ever ask for. And then all that other amazing
S3: stuff comes to. It's a blessing.
S4: It's the reward.
S2: For the faithful. And this week, we're just going through
S2: some of these very simple, basic principles of the faith
S2: that if you have been in church, in Christ, even
S2: for a little bit of time, this is not new
S2: to you, but maybe you needed to be reminded today
S2: that it's worth waiting on God. It's worth forsaking evil
S2: and going his way.
S3: Yeah. You know, at the beginning of this conversation, you
S3: mentioned the movies that kind of have the happily ever
S3: after scene at the end. You know, I think that
S3: sometimes we think we're not going to get that because
S3: we're Judging our lives at the wrong part of the movie,
S3: saying that death here on earth is is the part
S3: where the movie fades to black, but the part where
S3: the ending really comes is when we're with him, where
S3: all of this will be fully realized in its beauty,
S3: where the wicked will no longer prosper, and where the
S3: righteous will live with him in joy forever. And that's
S3: where the movie will fade to black. So it may
S3: not be in this life where everything that you've lived
S3: out is fully realized. But it will be it. 100%
S3: will be.
S4: Yep.
S2: Play the long game. Play the long game today. Wait
S2: on God. Trust in him. We will see a reward.
S1: A basketball mom who's mastered the dad joke. Ali is
S1: in the crew. It's Carl and crew on Moody Radio.
S2: Did you know what day it was?
S3: Uh, let me think. It's April 30th, so it's not
S3: a holiday.
S2: It's your favorite day of the week.
S3: Mine.
S2: Uh huh.
S3: Why is it my favorite day of the week?
S2: Because Ali thinks it's funny.
S1: Making herself laugh no matter who joins her. It's time
S1: for Ali. Thinks it's funny.
S3: Sure, Ali.
S5: We'll go with that.
S2: Notice how I turned that?
S6: Wow, that was just dry delivery.
S2: You know, Jonathan secretly does wait for these jokes. He does.
S2: He tries to pretend he doesn't like them. He came.
S2: Then he. And you can see him grabbing his phone
S2: and trying to discreetly text jokes so that he can
S2: get them, and nobody knows every week.
S6: That's the funniest thing we've said today. I'm lying.
S2: He does it discreetly. My kids hate my jokes. Full
S2: disclosure I have tried like. And I'll think I know
S2: a lot of them that they won't like, but I'll
S2: think I'll have a good one. Like, guys, listen to
S2: this joke I told on air today. They're like, mom,
S2: that's not funny. Every time these aren't for your average
S2: 15 and 12 year old. I'll just put it that way.
S2: Or at least not the ones related to me because
S2: they're not laughing at anything. But I digress. First up,
S2: today I always give you two jokes. Twin boys. You
S2: know any set of twin boys?
S6: Twin boys? No, not twin boys.
S2: Any. Any sets of twin boys?
S6: Twin girls?
S3: No, not boys specifically.
S2: If you have a set of twin boys, just text
S2: me and say I do. 800 555, 78, 98. This
S2: is a joke about twin boys. Why did the twin
S2: boys decide to join the Air Force? The twin boys,
S2: we'll call him Danny and Johnny decided to join the
S2: Air Force. Why?
S6: Don't have names.
S3: I don't.
S6: Know. I don't know.
S2: To become a paratroopers.
S5: Oh my goodness.
S6: You don't get it? Oh, I get it. Jonathan, do
S6: you get it? I do, I do. Okay.
S2: I is six out of ten.
S6: A little lower. Five.
S2: Okay. Five. All right, let's go for a strong seven here.
S2: Did you know? Fun fact that laughing too loud is
S2: illegal in Hawaii? There's a law on the books. You
S2: cannot laugh above a certain volume.
S6: Oh. That's sad.
S2: There's a good reason for it, though. They only allow aloha.
S7: Kalikimaka is the thing to say on a bright aloha.
S6: We got it. Aloha. I get it. We got it.
S6: Text jokes to 800 555, 7898. Where did you find
S6: this song?
S3: When you said grab some Hawaiian music. Kalikimaka is the
S3: only thing I could.
S6: Think of that was not what I was expecting. Text
S6: jokes to 805 five five 7898 is Hawaii. This is.
S2: Throwing me.
S6: Tex jokes.
S2: 800 555 7898. A little insider radio thing. I never
S2: give them a preview of the jokes, but I will
S2: sometimes tell Jonathan find this song and then he doesn't
S2: get it until I tell the joke, right.
S3: I'm not sure where you're going.
S2: I thought when I said grab Hawaiian music, I was
S2: thinking like, you're kind of like relaxing on a beach.
S2: Sort of.
S3: I mean, that's fair. You know, I so I, I
S3: grabbed initially some, some ukulele music. Yeah. But I was like, I,
S3: I'm thinking about jokes and I'm like, I don't want
S3: to have something to like, uh, like serious. And so
S3: I was like, okay, maybe Mili Kalikimaka is the right way.
S6: Oh, Texas jokes 805.
S2: Five five 7898 jokes to 800 555 7898. That was
S2: that was good.
S3: I mean, my brain moves in mysterious ways.
S6: So yes, it does. We'll go with that.
S3: We'll end there.
S6: This is Micah Tyler.
S2: I see Grace. Thanks for your grace.
S6: With those jokes on this Wednesday morning.
S1: He was running from God, but God's love brought him home.
S1: Carl is in the crew. It's Carl and crew on
S1: Moody Radio.
S6: You ever.
S2: Heard the expression, but for the grace of God, there go.
S6: I. Yeah.
S2: I love to when we get reminded. Sometimes it's painful
S2: to get reminded. But sometimes you get reminded of where
S2: you would be without God, without the grace of God.
S3: Absolutely we do.
S2: And it keeps you from judging too quickly, too harshly.
S6: Yes.
S2: Because you see people making decisions or choices or mistakes
S2: and it's easy to pass judgment. Then you step back
S2: and go, if it wasn't for God's grace, what would
S2: my life look like?
S6: Exactly.
S3: We can't trick ourselves into into thinking that we got
S3: here because of something that we did.
S2: And let's not be so professional in our Christianity that
S2: we somehow think. that it's us doing this, keeping us
S2: from train, wrecking our life.
S6: That's so dangerous.
S3: Yeah. God. God got me started. But once I kind
S3: of got in it with him, I got going. And
S3: it was then kind of me. No, it's not.
S2: It's not us keeping us running the race. Well, do
S2: we have a part to play? Absolutely. Are clinging to
S2: the Lord. But don't underestimate the power of grace in
S2: your life. Just a good reminder for me and for you.
S2: It's the grace of God. Or who knows where we
S2: would be coming up. Maybe your heart is breaking for
S2: a child, maybe your own child, maybe a grandchild or
S2: someone you love who is away from the Lord. On
S2: a path that you know leads to destruction. And you're
S2: trying to help them see. But they won't. They're rebelling.
S2: They're determined to go their own way. And it's breaking
S2: your heart. Coming up, we've got some encouragement for parents
S2: of prodigals from a mom who's been there.
S1: It's Carl and crew on Moody Radio.
S2: Well, maybe this scenario sounds familiar. You raised your kids
S2: in a Christian home. You give them the books and
S2: the resources, and they go to Sunday school, and they
S2: seem to be doing okay. They're faithful church attenders. They
S2: go to the youth group, maybe even they lead. But
S2: then as they get into their late teens, early adult years,
S2: something shifts and all of a sudden your Christian kids
S2: go off the rails. This is a story that we
S2: hear so often from parents. The heartbreak that comes with
S2: having a prodigal and despite your best intentions, your children
S2: or your child is away from the Lord. This is
S2: a story that my guest knows all too well. In fact,
S2: this happened to all three of your children despite being
S2: raised in a Christian home. Had a prodigal season Elaine
S2: lost and craft joining us right now. Give me your story.
S8: Well, in the short of it, I did not grow
S8: up thinking that this would be what I'm doing about, uh,
S8: late 30s. I had the Lord come in and resurrected
S8: our dead marriage. And the reason I mentioned that is
S8: that was when we really pivoted from a religious type
S8: mindset to a deeply personal relationship, because we got to
S8: see the power of God move through our marriage. Well,
S8: fast forward a few years. The Lord took me out
S8: of a secular entrepreneur to going into the mission field,
S8: and that ended up into a national magazine. Why I
S8: mentioned that is while I thought I was doing everything
S8: the Lord purposed me to do, my three children were
S8: facing the darkness of the world and it involved drugs, alcohol,
S8: porn and depression anxiety. The arsenal of the demons were
S8: after my children.
S2: Now, when you're parenting and you're attempting to raise your
S2: children in the ways of the Lord, you can often
S2: feel a sense of failure. If your children go through
S2: difficult seasons, did you feel that that the the enemy
S2: try to pounce and make you feel like somehow you
S2: had failed?
S8: Absolutely. That's why I shared that brief story, because there
S8: was not only failure, but I felt such shame. I mean,
S8: here I am, you know, in what I feel my
S8: divine purpose. God rescued and resurrected my marriage. And yet
S8: my three children were continuing to make self-destructive choices over
S8: and over again. And I was like, okay, who can
S8: I share this with? Because you're almost embarrassed. Then you
S8: feel like a failure. And I'll tell you, it's very isolating.
S2: Lane Lawson Kraft is our guest. Right now, she's a speaker,
S2: host of the top ranked podcast Warfare Parenting, best selling
S2: author of several books, including Warfare Parenting A Daily Battle
S2: Plan to Fight for Your Child. Now, you discovered that
S2: traditional methods, or things that are taught about raising teenagers
S2: seem to be insufficient. What did you discover that prompted
S2: you to kind of change your approach to how you
S2: fought for your kids?
S8: I think the biggest moment was when I realized that
S8: I wasn't fighting with that rebellious teen or that child
S8: that kept making these choices, that was destroying their destiny.
S8: The aha moment for me was when I realized I
S8: was fighting the enemy, and I realized, this is a
S8: spiritual warfare. It says in the scriptures that the enemy
S8: comes to seek, kill, and destroy. And boy, did I
S8: see that in my own children. And that's when I realized, yes,
S8: I believe in everything to use tools, counseling, whatever you need.
S8: But but I will tell you, without the spiritual element,
S8: this is a war, and it takes the keys of
S8: prayer and connection with God and and leaning into Him
S8: and His sovereignty as you journey through and wait for
S8: prodigals to return.
S2: So what did this look like for you? Break down
S2: these warfare strategies that that you're outlining in this book
S2: and on your podcast?
S8: The strategies? I would think the first one is what
S8: I shared is about prayer. I went from these little prayers,
S8: you know, oh, father, be with them to dear God,
S8: I need you in more ways than I've ever needed you. Lord,
S8: please give me the wisdom to guide these children and
S8: the patience not to elevate the situation we're in. And
S8: I began to pray in the power of the blood
S8: of Christ. You know, we don't talk about the blood
S8: of Christ much anymore. And I found that that absolutely
S8: was essential. So I would take a paintbrush and dip
S8: it into the blood of Christ at the cross. And
S8: I would paint it in my mind on each of
S8: my children on their backs. And I would say, Father God,
S8: in the name of Jesus and the power of the blood,
S8: please give them protection and your wisdom. And I believe
S8: with everything in me that opened the windows of heaven.
S2: So how can parents maintain these honest connections with their
S2: children who are making destructive choices? How do you maintain
S2: the relationship and continue to extend the love without condoning
S2: harmful choices?
S8: I think that's the hardest part. I'm not going to
S8: mamby pamby that either. I mean, listen, when your kids
S8: are continuing to break your heart, when your kids are
S8: living in a lifestyle that you know is not God's best,
S8: it's really difficult. But I did learn. I learned to
S8: treat them in a way that you see them broken.
S8: Instead of seeing them rebellious, look at them as the
S8: needing God in the most incredible ways. I say often
S8: when our children are the most unlovable is, ironically, when
S8: they need love the most. So I just challenge parents
S8: to use the eternal lens, the the lens of God
S8: in Christ and and look at that child as man.
S8: Something is wrong. And how can I reach out to
S8: them in an unconditional way that they feel the love,
S8: but they also know I am not saying the choices
S8: you're making are the right ones.
S2: Give us an update on on what God did in
S2: your own journey with your with your children.
S8: In a personal way. It was so amazing. Very, very
S8: true to the prodigal son. I was so elated to
S8: see each one of my children get delivered and whole
S8: and set free. And now they're all thriving adults. They
S8: walked into the path of entrepreneurship like their dad and myself.
S8: And what's incredible, and I know you see it every day.
S8: Once someone has been touched with the power of God
S8: in an intimate way, which all three of my children
S8: had a personal touch from God. You're never the same.
S8: And so they all have a fire, a Holy Spirit
S8: fire to reach out to their peers, their friends, the
S8: people they work with, and literally the people on the
S8: side of the street. They will stop and pray and
S8: believe for God to touch them too.
S2: What message would you give to parents, particularly to those
S2: who maybe are in an estranged relationship with a child,
S2: or maybe who've lost a prodigal. And they hear. They
S2: hear your hope and what could be considered a happy ending.
S2: And there's still so much pain because they haven't experienced it.
S2: Or maybe they can't anymore.
S8: Yes, I touch on that in the parents battle plan
S8: warfare strategies to win back your prodigal. That is where
S8: all of this message began. And in that book there's
S8: a chapter. And it's when the worst happens, when the
S8: miracle you expected and you prayed for didn't happen. My
S8: greatest thing I told the Lord is I did not
S8: want to approach this in a Pollyanna. You know, if
S8: you do this, they'll come home. Listen, with fentanyl poisoning,
S8: we've got fentanyl poisoning, we've got suicide rates and depression.
S8: So I want to first just say if in fact,
S8: you've lost your prodigal. Possibly in the natural. I want
S8: you to know the miracle you prayed for might not
S8: be there, but the miracle is that your still moving
S8: and thriving through the power of Christ. And there's a
S8: lot of free resources on the website that they can
S8: glean and learn from.
S2: Excellent. If you want more from our guest today, Laine Lawson.
S2: She's got a book. She's got a podcast. Just text
S2: the word fight. I know this is going to be
S2: an encouragement to a lot of you who are parenting
S2: a prodigal child. Text fight to 800 555 7898. Text
S2: fight to 800 555 7898.
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