Judy Douglas struggled to love her teenage son. He was a bully who was constantly in trouble at school.

He joined a gang and made poor choice after poor choice. But she remembers clearly the day she

sensed the Lord speaking about her prodigal. Judy, I'm giving you my love for Josh. And there was a picture

of he's opening me up and he's pouring into me from this huge fat of his love for this boy.

This is the Revive Our Hearts podcast with Nancy DeMoss Walgavut's author of Surrender.

For June 1st, 2020, I'm Dana Gresh.

Before we introduce today's guest, I want us at the stage.

Are you familiar with the parable Jesus told in Luke chapter 15?

We sometimes refer to it as the story of the prodigal son.

Here's Bob Lapine from Family Life Today.

As Jesus tells the story, he tells about a man who had two sons. The younger one said to his

father, Father, give me my share of the estate. So he divided his property between them. Not long after that,

the younger son got together all he had and set off for a distant country. There he squandered his

wealth in wild living. After he had spent everything, there was a severe famine in that whole country.

And he began to be in need.

So he went and hired himself out to a citizen of that country who sent him out to his fields to feed pigs.

He longed to fill his stomach with the pods that the pigs were eating, but no one gave him

anything to eat.

When he came to his senses, he said,

How many of my father's hired men have food to spare, and here I am starving to death.

I will set out and go back to my father and say to him, Father, I've sinned against heaven and against you.

I'm no longer worthy to be called your son.

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