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Amazingly, I secured a mediation contract with the Ministry of Justice despite them knowing we pray with our clients, and I have qualified in mediation areas that few people of my background and age are able to. In December 2017, I finally launched Prime Time Child Contact Centre, a charity rooted in Malachi 4:6, turning the hearts of the fathers to the children and children to the Father. This volunteer led charity provides a safe space for fathers to have contact with their children following separation which is for me a dream come. For those interested, volunteers are needed at all levels of the charity! The mission of these organisations are to restore God’s family relationships both nuclear (the family) and corporate (the one church family of God). With carefully selected scriptures, such as from Proverbs, my clients are inspired to be the best individuals they can be by practising forgiveness and putting first the needs, not necessarily wants, of other family members. Yes, agape love is very difficult to practise in the face of the way that the rights of the individual are championed in our society, and so a loving parent does their best to put aside the acrimony they feel towards the other parent – enough to allow a child to have a healthy relationship with them both. This means not allowing that child to hear negative things said about the other parent or not stopping contact because insufficient maintenance is paid. In this way, Christians show that we are giant-slayers and do not follow what others around us do. Although I am not married and do not yet have children, I have been able to influence families, encouraging agape love and forgiveness and speaking ‘life’ into the relationship of many couples. In this way restoring their friendships or relationships but ultimately ensuring that, where legally safe, the child has a relationship with their father and that parents have a relationship with the Lord. me for this work. I now have a primary ministry, the direct restoring of family relationships; families being the building blocks of the temple of God. And I have secondary ministries such as street preaching, evangelism, and cell leadership. In the majority of cases, children want contact with their fathers. And I believe that a lack of contact with a father can often impact on their relationship with God the Father and can lead to other types of difficulties in later life attaching, trusting, forming healthy relationships, or struggles with rejection. Thank God that he, in his grace, is able to transcend the earthly limitations of those who have not had relationships with their biological fathers. You can follow us on twitter @primetimeorg & @ptcccorg ❖ I remember at the age of eight my own natural father privately asked me who I wanted to live with: my mother or father. They were in a custody dispute. I was unable to speak truthfully because I knew it would hurt one parent and regardless, I wanted to spend time with both. At every turn, my life skills, intended or not, have been instrumental in equipping Revival Times February 2018 23