Ask the Pastor with J.D. Greear

What Would You Say to the Parent of a Wayward Teen?

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This week, as we continue our marriage and family series, Pastor J.D. answers another question about how to parent teenagers. This time he’s joined by his wife, Veronica.

Show Notes:

A wandering child does not mean failure: God played the parent role for two humans and they both rebelled. Cain and Abel were parented exactly the same. One became a man of God, the other a murderer.

  • Key resource: Feeding the Mouth that Bites You, by Ken Wilgus, Ph.D. and the Feeding the Mouth that Bites You podcast.
    • When a kid is in rebellion, you can’t be prophet and dad at the same time.
      • Think more like a farmer than a mechanic. Worst thing to do is dig up seed! You give rain and sun. In the analogy, rain and sun are the quality of the relationship not quantity of devotion.
      • Wait on God: All the defining moments in my life came from somewhere else.
        • Psalm 136: Israel’s history with “steadfast love of Lord endures forever.” I did this an exercise with our staff team. We wrote out key moments where the Lord worked in our lives, and I had this realization: my mom and dad wrote none of the key moments in my life.
        • Psalm 127
        • Psalm 37:39-40
        • The role of prayer:
          • Abraham prays for Lot and angels grab his hand.
          • Man lowered through roof: their faith. your faith subs for the man in the stretcher.

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