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The world is passing away, and so are all of its desires. We would be wise to cling to the One who will last.","meta_box":{"show_notes":"","transcript_url":"https:\/\/transcript.familylifetoday.com\/fl2018-07-26.pdf","transcript_content":"<strong>Bob: \u201c<\/strong>How central is your relationship with God to everything else that\u2019s going on in your life?\u201d and \u201cHow does that relationship with God show up every day?\u201d Here\u2019s Dennis Rainey.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>Are you, for practical purposes, living life like an atheist?\u2014not acknowledging God. I have to tell you\u2014I am amazed\u2014some days that I can go several hours without having talked to God. Now, I\u2019m ashamed of that. I ought to be conversing with Him from my feet hitting the floor\u2014the first moments of consciousness in the morning\u2014until I put my head on the pillow at night. But some of us leave God out of <em>most<\/em> of our lives\u2014it\u2019s not just a few hours on an occasional day. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tIn Matthew 22, what does He say? \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\t\u201cLove God with all your heart, soul, and mind, and love your neighbor as yourself.\u201d He summarized all of the Law and the Prophets, and they marveled that He said this; but Jesus distilled it down: \u201cWhat is the greatest commandment?\u201d\u2014\u201cLove God.\u201d Christians are great about talking about the love of God, but I think we may be below average in practicing how we love God.\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 Thursday, July 26<sup>th<\/sup>. Our host is Dennis Rainey, and I'm Bob Lepine. If God is not at the center of your life, and your marriage, and your family, then what is? If you say God\u2019s at the center of your life, and your marriage, and your family, how does that show up? We\u2019ll talk about that today with Dennis Rainey. Stay with us.\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\tAnd welcome to <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em>. Thanks for joining us. I bet this has happened to you\u2014I bet there have been times, over the last year or two, when something has popped up, and you\u2019ve just found yourself quoting yourself from the book that you wrote, <em>Choosing a Life that Matters<\/em>, where you just\u2014one of those principles that was one of the seven principles in the book\u2014you\u2019ve said, \u201cThis is a fresh place to deploy this principle.\u201d Has that happened?\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 has. Actually, what I\u2019ve found myself doing is reciting the seven principles that the book is written about\u2014it\u2019s the book, <em>Choosing a Life that Matters<\/em>. It started out being a message I gave to seminary and university graduates at a commencement address. I\u2019ve now done this a couple of times\u2014spoke to NRB, as you know.\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>Interestingly, Bob, I gave this\u2014back last May\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>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t\u2014at a local university, here in central Arkansas. I think young people \/ I think older people\u2014in fact, I got stopped in the hall, on the way into doing studio\u2014a guy came up and said: \u201cI sent your book to a few of my friends. I got more letters from people, who said, \u2018That changed my perspective of who God is.\u2019 I\u2019ve actually passed it on to other people.\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI\u2019m not about selling books here\u2014that\u2019s not the point. The point is\u2014the book may be the meatiest little book I have ever written; and I mean that literally, because it\u2019s just a bit larger than a postage stamp.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>Well, hang on\u2014you have it open there. Close it up. You said you found yourself reflecting on all seven of these principles?\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>Bob: <\/strong>Can you give me all seven without looking?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>I don\u2019t know if I can. [Laughter] There have been a few things going on in my life recently, but I guess I can try.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tIt\u2019s: \u201cSeek God, not sin.\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>Okay.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>\u201cFear God, not men.\u201d\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>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>Dennis: <\/strong>\u201cLove God, not the world.\u201d\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>\u201cBelieve God\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>You peeked for that one. [Laughter]\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>I did\u2014\u201cnot the deceiver.\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t\u201cObey God, not your feelings.\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>\u201cWorship God, not comfort.\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tAnd the last one is \u201cServe God, not self.\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tNow, you notice all of those are about God; they\u2019re not about us. In fact, if anything, they\u2019re calling us away from ourselves to focus on who God is and be reminded of that statement that I\u2019ve made, here, on <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em> a <em>lot<\/em> in the last three or four years; and that is: \u201cThe most important thing about you\u201d\u2014what is it, Bob?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>\u2014is what you believe about God.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>It\u2019s what you\u2019re thinking about God; because as you think about God, you\u2019re going to <em>rightly<\/em> evaluate who you are.\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>It\u2019s only as you think <em>rightly<\/em> about God that you can <em>accurately<\/em> depict who you really are and your need of salvation\u2014you\u2019re a sinner; you\u2019re saved by grace\u2014you\u2019re not nearly as hot stuff as you\u2019d like to think you are.\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\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>This is a book that\u2019s not specifically about marriage or family; but at the core, it\u2019s about how we live with God and how we live with others. That plays out in our families before it plays out anywhere else; doesn\u2019t it?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>Well, I was thinking about how to speak to a group of seminarians, who had spent\u2014some of them, three years; others four or five; others, getting a Ph.D.\u2014they might have spent\u2014I don\u2019t know\u2014six, seven, eight years in study. I was asking the question: \u201cWhat do you say to somebody, who\u2019s been studying the Bible for eight years with some of the finest theologians in the world?\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tIt was when, I believe, God gave me the idea: \u201cWhy don\u2019t you try to summarize what I\u2019ve called people to do in the Bible? Just be as succinct as you can, Rainey.\u201d Of course, you know, Bob, that\u2019s difficult for me. But I did; I sat down, and these seven came to mind\u2014so put it in this book called <em>Choosing a Life that Matters<\/em>. We\u2019ve now, here on <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em>, made it through a couple of them.\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>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<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>\u201cSeek God, not sin,\u201d \u201cFear God, not men.\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>Right; and we have links, by the way, if listeners would like to go back and listen to us having those conversations around those principles. We\u2019re going to pick up today with principle number three; right?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>Yes; and I\u2019ll just say\u2014each of these principles is something you need to be practicing in your own life \/ in your own relationships, and you need to be passing them on to the next generation. This would make a great devo for a family just to chew on over a period of seven weeks or seven meals that you\u2019re together over a period of months. I mean, I know how busy families are; but the point is: \u201cTalk about who God is, and what your relationship with Him is, and apply it to your most meaningful relationships that you have.\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>The principle we\u2019re going to talk about today is the idea that we are to love God and not the world. When I read that chapter heading, I immediately went to\u2014\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\u2014is it 1 John?\u2014where it says, \u201cDo not love the world or the things of the world.\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>That\u2019s exactly right, Bob. In fact, have you taken a look at the book?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>I\u2019ve read the book, yes; it just jumped out at me.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>Well, let me read it\u20141 John 2:15-17: \u201cDo not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world the love of the Father is not in him. For all that is in the world, the desires of the flesh, the desires of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not from the Father, but is from the world, and the world is passing away along with all its desires. But whoever does the will of God abides forever.\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tHere\u2019s the thing\u2014as I started writing this book\u2014and this is kind of terrible to admit\u2014but as I started writing this book, I realized I talked a lot, over the years, about loving God; because it\u2019s one of the things that Jesus Christ commanded us to do. \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\tIn Matthew 22, what does He say?\u2014\u201cLove God with all your heart, soul, and mind, and love your neighbor as yourself.\u201d\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>He summarized all of the Law and the Prophets, and they marveled that He said this; but Jesus distilled it down: \u201cWhat is the greatest commandment?\u201d\u2014\u201cLove God.\u201d Christians are great about talking about the love of God, but I think we may be below average in practicing how we love God.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI kind of pulled back and I asked myself the question, \u201cWhat are the best lessons I have learned in learning how to love God?\u201d I came up with a handful, Bob. The first one: \u201cTake an inventory of the loves of your life.\u201d J.C. Ryle was a preacher in the 19<sup>th<\/sup> century, and he was a really pithy writer and speaker. \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\tHe basically came up with a list of things that, when you evaluate them, it really explains what you do if you really love someone. Listen to what he wrote:\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tIf we love a person, we like to think about him or her. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThink about when you first fell in love.\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>You were preoccupied with Mary Ann.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>I was.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>I was preoccupied with Barbara; I still am. I\u2019m sure you\u2019re still preoccupied with Mary Ann. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tWe like to think about the object of our affection, so what have you been thinking about? Do a little inventory. What occupies your thinking?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tHere\u2019s a second one\u2014he said: \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tIf we love a person, we like to hear about him. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tYou love hearing good news about somebody you really love. I love my kids\u2014I love when my kids or their spouses call and tell us something great that\u2019s happened to them or our grandkids. We love hearing about those things.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tHere\u2019s another one:\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tIf we love a person, we like to hear from him and read what he has to say.\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\tNow, think about it. Didn\u2019t you enjoy getting letters from your dad when he was alive, Bob?\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 saved those letters.\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 really relished getting an envelope, because my dad had this distinctive left-hand writing, where\u2014he had a <em>magnificent<\/em> handwriting. I ran across a bunch of letters and different papers that he had signed. I just had to almost keep them all, because his handwriting is so good. Why?\u2014because I love hearing about him\/knowing him.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>You know, people have asked me on occasion, \u201cIf your house was burning down, what would you run in and grab?\u201d I have a collection of my dad\u2019s letters from World \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tWar II\u2014I would grab that; and then, I have a shoebox full of letters from Mary Ann from back when we were dating\u2014and I\u2019d grab both of those. You\u2019re right; it\u2019s those things that connect us, relationally, to one another; and those are valuable.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>They are.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tHere\u2019s another one\u2014he said:\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tIf we love a person, we like to please him.\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\tSo, if you love God, you obey God. You like to please God. You\u2019re preoccupied, thinking about, \u201cHow can I really please my heavenly Father?\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tIf we love a person, we like his friends. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tDo you like God\u2019s friends that you meet at church?\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, most of them. [Laughter]\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>People in the family of God, where you go, \u201cOkay; that\u2019s kind of an uncle in the basement\u201d; right? [Laughter]\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>Yes; exactly.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tHere\u2019s another one:\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tIf we love a person, we are jealous about his name and honor. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tBob, you\u2019ve heard me tell the story about being in a restaurant with my entire family\u2014it was Fajita Willie\u2019s. The floor was concrete\u2014I\u2019m convinced just for my family. We would go in there and would eat deep-fried chicken fingers and French fries. We were glad, because we got to leave when we were through eating and\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>\u2014somebody else cleaned up the mess.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>That\u2019s exactly right. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tWell, I went and used the restroom. I was washing my hands before I was about to go back out to be with my family again. \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\tA couple of military men were in the restroom, and they were taking the Lord\u2019s name in vain\u2014I mean, it was really vile. I stood there, washing my hands and thought, \u201cAm I going to say anything?\u2014because I really love the one they\u2019re talking about.\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tFinally, I dried my hands and I turned around. I said: \u201cGuys, I just want to thank you for your service. You\u2019ve protected my family\u2014I really mean that. But I also want to tell you\u2014you just took the name of my Savior, Jesus Christ \/ His name in vain half a dozen times. I have to tell you something\u2014you guys can do better than that. It offends me.\u201d I walked out of that bathroom, not as fast as I could; those guys could have broken me in half. [Laughter]\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tBut, you know, if you love someone, you really do like to defend his name and honor him.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tA couple more: \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tIf we love a person, we like to talk to him. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThere\u2019s a good inventory in your heart. \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\tAre you, for all practical purposes, living life like an atheist?\u2014not acknowledging God. I have to tell you\u2014I am amazed\u2014some days that I can go several hours without having talked to God. Now, I\u2019m ashamed of that. I ought to be conversing with Him from my feet hitting the floor\u2014the first moments of consciousness in the morning\u2014until I put my head on the pillow at night. But some of us leave God out of <em>most<\/em> of our lives\u2014it\u2019s not just a few hours on an occasional day. \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>One last one\u2014finally: \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tIf we love a person, we like to always be with them.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tNow, do you like to be with God? Do you set aside time to be with God? Do an inventory\u2014just look back over your past week: \u201cAre you doing that? Are you expressing the love for Him that He expects of you?\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\tAs I was preparing this, Bob, I thought, \u201cAn inventory usually takes place in a warehouse.\u201d\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>The human heart is like a warehouse. You know this\u2014the human heart manufactures all kinds of idols \/ all kinds of other things that we love. I think it\u2019s just healthy to pull back, occasionally, and walk through the warehouse and walk down the aisles.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI recently went to a warehouse in Atlanta, Georgia. It was massive\u2014300,000-square feet of warehouse under one roof, just aisle after aisle of different products\/different things. I thought, \u201cAn inventory of my heart\u2014what would be down the aisles?\u201d I wrote down some of them. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tBy the way, these really come from that passage we read at the beginning of the broadcast: \u201cLove not the world,\u201d because there is the \u201clust of the flesh,\u201d\u2014that\u2019s pleasure\u2014there\u2019s the \u201clust of the eyes,\u201d\u2014that\u2019s wanting power\u2014and there\u2019s \u201cthe boastful pride of life\u201d\u2014 \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\t\u2014that\u2019s wanting the praise of men. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tAs you walk down the aisles, and you evaluate that passage, and you look up into all the stacks of stuff in your heart, which one of those three trips you up: pleasure, pride, praise of men? I\u2019d add a couple others: possessions, power. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI can just tell you this\u2014I\u2019ve recently transitioned out of being the president and CEO of FamilyLife<sup>\u00ae<\/sup>\u2014still doing radio with you, Bob, as you know\u2014but that transition took about three years to take place. People in the last few months have come to me and said: \u201cSo, how are you doing? Do you miss it?\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tIt\u2019s interesting, Bob\u2014I have done a little inventory of my heart and I\u2019ve said: \u201cYou know, I really don\u2019t miss the power that came with the job. I miss the people.\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\tNow, it\u2019s not that the power couldn\u2019t grab ahold of you, but that wasn\u2019t why I was doing what I was doing. It was people that motivate me. Now, I\u2019ll tell you one thing I do miss, in addition to people, is being able to get things done; because you\u2019re not able to quite accomplish the same amount when you don\u2019t have the staff that you have to get it accomplished.\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 I think this idea of doing an inventory in your heart\u2014just evaluating: \u201cWhat have you been manufacturing?\u201d Some folks, who are listening to our broadcast right now, have been manufacturing idols for years; and your warehouse needs a clearance sale\u2014you need to clean it out!\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tBy the way, I\u2019m going to clean out the warehouse that has all of my books from 41 years of leading FamilyLife. I have not moved, in 41 years, where I have physically moved all the books; so Bob, I always kept them. I wasn\u2019t throwing anything away. Well, you know what? \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\tIt\u2019s time to get rid of excess weight. \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 there\u2019s a listener, right now, who may need to get rid of the excess weight of pleasure; maybe it\u2019s repenting of pornography\u2014maybe there\u2019s an aisle that\u2019s stacked full of the stuff, and you just have to get rid of it. Why?\u2014because you\u2019re not going to be able to love God if you\u2019re completely possessed with that, or possessions, or power, or the praise of men. Do the inventory, and clean it out\u2014clean it <em>all<\/em> out. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tAnd then I would say this\u2014and I\u2019m going to ask you this, Bob\u2014out of all five of those I mentioned, every person has a weakness; we have a propensity to sin. Keith, you and Megan, I\u2019m going to ask you guys to weigh in on this too. You guys have always escaped me ever asking you on the broadcast. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tMegan is leaving the room, now\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\u2014she\u2019s out in the production area. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>\u201cGot to go!\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>I think she\u2014[going] to the powder room. [Laughter]\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tBut, which one is the one that trips you up? Where\u2019s your weakness?\u2014where\u2019s your Achilles heel? \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI\u2019ll tell you where mine is. After doing my own little inventory\u2014and by the way, I did this as a result of <em>writing<\/em> this book; and I have to tell you\u2014I like pleasure: I like great food; I like doing things that are fun; I like doing entertaining things. Pleasure can be an idol.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tOkay; Bob, your turn.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>I think I\u2019m probably thee for four on the list.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>Well, I was going to vote for all of them; and then I thought, \u201cThat\u2019s a cop-out.\u201d I don\u2019t mean that like a Pharisee\u2014I really do struggle with all of them\u2014I mean, my warehouse has had plenty of possessions, and power, and praise of men in it.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>I do think that I\u2019m not particularly tied to possessions, but I like things to go my way. \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\tI like people to approve of what I\u2019m doing. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI like the creature comforts that you experience. I remember, one time, getting invited to speak somewhere; and when I got there and found out where I would be lodging for that time,\u2014[Laughter]\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>I\u2019ve lodged in one of those places too!\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>\u2014I had to pull back and go, \u201cOkay; why am I here?\u201d And honestly, here I was, in conditions better than probably a third of the people on the planet, and it\u2019s just I was used to nicer things. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tIt\u2019s easy for us to grumble and grouse when we don\u2019t have the pleasure we\u2019re looking for, or the power that we think we would like, or the approval of men. I can see all of those tripping me up at different points in time.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>Alright; so we\u2019re going out to the control room. Megan, I\u2019ve never done this to you before on the broadcast.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>He [Keith] says the mic is broken; he can\u2019t turn on the mic there. [Laughter]\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>We can read lips!\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Keith: <\/strong>Something happened!\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>Megan, we can read lips; and we\u2019ll translate.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Keith: <\/strong>[Unable to hear clearly]\u2014Bob.\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>Dennis: <\/strong>Megan, do you trust us to translate reading your lips to saying the right thing?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Megan: <\/strong>No. [Laughter]\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>No. [Laughter]\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>If you feel comfortable\u2014you\u2019re a mom of two; right?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>She\u2019s nodding her head.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Megan: <\/strong>To say the praise of men sounds a bit much; but I am a people-pleaser, and I need people to think well of me.\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>Megan: <\/strong>That\u2019s probably my one.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>It\u2019s a real deal.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>Keith.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Keith: <\/strong>Well, I was going to order Megan to answer first, so that probably tells you what mine is. [Laughter]\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 took me a second. [Laughter]\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>You figured it out, though; didn\u2019t you?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>I did; I did. I just never thought of you as being a power person. I just\u2014I\u2019m going to be on the watch-out for you.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Keith: <\/strong>Sorry; you said be honest!\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>You do hold the power out there, though, don\u2019t you? You could cause me to go away! [Laughter]\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>Keith: <\/strong>Think about the occupation\u2014engineer; right? [Laughter] Control room\u2014what\u2019s it called, where I work?\u2014the control room!\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>The control room! \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThere are some people nodding their heads now\u2014they\u2019ve come clean.\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\tThey\u2019re going: \u201cThat\u2019s me. That\u2019s me.\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tYes; I do think some people have turned on the broadcast today, thinking maybe they\u2019d find out how to have romance in their marriage or how to raise their kids better; and maybe God wants to have a clearance sale out of your warehouse\u2014wants to clean it out. What\u2019s the action point for you? If you\u2019re going to love God with all your heart, soul, and mind, you have to do it where there\u2019s room\u2014where there\u2019s room for God to show up and be at the center of your heart.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI just challenge you: \u201cDon\u2019t put it off another day. Why in the world\u2014why in the world would you continue eating the fragments that fall from the King\u2019s table onto the floor when you can sit at the table and have a <em>feast<\/em> for the rest of your life?\u201d\u2014not that life becomes perfect. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tYou have to have a clearance sale, every once in a while, out of your warehouse. Those warehouses have a way of collecting stuff. \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\tLove God, not the world. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>I\u2019ve been sitting here, thinking about the first of the Ten Commandments: \u201cYou shall have no other gods before Me.\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>I\u2019m telling you\u2014God\u2019s after us on this one, and there\u2019s a lot of stuff in the Bible about your heart.\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>If you want to do a great Bible study, do a study about the heart.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>Well, and if you want to dig in deeper to what we\u2019ve been talking about today, get a copy of Dennis\u2019s book, <em>Choosing a Life that Matters<\/em>. By the way, that book is available this month to folks who are helping support the ministry of FamilyLife. If you can help us with a donation this month, we\u2019ll send you a copy of Dennis\u2019s book as our thank-you gift. <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em> is listener-supported. We\u2019re dependent on your donations for this ministry to survive; so \u201cThanks,\u201d to those of you who support us as monthly Legacy Partners. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tIf you\u2019re a regular listener, and you\u2019ve never made a donation, we\u2019d love to hear from you today. We\u2019d love to send you a copy of <em>Choosing a Life that Matters<\/em>, by Dennis Rainey\u2014\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\t\u2014you can donate, online, at FamilyLifeToday.com; or you can call 1-800-FL-TODAY to make a donation. Or you can mail your donation, along with your request for Dennis\u2019s book, to <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em> at PO Box 7111, Little Rock, AR; and our zip code is 72223.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tBy the way, when you go online, we have a \u201c30-Day Prayer Challenge\u201d that we have just begun to encourage moms and dads to participate in, and grandparents as well. This is a back-to-school prayer challenge. As your children get ready to head off to elementary school, middle school, high school, college, it\u2019s good for us, as parents, to be praying daily. FamilyLife will send you a daily prayer prompt to encourage you to be praying regularly for your children over a 30-day period as they get ready to head back to school. You can sign up for those prayer prompts to come to you. \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\tSimply go to FamilyLifeToday.com\u2014sign up online\u2014and we\u2019ll start sending you the prayer prompts immediately; okay? Again, find out more about the \u201c30-Day Prayer Challenge\u201d when you go to FamilyLifeToday.com.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tNow, tomorrow, we\u2019re going to talk more about loving God and not the world\u2014about what that ought to look like in our lives. 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. 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