Shielding Kids From Spiritual Harm

What if protecting your kids isn’t about tighter rules but sharper vision? We dig into the question every parent asks—Can I really keep my children safe?—and uncover why the deeper fight is spiritual, not personal. Drawing from 2 Corinthians 10, we break down what strongholds look like in real life—unquestioned ideas, cultural scripts, and shame cycles—and how to confront them with tools that actually work. 

This conversation is for dads, grandfathers, moms, and mentors who feel the weight of the world on their kids’ shoulders. You’ll learn how to spot lies early, respond to cultural confusion with clarity and compassion, and keep asking the essential question: Father, what are you doing here? By trading control for Christlike presence, you become a living shelter where your children can wrestle, return, and grow strong.

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Chapters

• 0:00 Welcome & Mission
• 2:36 Can Dads Truly Protect Kids
• 5:20 Spiritual Battle Not Physical
• 8:45 Divine Power And Strongholds
• 13:20 Family Conflict Through A Spiritual Lens
• 18:05 The Basket Of Fruit Approach
• 23:10 Addressing Cultural Strongholds
• 28:40 Authority Through Obedience And Story
• 34:00 Love Over Winning Arguments
• 41:51 Prayer, Coaching, And Partner Invitation

Transcript

SPEAKER_00: 1:00

What kind of father do you want to be? What kind of man do you want to become for your family and for yourself? If you've ever wondered how to step into the fullness of your role as a father, husband, and man of God, then you're in the right place. Here at the Father Difference, our mission is to inspire and equip men to be the best fathers they can be. It's a powerful mission. And today, we're going to explore exactly how you can take steps toward that calling. Whether you're a father, a son, a husband, grandfather, single dad, stepfather, or just looking to grow, I believe God has something powerful for you in today's message. Whether you're tuning in live or watching this later, we are so excited to have you here. If this is what you're looking for, then subscribe so you can tune in each week to the Father Difference Live. You can sign up below. And now your host, a husband, father, grandfather, author, and former NFL player, Pastor Ed McGlass.

SPEAKER_01: 2:19

One of my uh favorite places to go, and one of my favorite people groups in the whole world. And we'll have friends tonight tuning in from the Mammoth Lakes area, Crawley Lakes, California, and Bishop, California. Welcome to the Father Difference. And tonight we are going to tackle this incredible subject and question, Dads, can you truly protect your kids from the world's evil? Can you truly protect them? And how do you do that? And we're gonna we're gonna open up scripture tonight and look at these incredible passages here, and at the same time learn some things about what you can do as a father, as a grandpa, to really make a difference. And I would love, by the way, I would love to hear from you. And if you would, you know, text me if you got a question. I am here for you over this next 30, 40 minutes tonight, talking about this really important issue of being a father. And it's really all about learning how to enter the battle for the sake of your children in the midst of the craziness of this world. And how many know it's pretty crazy out there? Well, I'm your host, Ed Tim McGlassen, and I'm here in our studio here at the Father Difference Studios here, and and I'll be I'll be sharing some exciting things that are coming up soon for you. And in this whole mission that God has given us to do all we can to help you as a dad or as a grandpa be the absolute best grandpa and father you can be. Now, if you're tuning in on one of our podcast channels, this will also be in our podcast this week. We're gonna be getting it up in the next couple of days. But if you're live, you get it fresh. This is fresh bread. So I just want to welcome you. Would love to hear where you're from. So grateful that you've tuned in and really to deal with this subject, which is absolutely so vital for the sake of your kids. You ready? You ready to jump into this? I know you are. You are up and at them dads, and I am just grateful to be your host here, just sharing with you this incredible uh truth that's all through the Bible. Well, here's the first scripture I want to talk to you about. Because no matter what's kind of going on in your family, you know, so there's so much talk today about how dark the world's getting. As though we have the worst darkness in the history of the world. Well, I think every generation of mom and dad and grandma and grandpa feel that way. And uh, we've come through a crazy time in our history in our own country here, United States. If you're you're there's some of you tuning in from Germany and Switzerland, so grateful to have you here, South Africa. Grateful for uh my New Zealand brothers that are here. By the way, if you're down in New Zealand and you're a painter, you got to connect to my brother, man, Andrew Tischler. He's this incredible artist. Maybe you need some paintings for your wall. You want to learn how to paint, you got to go to Tish Academy. Just want to do a shout-out to my brother Andrew, who's one of my coaches in learning how to paint myself, and just so grateful for him and the incredible work that he's doing down there that originates in New Zealand, but all over the world. And one of the things I love about Andrew so much is that he is a full-fledged, all the way-in dad, and uh takes that serious seriously and also loves his bride, Rachel. So, anyway, uh there's a little shout out to Andrew Tischler. You've not heard about the Tisch Academy, and you're a painter. You want to learn how to paint at any level, you need to go there. So I'm just giving him a shout-out because I love him. And so we want to talk about a couple things that this isn't about tonight. Well, number one, this isn't about physical protection. It's about spiritual covering, it's about emotional, teaching them emotional strength and health, it's teaching them about humility, it's about raising warriors of light in a world of shadows. And uh, if you've been a follower of Charlie Kirk and seen things he did, it's not a political statement, but as far as going into the lion's den of thoughts and everything else, he was a he was a wonderful saint and now a martyr for for Christ in his life. And and in no way am I just uh trying to endorse the political right in our country or demonize the political left. The truth of the matter is that if you name the name of Jesus, you're gonna be in a spiritual battle. And sometimes, and which is a great mystery, the enemy gets a bullet through there and takes the life of somebody who is such a warrior. But you know what that's has spurred me on, and all the young people that I've met, I spent five weeks in the Mammoth Lakes areas, is that the young people are coming to church. They there was a number of young people that came up to church while I was up there preaching, who wanted to be saved, who were moved by the way Charlie Kirk died, the way he stood up for what he believed. And it inspired them, many of them in dark places where they're now coming to the light. I mean, that's one of the greatest powers you have as a dad. If I were to say your ultimate superpower is you live in the life in front of your children, and they see you sweat, pray, struggle, cry, weep of those who weep, stand up and face the enemy for their sakes in their life. And all you dads and grandpas that do that out there, we're in a battle together, brother. But I got some good news. We're going to get right into what scripture says about the battle. Because when you understand that the battle isn't about flesh and blood, right? We we learn that in scripture. For though we walk in the flesh, you know, uh 2 Corinthians 10, 3 through 6 says, you got your Bible, grab this and make sure you highlight this verse. It's incredibly telling for you and me, and incredibly powerful for you and me. When we understand that our fathering sometimes is not about flesh and blood. There are times when we are, there is that flesh and blood aspect, that human aspect between us and our children. But when our children start going sideways, all too often the devil and his minions are trying to steal away the heart and the legacy and the future of our children. It's a spiritual battle. And though we walk in the flesh, we're not waging war according to the flesh. For the weapons of our warfare, the way we battle is Paul is teaching the church in great persecution how to fight the battle that's in front of them. And whether you're a single mom or you're a dad here today, uh, fighting the battle is absolutely vital, vital in the way you fight that battle. Because there are so many times where we get super personal and hurt by our children, and we make our biggest mistakes in fathering when we do that. How about you? Boy, I've done that so many times when I, you know, I get hurt by my children and I kind of leash out in anger and say things I wish I wouldn't say. And I'm sitting there just trying to figure out why my son not get this. Or a more honest question is, why don't I get this? Because we're under spiritual warfare too. So it's not, we're not waging war according to our flesh. So behind all sin and all temptation is there's the devil and his minions trying to destroy our lives and keep us away from the man Christ Jesus, to keep us away from the power and the salvation that Christ bought for us on the cross. So our weapons are not flesh and blood, but they have, look at this, and I put this in yellow for you in your notes there. They have what? Divine power to destroy strongholds. Well, what's a stronghold? And he begins to delay in, to name this as he's writing this to one of his churches. And that is a stronghold, is these arguments and every lofty opinion raised against the knowledge of God. It's all these things that the enemy tries to put into a culture to make it a stronghold to defeat the church of Jesus Christ. The devil hates the church. That's why you're never going to find a perfect church. He hates us because we have Christ and we have the light of life in our lives. But in all those things in our in our families and everything that we're doing, is that sometimes we we get in a battle with our children, never asking the question, What is this about, Lord? What are you doing with my son or my daughter? What are you doing with my grandchildren? What are you doing with my son-in-law? What are you doing with my relative? You're all gonna be uh facing family members here on Thanksgiving, and it's either gonna be a wonderful time in Christ, or it's many times contentious and and people because there's age-old battles in the family that you know, lines have been drawn and they show up and they try to be in their best behavior, but man, they're just the zingers come out left and right. It reminds me of being in a uh shopping center many Thanksgivings ago, and and I was in line and and uh getting ready to check out, and and all of a sudden uh the uh the group behind me, which was two brothers and a sister, bumped me in the checkout line and hit me with their cart, to which I kind of flipped around. I thought that was a little unusual because it wasn't like we had to get out within 30 seconds or the place was gonna blow down. And I turned around and I heard this clanging, and I looked down into their cart, and they had uh three gallons, the gallon size uh things of uh vodka. And then they had all these mixes, they had gin and they they had all these mixes, and I I looked at their cart, and then I looked back at mine, and I had all the stuff for making dressing and stuffing on Thanksgiving. We had a few things that we're running out of, one of which is butter. Without butter, you can't have Thanksgiving. Well, anyway, and so I turned around and I looked at them, they looked at me and a little embarrassed that they ran their cart into me, and I I looked at them and I said, Thirsty. And the daughter, uh the the the woman who was evidently a daughter, well, actually a sister of her two brothers, and she looks at me and and with great honesty, as I'm looking down at her gallant of vodka. That's that's a lot, that's a lot of vodka. And look at him smiling at her, and I'm not judging her, I'm just noticing, and and she goes, Well, hell, if we don't and she reaches down to the car, and we don't have this, we can't have relationships, and then pops it back in the car. And boy, it just hit me. You know, they're there, you know, they the weapons of the warfare that the enemies put on that family was the the cycle of addiction and alcoholism, and and yet they didn't have the skill to to talk to one another. So I'm sitting there just asking kind of my internal question constantly in my heart when I meet somebody who's doesn't know Jesus or somebody who's really broken. It's not just to preach the, you know, just pull out some random scripture to nail them with them and talk about the sins of alcoholism. But my internal prayer that's been formed in me because I I believe it was Jesus' internal prayer constantly, and it's one of the rudders of my heart, and one of my it's my true north question. And it's a very simple question of God in a moment like this, or in a hard time with one of my children, is Father, what are you doing with these brothers and sisters? You know, Jesus said the Son of Man can only do what he sees his father doing, the son does likewise. For the father loves the son and shows him everything that he's doing. And you know, Jesus came to give you and I that access to the Father through Christ to show us what he's doing with people so that we can partner with him. Amen. What a that that question saves us from feeling like we've got to point out sin in somebody's life in front of us without understanding the timing of God the Father. Sometimes we love and we back away. Sometimes we give them a basket of fruit. Love, joy, peace, long suffering, goodness, kindness. You know, I I love that uh image my son Edward shared with me, that sometimes the most powerful thing you can do when you don't know what to do is you give them a basket of fruit, the the fruit of the Holy Spirit in their life. And so I looked up, not really knowing quite how to to navigate you know, this this woman who's waiting, probably waiting for some kind of zinger from me. And I just I looked at her and I said, you know, sweetheart, I I really I do understand what you guys uh dealing with. I mean, we've we had some real similar things in our own family. But I also know this, I I know that Jesus absolutely loves you and uh he would he would love nothing better than to have a shot at revealing his love to you. And it it stunned all three of them. I mean, it just was like it wasn't a zinger to shoot him in the heart, it was a promise of what could happen when they discovered that for themselves. I don't know what the long-term effect is what happened. I would love to think that God grabbed them in that moment. Maybe something did, maybe not. But I I share that in that so much of what's happening around with your children is that they are in a spiritual war. And sometimes we forget that because they're our children and we would not do it the way they're doing it. We would not and so we get into this personal battle with our children because we wouldn't do it that way. Or we're trying to protect them because we did do it that way. How many have done that? Well, you're trying to protect your kids from the the failings of sin or from the the enemy. So in the question of can we really protect our children, well we we we are not the protection agent, but we can share with them tools to help them live free. The same ones that God has showed us. And when we major on sharing our story it it you know, and and and share with them the things that we learned, you never know what gets through that resistance that they have. It goes on here. So we we a stronghold is something your children believe that's that's not true. It's an unchallenged thought pattern that the devil puts out in society. I mean, we have many of those. I'll just put name one, and that's you know, the the stronghold that's in some people's mind that it's not fair to tell a boy who was a biological biological male at birth that he can't play and compete in women's sports, that somehow were persecuting his true identity and not giving him an opportunity or she an opportunity to succeed. And so the enemy's stronghold of just this sexual confusion and di would some you know psychologists would label gender dysphoria, it's a stronghold in the mind because the devil hates it that uh God made man and woman in his image and likeness, and if he can destroy that in our children by getting us our children sideways into a lifestyle or a pattern of sin that brings shame on them for the rest of their lives. And when one of the uh the uh the factors of of that life is when, and I've ministered to so many of them around the world who believe that they were born with the wrong gender, that when they choose a new one, no matter how hard they try, they live in this constant barrage of shame and guilt. Which the Bible says the wages of sin is death. It's a spiritual death where you feel separated from God, where you're not able Able to receive forgiveness for your sin, and you live as a prisoner of that shame. And that becomes a stronghold. And instead of just like waking up and wanting something new, you know, you because you've stepped so far into it, then you just begin to justify it and fight against anybody. And you kind of misappropriate your anger, and you begin then to blame a people group who you feel are persecuting you. And so that's that's the way that's a stronghold. You can always recognize the stronghold because it's it's completely against God's design and what the Bible says. God gave us the scriptures as the ultimate truth to measure everything in our life. And so the great news about that is that when we read the Bible, there's nobody who can read it and not be convicted in sin. Because we've all sinned and fallen short of what the in Romans says, the glory of God. God's call for you and me and our children is the truth of the word unveiled and reveals the glory of God. He's He made us out of His glory, male and female. And it's a powerful understanding. But when a stronghold comes in, it can grab our children, it can grab our own lives. Maybe you're struggling with this stronghold right now in your life that's owning you, and you live in 24-hour day shame. There's a way out of that. For we, and and notice this so for a weapon for warfare are not of the flesh, but have divine power. So when you begin to understand that there's something much darker and more wicked that's drawing your children into something, you got to go into battle mode, but you're not battling them. You're battling those arguments and those forces and those things that are affecting your children. And how you and how you position your heart and yourself towards your children will determine their ability to receive from you. Because if you just label them wicked for the sin that they do, and you you marginalize them from you, or you or you, you know, you don't spend time with them because their lifestyle makes you absolutely sick, they're gonna take that as a rejection of who they are, how they see themselves. But I'm gonna tell you, the most powerful weapon that you and I have is when we learn how to use the basket of fruit. When you know the basket of fruit, the fruits of the Holy Spirit, love, joy, peace, long suffering. I don't like that fruit, it's too long. Goodness, mercy. It's like all these things that Jesus bought for you and I in the cross are available to us as a mom and dad to speak life into our children, to speak truth, but present it in a way that doesn't just completely demonize them and separate them and make them feel as though there's something that they're parent, you're that my mom and dad don't accept who I really am. And so that's a longer conversation. But at the end of all sin towards your children, all strongholds and on your life is to get you to believe that's who you are. And the way we navigate that is crucial in the life of our children. But we have divine, but look what it says that we have divine power to destroy strongholds. And that divine power, you know what that divine power is? Oh, are you ready? Everyone's going, what is a divine power? It's the word of God, obeyed and lived out in your life. This isn't just a history book. These are the this these are the words all through scripture of the guy, the man Jesus who said, Let there be life. The revelation of Jesus Christ, this whole book. And and the more you read it and and and eat it and put it inside of you, the more it'll it'll form God's word inside of your heart. And the more author, the more you obey God's word, and the more you repent of your own sin, you can you can become a pathway into the life of your children. Because at every place that you've had breakthrough, God, through his word, has destroyed an argument and a lofty opinion inside of you. Look at the next part of that verse. It says that we destroy arguments and every lofty opinion raised against the knowledge of God. There's only one way to be positioned to break the power of these lofty opinions and places where the enemy uh gets access in our life. And that's in the word of God that you not only receive for yourself, but the word of God that you obey. And when you obey what God has called you to do and be, you know what happens? It gives you authority to share your story and the truth that you learn when you were stuck too. See, your your kids believe, like you believe with your parents, that you don't know what the heck you're talking about because you've never been young before. And you can say all the time, oh man, you know, when I was your age, you know, I ended up blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah. And those things are good. But many times I I've done that. I've I've done it with kind of a strategy of trying to get them to wake up and not make the same mistakes that I made. But I I've I learned something really powerful. I've learned how to share those places in me where I had some of my biggest brokenness. And I shared it with my children in a way where they they understood that my dad, and my wife has done this as well, really do understand how I'm struggling. And so when our kids are being affected by evil and they're going in the wrong path in our life, and so often you you want to just sort of protect them, right? You want to you want to put a hedge around them, you want to keep them from doing the same things that that you have done that caused you problems. But when we're in that place where we're in the protection mode, we stop understanding that God wants us to be in the battle mode. The battle mode is not against them, but the battle mode is look what it says here divine power to destroy strongholds. And when you begin to experience, and if you've been walking with Jesus and reading his word at any level for any length of time, you've had strongholds in your own life that the word of God broke its power in you and set you free. And you experienced what it was like to be free from a lie that captured your heart. You know, I see that I saw this in my own life, you know, you know, trying to be the best uh football player I could possibly be. But without a my my dad there to root me on, and just all the pressure I put on myself, man, I was I was just stuck. And I was stuck until Jesus came, revealed himself to me in my worst moment of my life, and I discovered a mercy and a forgiveness that set my heart free. And I know many of you have had that happen. But are the things you're doing with your kids right now helping them to discover that same mercy that you got from God? That same forgiveness that you learned to receive? Or is your parenting style you know really authoritative, right? And you you read a verse like this, and you want to destroy that argument, and you end up destroying your child. Because that that stronghold has rights in the heart of your son or your daughter. It has it has rights because they have thought about it, they have watched stuff, they have gotten, you know, they they've they've you know invested their their heart energy and their life into these things. They might even you know give their life to to something. And I remember I was on a airplane flight uh from Seattle to LAX after a ministry trip, and and my seat mate right in the front had a green piece t-shirt on. And I and I saw her t-shirt, and she saw my shirt. I was wearing a Promise Keeper shirt because I had just done a Promise Keeper's uh event, and and she sort of gave me that look. Oh, you're like one of them. And I said, What do you mean? Oh, you know, you that's like a Christian thing, right? And I said, Yeah. And and so I could tell she was fathered, she's looking out the window, and I say, you know, can I ask you a question? And she said, sure. I said, you know, tell tell me why you're doing Greenpeace. I'm just really fascinated. You've probably given a lot of thought, you've given, you know, money, you're traveling. She goes, Well, I just got back from Antarctica. I said, Really? And I just I started honing in on this girl. And I, as I was talking to her, I I was discovering that I might be one of the few, few, if not only, father kind of figures or grandpa figures that really was like interested in her life. So I just kept talking about her. So, what made you do this? And she started talking about how she wants to, you know, save the mammals of the world and the and the whales and and the penguins, and you know, that she just had this in heart. And I and I looked at her and I said, gosh, it's I just boy, you you went through, I mean, you're like in our Antarctica. It's like, you know, it's like cold there. And he goes, Oh, yeah, it's just you know, if you if you don't have the proper gear, you could freeze within two hours and until like an ice cube. And I said, Man, I just admire the courage I see in you to go do that. I mean, you know, what do you hope to discover? She goes, Well, you know, with the science and everything, I I want to I want to find some kind of healing mechanism for that's uh right in nature, maybe for humankind. I would just love that. I said, wouldn't that be incredible? And we just just had this great talk, and she goes, you know, I'm sorry for kind of being snippy with you. But I saw your shirt and I just figured you were just, you know, kind of a right-wing, you know, Christian nationalist. And I smiled and I go, Well, there's as far as I can tell, there is no such thing as a Christian nationalist in the Bible. I believe there's Christians who care about nations, but they're, you know, that I think you're referring back to World War II and that crazy guy with the mustache that didn't go all the way across his face, and she laughed. And she goes, So what do you do? And I said, Well, let me tell you what I do. You know, God kind of sends me around, and I've been I've been all over the world in so many ways, not as traveled as you are. But he puts me next to people when I ride on airplanes, maybe like you, who've never known what it's like to be totally loved by a father. And man, it was like I pulled a cork out of a bottle and she just starts bawling. I said, I can I can tell that you've had to do this whole adventure all by yourself. And it's been probably been really horrible. She goes, How do you know that about me? So that's just that's part of what God gives followers of Jesus. He gives us insights. It's and Jesus gives us gifts so that we can love somebody who's right in front of us, like you, so that you get to know what he thinks about you. Can you imagine you could you could discover, and I said this too, you could discover that there's a property in in penguin poop. It's kind of gross, but that has this healing property that you can extract it and heal cancer all over the world. And you can get the Nobel Priest Prize and everything else. But if you've never really been truly loved by God, you're gonna feel like your life didn't matter one day. And it just she looks away, she looks back at me, and this is what she says. I'll never forget this. She goes, you know, if I had a dad like you, I wouldn't be so screwed up. I said, You know what? You do have a dad much greater than me, and all he wants is a shot at your heart. And she goes, How? I said, Would you give me your hand? I'd love to pray with you. And I grabbed her hand and I just squeezed it and I said, Lord, Jesus, I pray you would love this girl that you have put adventure in her heart. And she would come to know your love. And she got very teary. And when we landed, she hugged me and wouldn't let go for a few seconds. And she goes, I can't tell you how much this means to me. And so the greatest uh way to destroy lofty opinions, raise up against the knowledge of God, all those thoughts, right? How we take those captive and destroy these strongholds is Christ in you and me the hope of glory for everyone we meet. Not Ed in Christ, because God needed Ed or needed you, that's when we get in trouble. But Christ in you, the hope of glory. Because when you carry his love, he'll use you in the life of those that you might have an opinion about. And quite honestly, when I heard Greenpeace in the beginning of the conversation, my the natural man in me was like, Oh, great, here's another lefty or whatever. And sometimes we see the label on somebody and we miss the person. Because at the core of your grandchildren and your children, even when they're broken and they're sidewise, it's maybe a little girl or a little boy who's desperate to be loved and accepted. And I only know one guy that can do that perfectly, and that's Jesus. And in Christ in you, the hope of glory. So we'll tie this together. And so it goes on. It says that we destroy arguments in every lofty opinion raised against the knowledge of God, and we take by taking every thought captive in obedience to Christ. I mean, the way we destroy arguments is become the answer of Christ in us, the hope of glory for everybody we meet. And it's really, it's really hard for somebody to stay really angry and mad at you as a Christian when you are able to honestly say, Well, you know, I'm, you know, I was a when I met Jesus, I was the chief of sinners, man. I I was really broken. Versus, well, you know, I've I've sort of, you know, become a Christian now, and I know how to do it right. And if you do it right, you can have what I have. But people don't care at all about that because that's not true. You you didn't do it right to get it. You you did it all wrong, and Christ loved you and died for you, and you received it. So having that heart towards your daughter, your son, your grandson, your granddaughter, your neighbor, your left or right neighbor that you hate, no matter who's around you, imagine what it'd be like if you didn't make that relationship about winning the thought battle, and you learned how to win the Christ's way with a basket of fruit. So you love them, love, joy, peace, long suffering, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness. Those are all the fruits that come out of a heart that have received Jesus. Because that's him. I mean, he lived in that place. And he was irresistible because he didn't argue to win a to win an argument, he revealed himself to save the world. Amen. Well, that's a that I think that we've gone as far as we need to on this, and and next week we're gonna jump into as a parent how to really put on the armor of God in this spiritual battle. And so this week was all about how to uh wage war according to the spirit of God and not according to the flesh. And I like to pray for you. Maybe uh your family is sideways right now. I would love it if you sent me a prayer request or maybe even a question. I'm so grateful for all of you that have joined from so many places. And and here at the Fatherhood Academy, you join late. I'm your host at Tanya McGlassen. And I say it all the time: if God can turn my heart around with my kids, there is hope for you. I used to think wearing this jersey was my identity. And I only wear this jersey, I use it like a lure to fish guys in so I can have a conversation with them. They go, Oh, you play football, and I say, Yeah, I'll show you all my parts that had to be replaced. But what really matters to us men is we get older, and grandparents, and uh grandpas, and grandmas, and is our children and our grandchildren and the very lives that God's entrusted us to love. So, Lord, I pray for my friends whose families are still in the battle mode, and I pray, Lord, that uh we would learn how to be gentle with the broken like you are, Jesus. And we would wait for the revelation of Christ in their eyes and their heart. So, Lord, I I thank you, I thank you so much, Lord, uh, for those that are here watching, and I pray now. The name of Jesus that you would bring healing with them and their children and you would give them wisdom in really learning how to do their part in helping their children recognize the wickedness in the world and and not being beat up by their mom and dad, grandma and grandpa. Father, I I thank you for the gentle way that you have captured all of our hearts. Maybe you're you're watching tonight and you've been away from Jesus, you're you're an overwhelmed mom or or dad. Uh maybe you've been divorced, maybe there's things going on with your kids. And you're like, What do I do? You're at the end of your rope. Well, I got great news for you. It just takes a short prayer just to say, Lord Jesus, I I give you all the things I can't handle. It's one of my favorite prayers. I I give you all those things I can't handle with my kids, my grandkids, my son-in-law's, my you know, my daughter-in-law's, uh, all the things my outside friends, with my neighbors, and all those things I can't handle, and I give those to you. And I ask you, Lord, to show me what you're doing with them so I can partner with you. So, Holy Spirit, I ask you to visit these moms and dads, refresh them in their own walk with you, open up your word, open up your heart, and give them your heart for their children and their grandchildren in the name of Jesus. Show them how to minister to them with goodness, kindness, mercy, love, power, authority, how to teach them about the strongholds that the enemy's trying to put on them, the same ones they had to battle when they were at the same age. And so, Lord, I pray you would use these moms and dads in their families in the name of Jesus. And all God's men and a few gals slipped in there and said, Amen. I'm so grateful that you're with me here. If you want to know more about what we're doing, we're getting ready. We've been talking about this for a while, but Fatherhood Academy is officially launching here real soon. We have a special deal right now. If you're interested in getting coaching from yours truly and learn about those things to make you the best husband, father, grandpa, grandma, and mom. We have moms in our academy, Fatherhood Academy. You can go to my website and you'll see all the stuff that's coming up at the fatherdifference.com. If you're not receiving our daily devotional, I write those every day. It's my gift to you. All you gotta do is click on the website, free devotion. It'll show up in your inbox. And it's just, you know, it's thoughts and things and kind of my own time with Jesus in the morning and the Father. And I just love sharing those with you. Uh, you can do that as well. And so before we get off here, um, I have a short little video, kind of an out video. I'd love it if you would uh consider as we come to the end of this year, of becoming a partner to help us expand this ministry to as many moms and dads, husbands and fathers you can. And the truth of the matter, your giving this past year, and those of you that are participating and helping us is allowed my book now to be in 322 countries. The difference a father makes book that that we have on our website, and and it's just it's gone all over the world. It just blows my mind. And we're able to give that away free because of of of patrons like you. Maybe you're thinking where you want to sew some of your treasure before the end of the year, would you consider supporting our ministry at the fatherdifference.com? And uh there's a link right on my website you can go to if you want to donate. And I am so uh grateful for all of you that are partners. And and I pray for you. And if you got a prayer request, send it to Pastor underscore ed at the fatherdifference dot com. And I would I'll I'll put you on my list. And as a matter of fact, it's right there. You could also get Ed Tandy at the Father Difference and send an email to me, and I'll pray with you until your breakthrough comes. Amen. So Father, bless my brother and sister, and I'm so grateful to be able to share with them tonight. In the maxless name of Jesus, I pray, and all God's people said, Amen.

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Dear friends, imagine a world where every father feels equipped to lead with faith, love, and purpose. A world where families thrive and communities grow stronger because of devoted, Christ-centered fathers.

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You know, beloved, that is the vision that God's put in my heart for every single family. You know, he is on the move, I believe. He promises in Malachi that before the great and coming day of the Lord, he's gonna do something profound. He's gonna turn the hearts of fathers back towards their children. So the hearts of their children will turn back to their father. That's what God is doing. I meet dads daily who want to learn to be better fathers. Yet many have never been shown how. Too many families are being fractured through bitterness and with parents and grandparents even being canceled. That's why we're launching an online community to quit men to be the fathers that God has called them to be. It's more than a program, it's a part of a movement that God is already doing to reshape fatherhood. It's a sacred calling rooted in the teachings of Christ. And we're calling this the Fatherhood Academy, where men will embark on a journey of healing and spiritual restoration that helps them transform their family relationship. And to make this vision a reality, would you consider partnering with us financially as we continue to reach and disciple every man, dad, and grandpa that comes our way? Your donation will help create a ripple across the neighborhoods, communities, you know, and ultimately our nation. Anchoring each child here's division and the unwavering love and guidance of a devoted dad.

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Will you partner with us? Your gift, whether a one-time donation or ongoing monthly support, will help to transform lives. Together, we can equip fathers and grandfathers to lead with faith and create a brighter, hope filled future for generations to come. Click the link to donate today. Thank you for believing in this mission and joining us on this transformative journey.