When a promise feels late, silence can feel like rejection. We sit with that tension and put language to the thoughts many of us carry but rarely say out loud: Why, Lord? Where are You? What is going on? If you have ever felt like the heavens are brass, this devotional helps you stay connected to God without pretending the pain is not real.

We turn to David’s words in Psalms 42 and 43, where he asks “why” again and again and still finds a way to worship. His story holds the whole range of human experience: thirst and satisfaction, fear and courage, doubt and faith, tears and singing.

From there, we break down intercessory worship as faith in action. Rather than chasing results first, we practice seeking God’s face and His heart, welcoming His presence into the moment.

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Have you ever been in a family conversation that escalated so quickly you wondered how you even got there?

Sometimes the people we love the most can become the very people we struggle with the most.

But Scripture reminds us of something important: Our struggle is not against flesh and blood. (Ephesians 6:12)

In this week's episode of our For the Family series, we're talking about spiritual warfare in everyday family life. Not the dramatic kind we sometimes imagine, but the very real battles involving fear, accusation, assumptions, and division.

In this episode, we discuss:

• How fear, accusation, shame, and division affect relationships
• The difference between conviction from the Holy Spirit and accusation
• How to put on the armor of God in everyday life
• Why spiritual warfare should draw our attention to Jesus, not the enemy
• How to pray for family members without trying to control their choices
• Four practical questions to ask when family tensions rise

And we'll close by praying through the armor of God together, inviting His truth and peace into our homes and relationships.

Here's something to remember this week: Your family is not the enemy.

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John 15:9 As the Father loves me, so I also love you. Remain in my love.

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When someone you love is struggling, making choices you don’t understand, or creating conflict in your family, it can be easy to move quickly into fixing, advising, worrying—or even trying to manage them through prayer.

But what if God wants to begin with us?

In Episode 2 of our For the Family series, Elizabeth Gunter Powell and Kimberly Roddy talk about preparing our own hearts before we pray for the people closest to us. Drawing from Sylvia Gunter’s For the Family, they explore the difference between interceding for someone and carrying responsibility for them, how fear and control can get mixed into genuine love, and why prayer begins with relationship and surrender rather than our plan for someone else.

You’ll hear practical questions to help you slow down before reacting:

• What am I feeling?
• What am I tempted to do?
• Who is God for me here?
• Who does God want to be for the person I love?

They also discuss the Love Checkup from 1 Corinthians 13, the difference between conviction and shame, unmet needs in family relationships, and how our families often learn more from watching how we respond to God than from what we intentionally teach them.

Sometimes the most loving thing we can do is stop trying to figure out how to change someone and bring both them—and ourselves—back into the presence of God.

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We’re back—and we’re returning to one of the very first resources we ever explored on The Father’s Business Podcast: For the Family.

But a lot has changed since we first recorded this series. Our families have changed. We have changed. And chances are, some things in your family have changed too.

In this new series, we’re asking an important question:

How do we deeply love the people God has given us without trying to carry them, fix them, control them, or do the work that only God can do?

Because family has a way of exposing us. We can be patient and gracious everywhere else—and then one person says one thing in the wrong tone and suddenly all that spiritual maturity feels a little harder to find.

This week, we’re talking about family systems, prayer, expectations, surrender, and what it means to truly join God in loving the people closest to us.

And this series isn’t only for parents or married couples. Whether your family includes adult children, siblings, parents, stepfamily, grandchildren, spiritual children, close friends, or relationships that have become complicated over the years—For the Family is for you.

Listen to the first episode and consider this question with us:

Father, what would it look like for me to love this person well without trying to do Your job in their life?

We’re so glad to be back with you.

We welcome you with a prayer for a quiet spirit and a steady heart, then we face the hard truth that some seasons feel like the darkest storm of your life. We pray through Ezekiel 37 for God to breathe new life into spiritual dryness, restore our families, and show his breakthrough power in situations that look hopeless.

We speak Jeremiah 29:11 over your life and pray for peace, hope, and a secure sense that you are deeply loved and held. We also name emotional captivity and ask Jesus to bring healing to your spirit, soul, and body, right down to the roots.

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We guide our hearts back to God through creation, letting Romans 1 remind us that His invisible qualities are clearly seen in what He has made. We move from gratitude and wonder into stewardship, asking what righteous authority looks like when we partner with God in prayer, even about the weather.

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