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Sep 2024
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Confidence to Change Culture

FOCUS ON THE FAMILY
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What are some ways you've prayed for your children? John and Danny explain how they have prayed for their own kids. Plus, Jim Daly and Dr. Kathy Koch discuss the need to model godly behavior in front of our kids, if we want them to be people of integrity.

 

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