Bringing Home the Prodigals (Part 1 of 2)
Focus on the Family with Jim Daly
Focus on the Family
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🗓️ 7 October 2025
⏱️ 30 minutes
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As the father of a prodigal child, Rob Parsons understands your pain. In this heartfelt message, he encourages parents of prodigals to always “leave a light on” for their wayward child. He notes that sometimes parents carry too much guilt over the prodigal child’s circumstances, and also encourages us to not be overly critical of our children. (Part 1 of 2)
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| 0:00.0 | God is at work and he's calling his people to rise in truth. Truth Rising is a powerful new documentary from Focus on the Family and the Colson Center. See how ordinary Christians choose courage in a culture that needs truth. Watch Truth Rising today and find out how you can become an agent of restoration and hope. |
| 0:24.1 | Visit truthrising.com today. |
| 0:26.9 | That's truthrising.com. |
| 0:30.9 | God is at work, and he's calling his people to rise in truth. |
| 0:35.6 | Truth Rising is a powerful new documentary from Focus on the Family and the |
| 0:40.4 | Colson Center. |
| 0:41.7 | See how ordinary Christians choose courage in a culture that needs truth. |
| 0:47.3 | Watch Truth Rising today and find out how you can become an agent of restoration and hope. |
| 0:54.2 | Visit truthrising.com today. |
| 0:56.8 | That's truthrising.com. |
| 0:59.5 | The following program is sponsored by Focus on the Family |
| 1:02.9 | and is supported by the prayers and financial gifts of wonderful friends like you. |
| 1:08.9 | There is no better place to bring our prodigals than the foot of this cross. |
| 1:15.0 | As we cry out sometimes some broken hearts, Lord, wherever they are, touch them. |
| 1:21.6 | Be with them. You love them more than us. By your grace. |
| 1:26.7 | Bring them home. What a heartfelt prayer that any of us who have |
| 1:33.8 | a prodigal in our lives can use. That's Rob Parsons. And you're going to hear more of his own |
| 1:39.1 | experience with children who have left the faith on today's episode of Focus on the Family with Jim Daly. |
| 1:45.3 | Thanks for joining us. I'm John Fuller. John Rob is a great friend to this ministry. He's somebody |
| 1:51.0 | that I've known since the 1980s. In fact, he's one of the founders of our sister organization, |
| 1:56.7 | care for the family there in the UK. And as you're about to hear, Rob has experienced prodigal |
| 2:02.1 | situations with both of his children, and he's very vulnerable and open about that. And I know |
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