Love Is Not Control: How to Respond to People’s Bad Choices

When the people we love make bad choices, it’s easy for us to try to control them and force them to do what we think is best. But love is not control.

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Rush Podcast is a production of Gather Ministries (https://www.gatherministries.com/), a non-profit organization led by Jennifer & Justin Camp. Through our five ministries, we equip men and women to encounter God in the every-day lives they’re living. From Loop for Women, an email devotional focused on beauty & prayer, to WiRE for Men, an email devotional that helps men see life with God as the greatest adventure of all time, we hope we have something that matters to you.

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Looking for more FREE resources to equip your heart and fortify your spirit? Consider:

→ Loop for Women, a three-times-a-week email devotional anchored in prophetic prayer and designed to help you receive God’s love, meditate on his beauty, and tend to your precious heart. Subscribe FREE at https://www.loopforwomen.com. 

 

Jennifer is the author of the best-selling book Breathing Eden: Conversations with God on Light, Fresh Air, and New Things. You can find it at https://bit.ly/Breathing-Eden.

 

→ WiRE for Men, a twice-a-week email devotional for men that tackles tough questions like “What does it mean to be a man today?” and “Why am I so angry?” and “How can I find true friendship?”. Subscribe FREE at https://www.wireformen.com.

 

WiRE is written by Justin Camp, author of Invention: Break Free from the Culture Hell-Bent on Holding You Back, Odyssey: Encounter the God of Heaven and Escape the Surly Bonds of this World, and Rescue: When God's Cavalry Arrives to Deliver You from Quiet Desperation. You can find them at https://bit.ly/WiRE-Series-for-Men or wherever books are sold.

 

→ Flag Messages, a once-a-week email that helps you encounter God through prayer, Scripture, and guided exercises. Flag invites you to go deeper into who God is, who he says you are, and what it means for the lives we’re living right now. Subscribe FREE at https://flagmessages.io/. 

→ Rapt Interviews is a hub for curious, thoughtful thinkers, culture-changers, and creatives. Through interviews with the authors, pastors, and musicians you know and love, we give you a glimpse into how they’re encountering God in the midst of their dynamic lives. Twice a month, we serve up a curated newsletter of fascinating articles, new books & music we think you might like, exclusive book previews, and more. Like everything else we do, it’s FREE! Subscribe at https://raptinterviews.com/. 

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About your hosts:

 

Justin Camp is a writer and storyteller with a heart for adventure. He created the WiRE devotional for men with modern, busy men in mind and writes books, articles, and devotionals aimed at equipping & encouraging men of all ages. He is a co-founder of Gather Ministries, a nonprofit he runs with his wife, Jennifer, and before he decided to spend his days with a pen and his favorite journal always nearby, he was a venture capitalist in Silicon Valley and a lawyer on Wall Street. Justin, Jennifer, and their three children live in the San Francisco Bay Area.

 

Jennifer Camp, co-founder of Gather Ministries, grew up in an almond orchard in Northern California. A former high school English teacher, she loves to write and encourage people to go deeper into their own stories and into their identities in Christ. Jennifer is the Amazon bestselling author of Breathing Eden: On Light, Fresh Air, and New Things and Loop: What Women Need to Know. She also writes at jenniferjcamp.com and is bringing a poetry collection into the world in early 2024.