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Before Jonathan's father was a pastor he was a Colombian guerrilla rebel fighter hired to assassinate an evangelist. As a young adult, Jonathan seriously contemplated suicide that ended with a major moment with God. Today, Jonathan leads worship at his father's church, assisted by his wife, Rebecca. They have three young children and want to live to serve God. In this true story: We did not have enough money for groceries. – Jonathan Perfection is pressure. You have this pressure to be the perfect parent, the perfect mother, the perfect dad. I am going to try to be the best mom that I can be. But I’m not perfect. I’m human. I fail sometimes. But I do want them to take away that we love them. Sometimes you have to forgive yourself for the mistakes that don’t look as perfect as you would expect them to be. Have faith that God will finish the good work in your life. – Rebecca God’s word says “His perfect love cast out all fear.” Jonathan “You [Lord] came near on the day I called You. You said, ‘Do not fear.’’ Lamentations 3:57 In the middle of my anger, I have to ask God help me to communicate.’’ Jonathan I have messed up sometimes…by ignoring. I have learned I do need to communicate and I need to learn to communicate in a wise way. – Jonathan With kids you need to be patient, but not patient as the world teaches by doing nothing. Be purposeful in your patience. – Jonathan My parents - we lived in Columbia. My dad was a guerrilla going to assassinate an evangelist. The evangelist said, ‘I believe there is someone here that is here to kill me.” My dad’s testimony is that he went up and everyone freaked out because he came and put his gun down and gave his life to the Lord. From then on his life turned completely around. His decision kind of paved the way for me and my whole family. Knowing all that background of my family made me realize, God can break barriers wherever we go with the priority of his presence. – Jonathan We have all had that calling. We are passionate to share who God is and what God can do in your life if you just let Him. – Rebecca For more Parent Compass shows and other encouragement and inspiration subscribe at parentcompass.tv/subscribe #faith #family #jesus #christ #jesuschrist #autism #god #worship #worshipsongs #worshipsong #church #christian #christianity #families

“Kelsey Grammer (aka Frazier) said it was the most powerful thing he has ever been a part of.” – Andy Erwin, producer of the Jesus Revolution movie Andy Ervin, top producer of #1 grossing independent film, I Can Only Imagine, has now come out with the Jesus Revolution movie that is taking the box office by storm. In this life and family chat, see clips of the movie. Hear Andy Erwin's thoughts on whether revival could be spreading across the United States and the world. The producers have prayed, worked and planned for years hoping this movie would spur a new Jesus Revolution in our time. A Jesus Revolution we can all be a part of. The Jesus Revolution movie is the true story of a national spiritual awakening in the early 1970s and its origins within a community of teenage hippies in Southern California. In the 1970s, young Greg Laurie (Joel Courtney) is searching for all the right things in all the wrong places: until he meets Lonnie Frisbee (Jonathan Roumie, Jesus from The Chosen), a charismatic hippie-street-preacher. Together with Pastor Chuck Smith (Kelsey Grammer aka Frazier), they open the doors of Smith’s languishing church to an unexpected revival of radical and newfound love, leading to what TIME Magazine dubbed a JESUS REVOLUTION. See the movie at jesusrevolution.movie #jesusrevolution

Freedom is found in many areas of life. With her parent's marriage struggling, Jihong felt she could not find real love and fell into a deep depression. She developed a long-time, life-threatening eating disorder that is very hard to cure called Bolemia. Her husband was told of her Bolemia on their third day of marriage. See his reaction. How did they find freedom? (For shows and more subscribe at parentcompass.tv/subscribe) “Cast your burden on the Lord and He will sustain you” Psalm 55:22a In Part 2 you will hear: I looked around to make sure no one was there. – Jihong My teenage years was pretty intense. Deep inside there was such a void, I had to pretend to be this model kid. - Jihong They hand out gospel tract with very simple cartoon pictures on it. – Jihong That night I try to give God a chance. – Jihong Probably three days after we got married, she woke me up and told me about a strange word, Bolemia. Maybe for a couple of days I don’t think that is a big deal. - Kaibin Doctor told me, you could have died, because I was pretty severe type of Bolemia. - Jihong He (Kaibin) said - We’re going to face this together. No matter how hard it is. - Jihong I was told - If something is burden to you, ask for God’s help. - Kaibin He was told - How about you live life for 30 days just like Christ is coming. - Jihong So we lived those 30 days like Christ was coming back. We read the Bible. We prayed. We tried to trust in God everyday. Tried asking for strength. Unbelievable. The reason I could be cured was all because of God. - Jihong Pretty much every day, we told each other that this is the last day to live. - Kaibin Parental authority from God they respect, but whenever we abuse it, we apologize for it. - Kaibin My objective for my children would be that I want them to be a genuine person. I want them to know Christianity is true in every area. So our family life is genuine. We can have genuine discussion. How I genuinely love her, how she respects and loves me that is observable to my children. - Kaibin I think the biggest impact on my life for Christ is watching other people do so much and their passion. If these people are this devoted, then who is this God that they are searching after? I challenge my own faith and explore and that comes to my own conclusion that Christ is Savior. - Daniel The number one that teenagers hate about their parents is hypocrisy. Be genuine. Let them see we are also human being. We try to be holy and that we are in the process. - Kaibin From Part 1 – Watch on parentcompass.tv Knowing nothing but Communism, Kaiben and Jihong both grew up in different parts of China. When they came to the U.S. separately to attend college, neither had any idea their lives would be so radically changed by a guy they had never heard about named Jesus! Now pastoring a Chinese congregation in America and raising four children, their journey is paved with miracles, including victory over a deadly eating disorder.

Freedom is found in many areas of life. With her parent's marriage struggling, Jihong felt she could not find real love and fell into a deep depression. She developed a long-time, life-threatening eating disorder that is very hard to cure called Bolemia. Her husband was told of her Bolemia on their third day of marriage. See his reaction. How did they find freedom? (For shows and more subscribe at parentcompass.tv/subscribe) “Cast your burden on the Lord and He will sustain you” Psalm 55:22a In Part 2 you will hear: I looked around to make sure no one was there. – Jihong My teenage years was pretty intense. Deep inside there was such a void, I had to pretend to be this model kid. - Jihong They hand out gospel tract with very simple cartoon pictures on it. – JihongThat night I try to give God a chance. – Jihong Probably three days after we got married, she woke me up and told me about a strange word, Bolemia. Maybe for a couple of days I don’t think that is a big deal. - Kaibin Doctor told me, you could have died, because I was pretty severe type of Bolemia. - Jihong He (Kaibin) said - We’re going to face this together. No matter how hard it is. - Jihong I was told - If something is burden to you, ask for God’s help. - Kaibin He was told - How about you live life for 30 days just like Christ is coming. - Jihong So we lived those 30 days like Christ was coming back. We read the Bible. We prayed. We tried to trust in God everyday. Tried asking for strength. Unbelievable. The reason I could be cured was all because of God. - Jihong Pretty much every day, we told each other that this is the last day to live. - Kaibin Parental authority from God they respect, but whenever we abuse it, we apologize for it. - Kaibin My objective for my children would be that I want them to be a genuine person. I want them to know Christianity is true in every area. So our family life is genuine. We can have genuine discussion. How I genuinely love her, how she respects and loves me that is observable to my children. - Kaibin I think the biggest impact on my life for Christ is watching other people do so much and their passion. If these people are this devoted, then who is this God that they are searching after? I challenge my own faith and explore and that comes to my own conclusion that Christ is Savior. - Daniel The number one that teenagers hate about their parents is hypocrisy. Be genuine. Let them see we are also human being. We try to be holy and that we are in the process. - Kaibin From Part 1 – Watch on parentcompass.tv Knowing nothing but Communism, Kaiben and Jihong both grew up in different parts of China. When they came to the U.S. separately to attend college, neither had any idea their lives would be so radically changed by a guy they had never heard about named Jesus! Now pastoring a Chinese congregation in America and raising four children, their journey is paved with miracles, including victory over a deadly eating disorder.

Knowing nothing but Communism, Kaiben and Jihong both grew up in different parts of China. When they came to the U.S. separately to attend college, neither had any idea their lives would be so radically changed by a guy they had never heard about named Jesus! Now pastoring a Chinese congregation in America and raising four children, their journey is paved with miracles, including victory over a deadly eating disorder. Subscribe for shows and more at parentcompass.tv/subscribe.

I almost died, 100 different times probably. - Lawson Miracle times 3!!! All THREE PRODIGALS RETURN Hear of a miraculous God and the power of prayer with a new book for the rest of us to bring our prodigals home. Steve and Laine Craft's marriage was over...until a miraculous intervention of God. (See it When Prodigals Return Part 1) BUT was it too late for their children? A modern prodigal story, all three of their children fell away into destructive lifestyles. But over time, God lovingly restored each child and a renewed Craft family now tells how. (Subscribe for shows and more at parentcompass.tv/subscribe) I remember having my first drink. - Kaylee I am living in a penthouse. Party king now. - Steven We were angry. - Laine My wife would get scared if the phone rang. - Steve Sr. It was living hell. - Laine At sixteen, I spent 3 days in jail in solitary confinement. - Lawson I always wanted to be one of the cool kids. Was trying to figure out how to fit in with this crowd. I had been relying on things of this world to fill me. I knew I wasn’t living right. - Kaylee All you need is Jesus. - Lawson A life in Christ is way better then something Satan offers you. - Steven Jr. These are spiritual battles. - Steve Sr. Even in the loss of this world, God has been there for us. - Laine Keep fighting, keep praying. God will take care of everything you need. - Steve Sr. Don’t ever give up. - Laine Watch Part 2 of When Prodigals Return (Subscribe for shows and more at parentcompass.tv/subscribe) Laine Lawson Craft is an award-winning author, popular media host, and in-demand speaker. The founder and publisher of WHOAwomen magazine (2010-2018), she regularly hosts online challenges and masterclasses as well as Facebook Live events that reach thousands. Her Livin' Lively with Laine podcast encourages women around the world, and her Warfare Parenting podcast encourages parents of adult children. Learn more at lainelawsoncraft.com Purchase Laine's new book, The Parent's Battle Plan - Laine Lawson Craft here. https://lainelawsoncraft.com/the-parents-battle-plan/ Watch When Prodigals Return Part 1 Our Marriage Miracle For Laine and Steve's book on marriage go to: https://lainelawsoncraft.com/product/start-again-from-scratch/

My father-in-law was out in the front yard asking me, "How bad is it really, Steve??" (Subscribe for shows and more at parentcompass.tv/subscribe) "I'd rather live with Satan, himself, then go back in there with your daughter." - Steve 17 years into our marriage, we were done. - Steve We don't love each other. We are not acting like we love each other. We were actually living on opposite ends of the house - Laine It was getting harder and harder and harder. It was not getting easier. It was getting harder. And I yelled at God with tears. - Steve Our lives were unraveling. - Laine Could we pay the bills? How are we going to pay the bills? - Steve Very stressful life. - Laine Satan had basically taken everything from me - Steve I’m not living a lie anymore. - Laine Stephen was 13, Lawson was 11 and Kaylee was 10. - Laine Forgiveness was the key to moving forward in our marriage. - Steve We had said a lot of mean things to one another. We had done a lot of mean things. - Laine We chose good over evil - Steve It might have been the first true miracle that I ever witnessed in my life. - Steve We knew we were taking the right next step. - Laine Steve and Laine Craft's marriage was over...until a miraculous intervention of God. Watch When Prodigals Return Part 1 Our Marriage Miracle BUT was it too late for their children? A modern prodigal story, all three of their children fell away into destructive lifestyles. Is there any hope? Watch Part 2 of When Prodigals Return (Subscribe for shows and more at parentcompass.tv/subscribe) For Laine and Steve's book on marriage go to: https://lainelawsoncraft.com/product/start-again-from-scratch/ Laine Lawson Craft is an award-winning author, popular media host, and in-demand speaker. The founder and publisher of WHOAwomen magazine (2010-2018), she regularly hosts online challenges and masterclasses as well as Facebook Live events that reach thousands. Her Livin' Lively with Laine podcast encourages women around the world, and her Warfare Parenting podcast encourages parents of adult children. Learn more at lainelawsoncraft.com Purchase Laine's new book, The Parent's Battle Plan - Laine Lawson Craft here. https://lainelawsoncraft.com/the-parents-battle-plan/

Fatherless? Not this family, as they know God as Father! (For shows and more subscribe at parentcompass.tv/subscribe.) "Although my father and my mother have forsaken me, then the Lord will take me up [adopt me as His child]." Psalm 27:10 AMPC "Yet to all who did receive him (Jesus), to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God." John 1:12 NIV "See what great love the Father (God) has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God. And that is what we are!" 1 John 3:1 NIV Abandoned by her husband during the pandemic, Rita was left with 9 kids. When an electrical issue burned down their house, they ended up homeless and with no transportation. Calling out to God with no one else to help, they are getting their life back as God has brought provision through His church and individuals. At the end of my mom's marriage, nobody would wake me up on Sunday. So I would wake myself up and I would go to church. A car came and it hit me, it just appeared.- I was dead and I heard a voice, ‘Is this what you want?' I got into the world, drinking. Lost everything, lost my car, my apartment. I was going shelter to shelter. One of the shelters I was in gave me a lot of resources. I got my life back. When I walked out of my home, there was an explosion. The electrical exploded and my house catches on fire. I can forgive him. I love him. I can not hold a grudge. - Rita God has always been there, He’s like a Father to us.’’ - Joshua Start off with love, it’s the way Jesus overcome the world. Get up in the name of Jesus. You are a son or daughter of the Most High. - Rita Ministry that helped Rita and serves the homeless globally - Operation Care International (OPI) operationcare.org #fatherless #GodasFather #fatherGod #jesus #christ #jesuschrist #abandoned #operationcare #family #faith #christian

I did not want children. - Stephanie (For shows and more subscribe at parentcompass.tv/subscribe) Stephanie's heart changed as the Lord called her and her husband, David, to adopt eight children. Their first is a typical son, the seven others have Down Syndrome. Six of those children are adopted many years ago from the Ukraine. The heart of the Barnett family is on full display as they tell their story of how God has walked them into a life of challenges filled with joy in "Special Needs, Special Glory". I describe it as organized chaos. - Stephanie The world sees children with down syndrome. They are worthy, they have a purpose. - Stephanie Not all children with special needs are the same. - David Mackie, one of their children had congestive heart failure that without surgery would take her life in 3 years. Dr. Cooper Schmit was hesitant to do the surgery because the chances of success were less than 35%, but they went ahead. “They (the doctors) said that they have never felt the presence of the Lord that strong as when they did that surgery.’’ - Stephanie I could literally fill the Lord’s hands guiding me. - Dr. Cooper Schmit If people do question their purpose, the children's purpose in the world. Start working with some special needs ministries anywhere. That's their calling. God created them to glorify Him. - David "'As he (Jesus) went along, he saw a man blind from birth. His disciples asked him, 'Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?' 'Neither this man nor his parents sinned,' said Jesus, 'but this happened so that the works of God might be displayed in him. '"John 9:1-3 "whatever you do, do it all for the glory of God. 1 Corinthians 10:31 "everyone who is called by my name, whom I created for my glory, whom I formed and made.” Isaiah 43:7 #Specialneeds #GlorytoGod #Parent Compass #family #faith #Ukraine #Jesus

For shows and more subscribe at parentcompass.tv/subscribe Mother of three, Mary works full time, she and her husband, Andrey, have run their own business for 16 years. How do you manage? Where are the priorities? What happens in troubles? What matters? Feel like a horrible Mom. Dropping the ball - Mary Frustrated - take that out on my kids - Mary I'm in debt. I'm in trouble. Going to lose everything. Dad, what are you doing? Dad's praying right now. - Andrey Too many liabilities, downsize possibly. - Mary Crazy, Mad, unstable. It's tough- Andrey If you give them too much technology, they become zombies. - Andrey Melody, all of her fingers were bleeding. - Mary Specifically schedule to spend time with God. - Andrey It is very hard times from COVID right now. Some people lost businesses and jobs and some people have debt. So what are you going to do? I think the best thing you can do is to be strong in your faith. This way, you're going to give stability to your wife [and family]. - Andrey The journey to a family of five and 100 employees started a world away. Born to a Soviet Union father who was arrested 50 times for preaching the gospel and operating a home church, Andrey saw firsthand God's miraculous provision in his life. On the other side of the world, Mary grew up in poverty in New Orleans. A move to America inspired by the Holy Spirit and hurricane Katrina would bring Mary and Andrey's world's colliding together. #faith #family #parenting #business #jesus #christ #god #workingmom #workingdad #children #parentcompass

The journey to a family of five and 100 employees started a world away. Born to a Soviet Union father who was arrested 50 times for preaching the gospel and operating a home church, Andrey saw firsthand God's miraculous provision in his life. On the other side of the world, Mary grew up in poverty in New Orleans. A move to America inspired by the Holy Spirit and hurricane Katrina would bring Mary and Andrey's world's colliding together. (For shows and more subscribe at parentcompass.tv/subscribe) It was age 16, when Andrey Novik came from Belarus, former Soviet Union, now called Russia, with his parents and 8 siblings. His father was head of the underground churches in Belarus, and was for many years strongly persecuted for his faith there. From the USA, Mary grew up in Louisiana, with 13 siblings, one adopted. Mary's mother took in homeless people, sometimes having 26 people living in their home. But Mary and Andrey deeply learned the secret to life - faith. Watch hearts sold out to God in Faith Passed Down. Andrey: Everything goes back to my great grandparents. I think it goes back to the first world war. They got saved because of a Jewish family. My grandfather, he had twelve brothers and sisters. When the war happened, they were transferred to Russia. On the way back on the train, nine of them passed away because of the hunger. My grandfather, he survived. His father, which is my great grandfather, he said, 'I am going to do everything possible to dedicate my son [to the Lord]. My grandfather, he got married when he was 17 and my grandmother was 16. He was always saying, 'I am going to have sons. They are all going to be pastors.' So one daughter and eight sons. From those eight sons, 6 or 7 of them are pastors. My dad had the passion for Christ all the way from childhood. I have nine brothers and sisters. My dad was a pastor. Our house was used as the underground church. The first story [or floor] was used for the family. We only had one room. The second story was just for the church. We had neighbors, they were not Christians, but they would always watch. It they saw the KGB [Russian Secret Police] coming, they would always inform us. My dad, he got 50 arrests. I remember one specific moment when he was knocked down to the ground. They look at us, kids, and like, 'Hey, you’re probably not going to see your dad again, because he is breaking the law. He allows the church in this house. We were very concerned. And I remember those emotions. He's unafraid. He's a great, great man of God. It was hard for my mom. She would cry, but she would always tell us, 'Hey, don't say anything to your Dad, because I don't want him to stop the ministry.' The collapse of the Soviet Union happened. My dad, he was emotional. And I remember that moment exactly, when he was holding my hand and for the first time we walked in the street and just enjoying the moment and the freedom. Finally we can have a church outside of my house. Mary: I grew up in a poverty mindset. Born in Virginia. When I was five my dad got a job offer in New Orleans. My mom had nine children, so it was a big uprooting. Six months later my dad got laid off from his job. It was a huge adventure and difficulty for our family. My mom kept on getting pregnant. There were 13 biological children. There is also my adopted brother and he makes 14. My parents took in homeless people as a ministry. We had like 26 people living in our house one time. We lived day by day, paycheck to paycheck. God always said that he is going to provide our daily bread. Growing up in that you just see God's provision. #faith #Jesus #Christ #God #Russia #SovietUnion #persecution #FallofSovietUnion #family #FineDesigns

What? – Jason (For shows and more subscribe at parentcompass.tv/subscribe) The Lord told him, ‘Your times up.’ - Jackie We start falling out of the sky. – Jason We have to do surgery. We have to operate. - Jason Major complications. She almost died. - Jason We as a family got Covid. - Jason We got a call to pray over people within an hour we got the word that they had died. - Jackie It was very overwhelming. - Jackie What God has in store is so much better. - Jason The Gabriel family tell how God never left them through the difficulty of leaving a promising military career, life threatening car accidents, airplane drops, and serious health scares. Now they pastor a church and their children bring a variety of different gifts to brighten their home and ministry. #Ourhelpintrouble #faith #God #ParentCompass #E4Church #Jesus #Christ #family

The life that I was living was fake. – Jason I didn’t understand what I was looking for. – Jackie Our nation is being attacked right now. We are now at war. – Jason The Lord told him, ‘Your time's up.’ - Jackie She prays with us when I get scared. – Jada It was more of a religious thing that focused on the outward versus the inward. – Jackie You have a choice to go to Heaven’s Gates or Hell’s Flames and in that moment I knew that I had to make a choice. – Jason I knew I encountered God. I knew I was changed instantly. - Jackie (For shows and more subscribe at parentcompass.tv/subscribe) The Gabriel family are overcomers who tell how God never left them through the difficulty of leaving a promising military career, life threatening car accidents and airplane drops, and serious health scares. #Ourhelpintrouble #faith #God #ParentCompass #E4Church #Jesus #Christ #family

Have the baby or not? They decided not. All I could think about was how am I going to live? - Ryan What about if we just had an abortion? - Amy It is the easy way out. I remember writing the check, paying the money for the abortion. - Ryan An unexpected pregnancy led Amy and Ryan to an abortion clinic. When Amy came out to the waiting room, Ryan was shocked to discover she was still pregnant. Due to God's miraculous intervention, their oldest son survived that day, Amy and Ryan were married, and now Amy runs a national ministry called Embrace Grace, supporting women with unplanned pregnancies who chose life! Connect at embracegrace.com True feminism is you can have your baby in your dreams too!I - Amy For shows and more subscribe at parentcompass.tv Parent Compass is an award-winning global television series with signature family episodes of true stories told by real parents facing real struggles discovering solutions in Jesus Christ. Season 1 included the child star family of the hit movie War Room. Following the family episodes in each season are Life & Family Chats with Christian leaders that have included: Kendrick Brothers (producers of movies: Overcomer, War Room, Courageous, Fireproof); Erwin Brothers and Kevin Downes (producers of I Can Only Imagine, Woodlawn); Ann & Dave Wilson, hosts of Family Life; Jonathan Evans, Chaplain of the Dallas Cowboys and son of Dr. Tony Evans; Anne Graham Lotz, Daughter of Billy Graham Benham Brothers; Kay Arthur, Founder Precepts Ministries; June Hunt, Founder Hope for the Heart; Ryan Dobson, Jim Dobson's son and former Host with his father on Family Talk; John Fuller, Focus on the Family Host with Jim Daly; Cameron and BJ Arnett, TV & Film Star including movie, Overcomer; Lee Strobel, The Case for Christ; Pat Boone, 45 million records, 3 Stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame; Shannon Bream, Anchor Fox News @ Night... Subscribe at parentcompass.tv/subscribe Watch at parentcompass.tv/tv-show #parentcompass #embracegrace #faith #jesus #christ #god #pro-life #abortion

I knew that that was it. I was fading in and out, (For shows and more subscribe at parentcompass.tv/subscribe ) so I cried out to God. I was gasping for air in prayer. Please, if you would give me one last chance. I knew that I was going to die and would have to stand before Him. Immediately like right after I started praying, it was like God was showing me all of my sins. And showing me that I was going to stand before Him, and die, and I was going to be cast into hell. And I was frightened. If this is my life and this is it, then I get it. But, please, Lord, I was begging. If there was one last chance that He would allow me to live, I’d give Him everything; professional, personal. I repent of all my sins. I just want to be born again. Brooke and Landon Thurman met over Facebook while both immersed in the Los Angeles party scene. Both from broken homes, they derailed into hard drugs and hard living, resulting in Landon doing time in the county jail. When their first child came along they were focused on raising him to be a "good person" and pursuing the American dream... until Covid hit the world and both of them. As Landon struggled for every breath, he was sure death was near, but in an instant God came crashing into his life and a miracle happened that would change everything for his entire family forever! #ParentCompass #BreathofLife #Covid19 #Covid #coronavirus #corona #miracle #jesus #christian #faith #god #cantbreathe

"We are adopted into the body of Christ, into the family of God." - Shannon Bream For shows parentcompass.tv/subscribe Anchor of Fox News @ Night, Shannon Bream, delves into her New York Times Best Selling Book, Women of the Bible Speak. Shannon talks about her own mother-in-law, Naomi & Ruth, Hannah & Miriam, Mary & Martha, & Deborah. Shannon is the chief legal correspondent for Fox News Channel. She has covered landmark cases at the Supreme Court and heated political campaigns and policy battles from the White House to Capitol Hill. Shannon describes herself as a sinner saved by grace, daughter of the King, ever grateful for his mercies that are new every day. She deals with politics, law and all the news of the day. Her follow-on book, Mothers & Daughters of the Bible Speak is on Lessons on Faith from Nine Biblical Families. "Have faith” is a phrase we hear all the time. But what does it actually look like to live it out? Shannon Bream examines the lives of biblical women to see how God’s plans can turn our worlds upside down. Through these stories, Shannon explains the intimate connection between faith and family—and how God’s unexpected agenda can redefine the way we think about family. Not all of these mothers and daughters in the Bible were paragons of virtue. Like us, they were human beings who faltered and struggled to do their best. While some heard God’s voice, others chose their own paths. Through the lens of their imperfections, we can see how God used their stories to bring about His divine plans. He’s still doing the same work in our lives today. Verse from book: See, I am doing a new thing! Now it springs up; do you not perceive it? I am making a way in the wilderness and streams in the wasteland. —Isaiah 43:19 To be the first to know on shows and more, with encouragement to handle everyday, subscribe at parentcompass.tv/subscribe

Subscribe at parentcompass.tv/subscribe and receive all three parts immediately. Our gift to you. He was at the top of his game. Michael Perron was Mr. Abs of Steel as host of the fitness show with ESPN and Time/Warner annual lucrative contracts. Yet, he had a horrible meth addiction. Unmarried, Cristina was at the top of her game. Hers came crashing down when her boss made advances. She kicked him in the knee and was fired. Fighting the court case almost caused her to take her life. See how God guides these two from the brink to now raising their 3 children in “Life Recovery” the Premiere of Parent Compass Season 3.