26. When You Need a Boost

Wednesday Evening - December 17, 2025

Just like the Wright Brothers needed a boost from a strong wind to get off the ground, sometimes we too need a boost from God and others to see our dreams take flight.

Discussion Question(s)

• Are there any things you’d like to ask God for help with?

Prayer

Dear God, we thank you for the people in our life, including you, who give us that extra boost, that extra help, when we need it. We lift up our prayer requests to you, and we ask that you would be our helper in these things. Give us a good night’s sleep tonight and fill us up with joyful dreams. Amen.

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The Family Prayer Podcast was created, written, and hosted by Dan Wunderlich

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Good evening, Grace Harbor - it’s Dan!

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I hope you had a joy-filled Wednesday

after our time together this morning.

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We have been celebrating Wright

Brothers Day, as Wilbur and Orville Wright

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made the first successful

motor-powered, human-controlled

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airplane flight 122 years ago today.

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There’s a little more to the story

I wanted to share.

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First, it’s

important to know that there were quite

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a few other inventors

also trying to make the first airplane.

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Most of these other inventors believed

the problem was power.

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Like the Wright Brothers,

they understood that lift was generated

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by air passing quickly around the wings,

and so they wanted to make engines

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that would propel their flying machines

fast enough to take off.

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However, for an engine to be

more powerful, it needed to be bigger.

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And if it was bigger,

that meant it was also heavier.

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All that extra weight and power would make

the airplane much harder to control.

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The Wright

Brothers saw the problem differently.

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To them, getting off the ground

didn’t really matter

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if you were just going

to fly out of control and end up crashing.

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Before they started making airplanes,

Wilbur and Orville made and sold bicycles.

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And if any of you

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are learning to ride a bike,

you know they can be tricky to control.

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It takes balance and coordination

and the ability to steer.

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The Wright Brothers

realized that they would face

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pretty much the same challenges

with their flyer.

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So, they poured their focus

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into creating a way for the pilot

to control the airplane.

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Believe it or not, the system

pilots use to control jumbo jets

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today is based on the same system

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the Wright Brothers came up

with over 100 years ago!

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But even with control, their engine

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still needed a little help

to get the flyer off the ground.

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That’s why they first tried using gravity

by sliding down a sand dune on the beach.

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That did not work.

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Then, a storm

passed through a couple days later,

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and after the rain stopped, the wind

kept blowing.

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They realized the air itself

could provide the boost!

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And thanks to the wind,

they made their historic first flights.

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Life kind of works like this sometimes.

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We face challenges or problems, and

we have to figure out how to solve them.

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Sometimes problems can be easy,

but sometimes,

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no matter what we try,

nothing seems to work.

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It’s good to work hard and keep trying.

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But sometimes,

just trying harder isn’t the answer.

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Sometimes we need help from others.

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Learning to both try hard *and*

ask for help

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will make you an expert problem solver.

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In addition to our family,

our friends, our teachers,

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and others like that in our lives,

we can also ask God for help.

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God might not sit down

and go over math homework with you,

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but if you’re having a tough day,

or you’re upset about something,

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or you’re feeling lonely, or there’s

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someone who is sick

and you want them to feel better,

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those are the kinds of things

God wants us to ask for help with.

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God *wants* to help us

be filled with the kinds of things

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we’ve been talking about this

Advent season - hope,

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peace, joy, and love.

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Why don’t you take a moment together

as a family and share your prayer

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requests.

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Are there any things you’d

like to ask God for help with?

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If you need more time,

you can pause the podcast, and I’ll be

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right here when you get back.

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If you

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didn’t do it already, adults why don’t

you write down those prayer requests.

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This is a really good practice

you can start as a family.

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It can help you remember

to keep praying for these things.

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But also, as you look back at the list

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at the end of the week or next week,

maybe it’ll help you see the ways in

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which God has started

answering your family prayers.

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Ok, let’s

end our time together tonight by praying.

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If you want to, you can close your eyes

and fold your hands.

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Dear God, we thank you for the people

in our life, including *you*,

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who give us that extra boost,

that extra help, when we need it.

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We lift up our prayer requests to you,

and we ask

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that you would be our helper

in these things.

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Give us a good night’s sleep tonight

and fill us up with joyful dreams.

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Amen.

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Ok, Grace Harbor.

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Sleep well, and I’ll talk to you tomorrow.

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