If we're honest, most of us have struggled with some level of doubt in God as Christians.

But what if admitting your doubts is the very thing God wants to use to help your child see that your faith is genuine.

I'm John Fuller along with Dr. Danny where to who heads up our parenting department and

Danny it's really important for us to be honest with our kids. I think probably a lot of us are hesitant though when it comes to doubt. I mean, why is it important for us to share our struggles in terms of our faith with our kids.

It really shows that faith is not an easy thing to grapple with.

You're believing something that you cannot fully see.

You see evidence of it, and it shows that you've taken the time to really consider what you believe.

And sometimes with that goes some doubts and it shows a vulnerability and an openness that is so important to create that just

that trust with your child as you're open with them. I know I've been open with my kids about doubts that I've had along the way

about my faith in Christ and moments where I've had the question mark. Is this really real?

Is this true? As a teenager, how I wrestled through that what what I went

through to show the relatability that I totally get what you're going through you're

going through something that's that's pretty tough so it's important for us to

enter those places in very open ways as we create the trust of our kids.

Excellent. Well let's go ahead and hear a conversation that Jim Daly had with

David Kinnaman and Mark Matlock. They're back to share

about how they've worked with young people and along the way they're going

to address ways you can encourage your child's faith. Mark I I do want to bring in that index card

because this is where it fits,

and some of the things as you were leading a youth group,

what they would write down

and talk about that exercise,

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