As parents of 9, Bruce and Kaila Payne, co-founders of Lion's Love Family Ministry, talk about parenting a large family, the importance of a faith centered marriage as you lead your family, and what it means to set Biblical boundaries for your children, raising them to live counter-culture for Jesus.
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How We’re Surviving a Crazy Busy Season: Sabbath, Discipline & Obedience (Parents of 9)
Bruce and Kaila Payne introduce the Unshackled Love podcast, sharing that they are Metro Detroit teachers parenting nine children while building a family-focused ministry, producing podcasts and devotionals, remaking their website, and balancing seminary, multiple jobs, and parenting demands. In the midst of exhaustion and questioning whether the sacrifice is worth it, they describe becoming more disciplined with sleep, schedules, and priorities, and observing a weekly Sabbath for the first time, finding they are “getting more with less.”
They draw encouragement from Hebrews 6:15 about waiting patiently for God’s promises, emphasizing obedience even without visible results, and challenge listeners to use their gifts for God’s glory, resist distractions and “noise,” and trust God to sustain what He has called them to do, closing with a prayer for discipline, legacy, and generational blessing.
00:00 Welcome and Introductions
01:10 New Setup and Ministry Vision
01:43 Busy Season and Discipline
04:40 Learning to Keep Sabbath
06:15 Hebrews 6 Patience Promise
09:07 Encouragement Nuggets and Obedience
11:03 Your Gifts and Calling
14:29 Cutting Noise Staying Intentional
16:09 Closing Prayer and Amen
23 Jan 2026
The Journey of YET
🔥 This one’s for the family fighting to hold it together and the believer clinging to God’s promises. Welcome to “The Journey of Yet.”
In this heart-filled episode of Unshackled Love, Bruce and Kaila Payne dive deep into faith, parenting nine(!) kids, rebuilding after brokenness, and the power of "yet"- that sacred space between who we are and who God is calling us to be. From tantrums to Titus, prodigals to purpose, they share raw stories of redemption, obedience, and transformation through Christ.
🙌 Whether you’re in a dry season or on fire for the Lord, this is your reminder: God isn’t done with you yet.
💬 Reflect with us: What’s your “yet”? What part of your life is still under construction by God? Let us know in the comments.
🔗 Connect with us at LionsLove.Family (https://www.lionslove.family) or follow us @LionsLove.Family on Insta (https://www.instagram.com/lionslove.family/) & TikTok (https://www.tiktok.com/@lionslove.family) for family ministry clips, encouragement, and real talk.
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8 Nov 2025
Pants, Pranks, and Podcast Shenanigans
In this episode of the Unshackled Love Podcast Kids Edition, Bruce and Kaila Payne introduce listeners to three of their youngest children, Truett-Mac, Harvest Grace, and Wooden. The conversation humorously addresses the challenges the kids have with wearing certain clothes, tying it into a lesson from Exodus 28 in the Bible. Despite their mischievous tendencies, these kiddos love Jesus and their giggles are contagious.
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