What if our parenting was defined by presence instead of panic? God prioritizes identity before instruction and relationship over rules. Listen as Beth & Eddie Taylor explore how God's perfect love can cast out fear in your home.
The First Question from Heaven
Question: Where Are You, Adam? (Genesis 3:9)
February 1, 2026 | Beth & Eddie Taylor
Genesis 3:9 (NKJV), Then the LORD God called to Adam and said to him, "Where are you?”
Big Idea:
God never parents from guilt or fear—and neither should we.
Perfect Kids in a Perfect Garden
What You Sow Determines What You Reap
Genesis 3:10 (NKJV), So he said, "I heard Your voice in the garden, and I was afraid because I was naked; and I hid myself.”
Galatians 6:7 (NKJV), Do not be deceived, God is not mocked; for whatever a man sows, that he will also reap.
God Parents with Presence, Not Panic
1 John 4:18 (NKJV), There is no fear in love; but perfect love casts out fear, because fear involves torment.
The Prodigal Son
Luke 15:20 (NKJV), And he arose and came to his father. But when he was still a great way off, his father saw him and had compassion, and ran and fell on his neck and kissed him.
Trust God’s Plan—Even When You Don’t Understand It
Luke 2:49 (NKJV), And He said to them, “Why did you seek Me? Did you not know that I must be about My Father’s business?”
Identity Before Instruction
God didn’t start with rules—He started with relationships.
Romans 8:15 (NKJV), For you did not receive the spirit of bondage again to fear, but you received the Spirit of adoption by whom we cry out, "Abba, Father.”
