{"id":300147,"date":"2018-02-16T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-02-16T17:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-stage.familylife.com\/www\/podcast\/%series%\/fear-god\/"},"modified":"2024-10-07T22:41:20","modified_gmt":"2024-10-08T02:41:20","slug":"fear-god","status":"publish","type":"podcast","link":"https:\/\/wp-stage.familylife.com\/www\/podcast\/familylife-today\/fear-god\/","title":{"rendered":"Fear God"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dennis Rainey continues his message on gospel lessons he learned by parenting his six kids.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":91,"featured_media":294104,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","inline_featured_image":false,"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","episode_type":"","audio_file":"https:\/\/web.familylifetoday.com\/fl2018-02-16.mp3","podmotor_file_id":"","podmotor_episode_id":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"00:29:02","filesize":"26.59M","filesize_raw":"27881061","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":""},"categories":[2822,2821,2806],"tags":[4159,2209,4245],"podcast_series":[7194],"cwp_profile":[3048],"series":[2101],"class_list":["post-300147","podcast","type-podcast","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-growing-in-your-faith","category-reaching-out","category-spiritual-development","tag-gospel","tag-parenting","tag-parenting-principles","podcast_series-gospel-lessons-i-learned-raising-children","cwp_profile-dennis-rainey","series-familylife-today"],"acf":[],"episode_featured_image":"https:\/\/wp-stage.familylife.com\/www\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1001\/2024\/09\/FLT-Podcast-Cover-2-508x508-3.jpg?w=508","episode_player_image":"https:\/\/wp-stage.familylife.com\/www\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1001\/2023\/02\/image-scaled.jpg","download_link":"https:\/\/wp-stage.familylife.com\/www\/podcast-download\/300147\/fear-god","player_link":"https:\/\/wp-stage.familylife.com\/www\/podcast-player\/300147\/fear-god","audio_player":null,"episode_data":{"playerMode":"light","subscribeUrls":{"apple_podcasts":{"key":"apple_podcasts","url":"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/familylife-today\/id212174303?mt=2&app=podcast","label":"Apple Podcasts","class":"apple_podcasts","icon":"apple-podcasts.png"},"google_podcasts":{"key":"google_podcasts","url":"","label":"Google Podcasts","class":"google_podcasts","icon":"google-podcasts.png"},"spotify":{"key":"spotify","url":"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/0j5UaKdQOHQCuo1bt0ebEm","label":"Spotify","class":"spotify","icon":"spotify.png"},"youtube":{"key":"youtube","url":"","label":"YouTube","class":"youtube","icon":"youtube.png"}},"rssFeedUrl":"https:\/\/wp-stage.familylife.com\/www\/feed\/podcast\/familylife-today","embedCode":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"FFeAk8LTsb\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-stage.familylife.com\/www\/podcast\/familylife-today\/fear-god\/\">Fear God<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-stage.familylife.com\/www\/podcast\/familylife-today\/fear-god\/embed\/#?secret=FFeAk8LTsb\" width=\"500\" height=\"350\" title=\"&#8220;Fear God&#8221; &#8212; FamilyLife\u00ae - A Cru Ministry\" data-secret=\"FFeAk8LTsb\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script>\n\/*! 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Yet, Dennis Rainey points out that the Scriptures command discipline and encourages us to embrace it. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> \u201c\u2018My son, do not regard lightly the discipline of the Lord, nor be weary when reproved by Him. For the Lord disciplines the one He loves, and chastises every son whom He receives.\u2019 It is for discipline that you endure. God is treating you as sons. For what son is there whom his father does not discipline?\u201d Discipline is training them for righteousness. \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 Friday, February 16<sup>th<\/sup>. Our host is Dennis Rainey; I\u2019m Bob Lepine. Discipline is a part of discipleship. Properly understood, it\u2019s an important part of our assignment as parents. We\u2019ll hear more from Dennis Rainey about that today. Stay with us. \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\tAnd welcome to <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em>. Thanks for joining us on the Friday edition. So, you\u2019ve said before\u2014you think this era for parents is the most challenging in the last couple hundred years? \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> I actually wrote my adult children a note of apology. I read a quote by Dietrich Bonhoeffer who said, \u201cThe greatest gift one generation can give another is that of a moral society.\u201d I wrote to apologize to our kids that\u2014I said: \u201cYour mom and I tried. We did our best, but it was not good enough. The society we\u2019re passing on to you and our grandkids is, unfortunately, not more moral \/ more spiritual; but unfortunately, it\u2019s on a downward spiral.\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI think it\u2019s all the more reason, Bob, for why messages like our listeners are about to hear today\u2014why parents need to be vigilant to teach their kids the right stuff about who God is and to pass on to them what they\u2019re learning and what God\u2019s teaching them in their own lives.\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>Bob:<\/strong> You and Barbara are working, right now, on a book called <em>The Art of Parenting<\/em> that will be released in late summer; and this is a book that\u2014well, it\u2019s been on your heart for years; it\u2019s just never gotten on paper. So, now, you\u2019re transferring it from your heart on to the printed page. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> Twenty-five years, this book has been\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> \u2014incubating? \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> Yes; I guess that is a good word, but it\u2019s been percolating for a quarter century. I feel like we\u2019ve got something to say now that we\u2019ve raised all six of ours to adulthood, and we\u2019ve got 23 grandkids. I\u2019m telling you\u2014this is a generation who needs to know what the very basics of parenting are all about. In fact, in our book, <em>The Art of Parenting<\/em>, we talk about how just as there are three primary colors that we learned about when we were in the first and second grade\u2014you know, red, blue, and yellow?\u2014\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>Bob:<\/strong> Yes. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> \u2014that forms all the other colors. \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> Well, there are <em>four<\/em> primary colors that the Bible teaches that we, as parents, need to be building into our children\u2019s lives. That\u2019s what the book is going to be all about\u2014<em>The Art of Parenting<\/em>\u2014using the four primary colors of the Scripture. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> So, wait. You\u2019re not going to tell us what the four are? \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> Of course not. [Laughter] I\u2019m not going to give our listeners a sneak peek on that; but here is the thing, Bob\u2014if they\u2019ve been listening over the years, some of our listeners should know. \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> We have some people who really do listen to our broadcasts. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> Well, you hinted at it a little bit in a message that you gave a while back at the Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission Conference on Parenting. You were asked to speak on gospel lessons you\u2019ve learned over a lifetime of raising your kids. One of the things you shared with parents, as we listen to Part Two of your message today\u2014you talked about the importance of teaching your children to have a healthy respect for \/ a healthy fear of God. \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[Recorded Message]\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> One of the things that Barbara and I would do was\u2014we would practice the presence of God \/ our respect of God by admitting our sin, especially when we committed it in front of our kids\u2014like I did one Christmas with my son. We\u2019d gotten a Christmas tree. We began to pull out this Christmas tree stand\u2014that I don\u2019t know where they are made \/ what country is trying to take over America with this stand\u2014but I\u2019ve got some psychological testing. I score in the lower two percentile of all the people in the world at being able to work with my hands. [Laughter]\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI\u2019m out there with my son. First of all, the tree\u2019s got branches that won\u2019t go all the way to the bottom of this thing. Then, I cut the branches out. Then, it\u2019s too big. So, I\u2019m sawing it off, and I\u2019m working on that tree. I just couldn\u2019t get it to work. I thought about having guide wires in the living room just to keep it up. Barbara didn\u2019t think that was a good idea. \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\tWell, finally, I lost my cool. I was doing all this on our front porch that had an iron rail around it. With my five-year-old son watching his father\u2014who leads a family ministry\u2014I threw a hammer across that porch. It skipped on the tile and hit the wrought iron around the porch and made a gong noise to signal to whatever neighbors that weren\u2019t already watching their lunatic neighbor try to wrestle this Christmas tree to the ground. [Laughter] \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI didn\u2019t care. I grabbed the tree; I went and threw it in the back of our station wagon. I went over to K-Mart and I said, \u201cFix it!\u201d [Laughter] He took a piece of wood about that wide. He nailed it to the bottom of it; set it in the stand. I said, \u201cThank you!\u201d [Laughter] \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tBetween the store and our house, God got my attention\u2014said: \u201cHey, Rainey, you\u2019re acting liking a fool! \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>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t\u201cYou need to repent, and you need to ask your son to forgive you.\u201d When I got back, I got down on one knee, looked my son in the eye, and I said, \u201cNot so good at being a dad; huh?\u201d I told him I was sorry and asked him to forgive me. He reached out his hand and started patting my shoulder\u2014he said: \u201cIt is okay, Dad. Everybody makes mistakes.\u201d [Laughter] How you practice the presence of God\u2014in dealing with your sin; in dealing with the victories that God brings \/ the God-moments\u2014all very important. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI mentioned earlier that the fear of God sets us up in a place of authority with our children and, I think, gives us great strength in discipline. Hebrews, Chapter 12, verse 5: \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\t\u201c\u2019My son, do not regard lightly the discipline of the Lord, nor be weary when reproved by Him. For the Lord disciplines the one He loves, and chastises every son whom He receives.\u2019 It is for discipline that you endure. God is treating you as sons. For what son is there whom his father does not discipline?\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tBarbara and I would read this passage to our kids; and they would say, \u201cWe kind of wish you didn\u2019t love us so much, Mom\/Dad.\u201d But it enabled us to hold fast and realize that discipline is training them for <em>righteousness<\/em>. I think God feels sorry for parents, and I think it\u2019s why He <em>delights<\/em> in answering our prayer. It\u2019s called the prayer of the helpless parent. When you know something is wrong and you can\u2019t figure out what it is, we would pray a prayer: \u201cLord God, would You help us if one of our kids\u201d\u2014and we might name them\u2014\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\t\u2014\u201cif that kid is stealing from us, lying to us, deceiving us?\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tOne time we did that\u2014I\u2019d come back from the bank that day. I\u2019d stopped at the teller and had gotten 12 crisp five dollar bills in my billfold. I sat my billfold on my desk and went about the rest of my evening. My son was sitting at that desk, doing some homework. It wasn\u2019t a trap\u2014I just set it there. Then, something told me, as my son was preparing to go to bed, \u201cCheck your billfold.\u201d So, I went down there; and I opened it. I went through\u2014there were 11 five dollar bills. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tSo, that night, I went\u2014got down on my son\u2019s bed, right next to him, where I could look right across, eye to eye, with him. I said, \u201cHey, I just was wondering, when you were doing your homework down there, did you happen to, maybe, take one of those five dollar bills?\u201d \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\u201cOh, no, Dad! No; I didn\u2019t do that. No; not at all.\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t\u201cOkay; Mom and I have been just asking God to help us catch whoever in the family is pilfering some money.\u201d I said, \u201cLet me pray for you, son.\u201d I put my hand on him and I said: \u201cLord, God, thank You for this young man. I thank You for his life. Father, if he\u2019s lying to me and if he\u2019s stealing, I pray that You will trouble him.\u201d [Laughter] I opened one eye, and I thought I saw him wince at that point. [Laughter] Two nights later, my son came in next to our bed, stood by the bed, and said, \u201cDad, couldn\u2019t sleep well the other night.\u201d \u201cWhy, son?\u201d \u201cBeen stealing the five dollar bills.\u201d We got a porch painted out of that. [Laughter] \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\tUse the fear of God in your own life as you practice it to pass it on to your kids, because He will be there. His presence will turn them away from evil just as it has <em>you<\/em> on more than one occasion. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tA third lesson, looking backward, the gospel embodies God\u2019s love\u2014John 3:16, \u201cFor God so loved the world\u2026\u201d; 1John 4:7; 1 John 4:19: \u201cWe love because He first loved us.\u201d The gospel is all about love\u2014God, not only coming into the darkness, but also wooing us with forgiveness of sin. Model and teach your children to love God and to love others. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThe great commandment\u2014Jesus was asked, \u201cWhat is the greatest of all the commandments?\u201d \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\u201cLove God with all your heart, soul, and mind; and love others.\u201d How do you do this? Well, you do this by teaching and modeling God\u2019s love as you relate to your children. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI just have to brag on a great wife and a great mom, Barbara, for a moment. Our son was\u2014I\u2019m not sure how old\u2014but he had a rambunctious spirit and liked to play ball inside the house. Barbara finally kind of drew a line in the sand and said: \u201cWe\u2019re not going to play ball in the house. Go outside to play ball.\u201d Well, he stepped over the line and broke one of her favorite Hummels, which was from Germany, passed down to her from her grandmother. It was called \u201cLittle Apple Girl.\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI will never forget this moment. My son was up on the top bunk, and Barbara was standing, looking up at his face. \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\tIn one hand, she had \u201cLittle Apple Girl\u2019s\u201d split personality as he had broken it. In the other hand, she was cradling our son\u2019s face. She said: \u201cSon, you are more valuable than this Hummel. I want you to know I love you. I care for you. This is not what life\u2019s all about\u2014you are\u2014but you\u2019re still going to pay the price for this.\u201d [Laughter] And he did. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tPursue relationship with your child is another way to communicate the love of God. Just go after them and date them. Sometimes, as you do this, there are some opportunities, in the midst of this, to really impact them\u2014not only with the love of God\u2014but also with what you believe about God. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI took my daughter, Laura, on a date. I think she was about 14, and we decided to go by Abercrombie &amp; Fitch. \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\tWe went in, and she found a beautiful baby blue sweater\u2014I still remember it. She went to try it on; and as I\u2019m standing there, I look back over my shoulder. There, behind me, is a buck-naked young man with water\u2014he\u2019s leaning on a boat dock with water up to about his knee\u2014he\u2019s leaning on the boat dock. I\u2019m going, \u201cThis is a clothing store!\u201d [Laughter] \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI asked to talk to the manager, and the manager came over. I said: \u201cI just want you to know\u2014I\u2019ve got six kids. I buy stuff here, but I\u2019ve got to tell you\u2014that\u2019s indecent!\u201d He said: \u201cI beg to differ with you, sir. That\u2019s not indecent.\u201d I said, \u201cReally?\u201d He said, \u201cWhy would you say it is?\u201d I said, \u201cBy any standard of society.\u201d He said, \u201cI differ with you on that, sir.\u201d \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<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI said, \u201cWell, if that\u2019s not indecent, then, I\u2019d like you to get in the same pose, right now, that he\u2019s in.\u201d [Laughter] He was like a deer in the headlights. I said: \u201cNo; drop them! Drop your pants, right now.\u201d He said\u2014at that point, he said, \u201cWell, if you think that\u2019s bad, you should see our catalogue.\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI went over to the catalogue. The catalogue had a teenage boy in the middle of bed with four nude girls. It\u2019s like some young people in some big corporation, somewhere in the headquarters, think this is cute. As parents, we\u2019ve got to draw the line sometimes. So, I bought all of Laura\u2019s clothing back from her\u2014from Abercrombie &amp; Fitch\u2014I don\u2019t want her advertising them. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tPursue a relationship with your child. Go where they are going and courageously protect them as you go <em>with<\/em> them. \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\tThen, as you train them to love others, train them in how to ask for forgiveness and also how to forgive. That\u2019s what the gospel is\u2014Ephesians, Chapter 4, verse 32\u2014\u201c\u2026forgiving one another, as God in Christ forgave you.\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tIf you\u2019re like us, you wonder sometimes: \u201cAre we raising juvenile delinquents? They\u2019re tearing at each other.\u201d All the sibling rivalry\u2014it\u2019s a place to teach them about forgiveness over, and over, and over again\u2014not only from the Bible, but also in relationship\u2014their relationship with God. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tWell, the final one\u2014the last gospel lesson that we learned\u2014is transmitting a vision for their mission. Ephesians 2:10 says, \u201cWe are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which He prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them.\u201d \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\tMatthew 28:19 and 20 is the Great Commission. It is the <em>great<\/em> vision casting of the Savior, wanting to get every person a piece of the action. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tBut the passage that I want to challenge you with this morning is in 2 Corinthians 5:20: \u201cTherefore, we are ambassadors for Christ, God making His appeal through us. We implore you on behalf of Christ, be reconciled to God.\u201d Hear what God is saying to you as parents: \u201cYou are a noble dignitary of the King of kings. You are an ambassador.\u201d What does that make your home?\u2014an embassy. Your home is an embassy of the King of kings and the Lord of lords. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tDo you know anything about embassies? \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\tAn embassy is a place that doesn\u2019t have to honor the laws of the land where it\u2019s located. It is a piece of property that only enforces the law of the kingdom that it represents. The world we are operating in is <em>not<\/em> our home. The embassy you\u2019re from represents the place that is home. So, you\u2019re raising children who are to be ambassadors to <em>their<\/em> generation. What an incredible privilege you and I have of being an embassy of the King of kings \/ an ambassador to proclaim the greatest message that has ever been declared. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tWe raised our children to have a mission\u2014to be ambassadors \/ to reach out to their friends. We had hot dogs and evangelistic events at our home. We had meetings at schools in junior high and high school. We raised our kids in homeschool for a few years \/ public school for most of the years\u2014\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>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t\u2014we wanted to be a light in the midst of darkness. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tWhen it came time to launch our daughter, Ashley, to college, it was a big deal; because it was game time. I began to get emotional about it. There have only been a couple of times when I\u2019ve cried like a baby and just boo-hooed. This is one of them, as we took Ashley to go to Ole Miss, of all places, to become a Rebel. [Laughter] As we were standing outside her dorm, I read this passage to her\u2014and this ended up getting read to all of our kids as we launched them to college\u2014Philippians, Chapter 2. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tListen to this\u2014if this doesn\u2019t capture what you and I feel, as a parent\u2014\u201cTherefore, my beloved, as you have always obeyed, so now, not only in my presence but much more in my absence, work out your salvation with fear and trembling, for it is God who works in you, both to will and to work for His good pleasure. \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\u201cDo all things without grumbling or questioning, that you may be blameless and innocent\u201d\u2014listen to this\u2014if this doesn\u2019t describe launching the arrow into the marketplace\u2014\u201cchildren of God without blemish in the midst of a crooked and twisted generation, among whom you shine as lights in the world, holding fast to the word of life, so that in the day of Christ I may be proud\u201d\u2014your mom and I may be proud\u2014\u201cthat I did not run in vain nor labor in vain.\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tYou are raising ambassadors \/ emissaries to the next generation. Don\u2019t lose sight of the nobility of the privilege you have been given. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t[Studio] \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> Well, we\u2019ve been listening to the second part of a message from Dennis Rainey about lessons learned as a parent. \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\tYou learned a lot from looking at what the Scriptures have to say about raising the next generation, but there\u2019s nothing like having some real life come along and help you know how to apply what the Scriptures teach; is there? \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> I tell you\u2014we had plenty of real life at our house. Unfortunately, a lot of it was imperfection by the parents. [Laughter] I mean, if there\u2019s anything that children teach you\u2014it\u2019s about your own depravity, selfishness, and brokenness. In the process of helping them grow up, you have to face a lot of your own shortcomings. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI think, Bob, what we can do is\u2014look back on the past and say, \u201cGod really has taken some of our errors, and He built convictions into our lives so that we would pass on those convictions to our kids\u201d; and they wouldn\u2019t have to go through some of the same sorrow and trauma because of the mistakes that we made when we were growing up. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI just want to put my arm around the parent out there\u2014the single parent \/ the blended families\u2014\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>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t\u2014who are hammering out life: \u201cStay after it. Don\u2019t quit.\u201d The gospel is the gospel of God not giving up on us. We can\u2019t give up on our kids, and we\u2019ve got to keep on loving them and pursuing them. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> Well, we are looking forward to having the book that you and Barbara are working on, right now, available. It will be out late summer. We\u2019re also excited about the video series\u2014<em>The Art of Parenting<\/em>\u2014that we\u2019ll be launching in May. It\u2019s something that couples can go through together online, or you can do it with a small group in your neighborhood or from your church. Get a group of five or six couples together\u2014maybe, some single parents\u2014and go through this material. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tIn addition, we are kicking off the launch of this video series with a movie that we\u2019ve created called <em>Like Arrows<\/em>. It\u2019s a movie that will be in movie theaters for two nights only, May 1<sup>st<\/sup> and May 3<sup>rd<\/sup>. You can go to our website, FamilyLifeToday.com\u2014you can see a trailer for the movie. You can also find the list of theaters where the movie is going to be playing on those dates\u2014\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\t\u2014Tuesday night, May 1<sup>st<\/sup> \/ Thursday night, May 3<sup>rd<\/sup>. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tWe\u2019re <em>really<\/em> excited about what this movie communicates regarding parenting \/ about the importance of having Jesus at the center of your family\u2014not just as a sidecar\u2014but He\u2019s the centerpiece for your family. It makes a <em>huge<\/em> difference as you raise your children. Again, see the trailer at FamilyLifeToday.com. You may want to share the trailer with some friends and plan now\u2014you can actually buy tickets now for the movie. All the information is, online, at FamilyLifeToday.com. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tNow, we have got a lot of couples who are going to be spending the weekend with us this weekend in Colorado Springs; Hilton Head, South Carolina; and Hershey, Pennsylvania\u2014three of our <em>Weekend to Remember<\/em><sup>\u00ae<\/sup> marriage getaways kick off tonight at 7 o\u2019clock. Then, next weekend is a big weekend. Be praying for couples who are going to be joining us in Albuquerque, New Mexico; Ashville, North Carolina; Charlotte, North Carolina; Cincinnati, Ohio; Grand Rapids, Michigan; Kansas City, Missouri; and Minneapolis. \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\tWe\u2019ve got thousands of couples who are spending a weekend with us this weekend and next weekend at one of our <em>Weekend to Remember<\/em> marriage getaways. So, please be praying for these couples. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThanks to those of you who make these events possible. One of the reasons we are able to keep the registration cost as low as we are for a <em>Weekend to Remember<\/em> is because folks, like you, help cover the cost of these events, this broadcast, our website, our resources. When you donate to FamilyLife<sup>\u00ae<\/sup>, you make this ministry possible. You are a part of effectively developing godly marriages and families every time you make a donation. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tIf you are a long-time listener to <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em>, and you\u2019ve never donated, why don\u2019t you join us today? Go online at FamilyLifeToday.com to donate or call 1-800-FL-TODAY; or mail your donation to us at <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em> at PO Box 7111, Little Rock, AR; our zip code is 72223. \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\tAnd we hope you have a great weekend this weekend. I hope you and your family are able to worship together in your local church this weekend, and I hope you can join us on Monday. Our friend, Nancy DeMoss Wolgemuth, is going to be here. We\u2019re going to talk about what it looks like when women pour their lives into younger women. No matter how old you are, there are younger women who could benefit from what you\u2019ve learned\u2014your life experience\u2014and how God has led you. We\u2019ll talk more about that Monday. I hope you can tune in 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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