Craig Groeschel

And so I'm always like, you pray. And she's like, no, no, you gotta work through it. So it's like, I'm just blabbing, but it's just, it's just, it's, it's just, it's, The father whose boy was demon-possessed said, Jesus, I believe you can, but help me overcome my unbelief. That's a real good prayer. I believe you can. I know you're real.

And there's part of me that's still very human and broken and needs more help. Help me where I doubt. Help me where I have questions. Help me where I'm frustrated. That's a good prayer. It's an honest prayer.

And there's part of me that's still very human and broken and needs more help. Help me where I doubt. Help me where I have questions. Help me where I'm frustrated. That's a good prayer. It's an honest prayer.

Yeah, I want to talk to your family first because I just feel the angst. I feel your pain and your emotions. And for me, that was my dad for a long time. And so I would say a couple things. One is sometimes you're a prophet without honor. So you're the one too close to them. And so they don't listen to you. And it is not your job to save them. It's your job to reflect the love of Jesus.

Yeah, I want to talk to your family first because I just feel the angst. I feel your pain and your emotions. And for me, that was my dad for a long time. And so I would say a couple things. One is sometimes you're a prophet without honor. So you're the one too close to them. And so they don't listen to you. And it is not your job to save them. It's your job to reflect the love of Jesus.

And you do that, you pray, and God cares about their salvation even more than you do. And he's patient. And so he's, sometimes when they get worse and worse, sometimes they actually have to get so low that they have nowhere else to look but to call on him.

And you do that, you pray, and God cares about their salvation even more than you do. And he's patient. And so he's, sometimes when they get worse and worse, sometimes they actually have to get so low that they have nowhere else to look but to call on him.

And then what I've found, and just doing this for a long time, is that there are other people that God may be setting up to cross paths with those people that you love. And He is so good. And you guys are younger and have been walking with God five years, two years-ish. And it seems like forever, and God is a patient God. I've seen those miracles sometimes after 25 years, 30 years.

And then what I've found, and just doing this for a long time, is that there are other people that God may be setting up to cross paths with those people that you love. And He is so good. And you guys are younger and have been walking with God five years, two years-ish. And it seems like forever, and God is a patient God. I've seen those miracles sometimes after 25 years, 30 years.

And when you feel like there's no hope, sometimes a person that seems the farthest from God is actually closer than you think. So don't lose faith. When you were saved, the people around you never would have thought you'd be doing that. And so as big of a miracle as you were, I believe that you'll see that for many of the people in your life.

And when you feel like there's no hope, sometimes a person that seems the farthest from God is actually closer than you think. So don't lose faith. When you were saved, the people around you never would have thought you'd be doing that. And so as big of a miracle as you were, I believe that you'll see that for many of the people in your life.

Well, first of all, I would say that, you know, let's just start and recognize we live in a really big world with a lot of different traditions, faith backgrounds, families. And so for someone else to say, hey, I've been exposed to a different belief system, that's just really, really normal, right? So we don't want to judge that. We don't want to be arrogant.

Well, first of all, I would say that, you know, let's just start and recognize we live in a really big world with a lot of different traditions, faith backgrounds, families. And so for someone else to say, hey, I've been exposed to a different belief system, that's just really, really normal, right? So we don't want to judge that. We don't want to be arrogant.

But what we have to do is we have to investigate every kind of faith belief and say, okay, who's the main player here? What does he say about himself or what his witnesses say about him? And so for Christianity, we're gonna start with Jesus and say, let's consider who Jesus is. And so he claimed he's the son of God. He claimed he is the way, the truth, and the life.

But what we have to do is we have to investigate every kind of faith belief and say, okay, who's the main player here? What does he say about himself or what his witnesses say about him? And so for Christianity, we're gonna start with Jesus and say, let's consider who Jesus is. And so he claimed he's the son of God. He claimed he is the way, the truth, and the life.

He claimed that he would die and be raised from the dead. And so when you look at the resurrection, you're gonna find there's like really strong historic evidence That the disciples died for him. Would they have died for a lie? That there were people that were converted that were skeptics that saw him at the tomb. And there's ongoing evidence that the resurrection is real.

He claimed that he would die and be raised from the dead. And so when you look at the resurrection, you're gonna find there's like really strong historic evidence That the disciples died for him. Would they have died for a lie? That there were people that were converted that were skeptics that saw him at the tomb. And there's ongoing evidence that the resurrection is real.

If Jesus claimed to be that, then what is he? It was C.S. Lewis who said, if he claimed to be the son of God, then he's either full-blown crazy, like he's a lunatic, or he's a liar, or he's Lord. And so we have to acknowledge, which one is he?

If Jesus claimed to be that, then what is he? It was C.S. Lewis who said, if he claimed to be the son of God, then he's either full-blown crazy, like he's a lunatic, or he's a liar, or he's Lord. And so we have to acknowledge, which one is he?

He might be crazy, could be, maybe he just made it all up and then his disciples were willing to die for it. Maybe he was a liar or maybe he was Lord. And so just really look at what the disciples said, look at the transformed lives, look at what God's word says, talk to him, ask him, if you're real, prove it to me.