Week 26: Loved by God - John
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🗓️ 2 March 2026
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See what great love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God! And that is what we are! The reason the world does not know us is that it did not know him. (1 John 3:1)
In Mark 3:17 we learn that Jesus gave his disciple John and his brother James the nickname “sons of thunder.” There was probably a good reason for that nickname, likely their enthusiastic and passionate faith. But interestingly, John later refers to himself as “the disciple whom Jesus loved” (John 13:23). So why the change? It seems a little odd and not quite the humility that Christ calls us to.
John had a close relationship with Jesus. Through all his experiences with Jesus, all the miracles he witnessed and lessons he was taught, John truly knew he was loved by Jesus. John spent so much time with Jesus that he was changed from a thunderous man of faith to one who was immersed in perfect love.
God’s love leaves a permanent mark. Even when life is hard, we can be confident that God’s love is real, constant, and personal. His love isn’t just something we read about in the Bible or hear about at church; it’s something that we can experience every single day. We want our kids to walk so closely with God that they are changed from the inside out—soft yet emboldened, gentle yet confident. And we want our kids to stand firm in their faith, knowing that God truly, perfectly loves them.
Let’s pray that our kids know how much God loves them and are transformed because of that love.
Jesus, thank you for loving us perfectly. Help __________ know that you love them and are there for them. Give them a heart to follow you and remind them that they can rely on your love. As they grow in faith, may they spend so much time with you that they change and become like you. Amen.
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| 0:00.0 | Christian Parenting. |
| 0:03.5 | Christian Parenting. |
| 0:03.5 | Hey friends, welcome back to Pardon the Mess. |
| 0:16.7 | I'm your host, Courtney DeFayo, and we are on week 26 of praying for our kids all school year long. |
| 0:23.0 | And we're getting towards the end of the school year. |
| 0:25.3 | I don't know about you, but my kiddo is over it. |
| 0:28.0 | It's her junior year. |
| 0:29.6 | And she, Larson is just so tired from ACT and all the things. |
| 0:33.5 | So I'm so glad we do this. |
| 0:35.4 | I think it's one of those ways that we can really tangibly just take the stresses of parenting and what they're going through and just keep transferring it back to God. |
| 0:44.3 | Like, we surrender this. We trust you. And it's so great that we get to do this every week together. So thanks for being here. |
| 0:51.3 | But last week I wanted to tell you that Ron worked from Auburn, and I just love this. |
| 0:55.7 | He had planned it forever, even in the midst of crazy times at his job. He still went and worked from a hotel in Auburn for a few days and just got to be with Ella. |
| 1:05.7 | And so I wanted to remind us all, and you all know this, but like individual time with kids like mom and son or mom and |
| 1:12.1 | daughter and dad and daughter and dad and son is just so valuable. There's a connection there |
| 1:17.0 | that happens that's different than when the entire family's together are different when it's |
| 1:21.1 | parents and that one child. So try to find some time this year to do that. And I'm really |
| 1:26.0 | thankful. I want to give Ron props because |
| 1:28.8 | he in the midst of a really, really crazy career. He has fought for time with his girls individually, |
| 1:34.4 | and it's been really special to watch. And I am grateful. And speaking up, I had no plans of telling you |
| 1:39.5 | this, but one of the books he read years ago was called Strong Fathers, Strong Daughters, and it's by Meg Meeker, Dr. Meg Meeker. I think that's a name. She wrote it 20-something years ago. It has republished it since then. But it really did set a foundation for him as being a dad of daughters and how he could best show up for them. And so that's a little free book tip for you. But this week on week 26, we are reading about John, which you've |
| 2:03.7 | probably heard so often in the Bible, but we learn about him and the New Testament. And the idea |
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