Finding God's Love When You Feel Broken (Part 2 of 2)

Focus on the Family with Jim Daly

Focus on the Family

Kids & Family, Relationships, Society & Culture, Parenting

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🗓️ 12 September 2025

⏱️ 28 minutes

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40 years ago, Dr. John Trent discovered the power of “the Blessing” — the powerful affirmation and unconditional love that parents give to their children. He and his grown daughter, Kari, explore the challenges of missing or losing your blessing, and how God can redeem that blessing in our lives.

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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.
0:31.0	I was so locked into my own brokenness that I couldn't see past that.
0:36.1	And so I know a lot of parents are going, gosh,
0:38.2	like, do they not realize how much this is hurting them or other people or us? And the reality
0:43.3	is this, no, I had no idea because I couldn't see past just the situation that I was in in that
0:49.9	moment. And so I think just staying consistent. I mean, my parents had wonderful boundaries in that season, but they also took the opportunities
0:57.0	that they could to speak life, and the door was always open.
1:01.0	That's Carrie Stageberg describing a difficult season in her life as a prodigal
1:06.0	and how she and her parents navigated that season of wobbling faith. Carrie is back with us today,
1:12.6	along with her father, Dr. John Trent. And our topic last time and again today is the idea of giving
1:18.1	a blessing to someone and what it looks like when that blessing has been withheld. Welcome to another
1:24.1	episode of Focus on the Family with Jim Daly. I'm John Fuller and thanks for joining us.
1:28.3	John, you mentioned that, the blessing.
1:30.3	I'm not sure most people even understand what does that mean.
1:33.3	And we talked last time about Dr. Trent, John, as we know him, observation of Esau and Jacob.
1:41.3	Jacob stole the blessing from Esau, and it basically disrupted a lot of
1:47.2	history, right? And, you know, it's just part of what we go through. And I think so often in
1:53.1	modernity, we just don't have that blessing from our parents. Sometimes we end up with curses
1:57.9	from our parents. And if you didn't hear last time, go out to the website and get the download to listen in or get the app so you can hear all the library of great programs.
2:07.0	But it would be good for you to catch the program last time because we kind of set the stage to talk about the blessing this time.
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