Transcript
Podcast Host (0:06)
Welcome to the Crazy Love Podcast. Do you know God as a loving dad? Would you be surprised to know that he desires to hear from you, to see you and just be with you? Today, Francis Chan shares the unique blessing God has for each one of us as his sons and daughters and challenges us to approach his throne with boldness and receive the grace and mercy he's promised.
Francis Chan (0:34)
This is my daughter, Mercy, and I have five daughters. She's number three. And so I just flew in from Orlando. She flew in from San Francisco. We met here, and I was just excited. I was like, oh, I get to lead with my daughter today. And seriously, the whole flight over here, I was just a little giddy, like, oh, this is cool. I get to be with Mercy. But the crazy thing is, she's my
Mercy Chan (1:01)
next door neighbor, too, so I see her, like, every day.
Francis Chan (1:04)
We've just been gone from each other for a few days.
Mercy Chan (1:07)
And I know it's super weird.
Francis Chan (1:10)
She's married, got two kids, and I just. I won't let her move more than a house away. But you know how you have different relationships with each of the kids, and it goes up and down and different things. But I would say with Mercy, yeah, it's just always been steady. We've just always been deeply in love with each other, and we've kind of traveled the world together. And I said, man, I really want you to lead us in worship at the end. But I also brought her up here because, Yeah, I remember when she went away to college. Oh, my gosh, like, for two weeks, I was just a wreck. I really was. I just didn't know. I seriously didn't know how to function. And then when she got married, I was so mad. I really was. No, I love Peter now, but
Mercy Chan (2:25)
I just thought, no, we're supposed to travel around longer. And you said you didn't really want to get married yet.
Francis Chan (2:32)
And you go falling in love and. And I just remember that wedding day just giving her away and just sobbing, sobbing, sobbing. And then the father daughter dance. And I cried through the whole thing as I just held her. But I wanted to bring her up here first because I wanted to ask you a question. Does your prayer life look anything like this? Be honest. Is this how you feel when you pray? Just absolutely secure? Seriously, think about your time with the Lord this morning. Did it look like this? Sometimes when I get alone with the Lord, I don't start off like that, you know, but I go, God, that's where I want to get to see.
