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  • Plead With A Prodigal (11-27-2009)

     

    TODAY’S SCRIPT:

    Theologian John Piper’s once prodigal son, Abraham, wrote “12 Ways to Love your Wayward Child.”

    Abraham Piper’s sixth suggestion is:

    “Plead with them more than you rebuke them. Be gentle in your disappointment. What really concerns you is that your child is destroying herself, not that she’s breaking rules. Treat her in a way that makes this clear. She probably knows—especially if she was raised as a Christian—that what she’s doing is wrong. And she definitely knows you think it is. So she doesn’t need this pointed out. She needs to see how you are going to react to her evil. Your gentle forbearance and sorrowful hope will show her that you really do trust Jesus.”

    >> To see the entire “12 Ways to Love Your Wayward Child” article, click here.

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