{"id":300135,"date":"2018-02-05T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-02-05T17:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-stage.familylife.com\/www\/podcast\/%series%\/making-preparations-for-easter\/"},"modified":"2024-10-07T22:41:19","modified_gmt":"2024-10-08T02:41:19","slug":"making-preparations-for-easter","status":"publish","type":"podcast","link":"https:\/\/wp-stage.familylife.com\/www\/podcast\/familylife-today\/making-preparations-for-easter\/","title":{"rendered":"Making Preparations for Easter"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s almost Easter! Will you be ready spiritually? 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Let\u2019s be honest\u2014most of us haven\u2019t; but Barbara Rainey says, if we take our faith seriously, now\u2019s the time to start thinking about celebrating Jesus\u2019 resurrection.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> I want my children to understand the Bible. I want them to understand how all of this was woven together by God to a grand culmination on Resurrection Day. So, even if they already knew some of it, I would bet that most middle school and high school kids don\u2019t know it all. They may roll their eyes\u2014our kids did! If you start when they\u2019re younger, it\u2019s a tradition that they will anticipate and they know it\u2019s going to happen. They may roll their eyes and complain, but you want to teach your kids why Easter matters. So go for it!\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>This is <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em> for Monday, February 5<sup>th<\/sup>. Our host is Dennis Rainey, and I'm Bob Lepine. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>1:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tIf the resurrection of Jesus is the most significant event in all of human history, then shouldn\u2019t our preparation for the celebration of that event be something we take seriously? We\u2019ll talk more about that today. Stay with us.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tAnd welcome to <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em>. Thanks for joining us. I know we\u2019re just into the new year, and people aren\u2019t necessarily stopping to think, \u201cWhen is Easter this year?\u201d Most of us don\u2019t stop and think, \u201cWhen is Easter?\u201d until the Thursday before Easter; and then we go, \u201cOh, it is Easter this weekend!\u201d Right? [Laughter]\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> Yes.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>And a lot of our listeners don\u2019t participate in Lent; so they\u2019re not even anticipating the 40 days leading up to Easter as well.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> Right.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> But we\u2019ve got somebody in the studio\u2014not just <em>somebody<\/em>\u2014[Laughter]\u2014she is the second greatest love of my life, Barbara, for 45 years. Welcome back, Sweetheart.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> Thanks. I love doing radio with you guys\u2014it\u2019s fun.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> I like doing radio with you\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> It\u2019s great, Bob.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> \u2014and a compadre in crime. It\u2019s, actually, not a crime\u2014it\u2019s\u2014[Laughter]\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> I was going to say\u2014 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> Yes; right!\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> \u201cWhat have you guys been up to?\u201d [Laughter]\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>2:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> Well, they\u2019re just buddies, cooking up ways to help families celebrate the seasons\u2014the seasons, especially, with a strong Christian message.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tTracy Lane joins us again on <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em>. Welcome back, Tracy.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Tracy:<\/strong> Thank you. I\u2019m glad to be here. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> Barbara, we talked about the fact that most people don\u2019t think about Easter until, maybe, the week before. You\u2019ve been thinking about Easter for months now; haven\u2019t you?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> Yes; I don\u2019t really ever stop thinking about Easter, actually. I think about it after Easter: \u201cOkay, what can we do next year?\u201d\u2014how can we elevate the perception \/ elevate the celebration\u2014help people make more of Easter. Especially during last Christmas, I was thinking about it; because we spend so much money, and energy, and focus, and intentionality around Christmas\u2014none of which is bad\u2014but we give, by comparison, very little attention to Easter, as you said. So, I start thinking about it and start wondering, \u201cHow can we help people engage with this holiday, the most important holiday of the year, for those of us who believe in Christ?\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>3:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> Yes; and Barbara, I think there may be more than just a few men listening right now\u2014husbands, dads, and perhaps grandfathers\u2014who are listening in right now. They need to realize that this is not a holiday you delegate to your wife\u2014you say: \u201cThis is your job! You take care of this.\u201d I think men need to own this holiday and its message every bit as much as our wives do. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI have to tell you\u2014I got this from Barbara. She poked, and prodded, and reminded me\u2014and kept, not pestering me\u2014but just said: \u201cLook! It is the greatest holiday that we celebrate all year! It is salvation from God! It is redemption; it is hope\u2014life after death. We ought to be communicating the truth of the gospel to our kids, and this is a great way to introduce your children to how Jesus Christ came to redeem them.\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> So back when your kids were 5-15 years old\u2014 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> Yes?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>4:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> \u2014were both of you pretty intentional in the weeks leading up to Easter, to make it a focus?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> I wanted to be, but I wasn\u2019t; because I didn\u2019t know what to do. I remember thinking: \u201cI want to do something about Easter. I want to make it more important.\u201d I knew it was more important, but I didn\u2019t know what to do. I didn\u2019t have the bandwidth, because I was swamped with kids, to be creative and think of something. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tYou know, I tried a few things through the years; but I never landed on anything that really helped me teach my children why Easter was so important, other than what we just normally did by going to church, and Sunday school, and talking about it. We talked about it, but I wanted an activity. I wanted someone to say: \u201cHere, read this to your kids,\u201d \u201cHere, do this with your children, and this will help them put the cross in context with the whole Bible and with God\u2019s plan from the very beginning.\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> And you were giving this charge to guys\u2014were you in the game, back 25 or 30 years ago?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> No; no! \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>5:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI wasn\u2019t, and I was more of a spectator. I would really say\u2014what Barbara has created here is a resource and a tool that gives moms and dads\u2014grandparents \/ aunts and uncles\u2014a way to celebrate Easter with your children\u2014with you grandchildren \/ with your nieces and nephews\u2014and to embed the message of this most holy of all holidays in the hearts of your children.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> Tracy, you\u2019ve got young kids at home. You work with Barbara on all of these resources that she\u2019s working on. I guess you kind of have to be intentional about holidays with your kids; don\u2019t you?\u2014it\u2019s part of the job.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Tracy:<\/strong> Yes; well, I\u2019m thankful for the encouragement. I tell people a lot of times that I\u2019m reminded what to do in my home when I go to work, which is great! Not everyone gets to do that, and so I take a lot of these ideas home and talk with my husband about them.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tIt\u2019s funny; because when we were dating, I got him an Easter basket for our first Easter date. That was a big thing that my family did, growing up. He was shocked!\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>6:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> The plastic grass and eggs and everything?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Tracy:<\/strong> Well, it actually had a new Easter shirt, which was tradition; but I kind of didn\u2019t like all of the shirts he was wearing during our dating days. [Laughter]\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> I love it! \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Tracy:<\/strong> So I was like: \u201cHere, honey. Here\u2019s a new Easter shirt.\u201d He was going to church with our family; so I needed him to look nice. [Laughter]\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tBut I also wanted to get him in on the tradition\u2014my family had these traditions. He was so surprised; because his family had never done anything, really, to celebrate Easter. That began the trajectory in our relationship of making Easter a big deal. He still talks about that to this day to our girls, \u201cMommy got me an Easter basket, and that told me this day is important.\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> Yes.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> I think back to my years of growing up. All I remember, in Southwest Missouri, was how cold it was. We would be outside looking in the grass for Easter eggs.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> \u2014for hard-boiled eggs; yes.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> Yes, exactly; and we found them for the next six months, you know, into the summer. [Laughter] But we didn\u2019t really get to the core of the message. You went to <em>church<\/em> to get the core message. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>7:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tListen! This is a way for a mom and a dad\u2014or grandparents\u2014to take the message of Easter and to practically work your way through six different sessions, over six weeks, and reading stories that highlight what Easter is all about.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> Yes; Barbara, we are about two months out from Easter.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> Correct.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> Easter is on April 1<sup>st<\/sup> this year.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> That\u2019s right.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> Of course, that gives us lots of April Fools opportunities for Easter. [Laughter] We\u2019re going to have to figure out how we\u2019re going to handle all of that. With two months out, a lot of people are going, \u201cI\u2019ve got plenty of time to think about this.\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tIt has been the history of the Christian church that, in the weeks leading up to Easter, Christians do have an intense time of focus. That\u2019s traditionally been called the Lenten period, but you\u2019ve renamed it. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> Well, I kind of have renamed it. [Laughter] We\u2019ll see if it sticks! I\u2019ve decided that what we need to do is\u2014we need to focus on Lent as another Advent in our faith. Advent means \u201ccoming.\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>8:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tIf we start on Lent, which starts this year, actually, on Valentine\u2019s\u2014so you\u2019ve got Valentine\u2019s Day to celebrate with your family, but it\u2019s also the beginning of Lent. What we\u2019re trying to explain to families today is: \u201cIf you start on Lent and work your way through this Easter banner and Advent calendar, you can teach your children why the cross is so important.\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tWhat the content does\u2014that you\u2019ll read a little snippet of each day that will only take a couple of minutes of your time\u2014as you read through this, every day for 40 days, your family is going to be anticipating the miracle of the cross in a way that they won\u2019t, or wouldn\u2019t, if you waited to do something to celebrate Easter until Monday or Tuesday before Easter. Observing Lent this way, as an Advent, allows your family to build anticipation and to begin to understand what Easter is actually all about.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> So Easter Advent begins on Valentine\u2019s Day this year\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> \u2014on Valentine\u2019s Day.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>9:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> \u2014all the way up to Easter. You\u2019ve developed something that\u2019s got two components. This resource is designed to accomplish what you wished you had as a young mom\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> Yes.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> \u2014a few minutes each day to begin building anticipation for the celebration of Easter. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> Yes; that\u2019s right. It\u2019s a banner that has a picture of a lamb; because Jesus is the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world, as John the Baptist proclaimed Him. There\u2019s a lamb on one side, and on that same side there are 40 numbers written. It starts on one side\u201440 and goes 39, 38, 37, 36...all the way to 1. There\u2019s a marker that comes with it\u2014and kids like this kind of thing, just like they love counting down the days until Christmas. This is a way to involve your kids in counting down the days to Easter. You move the marker as you read a verse and answer two questions together \/ you move the marker every day, closer and closer to Easter. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tAs you go through the little calendar that comes with it\u2014it starts in Genesis and goes all of the way to the New Testament. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>10:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tIt talks about who Jesus is and how He was predicted\u2014how He was prophesied \/ how hints of Him were found throughout the Old Testament\u2014so that, when He came, people would recognize Him. They would know, \u201cOh, this is the Messiah that we heard about all through our study of the Old Testament.\u201d It\u2019s a way to help you teach your kids who Jesus is and why He came, and it\u2019s a way to build anticipation for Easter as you count down the days and move the marker together.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> The banner hangs on the wall. The calendar is really a flip book.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> It\u2019s a little flip calendar.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> You put it on the breakfast room table\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara: <\/strong>Yes.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>\u2014and it can sit there all through the holiday. Each day, you just flip over and you read what\u2019s on the flip calendar for that day as you move the marker on the calendar on the wall. I guarantee you\u2014you start doing this with your kids, and after two days of doing it, they\u2019re the ones who are going to be saying\u2014 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> Yes; yes! That\u2019s exactly right. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> That\u2019s right. [Laughter]\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>11:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> Here\u2019s the thing\u2014I just want to breathe a little bit of forgiveness into our listening audience. You don\u2019t have to do all 40! Don\u2019t be obsessed with missing a day. If you miss a day, you\u2019ll get it next year; because your kids will want to pull this out for Easter after Easter after Easter. Maybe after you\u2019ve done it for ten years, you will have been through all 40 by that point.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> That\u2019s right.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> And I think\u2014honestly and I feel this\u2014when we were doing Advent for Christmas, sometimes I didn\u2019t want to start it; because I would be embarrassed by how few of the candles we had lit as we went through Advent. [Laughter] You know, the evidence is there\u2014the wicks aren\u2019t charred!\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> You didn\u2019t want to start and then fail in the process.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> I didn\u2019t; I didn\u2019t. But this is a message that, even if you only made half of the days\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> \u2014even if you didn\u2019t make half of the days\u2014my message to moms has always been: \u201c<em>Some<\/em> is better than none. So start. Even if you only get ten of the forty days done, it\u2019s better than nothing; because you can do it again next year.\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>12:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tIt\u2019s a resource that you can use year after year after year. It can become a very important tradition with your family. Your kids will look forward to it. They may even fight over whose turn it is to move the marker. But don\u2019t obsess over what you get done or don\u2019t get done, because some is better than none.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> So, Tracy, do you suffer from this Advent guilt, as a young mom? Have you experienced that?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Tracy:<\/strong> You know, it\u2019s interesting\u2014we try to do a lot in our family with traditions. That\u2019s how I was raised, and I am trying to pass those on to my children; but you kind of forget every place you need a tradition. Working with Barbara reminds me you can do so many more traditions than what you think. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tYou know, I have never pictured creating traditions around Lent, for example; but seeing this\u2014it just puts it right into my lap. How can I refuse to do that? It makes it so easy. I, of course, want to elevate Easter for my children. I want them to anticipate the greatest miracle of all time. I haven\u2019t really known how to do that.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>13:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tSeeing this tells me exactly how\u2014it lays it out for me. It gives me something to be excited about. I have a strategy, as a mom, where I can win. And it\u2019s something that my kids can do quickly enough in the morning. We\u2019re planning to do it in the car on the way to school as, kind of, our carpool line reading. We can fit that into the schedule that we have. With that, I really have no excuse not to do this, and to create excitement for my children, and pass our faith on during this critical time.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> It also sets dads up to be a winner too. I\u2019ll never forget, back in the early years, when we started FamilyLife\u2014it had to be in either the late \u201870s or early \u201880s\u2014I had lunch with a businessman who ran a big company\u2014it was very, very large. He just confessed to me, as I developed a friendship with him over a number of lunches\u2014he said: \u201cDennis, I know how to lead my company to profits, but put me in front of my family\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>14:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t\u2014with those beady little eyes staring at me at the dinner table or the breakfast table\u2014and I\u2019m terrified. I don\u2019t know what to do! I need help. I need tools.\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThat\u2019s why Barbara created the tool. It helps both moms and dads be effective in passing on the meaning for the holiday.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> There are some folks who have mistakenly thought, over the years, that participation in a Lenten observance somehow earns you favor with God\u2014that it\u2019s a part of how you build merit for yourself. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> Yes.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> So they\u2019ve been very faithful to go through this, thinking, \u201cI need to do this,\u201d or \u201cGod will punish me if I don\u2019t,\u201d or \u201cI\u2019ll get bonus points if I do.\u201d We need to understand that that\u2019s never been God\u2019s design.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> Yes.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> All of our punishment has been taken, and all of our bonus points have been merited for us in what Christ has done\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> Yes.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> \u2014that\u2019s the message of Easter.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> That\u2019s right.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> That\u2019s the good news. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>15:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tBut there is benefit that does come to us as we participate in these kinds of spiritual disciplines. This period\u2014between the traditional start of Lent \/ what you\u2019re calling the Easter Advent and the Resurrection [Day]\u2014to have our minds and hearts focused on what the Bible tells us about the work of Christ on the cross. Our participation in that kind of discipline will be good for our own soul\u2014 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> Yes.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> \u2014it\u2019ll be good for our kids\u2019 souls; won\u2019t it?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> Yes; and I think parents\u2014like Tracy was saying\u2014I think parents <em>want<\/em> to be the ones to influence their kids for Christ. I wanted that\u2014I wanted to introduce them to what I knew about Jesus. What this does is\u2014it gives you an opportunity, every day, to teach your children that Jesus was foretold from the beginning. It gives you an opportunity to grow their faith as they encounter these details about God\u2019s amazing plan for salvation. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>16:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tIt helps them begin to understand the problem of sin, which is why Jesus went to the cross. As you walk through these day-by-day little readings and little discussions together, you are teaching your children the Bible. You, as mom and dad, are being important in their lives. You\u2019re influencing them \/ you\u2019re helping them understand what is written in the Old Testament that talks about Jesus and why He had to go to the cross.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tAnd that was what I was looking for, as a mom\u2014I was looking for a way that I could teach my children about Jesus.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> And I want to demonstrate how simple this is. I\u2019m going to crown Bob as the father of this small little family; okay? [Laughter]\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> \u201cY\u2019all are going to have to behave! That\u2019s rule number one; okay?!\u201d [Laughter]\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> What happens if we don\u2019t?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> And I\u2019m going to give Bob the Easter Advent for families\u2014just the little flip chart. I want you to just take us through Ash Wednesday, Day 40.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> Do we just listen, or can we snicker and roll our eyes like kids?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> Oh, we\u2019ll be kids. We\u2019ve got to be kids! [Laughter] \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>17:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tGuess what kind of kid I\u2019m going to be?! [Laughter]\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> Yes; well, you may get dismissed and sent to your room depending on how this goes. [Laughter]\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tSo, Day 40 is the beginning of Lent. On the calendar, we would set our marker at \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tDay 40; because we\u2019re counting down. This is not Day 1 \/ this is Day 40.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara: <\/strong>Day 40.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>It is a countdown. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> \u201cDaddy! How long is this going to last?\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> \u201cAs long as it takes. You just sit there and be quiet; okay?\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tSo it begins with a short story\u2014it says:\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThe first clues about Jesus the Messiah are found in the beginning of time. In the Garden of Eden, Adam and Eve lived in a perfect place. They were perfect people who talked freely with a perfect God. What do you imagine that was like? Probably, it was just like God had planned it, full of beauty and trust.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI might stop here and just say to the kids, \u201cWhat do you think it would be like to live in a perfect place with perfect people?\u201d\u2014so\u2014\u201cDennis, what do you think that would be like?\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> \u201cThere would be perfect peace in our family.\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> \u201cYes.\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> Imagine that!\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> \u201cYes; not like what we have today; right?\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> That\u2019s right!\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>18:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> \u201cYes; and my sister wouldn\u2019t take my things and not bring them back.\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> \u201cRight.\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t\u201cTracy, what would it be like to live in a perfect place with perfect people?\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Tracy:<\/strong> \u201cYou\u2019d let me eat candy for breakfast.\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> \u201cNo, because that wouldn\u2019t be what\u2019s <em>best <\/em>for you.\u201d [Laughter]\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> Are you saying God didn\u2019t make candy?!\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> God made candy, but He rationed it; okay? [Laughter]\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> Okay.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tNow, when Adam and Eve sinned, everything changed. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tAnd, if I\u2019m reading through this, I\u2019m going to stop here and say, \u201cWhen we talk about Adam and Eve sinning, we\u2019re talking about them saying, \u2018I want to live life my way, not God\u2019s way.\u2019 That\u2019s what sinning is\u2014it\u2019s deciding, \u2018I\u2019m in charge of my life, rather than God being in charge of my life.\u2019\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tWhen Adam and Eve sinned, everything changed forever. For the first time, they started accusing God and each other. They hid. They lied. They were afraid. Have you ever done something you knew was wrong, and it made you want to hide or be afraid? Have you ever lied about what you did?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> \u201cBarbara has!\u201d [Laughter]\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> \u201cI\u2019m asking if <em>you\u2019ve <\/em>ever done that, Dennis.\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> \u201cThe answer is, \u2018Yes\u2019; I\u2019ll admit it! [Laughter]\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> \u201cAnd we all know you <em>have<\/em>. We have the evidence.\u201d [Laughter]\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>19:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tGod, in all His love, knew this couple He created needed to be rescued. He knew they couldn\u2019t fix the brokenness in their lives on their own. Their sin had to be paid for. Their relationship with God and each other needed fixing. So, this week, we\u2019re going to look at one verse every day to help us understand how God planned to save us through His rescuer, Jesus.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThat\u2019s the introduction to this whole project.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> Yes.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> Now we get to Day 40, which says: \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tRomans 3:23: \u201cAll have sinned, and fall short of the glory of God.\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tAnd there are questions here: \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tWhat do you think \u201cfall short of the glory of God\u201d means?\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t\u201cBarbara, what do you think?\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> \u201cThat\u2019s a <em>hard <\/em>question.\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> \u201cThat is a hard question.\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> \u201cWhat\u2019s the glory of God?\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> So, at this point, moms and dads go, \u201cOkay; I don\u2019t know the answer to that!\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t[Laughter] So what do they do, Dennis?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> Honestly, it\u2019s okay if you don\u2019t know the answer! \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>20:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tFind somebody who does; okay?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> Well, if you look ahead, the next question helps you illustrate that for your kids.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> It says:\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tParent, try asking your kids to jump to a place that you know is beyond their ability. Show how everyone falls short of the line, no matter how good at jumping each person is. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tSo, \u201cfalling short\u201d is\u2014it\u2019s a little project you can do. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> Yes.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> Say: \u201cLet\u2019s jump from the living room into the dining room. Everybody\u2019s going to give that a try.\u201d Nobody makes it to the dining room from the living room, unless you\u2019re in an apartment. Some people may have to go out in the street.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> \u201cOh, I can! I get right there by the door at the edge of the dining room to jump into the living room.\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> \u201cNo; I\u2019m going to set the lines for each one.\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> \u201cOh, okay.\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> \u201cYou will fall short; and we\u2019ll talk about how, when it comes to pleasing God, our lives fall short.\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tSo, there\u2019s an activity you can do here. Again, all of this may take a total of five minutes.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> That\u2019s what it just took\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> Yes. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> \u2014I watched the clock. It\u2019s been about six minutes, with all of the joking around we\u2019ve done. Frankly, it may go a little bit longer; but if they\u2019re asking questions, that\u2019s what you want! \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>21:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> That is what you want\u2014you want it to be interactive. You want to engage your kids in thinking about God\u2014and Who He is and what He expects from us. Not having the answer is okay, as a parent, because there are a lot of things I don\u2019t understand. There are a lot of questions I could never answer for my kids. But it is okay; and if we point them to God and say: \u201cWe don\u2019t understand everything, but God does. What He has done for us is good. We\u2019re going to continue reading this tomorrow, and maybe we\u2019ll know the answer by the end of the week.\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tHaving the conversation is what\u2019s so important. That\u2019s what parents, I think, long for\u2014is: \u201cHow do I engage my kids in meaningful conversations about spiritual things?\u201d That\u2019s exactly what that dad was asking you, years ago: \u201cHow do I do this? How do I talk to my kids about God?\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> I know it feels like we\u2019re still a long way away from Easter, but the Lenten season \/ Easter Advent starts next week. Now is a great time for us to start making preparations for how we\u2019re going to emphasize the Resurrection during this season. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>22:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tAgain, there are resources available that you\u2019ve been working on. Listeners can go to our website at FamilyLifeToday.com to see the Messiah Mystery kit that you\u2019ve put together and the Easter Banner that you\u2019ve created \/ other resources that we have. Go to FamilyLifeToday.com for more information on these resources. You can order them from us, online, if you\u2019d like; or call 1-800-FL-TODAY to order; or if you have any questions about the resources that Barbara has been working on for Easter and for the Lenten season. Again, our website: FamilyLifeToday.com; and our toll-free number is 1-800-358-6329\u2014that\u2019s 1-800-\u201cF\u201d as in family, \u201cL\u201d as in life, and then the word, \u201cTODAY.\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tDon\u2019t forget\u2014we\u2019ve got an event that is coming up in April that you or your church may want to participate in. It is our <em>Blended and Blessed<\/em><sup>\u2122<\/sup> one-day livestreamed event that we\u2019re going to be hosting in Charlotte, North Carolina. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>23:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tIt\u2019s going to be viewed by folks in churches and in living rooms all across the country this spring. The date is April 21<sup>st<\/sup>. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI mention it because you or your church may want to invite a group and make this a part of your church\u2019s ministry. I also mention it because I want those of you who support this ministry to know, when you make a donation, you\u2019re helping us cover the cost for events like this, along with the cost of <em>FamilyLife Today <\/em>being heard on this local radio station, day in and day out.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tIf it\u2019s been awhile since you\u2019ve made a donation, or if you\u2019re a regular listener and you\u2019ve never donated, consider making a donation today. Go to FamilyLifeToday.com, or call 1-800-FL-TODAY to donate. You can also mail your donation to us at <em>FamilyLife Today <\/em>at PO Box 7111, Little Rock, AR; and our zip code is 72223. Again, your donations are going to make it possible for more people to more regularly be exposed to God\u2019s truth about marriage and family. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>24:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThat\u2019s our mission, here, at FamilyLife<sup>\u00ae<\/sup>; and we appreciate those of you who partner in that mission with us. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tAnd we hope you\u2019ll join us back again tomorrow. We\u2019re going to continue talking about how we can set our hearts and our minds on the upcoming celebration of Jesus\u2019 resurrection and how we can encourage our children and, maybe, even our neighbors to be alert to that celebration as well. We\u2019ll talk with Barbara Rainey and Tracy Lane about that tomorrow. I hope you can be with us for that.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI want to thank our engineer today, Keith Lynch, along with our entire broadcast production team. On behalf of our host, Dennis Rainey, I'm Bob Lepine. We will see you back tomorrow for another edition of <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em>. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<em>FamilyLife Today<\/em> is a production of FamilyLife of Little Rock, Arkansas; a Cru<sup>\u00ae <\/sup>Ministry. Help for today. Hope for tomorrow.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tWe are so happy to provide these transcripts to you. However, there is a cost to produce them for our website. If you\u2019ve benefited from the broadcast transcripts, would you consider <a href=\"http:\/\/wp-stage.familylife.com\/www\/donate\">donating today<\/a> to help defray the costs?\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tCopyright <sup>\u00a9<\/sup> 2018 FamilyLife. 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Will you be ready spiritually? Barbara Rainey teams up with Tracy Lane to coach moms on how to make the most of Easter.","meta_box":{"show_notes":"","transcript_url":"https:\/\/transcript.familylifetoday.com\/fl2018-02-05.pdf","transcript_content":"<strong>Bob: <\/strong>Have you started thinking about Easter yet? Let\u2019s be honest\u2014most of us haven\u2019t; but Barbara Rainey says, if we take our faith seriously, now\u2019s the time to start thinking about celebrating Jesus\u2019 resurrection.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> I want my children to understand the Bible. I want them to understand how all of this was woven together by God to a grand culmination on Resurrection Day. So, even if they already knew some of it, I would bet that most middle school and high school kids don\u2019t know it all. They may roll their eyes\u2014our kids did! If you start when they\u2019re younger, it\u2019s a tradition that they will anticipate and they know it\u2019s going to happen. They may roll their eyes and complain, but you want to teach your kids why Easter matters. So go for it!\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>This is <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em> for Monday, February 5<sup>th<\/sup>. Our host is Dennis Rainey, and I'm Bob Lepine. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>1:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tIf the resurrection of Jesus is the most significant event in all of human history, then shouldn\u2019t our preparation for the celebration of that event be something we take seriously? We\u2019ll talk more about that today. Stay with us.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tAnd welcome to <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em>. Thanks for joining us. I know we\u2019re just into the new year, and people aren\u2019t necessarily stopping to think, \u201cWhen is Easter this year?\u201d Most of us don\u2019t stop and think, \u201cWhen is Easter?\u201d until the Thursday before Easter; and then we go, \u201cOh, it is Easter this weekend!\u201d Right? [Laughter]\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> Yes.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>And a lot of our listeners don\u2019t participate in Lent; so they\u2019re not even anticipating the 40 days leading up to Easter as well.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> Right.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> But we\u2019ve got somebody in the studio\u2014not just <em>somebody<\/em>\u2014[Laughter]\u2014she is the second greatest love of my life, Barbara, for 45 years. Welcome back, Sweetheart.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> Thanks. I love doing radio with you guys\u2014it\u2019s fun.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> I like doing radio with you\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> It\u2019s great, Bob.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> \u2014and a compadre in crime. It\u2019s, actually, not a crime\u2014it\u2019s\u2014[Laughter]\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> I was going to say\u2014 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> Yes; right!\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> \u201cWhat have you guys been up to?\u201d [Laughter]\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>2:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> Well, they\u2019re just buddies, cooking up ways to help families celebrate the seasons\u2014the seasons, especially, with a strong Christian message.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tTracy Lane joins us again on <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em>. Welcome back, Tracy.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Tracy:<\/strong> Thank you. I\u2019m glad to be here. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> Barbara, we talked about the fact that most people don\u2019t think about Easter until, maybe, the week before. You\u2019ve been thinking about Easter for months now; haven\u2019t you?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> Yes; I don\u2019t really ever stop thinking about Easter, actually. I think about it after Easter: \u201cOkay, what can we do next year?\u201d\u2014how can we elevate the perception \/ elevate the celebration\u2014help people make more of Easter. Especially during last Christmas, I was thinking about it; because we spend so much money, and energy, and focus, and intentionality around Christmas\u2014none of which is bad\u2014but we give, by comparison, very little attention to Easter, as you said. So, I start thinking about it and start wondering, \u201cHow can we help people engage with this holiday, the most important holiday of the year, for those of us who believe in Christ?\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>3:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> Yes; and Barbara, I think there may be more than just a few men listening right now\u2014husbands, dads, and perhaps grandfathers\u2014who are listening in right now. They need to realize that this is not a holiday you delegate to your wife\u2014you say: \u201cThis is your job! You take care of this.\u201d I think men need to own this holiday and its message every bit as much as our wives do. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI have to tell you\u2014I got this from Barbara. She poked, and prodded, and reminded me\u2014and kept, not pestering me\u2014but just said: \u201cLook! It is the greatest holiday that we celebrate all year! It is salvation from God! It is redemption; it is hope\u2014life after death. We ought to be communicating the truth of the gospel to our kids, and this is a great way to introduce your children to how Jesus Christ came to redeem them.\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> So back when your kids were 5-15 years old\u2014 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> Yes?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>4:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> \u2014were both of you pretty intentional in the weeks leading up to Easter, to make it a focus?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> I wanted to be, but I wasn\u2019t; because I didn\u2019t know what to do. I remember thinking: \u201cI want to do something about Easter. I want to make it more important.\u201d I knew it was more important, but I didn\u2019t know what to do. I didn\u2019t have the bandwidth, because I was swamped with kids, to be creative and think of something. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tYou know, I tried a few things through the years; but I never landed on anything that really helped me teach my children why Easter was so important, other than what we just normally did by going to church, and Sunday school, and talking about it. We talked about it, but I wanted an activity. I wanted someone to say: \u201cHere, read this to your kids,\u201d \u201cHere, do this with your children, and this will help them put the cross in context with the whole Bible and with God\u2019s plan from the very beginning.\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> And you were giving this charge to guys\u2014were you in the game, back 25 or 30 years ago?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> No; no! \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>5:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI wasn\u2019t, and I was more of a spectator. I would really say\u2014what Barbara has created here is a resource and a tool that gives moms and dads\u2014grandparents \/ aunts and uncles\u2014a way to celebrate Easter with your children\u2014with you grandchildren \/ with your nieces and nephews\u2014and to embed the message of this most holy of all holidays in the hearts of your children.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> Tracy, you\u2019ve got young kids at home. You work with Barbara on all of these resources that she\u2019s working on. I guess you kind of have to be intentional about holidays with your kids; don\u2019t you?\u2014it\u2019s part of the job.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Tracy:<\/strong> Yes; well, I\u2019m thankful for the encouragement. I tell people a lot of times that I\u2019m reminded what to do in my home when I go to work, which is great! Not everyone gets to do that, and so I take a lot of these ideas home and talk with my husband about them.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tIt\u2019s funny; because when we were dating, I got him an Easter basket for our first Easter date. That was a big thing that my family did, growing up. He was shocked!\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>6:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> The plastic grass and eggs and everything?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Tracy:<\/strong> Well, it actually had a new Easter shirt, which was tradition; but I kind of didn\u2019t like all of the shirts he was wearing during our dating days. [Laughter]\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> I love it! \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Tracy:<\/strong> So I was like: \u201cHere, honey. Here\u2019s a new Easter shirt.\u201d He was going to church with our family; so I needed him to look nice. [Laughter]\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tBut I also wanted to get him in on the tradition\u2014my family had these traditions. He was so surprised; because his family had never done anything, really, to celebrate Easter. That began the trajectory in our relationship of making Easter a big deal. He still talks about that to this day to our girls, \u201cMommy got me an Easter basket, and that told me this day is important.\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> Yes.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> I think back to my years of growing up. All I remember, in Southwest Missouri, was how cold it was. We would be outside looking in the grass for Easter eggs.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> \u2014for hard-boiled eggs; yes.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> Yes, exactly; and we found them for the next six months, you know, into the summer. [Laughter] But we didn\u2019t really get to the core of the message. You went to <em>church<\/em> to get the core message. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>7:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tListen! This is a way for a mom and a dad\u2014or grandparents\u2014to take the message of Easter and to practically work your way through six different sessions, over six weeks, and reading stories that highlight what Easter is all about.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> Yes; Barbara, we are about two months out from Easter.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> Correct.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> Easter is on April 1<sup>st<\/sup> this year.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> That\u2019s right.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> Of course, that gives us lots of April Fools opportunities for Easter. [Laughter] We\u2019re going to have to figure out how we\u2019re going to handle all of that. With two months out, a lot of people are going, \u201cI\u2019ve got plenty of time to think about this.\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tIt has been the history of the Christian church that, in the weeks leading up to Easter, Christians do have an intense time of focus. That\u2019s traditionally been called the Lenten period, but you\u2019ve renamed it. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> Well, I kind of have renamed it. [Laughter] We\u2019ll see if it sticks! I\u2019ve decided that what we need to do is\u2014we need to focus on Lent as another Advent in our faith. Advent means \u201ccoming.\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>8:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tIf we start on Lent, which starts this year, actually, on Valentine\u2019s\u2014so you\u2019ve got Valentine\u2019s Day to celebrate with your family, but it\u2019s also the beginning of Lent. What we\u2019re trying to explain to families today is: \u201cIf you start on Lent and work your way through this Easter banner and Advent calendar, you can teach your children why the cross is so important.\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tWhat the content does\u2014that you\u2019ll read a little snippet of each day that will only take a couple of minutes of your time\u2014as you read through this, every day for 40 days, your family is going to be anticipating the miracle of the cross in a way that they won\u2019t, or wouldn\u2019t, if you waited to do something to celebrate Easter until Monday or Tuesday before Easter. Observing Lent this way, as an Advent, allows your family to build anticipation and to begin to understand what Easter is actually all about.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> So Easter Advent begins on Valentine\u2019s Day this year\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> \u2014on Valentine\u2019s Day.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>9:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> \u2014all the way up to Easter. You\u2019ve developed something that\u2019s got two components. This resource is designed to accomplish what you wished you had as a young mom\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> Yes.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> \u2014a few minutes each day to begin building anticipation for the celebration of Easter. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> Yes; that\u2019s right. It\u2019s a banner that has a picture of a lamb; because Jesus is the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world, as John the Baptist proclaimed Him. There\u2019s a lamb on one side, and on that same side there are 40 numbers written. It starts on one side\u201440 and goes 39, 38, 37, 36...all the way to 1. There\u2019s a marker that comes with it\u2014and kids like this kind of thing, just like they love counting down the days until Christmas. This is a way to involve your kids in counting down the days to Easter. You move the marker as you read a verse and answer two questions together \/ you move the marker every day, closer and closer to Easter. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tAs you go through the little calendar that comes with it\u2014it starts in Genesis and goes all of the way to the New Testament. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>10:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tIt talks about who Jesus is and how He was predicted\u2014how He was prophesied \/ how hints of Him were found throughout the Old Testament\u2014so that, when He came, people would recognize Him. They would know, \u201cOh, this is the Messiah that we heard about all through our study of the Old Testament.\u201d It\u2019s a way to help you teach your kids who Jesus is and why He came, and it\u2019s a way to build anticipation for Easter as you count down the days and move the marker together.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> The banner hangs on the wall. The calendar is really a flip book.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> It\u2019s a little flip calendar.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> You put it on the breakfast room table\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara: <\/strong>Yes.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>\u2014and it can sit there all through the holiday. Each day, you just flip over and you read what\u2019s on the flip calendar for that day as you move the marker on the calendar on the wall. I guarantee you\u2014you start doing this with your kids, and after two days of doing it, they\u2019re the ones who are going to be saying\u2014 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> Yes; yes! That\u2019s exactly right. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> That\u2019s right. [Laughter]\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>11:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> Here\u2019s the thing\u2014I just want to breathe a little bit of forgiveness into our listening audience. You don\u2019t have to do all 40! Don\u2019t be obsessed with missing a day. If you miss a day, you\u2019ll get it next year; because your kids will want to pull this out for Easter after Easter after Easter. Maybe after you\u2019ve done it for ten years, you will have been through all 40 by that point.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> That\u2019s right.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> And I think\u2014honestly and I feel this\u2014when we were doing Advent for Christmas, sometimes I didn\u2019t want to start it; because I would be embarrassed by how few of the candles we had lit as we went through Advent. [Laughter] You know, the evidence is there\u2014the wicks aren\u2019t charred!\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> You didn\u2019t want to start and then fail in the process.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> I didn\u2019t; I didn\u2019t. But this is a message that, even if you only made half of the days\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> \u2014even if you didn\u2019t make half of the days\u2014my message to moms has always been: \u201c<em>Some<\/em> is better than none. So start. Even if you only get ten of the forty days done, it\u2019s better than nothing; because you can do it again next year.\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>12:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tIt\u2019s a resource that you can use year after year after year. It can become a very important tradition with your family. Your kids will look forward to it. They may even fight over whose turn it is to move the marker. But don\u2019t obsess over what you get done or don\u2019t get done, because some is better than none.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> So, Tracy, do you suffer from this Advent guilt, as a young mom? Have you experienced that?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Tracy:<\/strong> You know, it\u2019s interesting\u2014we try to do a lot in our family with traditions. That\u2019s how I was raised, and I am trying to pass those on to my children; but you kind of forget every place you need a tradition. Working with Barbara reminds me you can do so many more traditions than what you think. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tYou know, I have never pictured creating traditions around Lent, for example; but seeing this\u2014it just puts it right into my lap. How can I refuse to do that? It makes it so easy. I, of course, want to elevate Easter for my children. I want them to anticipate the greatest miracle of all time. I haven\u2019t really known how to do that.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>13:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tSeeing this tells me exactly how\u2014it lays it out for me. It gives me something to be excited about. I have a strategy, as a mom, where I can win. And it\u2019s something that my kids can do quickly enough in the morning. We\u2019re planning to do it in the car on the way to school as, kind of, our carpool line reading. We can fit that into the schedule that we have. With that, I really have no excuse not to do this, and to create excitement for my children, and pass our faith on during this critical time.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> It also sets dads up to be a winner too. I\u2019ll never forget, back in the early years, when we started FamilyLife\u2014it had to be in either the late \u201870s or early \u201880s\u2014I had lunch with a businessman who ran a big company\u2014it was very, very large. He just confessed to me, as I developed a friendship with him over a number of lunches\u2014he said: \u201cDennis, I know how to lead my company to profits, but put me in front of my family\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>14:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t\u2014with those beady little eyes staring at me at the dinner table or the breakfast table\u2014and I\u2019m terrified. I don\u2019t know what to do! I need help. I need tools.\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThat\u2019s why Barbara created the tool. It helps both moms and dads be effective in passing on the meaning for the holiday.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> There are some folks who have mistakenly thought, over the years, that participation in a Lenten observance somehow earns you favor with God\u2014that it\u2019s a part of how you build merit for yourself. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> Yes.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> So they\u2019ve been very faithful to go through this, thinking, \u201cI need to do this,\u201d or \u201cGod will punish me if I don\u2019t,\u201d or \u201cI\u2019ll get bonus points if I do.\u201d We need to understand that that\u2019s never been God\u2019s design.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> Yes.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> All of our punishment has been taken, and all of our bonus points have been merited for us in what Christ has done\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> Yes.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> \u2014that\u2019s the message of Easter.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> That\u2019s right.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> That\u2019s the good news. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>15:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tBut there is benefit that does come to us as we participate in these kinds of spiritual disciplines. This period\u2014between the traditional start of Lent \/ what you\u2019re calling the Easter Advent and the Resurrection [Day]\u2014to have our minds and hearts focused on what the Bible tells us about the work of Christ on the cross. Our participation in that kind of discipline will be good for our own soul\u2014 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> Yes.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> \u2014it\u2019ll be good for our kids\u2019 souls; won\u2019t it?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> Yes; and I think parents\u2014like Tracy was saying\u2014I think parents <em>want<\/em> to be the ones to influence their kids for Christ. I wanted that\u2014I wanted to introduce them to what I knew about Jesus. What this does is\u2014it gives you an opportunity, every day, to teach your children that Jesus was foretold from the beginning. It gives you an opportunity to grow their faith as they encounter these details about God\u2019s amazing plan for salvation. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>16:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tIt helps them begin to understand the problem of sin, which is why Jesus went to the cross. As you walk through these day-by-day little readings and little discussions together, you are teaching your children the Bible. You, as mom and dad, are being important in their lives. You\u2019re influencing them \/ you\u2019re helping them understand what is written in the Old Testament that talks about Jesus and why He had to go to the cross.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tAnd that was what I was looking for, as a mom\u2014I was looking for a way that I could teach my children about Jesus.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> And I want to demonstrate how simple this is. I\u2019m going to crown Bob as the father of this small little family; okay? [Laughter]\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> \u201cY\u2019all are going to have to behave! That\u2019s rule number one; okay?!\u201d [Laughter]\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> What happens if we don\u2019t?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> And I\u2019m going to give Bob the Easter Advent for families\u2014just the little flip chart. I want you to just take us through Ash Wednesday, Day 40.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> Do we just listen, or can we snicker and roll our eyes like kids?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> Oh, we\u2019ll be kids. We\u2019ve got to be kids! [Laughter] \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>17:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tGuess what kind of kid I\u2019m going to be?! [Laughter]\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> Yes; well, you may get dismissed and sent to your room depending on how this goes. [Laughter]\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tSo, Day 40 is the beginning of Lent. On the calendar, we would set our marker at \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tDay 40; because we\u2019re counting down. This is not Day 1 \/ this is Day 40.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara: <\/strong>Day 40.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>It is a countdown. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> \u201cDaddy! How long is this going to last?\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> \u201cAs long as it takes. You just sit there and be quiet; okay?\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tSo it begins with a short story\u2014it says:\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThe first clues about Jesus the Messiah are found in the beginning of time. In the Garden of Eden, Adam and Eve lived in a perfect place. They were perfect people who talked freely with a perfect God. What do you imagine that was like? Probably, it was just like God had planned it, full of beauty and trust.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI might stop here and just say to the kids, \u201cWhat do you think it would be like to live in a perfect place with perfect people?\u201d\u2014so\u2014\u201cDennis, what do you think that would be like?\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> \u201cThere would be perfect peace in our family.\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> \u201cYes.\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> Imagine that!\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> \u201cYes; not like what we have today; right?\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> That\u2019s right!\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>18:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> \u201cYes; and my sister wouldn\u2019t take my things and not bring them back.\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> \u201cRight.\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t\u201cTracy, what would it be like to live in a perfect place with perfect people?\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Tracy:<\/strong> \u201cYou\u2019d let me eat candy for breakfast.\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> \u201cNo, because that wouldn\u2019t be what\u2019s <em>best <\/em>for you.\u201d [Laughter]\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> Are you saying God didn\u2019t make candy?!\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> God made candy, but He rationed it; okay? [Laughter]\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> Okay.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tNow, when Adam and Eve sinned, everything changed. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tAnd, if I\u2019m reading through this, I\u2019m going to stop here and say, \u201cWhen we talk about Adam and Eve sinning, we\u2019re talking about them saying, \u2018I want to live life my way, not God\u2019s way.\u2019 That\u2019s what sinning is\u2014it\u2019s deciding, \u2018I\u2019m in charge of my life, rather than God being in charge of my life.\u2019\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tWhen Adam and Eve sinned, everything changed forever. For the first time, they started accusing God and each other. They hid. They lied. They were afraid. Have you ever done something you knew was wrong, and it made you want to hide or be afraid? Have you ever lied about what you did?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> \u201cBarbara has!\u201d [Laughter]\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> \u201cI\u2019m asking if <em>you\u2019ve <\/em>ever done that, Dennis.\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> \u201cThe answer is, \u2018Yes\u2019; I\u2019ll admit it! [Laughter]\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> \u201cAnd we all know you <em>have<\/em>. We have the evidence.\u201d [Laughter]\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>19:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tGod, in all His love, knew this couple He created needed to be rescued. He knew they couldn\u2019t fix the brokenness in their lives on their own. Their sin had to be paid for. Their relationship with God and each other needed fixing. So, this week, we\u2019re going to look at one verse every day to help us understand how God planned to save us through His rescuer, Jesus.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThat\u2019s the introduction to this whole project.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> Yes.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> Now we get to Day 40, which says: \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tRomans 3:23: \u201cAll have sinned, and fall short of the glory of God.\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tAnd there are questions here: \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tWhat do you think \u201cfall short of the glory of God\u201d means?\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t\u201cBarbara, what do you think?\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> \u201cThat\u2019s a <em>hard <\/em>question.\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> \u201cThat is a hard question.\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> \u201cWhat\u2019s the glory of God?\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> So, at this point, moms and dads go, \u201cOkay; I don\u2019t know the answer to that!\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t[Laughter] So what do they do, Dennis?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> Honestly, it\u2019s okay if you don\u2019t know the answer! \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>20:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tFind somebody who does; okay?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> Well, if you look ahead, the next question helps you illustrate that for your kids.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> It says:\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tParent, try asking your kids to jump to a place that you know is beyond their ability. Show how everyone falls short of the line, no matter how good at jumping each person is. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tSo, \u201cfalling short\u201d is\u2014it\u2019s a little project you can do. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> Yes.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> Say: \u201cLet\u2019s jump from the living room into the dining room. Everybody\u2019s going to give that a try.\u201d Nobody makes it to the dining room from the living room, unless you\u2019re in an apartment. Some people may have to go out in the street.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> \u201cOh, I can! I get right there by the door at the edge of the dining room to jump into the living room.\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> \u201cNo; I\u2019m going to set the lines for each one.\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> \u201cOh, okay.\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> \u201cYou will fall short; and we\u2019ll talk about how, when it comes to pleasing God, our lives fall short.\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tSo, there\u2019s an activity you can do here. Again, all of this may take a total of five minutes.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> That\u2019s what it just took\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> Yes. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> \u2014I watched the clock. It\u2019s been about six minutes, with all of the joking around we\u2019ve done. Frankly, it may go a little bit longer; but if they\u2019re asking questions, that\u2019s what you want! \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>21:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> That is what you want\u2014you want it to be interactive. You want to engage your kids in thinking about God\u2014and Who He is and what He expects from us. Not having the answer is okay, as a parent, because there are a lot of things I don\u2019t understand. There are a lot of questions I could never answer for my kids. But it is okay; and if we point them to God and say: \u201cWe don\u2019t understand everything, but God does. What He has done for us is good. We\u2019re going to continue reading this tomorrow, and maybe we\u2019ll know the answer by the end of the week.\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tHaving the conversation is what\u2019s so important. That\u2019s what parents, I think, long for\u2014is: \u201cHow do I engage my kids in meaningful conversations about spiritual things?\u201d That\u2019s exactly what that dad was asking you, years ago: \u201cHow do I do this? How do I talk to my kids about God?\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> I know it feels like we\u2019re still a long way away from Easter, but the Lenten season \/ Easter Advent starts next week. Now is a great time for us to start making preparations for how we\u2019re going to emphasize the Resurrection during this season. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>22:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tAgain, there are resources available that you\u2019ve been working on. Listeners can go to our website at FamilyLifeToday.com to see the Messiah Mystery kit that you\u2019ve put together and the Easter Banner that you\u2019ve created \/ other resources that we have. Go to FamilyLifeToday.com for more information on these resources. You can order them from us, online, if you\u2019d like; or call 1-800-FL-TODAY to order; or if you have any questions about the resources that Barbara has been working on for Easter and for the Lenten season. Again, our website: FamilyLifeToday.com; and our toll-free number is 1-800-358-6329\u2014that\u2019s 1-800-\u201cF\u201d as in family, \u201cL\u201d as in life, and then the word, \u201cTODAY.\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tDon\u2019t forget\u2014we\u2019ve got an event that is coming up in April that you or your church may want to participate in. It is our <em>Blended and Blessed<\/em><sup>\u2122<\/sup> one-day livestreamed event that we\u2019re going to be hosting in Charlotte, North Carolina. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>23:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tIt\u2019s going to be viewed by folks in churches and in living rooms all across the country this spring. The date is April 21<sup>st<\/sup>. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI mention it because you or your church may want to invite a group and make this a part of your church\u2019s ministry. I also mention it because I want those of you who support this ministry to know, when you make a donation, you\u2019re helping us cover the cost for events like this, along with the cost of <em>FamilyLife Today <\/em>being heard on this local radio station, day in and day out.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tIf it\u2019s been awhile since you\u2019ve made a donation, or if you\u2019re a regular listener and you\u2019ve never donated, consider making a donation today. Go to FamilyLifeToday.com, or call 1-800-FL-TODAY to donate. You can also mail your donation to us at <em>FamilyLife Today <\/em>at PO Box 7111, Little Rock, AR; and our zip code is 72223. Again, your donations are going to make it possible for more people to more regularly be exposed to God\u2019s truth about marriage and family. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>24:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThat\u2019s our mission, here, at FamilyLife<sup>\u00ae<\/sup>; and we appreciate those of you who partner in that mission with us. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tAnd we hope you\u2019ll join us back again tomorrow. We\u2019re going to continue talking about how we can set our hearts and our minds on the upcoming celebration of Jesus\u2019 resurrection and how we can encourage our children and, maybe, even our neighbors to be alert to that celebration as well. We\u2019ll talk with Barbara Rainey and Tracy Lane about that tomorrow. I hope you can be with us for that.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI want to thank our engineer today, Keith Lynch, along with our entire broadcast production team. 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