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...a key discipline for him
is seeking and listening to
the Lord as it relates to family
matters.

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in the children’s lives; in their music, the
TV shows they watch and so on. Through a
close relationship, parents have ‘entrance’
to truly discuss and influence their
children’s decisions, Trudy counsels.
Pastor Tucker added that a key discipline
for him is seeking and listening to the
Lord as it relates to family matters.
“I know for me, being the head of the
house, anytime I act like ‘I’ve got this’ I
am always in trouble, so I always have to
consult Him (God), pray, find out what His
word says about the situation I am dealing
with or the family and He leads and
I follow Him and then everybody walks
with me.”
He recalled discussions he’s had with
fellow Pastors who were themselves
children of Pastors. He asked them how
they would raise their kids differently.
He recounted those Pastors sharing that:
“My parents sheltered me from the world
so much, the moment I became free to
leave the house I ran into it (the world),
I wanted to find out what I was missing.
So what they have done is they have had
to walk with their children through the

things of the world and so what I get from
that is that they will watch TV with them,
listen to what they are listening to and
talk about it.”
The doting parents were also excited to
share how God has blessed their lives with
miraculous provision and healing. They
fondly told Family and Faith Magazine
how God delivered on a promise to
their firstborn, Chyna. “When my oldest
girl, Chyna was 2 years old, her mother
pointed her finger at her and said ‘you are
a getting a full scholarship at one of the
best colleges in America and I’m going
to pray and I’m going to ask God to bless
you’ and she spoke it over her life and she
kept on doing that and many nights she
would lay hands on her and pray. Many
times Chyna would ‘act up’ as a teenager
and she (Trudy) would speak it over her
life and call it (into being) and say you are
what God says and God says you are going
to specifically get a full scholarship and
we saw it come to pass.” Chyna is now in
second year at a university in the United
States on a full scholarship. She was one
of only 400 teenagers in the USA who was
chosen for the scholarship.

“

...God has blessed
their lives with miraculous
provision and healing.

”

Losing a Child
and Remaining in Faith

You would never be able to tell by just
looking at the joyous Tucker household,
but just 4 years ago, they lost their second
child, Zoe to a major illness. Accepting
that the experience must have been
excruciating and knowing that they still are
charging forward into God’s plan for their
lives, Family and Faith Magazine wanted
to simply find out what Pastor Junior and
Trudy left the situation knowing.
With tears streaming down and her voice
quivering, Trudy points to “A tangible
experience of God’s grace. There are days
when you just don’t want to wake up or
any regular person would probably be in
depression or just can’t go any further. But
then you know that there is something
carrying you, literally just carrying you;
you can’t explain it, cause when you should
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