followHIM - "No" Is a Love Language • followHIM Favorites • April 27-May 3 • Come, Follow Me

Episode Date: April 23, 2026

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Welcome to Follow Him favorites. This is where John and I are sharing a single story to go with each week's Come Follow Me lesson. John, we are in Leviticus today. Do you have a story for us? Yeah, Hank, this is from Brad Wilcox's book, our friend called A Change Through His Grace. He tells a story about the woman who's just trying to do the right thing. He said one single mother was struggling to rear her children in the gospel after her husband left the church and divorced her. She told me tearfully how difficult it was. to be the bad guy, who enforced bedtimes, stressed nutrition, required church attendance while her ex-husband did the opposite. On the weekends, the children were with him. He'd let him stay up late, eat whatever they wanted, took them to amusement parks instead of church. I assured her she was doing the right thing, even though it was difficult. Just two weeks later, this mother shared with me a note her oldest daughter had written, Dear Mom, Thanks for being our mom.

Dad is just trying to be our buddy. He's trying to win us over by spending money on us, but I am old enough to see what's going on, and I appreciate you for expecting us to make something of our lives. Maybe the little kids don't get it yet, but I do. The parent with the rules is the one who really cares. Wow. What a great story, because that's really what Leviticus and the end of Exodus they're about.

the rules, the commandments, the sacrifices. A little kid said one in primary, Jesus has rules with the three words so profound. God has rules, it has boundaries, and they're there to bless us in the long run, right? You do a tear with your family. The gospel rules, the gospel rules. All right, let's study the gospel rules. Let's study the rules. Good double meaning.

Yeah, I love it. Well, thanks, John. Come join us on our full podcast. It's called Follow Him. You can get it wherever you get any podcast. We're with Dr. Avram Shannon this week. He loves the Book of Leviticus. If you're thinking, no way, come on over and you'll see why.

And then join us next week. We'll do another follow-in favorites.