WHEN YOUR CHILD WALKS AWAY
“Emotions, mind, and will — when they are not under Christ, everything downstream is confused.”
Why this is hopeful This may sound grim, but it is actually hopeful — for two reasons.
First, it names the real problem. You are not fighting your child’s bad arguments or bad friends as if those were the root. You are watching a heart in rebellion, and a rebelling heart is exactly the kind of heart the gospel was made for. Second, it tells you what to pray for. You are not praying primarily for a change of opinion. You are praying for a change of lordship.
For Reflection Q1.
Which of the three — emotions, mind, or will — seems to be most clearly
driving your child right now?
Q2. Q3.
And which of those three is most often driving you as you respond to them? What would it look like to pray for a change of lordship rather than just a
change of behavior?
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