TLP 574: What’s Coming in Season 31!

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We have to talk about this because we can't help our kids fight an enemy. We don't understand

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Parenting isn't about us. In fact parenting isn't even about our kids Parenting is just one way

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Christian dads and moms are to worship God So welcome to the truth love parent podcast where we train dads and moms to give

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God the preeminence in their parenting Welcome friends to truth. Love parents a podcast from truth.

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Love family I'm your host a .m. Brewster and we have concluded yet another season on TLP So today we're going to look forward to season 31

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But I'm also going to give you a much -needed update on the Brewster family and this ministry. So let's begin.

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I Took a break from the podcast in April of 2023 in order to finish the first draft of my book quit

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How to stop family strife for good and to prepare for a number of speaking opportunities in Indiana and Michigan I Jumped back into the podcast in February of 2024 basically a year later and stayed consistent with it through the end of September In addition, we were able to put the finishing touches on quit as I prepared for the

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Association of certified biblical counselors annual conference in Fort Worth, Texas But as many of you know last

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October our family experienced Hurricane Helene Our house was at the epicenter of three bodies of water

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As the stream behind our house the Davidson River and the French Broad all Overwhelmed their banks our home became an island in the middle of a brand new lake

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My wife and daughter were evacuated from the house on Friday night At that time nearly five feet of water had surrounded us and the police brought their boat right up to the front of the house

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To take them to a nearby shelter. I stayed behind with my father who was unevacuatable my mother and our pets

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Now by God's grace The water was mere inches from entering the house when on Friday night around 10 o 'clock the water level finally stopped increasing and shortly thereafter began receding

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But the damage had already been done Both of our cars were flooded, but one was completely unrecoverable

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The RV that it was parked on the side of our house that functioned as my son's bedroom was flooded and we lost our

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HVAC And the majority of our belongings that were stored in our basement Though I had been preparing the parenting your kids to adulthood series.

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I ended up not doing any podcasting for the rest of the year Times were tough back then there were massive hurdles that needed to be jumped financial needs like we had never encountered before and Significant spiritual struggles as we worked through what

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God was doing Well, I started podcasting again in January of 2025 primarily because I realized that if I waited until life was quote -unquote back to normal I might not be podcasting for quite some time

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Unfortunately due to the almost year -long break from podcasting in 2023 the economy and the hurricane truth love family started bleeding money

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Some of our longtime donors needed to stop giving because of their own financial struggles new bills arose and the

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Brewster family found ourselves insignificant distress Now many of you know that this ministry has always been a labor of love

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My salary is $500 a month and though I do have a couple of side jobs I work this ministry full -time with the hopes that it will one day grow into a ministry that will equip parents to glorify

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God In their families and provide for my family But we are at a more significant turning point than we've ever been before I have a few opportunities to speak and try to sell our books and digital resources, but if we don't get more donors 2025 will close and we will likely be out of money

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Were that to happen, I believe the most Christ -honoring thing I could do would be to close our doors and seek other employment

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Now, I don't want that to happen and I don't believe many of you do either So will you please consider becoming a monthly donor?

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You can easily head to truthloveparent .com forward slash donate to see how easy it is to give a monthly tax -deductible gift

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There are various ways of doing it And if you've ever thought that whatever you can afford isn't enough to help

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Please allow me to disillusion you about that faulty thinking We have donors who give over $100 a month, but we also have donors who give $5 a month and it's all

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Necessary for doing the job we're doing Right now we receive less than $1 ,500 a month in total giving that's for the whole of ministry

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Will you join those donors? If only 50 people gave $100 a month or if a hundred people gave only $50 a month that would provide the ministry $60 ,000 a year and I know that there are far more than 50 or 100 people that listen to this podcast from week to week

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We would need much more than that, of course to provide me a living wage But it would be such an amazing jump from anything we've received over the past five years

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Now if you've heard many of these episodes, you know that I absolutely hate talking about money

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It's easy for me to ask you to donate to other causes but my own well, that's much harder

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But it's where we are and it's what we need So, please visit truthloveparent .com

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To start giving today and while you're at it buy a copy of quit Now, thank you for allowing me the opportunity to share this burden with you

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But now we transition to a sneak peek of what's coming in season 31 This past season we looked at two different topics

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We discussed parenting your kids to adulthood as well as parenting sorrowing children Of course, if you have not heard those episodes or the rest of our nearly 600 episodes now

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Please listen to them and share them with your friends But this season we're going to tackle one main issue.

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This series is going to be called how your children respond to sin Here's the thing.

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We live in a broken and sinful world We are sinners. Our kids are sinners.

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In fact sin is our family's greatest and most powerful enemy It's what blinds our kids to their need for spiritual life.

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It's what keeps us from being as mature as we should be It's the barrier for us and our kids making a bigger impact on the world

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I just spoke at the great homeschool convention and I reminded the attendees that the most important part of homeschooling isn't really the education part

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It's the heart tending Our kids will definitely learn and achieve their highest potential when we parent them in Christ That means that their spiritual life and maturity really needs to be our highest goal and that means that sin is our greatest enemy

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Now you might be asking well, what about satan? Well, if you haven't heard our spiritual warfare in your home series,

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I highly recommend it That series helps you understand the three greatest enemies our families face But it also proves the fact that our own sin natures are our greatest enemies

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By the way, I do have two resources for you in the description of today's episode. Be sure to check those out And this is why we're going to take the whole of season 31 to discuss how your kids respond to the sin in their lives

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We're going to talk about the nature of sin and temptation. We can't help our kids fight an enemy. We don't understand

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But then we're also going to look at a number of responses people have to sin We're going to talk about how sin creates knowledge, shame, callousness, delusion, fear, anger, and blame

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And then going to end with two important ways we pray our children will respond to the sin in their lives

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I'm really looking forward to this study because I pray that God will use it first and foremost in my own life

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But I also pray that the Lord will use me to help my family understand and fight this enemy in their lives

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And I hope it'll equip you to do the same Please share this episode with your friends So they too can get to know what truth love parent is and join us as we all learn how to worship

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God better with our parenting And please know that we would be honored to help your family through its current trials testing and temptations

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You can email us at counselor at truthloveparent .com or leave a voicemail at 828 -423 -0894

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In order for you and me to open God's word together to apply it directly to yours and your family's greatest needs

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So i'll see you next time as we begin our discussion about how your children respond to sin Truth love parent is part of the evermind ministries family and is dedicated to helping you worship

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God through your parenting So join us next time as we study God's word to learn how to parent our children for life and godliness

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And remember that tlp is a listener supported ministry. You can visit truthloveparent .com