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The Prewitt family is working to walk out the verse, “Consider it all joy… when you encounter various trials, knowing that the testing of your faith produces endurance.” James 1:2-3 Death of a previous wife.. finding a spouse late in life.. infertility.. heart attack.. Covid. Every trial we have been stronger. The previous trial prepared for the one that followed. – Lori Are not the angels all ministering spirits sent out in the service of those who are to inherit salvation? Hebrews 1:14 While hospitalized with Covid and at death's door, Billy refused the ventilator and prayed. Lori and their daughter, Madelyn, banned from the hospital, rallied intercessors and prayed. A powerful vision of Angelic authority over Darkness changed everything! For shows and more subscribe at parentcompass.tv/subscribe or download the Parent Compass App. To donate go to parentcompass.tv/donate.

Funny and candid, Dave and Ann Wilson, the new hosts of FamilyLife® replacing Dennis and Barbara Rainey, tell “The Marriage Secret” that saved their marriage. They discuss: I've lost my feelings for you; All I hear is “Boo!”; What do you do when you think there is no hope for your teenagers?; How do we bring God in?; Seeing kids through God's eyes - the greatness He made in them; How to speak life into our kids and spouse; FamilyLife® Weekend to Remember, its effect on their marriage and other miracle stories. For shows and more subscribe at parentcompass.tv/subscribe or download the Parent Compass App.

Before Jonathan's father was a pastor, he was a Columbian rebel fighter hired to kill an evangelist. As a young adult, Jonathan's suicide attempt ended with a major moment with God. Now he and his wife lead worship at his dad's church. Hear his song! For shows and more subscribe at parentcompass.tv/subscribe or download the Parent Compass App.

Kaibin and Jihong grew up in communist China. They came to the US to attend college where their lives were radically changed by Jesus! Their journey includes victory over an eating disorder, 4 kids, and pastoring a Chinese church in the US. For shows and more subscribe at parentcompass.tv/subscribe or download the Parent Compass App.

A failing marriage and three prodigal children living in rebellion defined the Craft family's hopeless situation until miracles begin to happen and they all discover the power of God through spiritual warfare. Book: The Parent’s Battle Plan For shows and more subscribe at parentcompass.tv/subscribe or download the Parent Compass App.

Andre saw his dad arrested by the KGB over 50 times in the USSR for preaching. Mary and her 13 siblings battled poverty and lost their home to Hurricane Katrina. Now together, Andre and Mary own a business and are walking out faith as parents. For shows and more subscribe at parentcompass.tv/subscribe or download the Parent Compass App.

The life that I was living was fake. – JasonI didn’t understand what I was looking for. – JackieWe start falling out of the sky. – Jason Parents Jason and Jackie Gabriel have five children, Jacob, Jon Luke, Joi, Jada, and Jewel, even though Jackie was told, she would not have children at all. The Gabriel family are overcomers who tell how God never left them through the difficulty of leaving a promising military career, life threatening car accidents and airplane drops, and serious health scares. Now they pastor a church and their children bring a variety of different gifts to brighten their home and ministry. Our nation is being attacked right now. We are now at war. – Jason The Lord told him, ‘Your time's up.’ – Jackie She prays with us when I get scared. – Jada It was more of a religious thing that focused on the outward versus the inward. – Jackie You had a choice to go to Heaven’s Gates or Hell’s Flames and in that moment I knew that I had to make a choice. – Jason “I knew I encountered God. I knew I was changed instantly.” – Jackie We have to do surgery. We have to operate. – Jason Major complications. She almost died. – Jason It was very overwhelming. – Jackie What God has in store is so much better. – Jason For shows and more subscribe at parentcompass.tv/subscribe or download the Parent Compass App.

Lighthearted and with laughter, Cameron and BJ Arnett tell of their upbringings and how the faith of their parents influenced them. With great suggestions for relationships, they tell their Satan check strategy and their strategy to bring God in. Cameron says, “We had this thing called Satan check. Whenever we felt like the atmosphere was getting a little thick from an adversarial perspective, we would stop and say, ‘Satan check’ and we would introspectively look at ourselves as to what we needed to repent, change whatever and come back together and do it God‘s way.” Among playing the blind man in the Kendrick movie, “Overcomer”, Cameron is an award-winning actor in television, film and theater. He has appeared on about every major network; in NBC’s Miami Vice, Fox’s Star Trek, ABC’s Doogie Houser…. Cameron’s wife, BJ, also, is an actress, speaker and producer. Together they powerfully share the critical answer to their difficult lives before God, including divorce to now. Turning to God – Blended Family“...so for five years, I was in torment...” – CameronHear how Cameron got out of torment as he says of what got him out: “It impacted me drastically. I turned from one man to next.” The Arnetts also touch on: Children, let me tell you all of my mistakes, so you do not have to make them, which is in Cameron's children's book: A Good Man - A Child's "I Coulda, Woulda, Shoulda!" Story Available at cameronarnett.com/shop.Marriage takes attention.Cleaning until there is a hole in the counter.Blended family – the good and challenges.Losing it all.Our perspective – We believe what God has said about our marriage and children. We believe God.Cameron tells, “I was 20 when I received Christ for the first time, but I went to a church that taught me how to get saved every Sunday, so it never really taught me how to live, so for five years, I was in torment, because I loved God, I had a conscious now, but I didn’t know how to live for God. So I still lived how I lived before and I was dying on the inside for five years. So at the end of those five years… I met Christ for the first time and got converted and all those things and it changed me forever. It impacted me drastically. I turned from one man to next.” God Arranged MarriageWould you give up top Hollywood career to remain faithful to God? Hear Cameron's decision on partial body nudity. Both divorced and bankrupt, hear the impossible story of how Cameron and BJ reconnect. Truly God at work doing something one would never do on our own. Now they have been married 22 years. Divine OrchestratorHow do you know God's will for your life? Hear from Cameron, who prays for you. Hear the crazy, fun story of how Cameron gets the role of Thomas Hill in the Kendrick movie Overcomer. Key Kendrick advice: Stay Humble.Movies discussed:OvercomerI Still BelieveMaddie the Discovery How do you know God's will for your life? God has the Word—the Bible—that God has already written. That is the revealed will of God. So, you know God’s will by reading that. The reason why most people miss the preceding word of God is because they neglect the revealed will of God. So, the Word of God is written for us to follow the way we are supposed to. If you do that you will actually be doing the will of God. Then, the Holy Spirit is given to you to lead you into all truth. But He can't lead you into all truth when you haven't followed the truth that you already should know. Most people have to get back to the written word and they'll find that is where the Holy Spirit is speaking from, because that is where He lives. He wrote it. So, until you abide by that there is nothing else for Him to say. – Cameron For more Parent Compass shows including true stories of real families facing real struggles with Christ as the Compass, sign up at parentcompass.tv/subscribe or download the Parent Compass App.

Trusting God through the trials of life has taken Madeline and Brian through the loss of their first born, a prodigal's return, and a near death experience with Covid. With two biological and two adopted children, their faith has grown through the challenges and joys! This family story is really God’s hand through the tough times. – Brian We are on the other side. We have come through. Is God going to give us more? God calls our family to hard things. He may call us to more. We are real people. These are real stories. We don’t do fake. – Madeline For shows and more subscribe at parentcompass.tv/subscribe. Grief comes in waves. – Madeline We were ecstatic. We were finally pregnant. – Brian Amelia is born. We could tell something was wrong. – Brian She was not gaining weight. Food hurt her. – Madeline We left the Mayo Clinic. She started to grow. – Brian Do you want to go to heaven and help the Lord pick out another baby for us? – Madeline We have walked quite a bit of hard together. – Madeline We weren’t sure even if my dad was going to make it. – Ana I need you to breathe into this as deeply as you can you are turning blue. – Brian It was very disheartening. – Brent Do you have a living will? – Brian And there was one point he was on the verge of death. – Brent They wouldn’t let me in. – Madeline I need you to send angels to my hospital room to get rid of this. – Brian In order to save her life we had to make a decision. – Madeline We had no choice. – Brian We don’t have a choice. – Madeline Getting into not so great things. – Blake Downward spiral. – Brent Getting into bad things. – Ana Bad choice after bad choice. – Brian I was mad at them. I did not want to talk to them. – Ana To know Jesus as your Savior, but also as your friend. – Madeline This family story is really God’s hand through the tough times. – Brian “I [Jesus] tell you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner who repents.” Luke 15:10 For shows and more subscribe at parentcompass.tv/subscribe or download the Parent Compass App.

While growing up comfortably, Alexcia's religion was her skin color. Shamoir grew up surrounded by drugs and gangs. Alexcia and Shamoir meet carpooling with the theater director 45 minutes each time to play practice. They discussed every major topic and were on opposite sides of them all. Working three jobs to make ends meet, Shamoir turns away lucrative job opportunities to go to school for ministry. Alexcia fights off family comments calling him a bum. The sacrifice brings joy as Shamoir and Alexcia have opportunities to tell others the lifesaving message of the love of God and salvation in Christ. Now ministering to others and raising three daughters, their journey has been filled with life altering miracles. My skin color was my religion. – Alexcia Pro black home. White people hated black people. We did not deal with white people in our class at all. – Alexcia From the hood in Jersey City. Grew up in a very dysfunctional environment. My mom struggled with severe drug addiction. – Shamoir I struggled with anger from the abandonment of my biological father. – Alexcia I fought a lot. I got kicked out of multiple schools. – Alexcia I resented God. I hated Him. – Shamoir Even though my mom struggled with drug addiction, she was a phenomenal mom when she was clean. When she wasn’t suffering from relapse, she was an outstanding mom. She was my best friend. That’s why it was so hard, I felt like my world was taken away from me, when she died. I did feel abandoned. I would cry about it. I would find places to isolate myself and I would just scream. ‘Cause I had to get it out. I resented God. I hated Him. – Shamoir I can no longer have this little girl watch me cry. – Alexcia The things I used to love doing; drinking, women, weed, started to just weigh on me so heavy. A really bad downward spiral for me. – Shamoir This Jesus that I am hearing about. I need Him. – Shamoir We just kind of sat in the back seat together. Never looked at each other once. I got out of the car as if he wasn’t even there. That is kinda how we met. – Alexcia That is where the story starts to collide. – Alexcia I was told Christianity was a white man’s religion. – Alexcia Stop trying to create God in your image, and understand, accept and believe that you are made in His. – Shamoir We are just trying to get it right. – Alexcia My mind was blown. I was like, “What? You changed your mind based on some facts and evidence that was presented to you?” And she was like, “Yeah.” And I fell in love with her right there. – Shamoir She had just gotten out of a really bad relationship and became a newly single mom. It was a hurdle for me. I had to ultimately alter my preferences a little bit and she had to alter her preferences a little bit for me too. My conduct had not been entirely conformed at the time we started getting together either. – Shamoir Our first date he told me, “I am looking for marriage and if you are not we need to stop the date right now.” Okay, I had never heard anyone say that before so I am going to stay right here. We are going to finish this date. – Alexcia We spoke about everything. Laying it all out there. I told her how many kids I wanted. The dynamic of my family that I wanted to structure and lead in a Christlike way. – Shamoir I remember he told me his life story and I cried. This was completely opposite of my story. Sometimes you think all black people have the same story. – Alexcia I was there and I didn’t want to be there. I would hold onto it for a while and I would pass it to the next person. No one noticed. – Shamoir No one is really paying attention until one day one of my friends did notice what I was doing. He said, “You haven’t smoked in a really long time. You are just taking it, holding it, and passing it.” I am like, “I am going to be honest with you, I don’t want to do this anymore.” When you live life for Christ, there is a separation that takes place in between like your family, like your friends you grew up knowing and loving where you had everything in common because you are from similar backgrounds and you do the same things. A huge chasm of difference grows inbetween you because I am called to live life this way and you are going that way. I started to grow in Christlikeness in that regard where I didn’t need it anymore...definitely feel liberated. – Shamoir She is off the deep end now. She’s going toward the white man’s religion. – Alexcia The rule in my house growing up was: Do as I say, not as I do. That leaves room for them to make all the mistakes that they want without taking accountability. But you just don’t do it. I can do what I want because I am adult. You are a child. You stay in your place and do as I say. I did not want to perpetuate that cycle of brokenness and dysfunction. – Shamoir I understand how important it is to have that father figure there, who is there every single day. Although he is not going to be perfect either, just to have his presence. I did not have that, but I knew how much I wanted that for me. So I was like, I am going to give that to my kids. – Shamoir I struggle with being a husband and a father. I am trying to be good at something that I have never witnessed. I have never seen firsthand. Yes, I have the representation of the ideal man in the form of Christ. But I think there are elements that come from experience. A lot of it was just trial and error. – Shamoir Our life is just riddled with brokenness, with chaos. – Shamoir I was struggling with the idea of embracing a child that wasn’t mine. I felt conviction. – Shamoir Love is not pain. Love does not hurt. It is a choice to sacrifice for someone else. – Alexcia I was in a really hard place spiritually. – Shamoir People were calling me a bum! – Shamoir He does have a real job. – Alexcia I am just in awe of the way the Lord moves that no one can ever tell me He is not real. – Alexcia To watch from where he came from to where he is now is nothing but a God thing. It is beautiful to see. – Alexcia Any affliction I went through in my life was healed the moment I surrendered my life at the cross. – Shamoir For shows and more subscribe at parentcompass.tv/subscribe or download the Parent Compass App.