When You Love a Prodigal - Part 2 - Gary Wilkerson Podcast (w/ Judy Douglass) - 054

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Few people discuss the deep pain, anxiety and anger that can accompany loving a prodigal. When the biblical prodigal returned home, God acknowledges the father’s anguish in his overwhelming relief to see his wandering son return. Caring for a wayward person is a wilderness journey for the soul. In the middle of it, how do we make sure to also care for our own hearts? Today, we rejoin Gary Wilkerson and Judy Douglass as they continue their discussion from last week and explore how the parents of a prodigal can find strength and hope. Key Questions from the Podcast • How can we deal with the pain of parenting a prodigal child? • How does God use the prodigal experience to also change a parent’s heart? • What does the Bible say about loving prodigals? • What do we do if our prodigal’s story doesn’t have the end we were hoping for? Notable Quotes from the Podcast …that was just transformational for me to understand the kind of love God's called us to, it's not a tit for tat, give and take kind of thing. It doesn't matter. You still love with his kind of love, which is a lay down your life sacrificing kind of love… - Judy Douglass I may not be the prodigal my son was, but I am a prodigal, you are a prodigal, we all are. And so, God's got a lot of work to do to get to his goal of making us like Jesus – Judy Douglass …when you love a prodigal, you don't know what's coming next. You don't know what hard thing, you don't know if your kid is going to be in a terrible accident, or if they're going to get arrested, which they should have been many more times than they are. And you don't know if they're going to overdose. That's the wilderness. – Judy Douglass God is so capable of touching our children or the prodigals in our life, whether it be a spouse, while working in us simultaneously. – Gary Wilkerson Resources Mentioned in the Podcast • World Challenge Prayer Page - http://worldchallenge.org/pray?ref=gwpodcast • Judy Douglass Website - http://judydouglass.com/ • Hinds’ Feet on High Places - https://www.amazon.com/Hinds-Feet-Places-Hannah-Hurnard/dp/0842314296 About Judy Douglass Judy is a writer, speaker, missionary with Cru. She is an encourager—urging everyone she encounters to know God and to entrust their lives to him for all He wants them to be and all He has prepared for them to do. She also writes about women, prodigals, becoming a true follower of Jesus, the homeless, grandparenting, learning from children. About Gary Wilkerson Gary Wilkerson is the President of World Challenge, an international mission organization that was founded by his father, David Wilkerson. He is also the Founding Pastor of The Springs Church, which he launched in 2009 with a handful of people. He has traveled nationally and internationally at conferences and conducted mission ventures such as church planting, starting orphanages, clinics, feeding programs among the poorest of the poor and the most unreached people of the earth. Gary and his wife Kelly have four children and live in Colorado Springs, CO. #GaryWilkerson #GaryWilkersonPodcast #WorldChallengeInc

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• Love & Compassion