When Your Children Are Not Walking With Jesus | RIOT Podcast

When Your Children Are Not Walking With Jesus | RIOT Podcast

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March 5, 2026 · 55 min

About this episode

This episode discusses how parents can maintain hope and faith when their children are not walking with Jesus.

When Your Children Are Not Walking With Jesus is the topic that will be discussed today on RIOT Podcast, a Christian Discipleship Podcast. How do you hold onto hope when your child walks away from faith? In this week’s episode of the Riot Podcast, we speak directly to parents who love the Lord deeply but carry a quiet ache because their children have drifted from faith. Maybe you raised them in church, prayed with them, and tried to model Christ—yet today their lives seem far from God. Or maybe you came to faith later and now wrestle with regret, wondering if it’s too late. This conversation is not about blame or quick answers. It’s about truth, grace, and the hope found in God’s Word for parents who are still praying, still loving, and still trusting God with the hearts of their children. In this episode, we discuss: • How guilt and condemnation distort a parent’s view of God (Romans 8:1) • Whether Proverbs 22:6 is a promise or a principle • How God can redeem years that feel lost or wasted (Joel 2:25) • Why control cannot produce genuine faith (Zechariah 4:6) • The power of persistent prayer even when nothing seems to change (Luke 18:1) • How to hold biblical conviction while…

People in this episode

Host: Riot Podcast

Topics covered

  • parenting
  • faith
  • hope
  • Christianity
  • prayer
  • grace
  • spirituality

Keywords

  • children
  • faith
  • Christian parenting
  • hope
  • prayer
  • grace
  • spiritual struggle

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: RIOT Podcast

Books & works: Romans 8:1, Proverbs 22:6, Joel 2:25, Zechariah 4:6, Luke 18:1, Philippians 1:6

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