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You raised them, prayed for them, and tried to get it right. So when your grown child walks away from your values—or your faith—why does it feel like your failure? Author Jim Burns tackles parent guilt, the endless “if onlys,” and the urge to fix what you can't control. Join Dave and Ann Wilson on FamilyLife Today for a conversation about loving adult kids when their choices break your heart.

Show Notes and Resources

• Jim Burns' book, When Your Adult Child Strays: Trading Heartache for Hope.
• Jim Burns' book, Doing Life with Your Adult Children: Keep Your Mouth Shut and the Welcome Mat Out.

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For most of us, "what if" is where our worst fears start. Naomi's small glimmers of hope invite us to ask a better "what if"—what if God isn't done yet? In this message, Pastor Philip Miller points past our fears to the God who redeems. Discover why a hope built on what God has already done can steady a grieving heart.

This is part three of the sermon, "Glimmers of Hope."

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02:41 – Shelter in the Shadows: Naomi begins to wonder.
05:16 – What If More Is Coming: Daring to imagine again.
07:51 – What If God Redeems: The hope taking root in her heart.
10:30 – The Shadow of Good Friday: Where the darkest day turns.
13:05 – It's Just Begun: Why she can let the hope in.
16:38 – Hope While Grieving: Glimmers for those still hurting.
19:45 – Embrace Right Now: Why we can't wait to be happy.
21:00 – Hope Lived Out: Real-life glimpses of God's glory.

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It all started with an SOS from a counselor who was talking with a young woman after a meeting where I had spoken. Her frustrated counselor just said, “Boy, this one’s really hard.” And, sure enough, Kelly really did seem shut down. I said, “Kelly, do you want to have a relationship with Jesus?” When she said yes, I asked her why. She said, “Because part of me is missing, and I know it’s Him. But if you only knew how many times I have tried to accept Christ, and nothing happens.” Well, I was stuck – until the Lord gave me one question for Kelly, and it changed everything. It might change everything for you.

I'm Ron Hutchcraft, and I want to have A Word With You today about “The One Step We Miss With God.”

I asked this young woman, who really wanted to know Jesus but could never seem to get the relationship off the ground, this question: “Have you ever told the Lord you are really sorry for your sin and so sorry that you’re ready to change?” She had said yes to Jesus – but she missed an important ingredient in turning to God – saying no to sin.

Our word for today from the Word of God comes from Acts 3:19; a roadmap to belonging to Jesus Christ. Here is what it says, “Repent, then, and turn to God so that your sins may be wiped out, that times of refreshing may come from the Lord.” Now, when you turn to Jesus, you’re turning from the sins that He died for. That’s repentance. You can’t hold Jesus in one hand and the junk that killed Him in the other. You can’t turn to the West to watch the sunset without turning your back on the East. In the process of turning to the West, you are automatically turning your back on the East. You can’t face two directions at the same time.

When you start to name the sins of your life – even of the past couple weeks – you realize what it is you need a Savior for. Then you visit the cross of Jesus to be saved; rescued from that sin. Unfortunately, repentance is the missing page in many a Gospel presentation. We skip over the cancer of sin lightly and we go right to the cure before the person has faced their disease. It could be that the reason that your commitment to Christ has really never gotten off the ground is because you never really repented of your sins when you turned to the One who died for your sins.

There’s no real power in your life as a Christian until you let your heart be broken over your sin. It's the sin that broke our Savior. When Kelly heard the step that she had missed, the tears started coming. She bowed her head and said, “God, I’m sick of the junk.” That’s when the confession began. And, in her case, I believe that might have been when saving faith began.

Could it be that the reality you’ve been looking for begins with really being sorry for the sin that is breaking God’s heart? It is, after all, that sin that killed His one and only son on the cross. I’m not sure a Savior can mean all that much to you until you see the seriousness of the sin that He died to save you from.

You want Jesus. You believe in Jesus. Maybe repentance may be the one step you’re missing. But you can tell Jesus right now, right where you are, “When I look at that cross and I see you dying there, Jesus, I see how awful my sin was. I see what an awful thing you had to go through to have me forgiven. I'm ready to change Lord. I'm turning to you. Please, Jesus, forgive me. Please, change me." Right there, that's your new beginning.

Speaking of new beginnings, our website would be a great next step for you. It's actually called ANewStory.com. If you go there, that might be the beginning of yours, it’s ANewStory.com.

This is the moment Jesus waits to say to you, "Finally, welcome home."

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If secularists hope to engage religion, especially a reemerging Islam, they must get the historical facts straight.

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The birth of Jesus looked ordinary on earth, but heaven announced it with a choir. A multitude of angels filled the sky over Bethlehem with praise to God. In this message, Pastor Lutzer explores the angels and the song they sang that night. Like their song, our lives were made for one great purpose: the glory of God.

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Moody Church Media [https://www.moodymedia.org/], home of "Running To Win," exists to bring glory to God through the transformation of lives.

Erwin W. Lutzer is Pastor Emeritus of The Moody Church in Chicago, where he served as Senior Pastor for 36 years. He is a prolific author of over seventy books. A clear expositor of the Bible, he is the featured speaker on "Running To Win" and "Songs In The Night," with programs broadcasting on over a thousand outlets in the U.S. and across more than fifty countries in seven languages. He and his wife, Rebecca, live in the Chicago area. They have three grown children and eight grandchildren.

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What was Jesus doing before Bethlehem? In the Old Testament, the Angel of the Lord appeared to Abraham, Moses, and Hagar. In this message, Pastor Lutzer discusses five ministries of the Angel of the Lord and how they apply to us. The Christ of Christmas was at work long before the manger.

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Moody Church Media [https://www.moodymedia.org/], home of "Running To Win," exists to bring glory to God through the transformation of lives.

Erwin W. Lutzer is Pastor Emeritus of The Moody Church in Chicago, where he served as Senior Pastor for 36 years. He is a prolific author of over seventy books. A clear expositor of the Bible, he is the featured speaker on "Running To Win" and "Songs In The Night," with programs broadcasting on over a thousand outlets in the U.S. and across more than fifty countries in seven languages. He and his wife, Rebecca, live in the Chicago area. They have three grown children and eight grandchildren.

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