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My three-year-old niece is beginning to understand that she can trust Jesus in any situation. This became evident one night as she prayed before bedtime during a thunderstorm. She pressed her hands together, closed her eyes, and said: “Dear Jesus, I know You’re here with us. I know You love us. And I know that the storm will stop when You tell it to stop.”

I suspect she had recently heard the story of Jesus and the disciples as they crossed the Sea of Galilee. It’s the one where Jesus fell asleep in the back of the boat just before a squall nearly capsized the vessel. The disciples woke Him and said, “Don’t you care if we drown?” Jesus didn’t speak to them, but instead addressed the natural world: “Quiet! Be still!” (Mark 4:39).

Immediately, the water stopped splashing into the boat. The howling wind subsided. There in the silence, Jesus looked at His followers and said, “Why are you so afraid? Do you still have no faith?” (v. 40). I imagine their wide eyes staring back at Him, as water coursed down their faces and dripped from their beards.

What if we could live today with the awe the disciples felt in that moment? What if we could view every concern with a fresh awareness of Jesus’ authority and power? Maybe then our childlike faith would chase away our fear. Maybe then we would believe that each storm we face is at His mercy.

Money and marriage: while God designed these two things to bless us, they can also be two of the greatest sources of stress. What if we turned financial conflict into connection? On the next Faith & Finance Live, Dr. Shane Enete joins Rob West to share six creative ways couples can build stronger relationships by having intentional financial conversations—what he calls “money dates.” Then, it’s on to your calls. That’s Faith & Finance Live—biblical wisdom for your financial decisions. That’s weekdays at 4pm Eastern/3pm Central on Moody Radio.

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Segment 1

• Dr. Andrew Walker calls the breakdown of the family the defining moral crisis of our time.

• Marriage decline fuels social chaos—poverty, instability, and moral confusion.

• God’s design for marriage and family is not arbitrary—it’s the foundation of ordered liberty and human flourishing.

Segment 2

• Natural law exposes that everyone already knows right from wrong—it’s written on our hearts.

• Even secular thinkers are waking up: moral order only works if it’s built on God’s image of man.

• From gender ideology to justice systems, every moral crisis goes back to rejecting Genesis 1.

Segment 3

• A “Christian nation” without conversion is just moral window dressing.

• True change comes through evangelism, not state-enforced religion.

• Romans 13 defines government’s limits—protect order, not dictate theology.

Segment 4

• The Bible gives the state a sword, not a soul: maintain justice, don’t play savior.

• Big government creates dependency; strong churches create stability.

• Christians should champion a small-state, big-church vision—pray for rulers, evangelize freely, live humbly.

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