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🗓️ 14 November 2023
⏱️ 10 minutes
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You want so much to do the right thing, but if we're honest, parenting is filled with mistakes. Jim Daly and Dr. Kathy Koch will encourage you to keep going, even after you've made a mistake as a parent. Also, John and Danny bring up how to celebrate small bits of progress as a parent.
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| 0:00.0 | You're a parent and you're a Christian and you want to do the right thing, but you mess up a lot. |
| 0:07.8 | I mean, we all do. |
| 0:08.9 | So how do you respond after you've made a mistake and you feel really bad about it. |
| 0:13.2 | I'm John Fuller along with Dr. Danny where to heads up our parenting team and Danny |
| 0:17.5 | lots of parents I'm sure that you've met who just can't let go of the fact that they messed up. I blew it and I have to carry that |
| 0:26.9 | guilt around for the rest of my life. |
| 0:28.9 | Yeah, I still remember and you're right there a lot of parents have come in with that guilt the shame |
| 0:34.1 | come into your office come into my office my counseling office when we're talking about |
| 0:39.5 | family history and patterns that have happened. |
| 0:42.6 | And I still remember a dad, he was crying and he said, |
| 0:46.2 | man, my sexual past, the way I've messed up, |
| 0:50.9 | I have ruined everything. |
| 0:52.3 | I just, I haven't shown up well for my son I haven't guided him well I've been blind to |
| 0:58.3 | being able to intentionally teach him and to his struggles and what we were working on were these sexual |
| 1:05.8 | struggles with his son and he felt complete ownership to all of that and was |
| 1:11.5 | carrying that with pure shame. |
| 1:13.2 | I mean all kinds of shame inside. |
| 1:15.7 | It was quite a journey to travel not only with a son |
| 1:18.9 | to find wholeness and healing, but also the father. |
| 1:22.1 | And it was fantastic. By end he was able to to really find that |
| 1:27.3 | forgiveness grace and forgiveness so you can find in Christ. Well we're here to |
| 1:31.4 | offer hope and here is some hope from Focus President Jim |
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