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Even when raised in godly homes, sometimes kids rebel.

This doesn't mean you failed as a parent.

Today, Pastor Greg Laurie has reassurance for parents of kids who wandered away.

If you are a failure as a parent because your children have gone prodigal,

then God the Father is a failure as a heavenly Father.

Because does not God have a lot of prodigals?

Listen to this, your children can escape your presence,

but they can never escape your prayers.

Keep praying for them.

Christian parents invest a lot of themselves in training up their children in the ways of the faith.

It's their most important job, and they take it very seriously.

But when a child exercises his own free will and declares his independence,

it can leave mom and dad heart sick.

Well, today on the new beginning, Pastor Greg Laurie offers reassurance

from his family series, Home Sweet Home.

From Ephesians 6, Pastor Greg brings his message called,

God's plan for the family.

Here in Ephesians 6, first when we read these words,

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