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To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/707/29 When couples experience the profound sense of pain and loss of a miscarriage, well-intentioned family members and friends can inadvertently say hurtful thingssuch as Don’t worry, you can try again or, It’s probably a blessing, because your baby might have been deformed. But Dr. Walt and Barb Larimore, along with Russ and June Gordon, who have suffered a total of six miscarriages between them, urge those who wish to console others to simply say, I amsosorry! God cares. And I love you. They share with host Dr. James Dobson that couples should name the lost baby, bury their child (figuratively), and journal through their emotions to encourage healing.

To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/707/29 According to the National Institute of Mental Health, almost 50% of kids between the ages of 13 and 18 will have a diagnosable mental disorder in their lifetime. Sadly, most go undiagnosed and untreated. Dr. Matthew Stanford, author of Grace for the Children: Finding Hope in the Midst of Child and Adolescent Mental Illness, sits down with Dr. Tim Clinton to urge parents and churches alike to be proactive, because children don't know how to ask for help. If you suspect something is amiss with your child, don’t delay in getting a mental health evaluation.

To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/707/29 Psalm 139:23 says, Search me, God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts and lead me in the way everlasting. Dr. Matthew Stanford, author of Grace for the Children, explains, God not only knows children’s thoughts, but also their hearts. While He celebrates children’s joys, He also feels their pain and frustration. Whether your child is struggling with autism, depression, or Attention Deficit Disorder, Dr. Stanford wants you to know that there is no shame in getting professional help.

To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/707/29 As a mother, do you ever feel you should have been more patient with your kids, or more loving toward your husband? Popular blogger Becky Thompson, author ofHope Unfolding: Grace-Filled Truth for the Momma's Heart, says it’s time to get off the carousel of guilt, and don’t let the Devil accuse you! God wants you to believe in your ability to be a good mom and not second-guess yourself. In a fitting pre-Mother’s Day message, Becky says it’s time that moms saw themselves through God’s eyes.

To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/707/29 Does it seem like your prayers are bouncing off the ceiling? United States Senate Chaplain Barry Black, author ofMake Your Voice Heard in Heaven: How to Pray with Power,explains to Dr. James Dobson that believers must pray with purity. Isaiah 59 warns that Your iniquities have separated you from your God; your sins have hidden His face from you, so that He will not hear. Chaplain Black counsels us to repent of our sins before God. Only then, as Hebrews 4 declares, can we draw near to the throne of grace with confidence.

To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/707/29 Prayer is thebreathof the soul. That’s the contention ofU.S. Senate Chaplain Barry Black, author ofMake Your Voice Heard in Heaven: How to Pray with Power.In the Lord’s prayer, Jesus used the word Abba for His Heavenly Father, which means Daddy. As people of faith, we are God's children, andbecauseof His love, He is our greatest encourager. That’s why God wants us to make our voices heard in Heaven through continual prayer.

To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/707/29 On today’s edition of Family Talk, Dr. James Dobson continues his conversation with Dr. Tim Clinton and Kelly Shackelford. Kelly Shackelford, president of First Liberty Institute, warns Dr. James Dobson that President Biden wants to pack the Supreme Court with four additional justices. If this were to happen, Shackelford says governmental checks and balances would be gone. In 1937, President Franklin Roosevelt, a Democrat, tried to do the same thing. Fortunately, however, despite the fact that 80 of the 100 sitting senators at the time were Democrats, they resoundingly said No! Logic prevailed, and the effort failed. Become informed and speak out on this threat of court packing through the website SupremeCoup.com.

To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/707/29 In this urgent broadcast, host Dr. James Dobson denounces the deceitfully-named Equality Act as evil. His guest, Kelly Shackelford of First Liberty Institute, asserts that this bill would annihilate religious libertyour first freedomand if we lose that, we'll lose all our freedoms. Thankfully, co-host Dr. Tim Clinton sees a popular uprising against it. Listen as these three men hash out the facts and perspectives surrounding pending legislation that could severely harm and impact you, your family, and your children for generations to come.

To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/707/29 When Joe White spoke at the Ignite Men’s Conference, he carried a massive cross on stage. Then he invited all the men in attendance, in their vulnerability and brokenness, to write their shameful sins onto index cards and bring them to the altar to be nailed to the cross. Romans 8:15 declares that God offers forgiveness and enables them to cry out, Abba, Father!

To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/707/29 A 1967 diving accident in the Chesapeake Bay left Joni Eareckson a quadriplegic. As she pondered her recovery in a hospital bed, Joni clung to John 5, which recounts how Jesus healed the paralytic. Like the man at the pool of Bethesda, Joni did not want her Savior to pass her by. However, she came to realize that her salvation was, first and foremost, for her justification. And secondly, Jesus wanted to sanctify her so she would become more like Him, even in her suffering.

To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/707/29 Author Jan Harrison, whose 27-year-old son, James, died in 2010 on the mission field in Sudan, Africa, asks a profound question: How have you prepared for the inevitable storm clouds in your life? She urges Christians to become actively engaged in their relationship with Jesus through prayer, Bible study, and fellowship with believers.

To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/707/29 In 2010, Jan Harrison received the devastating news that her 27-year-old son, James, had died on the mission field in Sudan, Africa. In her darkest valley, Jan felt fortunate to be accompanied by her husband on their grief journey, but learned that she needed to lean on God to find comfort as she and her husband processed their grief very differently.

To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/707/29 Proverbs 17:22 says, A cheerful heart is good medicine, but a crushed spirit dries up the bones. Christian comedian Chonda Pierce truly understands both the cheerful heartandthe crushed spirit. She is one of the recording industry’sbest-selling female comedians. But she became clinically depressed after the death of her mother, along with the estrangement of her daughter and the alcoholism and death of her husbandall within three years.

To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/707/29 Best-selling Christian novelist Karen Kingsbury considers herself to be an evangelist who happens to write stories. Some of her readers call it life-changing fiction. In fact, she’s following in the footsteps of our Savior. When Jesus needed to plant a seed in our hearts, He told a story, which Scripture refers to as a parable. Not only are Karen’s stories capable of making us laugh or cry, but they also often bring conviction. You may finally feel the need to apologize, to make that overdue phone call, to create peace in a relationship.

To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/707/29 If Jesus lived in your house, how would He bring your neighbors into the Kingdom of God? That’s a question posed by Lee Strobel, atheist-turned-Christian author of the best-selling The Case for Christ. First, Strobel assures that Jesus wouldn't only share His faith, He would show His faith. Acts of service can help soften our neighbors’ hearts to the gospel. Secondly, there would be an alignment between Christ’s beliefs and His behavior. Likewise, your creed and your character must be consistent so that your neighbors only see integrity.