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We would say\u2014based upon the age of our children\u2014we would put them on the spot and say: \u201cOkay, you\u2019re invited to a party at school, Savannah. Now, at the party, after you get there, somebody offers you a beer. What\u2019s your response going to be?\u201d Then, the rest of the family dives into the action; and we play the role of everybody at the party. Now, she\u2019s got to make a decision. They got to be really good actors and actresses\u2014laying it on pretty thick. [Laughter]\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, August 26<sup>th<\/sup>. Our host is the President of FamilyLife<sup>\u00ae<\/sup>, Dennis Rainey, and I'm Bob Lepine. We\u2019ll hear today how families can build stronger ties\u2014with a little bit of love and laughter\u2014and a lot of faith mixed in. Stay tuned.\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. You know, I have been convinced, for some time, that one of the missing elements of modern Christianity is joy. You know\u2014I think to myself, \u201cIf we were more joyful than we are, that would be a great apologetic to the world.\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> Indeed!\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> I think a lot of people\u2014if this is what they said, \u201cYou know, I don\u2019t agree with all those folks; but boy, they sure are full of joy!\u201d I just think that would have a dramatic impact. Joy is one of the fruit of the Spirit, and I\u2019m starting to sound like I\u2019m pretty angry about the fact that we don\u2019t have joy. [Laughter]\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> Well, I don\u2019t think it means that Christians walk around, laughing all the time; but I do think their face needs to be told, occasionally, where they\u2019re going and that they do have a right to laugh. I think our guest on the broadcast today is a kindred spirit. Dave Stone joins us on <em>FamilyLife Today. <\/em>Dave, welcome to our broadcast. \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>Dave: <\/strong>It\u2019s great to be here. Thanks so much for having me, guys. I\u2019ve looked forward to this for a long time. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>Anybody who could write a book called <em>Building Family Ties with Faith, Love &amp; Laughter<\/em>\u2014I love the title\u2014I really do! It\u2019s a great title, and it really is what a family is all about. Dave is from Louisville, Kentucky. He is the pastor of Southeast Christian Church. He and his wife Beth have been married since 1985. They have three children. He\u2019s actually got a series of these books\u2014that I really like\u2014because they\u2019re filled with all kinds of great stories.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tYou grew up in a home where your dad taught you a lot about faith, love, and laughter. Describe your home, growing up.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> I grew up in a preacher\u2019s home. There are a lot of people who are drawn to ministry because of that; and then, there are some that aren\u2019t. I think the reason I was drawn to it was the fact that my dad was the same man in the pulpit that he was at home. He didn\u2019t shy away from some of the struggles of ministry. We saw a very realistic, true view of what ministry was all about. Because of that\u2014because of the joys, and the rewards, and because of the challenges\u2014we were drawn to it. My brother is a preacher, as well; and I am.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI think what we saw was a family that could have fun and that could love the church. Someone said to me, \u201cWhat do you think is your greatest accomplishment, as a parent?\u201d I said, \u201cWell, it has very little to do with me; but my kids are 24, 21, and 18, and they all love the Lord, and they all love the church.\u201d I\u2019m excited about the fact that being a part of a family that has joy is a part of our own family.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> Give us a snapshot of what your dad did. What are your favorite stories of how he built that faith, love, and laughter into your upbringing?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> There are a lot of stories that come to mind when you say that about my dad. My dad always made traveling fun. We might be driving, and then come off of an exit on an interstate someplace. He would say, \u201cHoney, the car sure is acting funny!\u201d I said, \u201cWhat?\u201d My brother and I would look at each other; and he would say, \u201cI can\u2019t control where it\u2019s going!\u201d He would slowly start making turns and, all of a sudden, we would end up right in a Dairy Queen<sup>\u00ae<\/sup> restaurant parking lot. [Laughter] We loved it! After that, whenever he would say: \u201cHoney, I don\u2019t know what\u2019s going on with the car! I can\u2019t control where it\u2019s going!\u201d we would start squealing: \u201cYes!! Dairy Queen! Dairy Queen!\u201d [Laughter] He made it fun. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tSpontaneity is a spice of life that I think a lot of families are missing out on. In John 10, Jesus says, \u201cI\u2019ve come that you might have life and that you might have it to the fullest\u201d\u2014or have it more abundantly. I believe that Christians should be having more fun than <em>anyone else<\/em> in the entire world. Our future is settled; our past is forgiven. That should radically change the way we approach life. As Christians, are we really having fun? Are we enjoying life? Are we refreshed by it? I think that Christian families should be so refreshing to be around that people say: \u201cWhat is it about them? There\u2019s something distinctive.\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> Well, you realized that in high school. You had some friends in high school\u2014who came from homes that were not refreshing homes\u2014and they wanted to be at your house. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> The strange thing about that is\u2014and they both came from broken homes\u2014they actually would choose our home over theirs. At their place, they could come in whenever they wanted. They could watch whatever they wanted. They had incredible verbal freedom that they didn\u2019t have at our house. I think back to some times when they would come over. They enjoyed it because they saw a mom and a dad, interacting with one another.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tSometimes, we would walk into the kitchen to get a snack. There would be my mom and dad hugging each other. My buddies would look at that\u2014it was something that was missing in their home. I had this beautiful security, Dennis, of realizing that my mom loved my dad and my dad loved my mom. It was a great thought to go to sleep with at night. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> What can a mom and a dad do, intentionally, to make sure that the atmosphere in the home\u2014the climate in the home\u2014is the kind of climate we\u2019re talking about? How can you purpose that your home is going to be a home of faith, and love, and laughter, and joy?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> Well, there are some intentional steps, I think, that we can take. I think that that security is bedrock for a kid\u2019s faith and, also, for their feeling like, \u201cMan, family is where it\u2019s at!\u201d They need to know that there\u2019s safety and security there. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tMy junior year of high school\u2014at the end of the year, I ran for Senior Class President. I will never forget\u2014because that\u2019s a very awkward time in your adolescence\u2014you know, you\u2019re throwing yourself out there\u2014\u201cWill you be rejected or accepted by your peers?\u201d I will never forget\u2014even more exciting to me than the announcement, at the end of that day\u2014was getting off of the school bus, and walking about 200 yards toward my home, and seeing, in the distance, this huge poster on our front door. It was in my mom\u2019s handwriting. It just said, \u201cWin or lose, we love you.\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> Hmmm.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> What they were trying to communicate, to an awkward adolescent, was, \u201cRegardless of how you might be seen by your peers, regardless of what your school decides today, within these four walls, you are loved and you are accepted.\u201d That\u2019s what every kid needs! Every kid needs to know, \u201cI am important and of value in my parents\u2019 eyes.\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI think some of the ways that we do that are through three different times that God gives each one of us with our kids. Travel time with our kids;\u2014 \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>Dave:<\/strong> \u2014we have dinnertime with our kids; and we have bedtime with our kids. Travel time\u2014being the shuttle service to and from school or wherever it might be\u2014their hobbies\u2014those are the times when we have opportunity to encourage them, to lift their spirits up, to let them know that we\u2019re praying for them for the day. Those are times when, in the car, we can take advantage of the fact that\u2014maybe, they\u2019re looking different directions and doing some different things\u2014but we can pour into their lives. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tYou know, Deuteronomy 6 talks about that: \u201cImpress these commands on your kids.\u201d It talks about \u201cas you walk.\u201d We don\u2019t walk very much with our families, but we do drive a whole lot with them. So, take advantage of that travel time.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThe second time is that of dinnertime. Dr. Catherine Snow, from Harvard, did a study where she followed 65 families around. In that time, of eight years, she came away, and she said, \u201cOf more value than play time and of more value than, even, their education is that of the family dinnertime.\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> Wow!\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> That\u2019s the hour of power. So, we have to take advantage of that time. It\u2019s a time for teaching. It\u2019s a time for encouragement. It\u2019s a time of teaching them to listen and put the spotlight on somebody else.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> Share about the Talking Bowl. You actually had an event called \u201cThe Talking Bowl\u201d. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> Yes, yes!\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> I wish I had heard about this idea\u2014I really like this.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> Well, it\u2019s pretty simple. There are a lot of things you can do at dinnertime. I know a lot of families are looking for ideas. One thing\u2014like \u201cThe Talking Bowl\u201d\u2014you take a bowl and put it in the middle of the table. You fill it up with a variety of different questions: \u201cWhat\u2019s your greatest fear? What do you hope to do five years from now? What are some challenges that you face with your peer group right now?\u201d You put all these different questions in there. Then, they pull those out; and you just go around the table. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tWe used to do a lot of role-playing. We would say\u2014based upon the age of our children\u2014we would put them on the spot and say: \u201cOkay, you\u2019re invited to a party, at school, Savannah. Now, at the party, after you get there, somebody offers you a beer. What\u2019s your response going to be?\u201d Then, the rest of the family dives into the action. We play the role of everybody at the party. Now, she\u2019s got to make a decision. They got to be really good actors and actresses\u2014laying it on pretty thick. [Laughter]\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t\u00a0<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> But you used that as a time to build value\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> Yes.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> \u2014and to teach biblical truth, practically, around the issues they\u2019re facing in everyday life. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> Yes. If you don\u2019t do that, then, their first experience will be when, all of a sudden, they\u2019re cold-cocked. They\u2019re in the setting, where they have to make this decision. I would rather have them factor through it\u2014think through it, pray through it, and have some examples of what their brothers and sisters have said and mom and dad have said\u2014rather than, all of a sudden, be caught off-guard.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> You talk about drive time and dinnertime\u2014the third time is bedtime. What was the bedtime ritual like at your house?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> Well, for me, growing up, it was a time that now, looking back, I realize how significant it was in my life because, with regularity, my mom or my dad, one or the other, would pray with me at night. \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>Dave:<\/strong> A very common thread that I would hear from my parents\u2014as they would pray for me\u2014would be, \u201cOh, Lord, I cannot wait to see how you\u2019re going to use Dave to your glory.\u201d As a result of that, I would fall asleep at night, not wondering <em>if <\/em>God could use me, but wondering <em>how <\/em>He might use me.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> Hmmm.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> You know, my experience has been that your children are more likely to open up to you at bedtime than at any other time. The reason is that the lights are out\u2014they\u2019re in a secure environment. I can tell you, time and time again, when my wife decided, \u201cI\u2019m going to go up and I\u2019m going to pray with Sadie,\u201d or, \u201cI\u2019m going to go pray with Savannah.\u201d I would say, \u201cOkay, I\u2019ll be right here.\u201d She would say, \u201cI\u2019ll be right back down.\u201d Instead of coming back down, three minutes later, it\u2019s forty minutes later. [Laughter] She walks into the kitchen\u2014where I am\u2014and she\u2019s squinting her eyes because she\u2019s been in this dark bedroom for 30 or 40 minutes. I\u2019ll say, \u201cWhere have you been?!\u201d She\u2019ll just say: \u201cYou know what? They opened up. They wanted to talk.\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> Yes. I don\u2019t know how I got started doing this, or even why I did it, but it was our routine, especially with my daughters, that I was the one who put them to bed. I would take Amy or Katie\u2014and we would typically read a couple of chapters from <em>Narnia <\/em>or\u2014I have read every <em>Little House on the Prairie<\/em> book there is\u2014[Laughter]\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> Every calamity.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> \u2014I\u2019ve read <em>Little Women<\/em> and <em>Little Men<\/em>. I know all of those stories. I mean, I got my way through all of those\u2014reading those books to Amy and to Katie, over the years. After we were done reading\u2014which, by the way, they look back on, today, as a highlight\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> Sure!\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> \u2014but after we got done reading and I had prayed for them, I would always end my prayers the same. I think it was just because I wasn\u2019t sure what else to say\u2014you know, that by the time\u2014I would pray, at the end, and say, \u201cAnd, Lord, I pray that they would wake up in the morning with a smile on their face, and a song in their heart, and joy deep down inside.\u201d Then, I would tickle them when I said, \u201cjoy deep down inside.\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> Awww.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> My daughter, who is 31 years old, just wrote a blog post, where she talked about the liturgy of that prayer in her life, every night\u2014how she remembers it; how it spoke to her; and how, even today\u2014\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> \u2014what an amazing thought! That something\u2014I didn\u2019t know what else to say, but said it every night; and it still marks them today.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> Dave, one of the things that you and your wife did was\u2014you, intentionally, taught important character qualities or principles of living. One of those was contentment. You had one of your kid\u2019s friends whose family did that?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> Yes, I think back to so many different folks who do a great job\u2014within our church\u2014of actually putting the attention on others rather than on themselves. My son, Sam\u2014one of the gals at his school, Catherine, had a party at her home\u2014a big birthday party. She put, at the end of the invitation: \u201cYou cannot bring a gift for me. You have to bring a gift for Wayside Christian Mission.\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>Dave:<\/strong> The plan was\u2014\u201cOkay, everybody come.\u201d Rather than this girl getting loaded up with 15 gifts, like most kids do\u2014instead, bring something or give to someone who\u2019s in need. Anytime we can teach our kids to put the focus on someone else, then, I think, we\u2019re modeling Christ for them. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThink about His act of service when He washed the feet of the disciples. Here it is\u2014the night on which He is betrayed\u2014His last 24 hours with His disciples, prior to His crucifixion\u2014and He goes around and washes feet. He\u2019s the servant! Think about some of the recipients of that. There is Judas, who will betray Him; there is Peter, who will deny Him; there is Thomas, who will doubt Him. We\u2019ve got to show our kids: \u201cHow can we get you to wash feet? How can we help you see the value of honoring others above yourself?\u201d\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>Dave:<\/strong> That\u2019s a beautiful picture when you see families begin to say: \u201cIt\u2019s not about us. Instead, we\u2019re going to do something for someone else.\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI think back to some family vacations. We got into a habit of\u2014on our family vacations\u2014 we would always try to bless someone. What we did was we pooled all of our money together. The kids had to be involved in this, as well. Each day, they had to find someone that they were going to give some money to and that they were going to bless. As the day went on, we would say: \u201cOkay, whom do you want to give your five dollars to?\u201d or, \u201cWhom are you going to give your ten dollars to?\u201d Then, they had to say why they chose that person.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThere were some awkward conversations with some waitresses and different workers at different places; but it was so cool to see a child go up and say, \u201cI\u2019m giving to you because I just wanted you to know that I really like you, and appreciate the service you gave us, and Jesus loves you,\u201d \u2014then, to hand a crumpled ten dollar bill to that waitress\u2014and to watch her burst into tears, as our family walks out, and her chase after and say: \u201cWhat is this about? I can\u2019t take this kid\u2019s money!\u201d To say: \u201cOh, no. You have to! He chose you! Do you have any idea how many people he has come into contact with today? Out of all those people, he chose you because he wanted to encourage you.\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThe conversations that spawns\u2014and the opportunities\u2014that when you see the generosity and contentment\u2014they work in tandem\u2014they\u2019re brothers. When you are content with what you have, as Paul says in Philippians 4, \u201cI have learned to be content in any and every situation\u201d\u2014when your kids learn to be content, at the same time, they will learn to be generous.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> You made it a priority to teach your kids to always express thankfulness to whoever had prepared the meal\u2014whether it was mom, or whether it was in a restaurant. That expression of gratitude was a value for your family.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> My wife gets credit for that. We usually would try to clean up, at the table, when we were leaving a restaurant. That would spark a lot of conversations, as well. But, whenever we were over at someone\u2019s home, our kids always knew because we had gone over these things\u2014remember how we talked about travel time?\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>Dave:<\/strong> You\u2019re going to use that travel time as teaching time. So, before you got to somebody\u2019s house\u2014that you\u2019re going to be eating with\u2014you went over things: \u201cOkay, what are we going to do after the meal is over? You\u2019re going to look them in the eyes. You\u2019re going to ask if you can be excused. You\u2019re going to go up, afterwards, and you\u2019re going to say, \u2018Thanks for the meal;\u2019 but not only that, you are going to tell them what you enjoyed the most. You\u2019re going to be specific rather than just a generic thanks\u2014\u2018Thanks for the supper.\u2019\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> You actually had them go ahead and say, \u201cCould I help clean off the table?\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> Yes. We tried to raise them with the concept of \u201cgood, better, best.\u201d I <em>love<\/em> this because it\u2019s a teaching time, for not just for the kids, but also for the parents. I\u2019m reminded of times, at mealtime, where: \u201cYes, it\u2019s good that you say, \u2018Thank you.\u2019 It is better that you are specific about what you\u2019re thankful for. It\u2019s even best when you say: \u201cYou know what? Can I help you clean the table up? Is there anything that we can do?\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tA few weeks ago, my wife was out, mulching. A group of kids from the neighborhood went walking past, on their way to go fishing. As they walked past, that group said: \u201cHi! How are you Mrs. Stone?\u201d She said, \u201cHi!\u201d Then, they just kept going ahead to go fishing. Well, that\u2019s great!\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThen, the next-door neighbor, Kade, came over to catch up with those guys. He stood there, and he talked with her for a minute. After that, he said, \u201cWould you like me to help?\u201d He got down on his knees and said, \u201cI\u2019ll be glad to help you.\u201d She said, \u201cOh, no, no; that\u2019s okay. Go ahead and catch up with them to go fishing, but you sure are kind.\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tYou saw all three things there. \u201cGood\u201d was saying \u201cHi!\u201d to Mrs. Stone. \u201cBetter\u201d was stopping to talk to her. \u201cBest\u201d was offering to help out. The sad thing is my son was in the first group. [Laughter] He didn\u2019t offer to help with the mulch!\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> Well, it\u2019s a chore! [Laughter]\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> That\u2019s exactly right!\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> Come on\u2014give him a break! \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> You know, I remember one time when I asked one of my young sons\u2014I said, \u201cWhy don\u2019t you say the grace for the meal tonight?\u201d He did. We all bowed our heads. He thanked the Lord for the food and said, \u201cLord, please bless the hands that repaired it.\u201d [Laughter] We have laughed about the fact that, \u201cYes, somebody did repair that food!\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> That\u2019s great!\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> You know what I like about what you\u2019ve done here? There\u2019s a lot of talk about family values today, but you\u2019ve really modeled the generational relay race we\u2019re in. Your dad made a hand-off to you. You share the stories, throughout the book. There\u2019s another story you tell about\u2014when you were teenagers, about being loyal\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> My brother stuck with me. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> \u2014they had your back.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> They had my back and my front!\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> Go ahead and tell that story because our listeners need to hear it.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> You\u2019re going to make my face red. I\u2019m glad this is radio. [Laughter] My parents did teach us that there were times where there were things just for the family. You stuck up for each other. You\u2019d take a bullet. You\u2019d take a hit for each other, but no one could have ever dreamed that my brother would come to my rescue like he did on this day.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI was at a children\u2019s convention. [Laughter] I was seated there with my brother\u2014we were little kids at the time. For some reason, I didn\u2019t bother to get up to go to the bathroom. I had had a lot to drink and I just chose, for whatever reason, to relieve myself right there. I leaned over to my brother, as the guy was praying up front. I said, \u201cDude, I just did something stupid over here.\u201d He glances over and sizes up the situation. I thought he would have cracked up laughing and started pointing at me, but something came over my brother. He said, \u201cOkay, stick with me.\u201d He took me to a bathroom, walking right in front of me, so that no one could see me. He went and found my parents and brought them to the bathroom. I came walking out. We had to walk all the way around this huge arena in the hallway. They flanked me on both sides and put someone right in front of me.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> That\u2019s great!\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> I like to say that there are times when your family has to have your back. On this particular night, my parents had my front, as well.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> Dave, you don\u2019t know this about me\u2014what I would say after I hear that, \u201cI\u2019m Dennis Rainey, and that\u2019s <em>real <\/em>Family Life.\u201d [Laughter]\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> Every family has got those stories!\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> We do! That\u2019s the way family was designed\u2014to truly have our backs. We do need to be teaching our kids loyalty to one another. They do get it. At those points of crisis, they do get it.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> Well, you look back at your own life\u2014at those indelible marks that have come\u2014that have shaped you\u2014the memories that stick with you. They\u2019re the times that included laughter, love, and warmth. They\u2019re times when the family was together, and you were doing things on purpose.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI really appreciate the fact that you\u2019ve shared some of the stories from your own family in the book that you\u2019ve written, called <em>Building Family Ties with Faith, Love &amp; Laughter. <\/em>It\u2019s a part of the <em>Faithful Family<\/em> series. You can go to our website, FamilyLifeToday.com, for more information on the books that Dave has written, designed to help us build strong, healthy, godly families. Again, our website is FamilyLifeToday.com. Look for the three books by Dave Stone in the <em>Faithful Family<\/em> series when you go online, or call 1-800-FL-TODAY for more information about these books from Pastor Dave Stone. Again, the website is FamilyLifeToday.com; and our toll-free number is: 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\tYou know, all that we\u2019ve talked about here today is a part of what moms and dads can do to anchor their kids in a rooted faith\u2014one that produces character; one that produces godly qualities in a son or a daughter\u2019s life. That\u2019s our desire, as parents\u2014we want to see our kids anchored in a faith that will last them a lifetime. We want to see that passed on to future generations. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tWe had a conversation about that, not long ago, with Dr. Steve Farrar. This month, we are making CDs of that conversation available to those of you who can help support this ministry with a donation. We are listener-supported. When you call, or go online, or mail in a donation, you are joining with us in the mission of FamilyLife. We are linking arms to see every home become a godly home. That\u2019s our goal\u2014that is desire\u2014here, at <em>FamilyLife Today. <\/em>You can make a donation, online, at FamilyLifeToday.com. Just click the button that says, \u201cI CARE\u201d, when you go online. Or call 1-800-FL-TODAY to make your donation over the phone. Ask for the CDs from Steve Farrar when you call us. Or request the CDs when you write to us and mail in a donation. Our mailing address is: <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em>, P.O. Box 7111, Little Rock, Arkansas. Our zip code is 72223. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tNow, make sure you\u2019re back with us again tomorrow. Dave Stone\u2019s going to be here again. 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your family joyful?","meta_box":{"show_notes":"","transcript_url":"https:\/\/transcript.familylifetoday.com\/fl2013-08-26.pdf","transcript_content":"<strong>Bob: <\/strong>Pastor Dave Stone believes there are ways for families to learn important lessons that can still be a lot of fun for everyone.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> We used to do a lot of role-playing. We would say\u2014based upon the age of our children\u2014we would put them on the spot and say: \u201cOkay, you\u2019re invited to a party at school, Savannah. Now, at the party, after you get there, somebody offers you a beer. What\u2019s your response going to be?\u201d Then, the rest of the family dives into the action; and we play the role of everybody at the party. Now, she\u2019s got to make a decision. They got to be really good actors and actresses\u2014laying it on pretty thick. [Laughter]\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, August 26<sup>th<\/sup>. Our host is the President of FamilyLife<sup>\u00ae<\/sup>, Dennis Rainey, and I'm Bob Lepine. We\u2019ll hear today how families can build stronger ties\u2014with a little bit of love and laughter\u2014and a lot of faith mixed in. Stay tuned.\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. You know, I have been convinced, for some time, that one of the missing elements of modern Christianity is joy. You know\u2014I think to myself, \u201cIf we were more joyful than we are, that would be a great apologetic to the world.\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> Indeed!\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> I think a lot of people\u2014if this is what they said, \u201cYou know, I don\u2019t agree with all those folks; but boy, they sure are full of joy!\u201d I just think that would have a dramatic impact. Joy is one of the fruit of the Spirit, and I\u2019m starting to sound like I\u2019m pretty angry about the fact that we don\u2019t have joy. [Laughter]\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> Well, I don\u2019t think it means that Christians walk around, laughing all the time; but I do think their face needs to be told, occasionally, where they\u2019re going and that they do have a right to laugh. I think our guest on the broadcast today is a kindred spirit. Dave Stone joins us on <em>FamilyLife Today. <\/em>Dave, welcome to our broadcast. \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>Dave: <\/strong>It\u2019s great to be here. Thanks so much for having me, guys. I\u2019ve looked forward to this for a long time. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>Anybody who could write a book called <em>Building Family Ties with Faith, Love &amp; Laughter<\/em>\u2014I love the title\u2014I really do! It\u2019s a great title, and it really is what a family is all about. Dave is from Louisville, Kentucky. He is the pastor of Southeast Christian Church. He and his wife Beth have been married since 1985. They have three children. He\u2019s actually got a series of these books\u2014that I really like\u2014because they\u2019re filled with all kinds of great stories.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tYou grew up in a home where your dad taught you a lot about faith, love, and laughter. Describe your home, growing up.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> I grew up in a preacher\u2019s home. There are a lot of people who are drawn to ministry because of that; and then, there are some that aren\u2019t. I think the reason I was drawn to it was the fact that my dad was the same man in the pulpit that he was at home. He didn\u2019t shy away from some of the struggles of ministry. We saw a very realistic, true view of what ministry was all about. Because of that\u2014because of the joys, and the rewards, and because of the challenges\u2014we were drawn to it. My brother is a preacher, as well; and I am.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI think what we saw was a family that could have fun and that could love the church. Someone said to me, \u201cWhat do you think is your greatest accomplishment, as a parent?\u201d I said, \u201cWell, it has very little to do with me; but my kids are 24, 21, and 18, and they all love the Lord, and they all love the church.\u201d I\u2019m excited about the fact that being a part of a family that has joy is a part of our own family.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> Give us a snapshot of what your dad did. What are your favorite stories of how he built that faith, love, and laughter into your upbringing?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> There are a lot of stories that come to mind when you say that about my dad. My dad always made traveling fun. We might be driving, and then come off of an exit on an interstate someplace. He would say, \u201cHoney, the car sure is acting funny!\u201d I said, \u201cWhat?\u201d My brother and I would look at each other; and he would say, \u201cI can\u2019t control where it\u2019s going!\u201d He would slowly start making turns and, all of a sudden, we would end up right in a Dairy Queen<sup>\u00ae<\/sup> restaurant parking lot. [Laughter] We loved it! After that, whenever he would say: \u201cHoney, I don\u2019t know what\u2019s going on with the car! I can\u2019t control where it\u2019s going!\u201d we would start squealing: \u201cYes!! Dairy Queen! Dairy Queen!\u201d [Laughter] He made it fun. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tSpontaneity is a spice of life that I think a lot of families are missing out on. In John 10, Jesus says, \u201cI\u2019ve come that you might have life and that you might have it to the fullest\u201d\u2014or have it more abundantly. I believe that Christians should be having more fun than <em>anyone else<\/em> in the entire world. Our future is settled; our past is forgiven. That should radically change the way we approach life. As Christians, are we really having fun? Are we enjoying life? Are we refreshed by it? I think that Christian families should be so refreshing to be around that people say: \u201cWhat is it about them? There\u2019s something distinctive.\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> Well, you realized that in high school. You had some friends in high school\u2014who came from homes that were not refreshing homes\u2014and they wanted to be at your house. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> The strange thing about that is\u2014and they both came from broken homes\u2014they actually would choose our home over theirs. At their place, they could come in whenever they wanted. They could watch whatever they wanted. They had incredible verbal freedom that they didn\u2019t have at our house. I think back to some times when they would come over. They enjoyed it because they saw a mom and a dad, interacting with one another.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tSometimes, we would walk into the kitchen to get a snack. There would be my mom and dad hugging each other. My buddies would look at that\u2014it was something that was missing in their home. I had this beautiful security, Dennis, of realizing that my mom loved my dad and my dad loved my mom. It was a great thought to go to sleep with at night. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> What can a mom and a dad do, intentionally, to make sure that the atmosphere in the home\u2014the climate in the home\u2014is the kind of climate we\u2019re talking about? How can you purpose that your home is going to be a home of faith, and love, and laughter, and joy?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> Well, there are some intentional steps, I think, that we can take. I think that that security is bedrock for a kid\u2019s faith and, also, for their feeling like, \u201cMan, family is where it\u2019s at!\u201d They need to know that there\u2019s safety and security there. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tMy junior year of high school\u2014at the end of the year, I ran for Senior Class President. I will never forget\u2014because that\u2019s a very awkward time in your adolescence\u2014you know, you\u2019re throwing yourself out there\u2014\u201cWill you be rejected or accepted by your peers?\u201d I will never forget\u2014even more exciting to me than the announcement, at the end of that day\u2014was getting off of the school bus, and walking about 200 yards toward my home, and seeing, in the distance, this huge poster on our front door. It was in my mom\u2019s handwriting. 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Travel time\u2014being the shuttle service to and from school or wherever it might be\u2014their hobbies\u2014those are the times when we have opportunity to encourage them, to lift their spirits up, to let them know that we\u2019re praying for them for the day. Those are times when, in the car, we can take advantage of the fact that\u2014maybe, they\u2019re looking different directions and doing some different things\u2014but we can pour into their lives. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tYou know, Deuteronomy 6 talks about that: \u201cImpress these commands on your kids.\u201d It talks about \u201cas you walk.\u201d We don\u2019t walk very much with our families, but we do drive a whole lot with them. So, take advantage of that travel time.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThe second time is that of dinnertime. Dr. Catherine Snow, from Harvard, did a study where she followed 65 families around. In that time, of eight years, she came away, and she said, \u201cOf more value than play time and of more value than, even, their education is that of the family dinnertime.\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> Wow!\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> That\u2019s the hour of power. So, we have to take advantage of that time. It\u2019s a time for teaching. It\u2019s a time for encouragement. It\u2019s a time of teaching them to listen and put the spotlight on somebody else.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> Share about the Talking Bowl. You actually had an event called \u201cThe Talking Bowl\u201d. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> Yes, yes!\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> I wish I had heard about this idea\u2014I really like this.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> Well, it\u2019s pretty simple. There are a lot of things you can do at dinnertime. I know a lot of families are looking for ideas. One thing\u2014like \u201cThe Talking Bowl\u201d\u2014you take a bowl and put it in the middle of the table. You fill it up with a variety of different questions: \u201cWhat\u2019s your greatest fear? What do you hope to do five years from now? What are some challenges that you face with your peer group right now?\u201d You put all these different questions in there. Then, they pull those out; and you just go around the table. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tWe used to do a lot of role-playing. We would say\u2014based upon the age of our children\u2014we would put them on the spot and say: \u201cOkay, you\u2019re invited to a party, at school, Savannah. Now, at the party, after you get there, somebody offers you a beer. What\u2019s your response going to be?\u201d Then, the rest of the family dives into the action. We play the role of everybody at the party. Now, she\u2019s got to make a decision. They got to be really good actors and actresses\u2014laying it on pretty thick. [Laughter]\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t\u00a0<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> But you used that as a time to build value\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> Yes.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> \u2014and to teach biblical truth, practically, around the issues they\u2019re facing in everyday life. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> Yes. If you don\u2019t do that, then, their first experience will be when, all of a sudden, they\u2019re cold-cocked. They\u2019re in the setting, where they have to make this decision. I would rather have them factor through it\u2014think through it, pray through it, and have some examples of what their brothers and sisters have said and mom and dad have said\u2014rather than, all of a sudden, be caught off-guard.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> You talk about drive time and dinnertime\u2014the third time is bedtime. What was the bedtime ritual like at your house?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> Well, for me, growing up, it was a time that now, looking back, I realize how significant it was in my life because, with regularity, my mom or my dad, one or the other, would pray with me at night. \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>Dave:<\/strong> A very common thread that I would hear from my parents\u2014as they would pray for me\u2014would be, \u201cOh, Lord, I cannot wait to see how you\u2019re going to use Dave to your glory.\u201d As a result of that, I would fall asleep at night, not wondering <em>if <\/em>God could use me, but wondering <em>how <\/em>He might use me.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> Hmmm.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> You know, my experience has been that your children are more likely to open up to you at bedtime than at any other time. The reason is that the lights are out\u2014they\u2019re in a secure environment. I can tell you, time and time again, when my wife decided, \u201cI\u2019m going to go up and I\u2019m going to pray with Sadie,\u201d or, \u201cI\u2019m going to go pray with Savannah.\u201d I would say, \u201cOkay, I\u2019ll be right here.\u201d She would say, \u201cI\u2019ll be right back down.\u201d Instead of coming back down, three minutes later, it\u2019s forty minutes later. [Laughter] She walks into the kitchen\u2014where I am\u2014and she\u2019s squinting her eyes because she\u2019s been in this dark bedroom for 30 or 40 minutes. I\u2019ll say, \u201cWhere have you been?!\u201d She\u2019ll just say: \u201cYou know what? They opened up. They wanted to talk.\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> Yes. I don\u2019t know how I got started doing this, or even why I did it, but it was our routine, especially with my daughters, that I was the one who put them to bed. I would take Amy or Katie\u2014and we would typically read a couple of chapters from <em>Narnia <\/em>or\u2014I have read every <em>Little House on the Prairie<\/em> book there is\u2014[Laughter]\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> Every calamity.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> \u2014I\u2019ve read <em>Little Women<\/em> and <em>Little Men<\/em>. I know all of those stories. I mean, I got my way through all of those\u2014reading those books to Amy and to Katie, over the years. After we were done reading\u2014which, by the way, they look back on, today, as a highlight\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> Sure!\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> \u2014but after we got done reading and I had prayed for them, I would always end my prayers the same. I think it was just because I wasn\u2019t sure what else to say\u2014you know, that by the time\u2014I would pray, at the end, and say, \u201cAnd, Lord, I pray that they would wake up in the morning with a smile on their face, and a song in their heart, and joy deep down inside.\u201d Then, I would tickle them when I said, \u201cjoy deep down inside.\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> Awww.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> My daughter, who is 31 years old, just wrote a blog post, where she talked about the liturgy of that prayer in her life, every night\u2014how she remembers it; how it spoke to her; and how, even today\u2014\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> \u2014what an amazing thought! That something\u2014I didn\u2019t know what else to say, but said it every night; and it still marks them today.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> Dave, one of the things that you and your wife did was\u2014you, intentionally, taught important character qualities or principles of living. One of those was contentment. You had one of your kid\u2019s friends whose family did that?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> Yes, I think back to so many different folks who do a great job\u2014within our church\u2014of actually putting the attention on others rather than on themselves. My son, Sam\u2014one of the gals at his school, Catherine, had a party at her home\u2014a big birthday party. She put, at the end of the invitation: \u201cYou cannot bring a gift for me. You have to bring a gift for Wayside Christian Mission.\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>Dave:<\/strong> The plan was\u2014\u201cOkay, everybody come.\u201d Rather than this girl getting loaded up with 15 gifts, like most kids do\u2014instead, bring something or give to someone who\u2019s in need. Anytime we can teach our kids to put the focus on someone else, then, I think, we\u2019re modeling Christ for them. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThink about His act of service when He washed the feet of the disciples. Here it is\u2014the night on which He is betrayed\u2014His last 24 hours with His disciples, prior to His crucifixion\u2014and He goes around and washes feet. He\u2019s the servant! Think about some of the recipients of that. There is Judas, who will betray Him; there is Peter, who will deny Him; there is Thomas, who will doubt Him. We\u2019ve got to show our kids: \u201cHow can we get you to wash feet? How can we help you see the value of honoring others above yourself?\u201d\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>Dave:<\/strong> That\u2019s a beautiful picture when you see families begin to say: \u201cIt\u2019s not about us. Instead, we\u2019re going to do something for someone else.\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI think back to some family vacations. We got into a habit of\u2014on our family vacations\u2014 we would always try to bless someone. What we did was we pooled all of our money together. The kids had to be involved in this, as well. Each day, they had to find someone that they were going to give some money to and that they were going to bless. As the day went on, we would say: \u201cOkay, whom do you want to give your five dollars to?\u201d or, \u201cWhom are you going to give your ten dollars to?\u201d Then, they had to say why they chose that person.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThere were some awkward conversations with some waitresses and different workers at different places; but it was so cool to see a child go up and say, \u201cI\u2019m giving to you because I just wanted you to know that I really like you, and appreciate the service you gave us, and Jesus loves you,\u201d \u2014then, to hand a crumpled ten dollar bill to that waitress\u2014and to watch her burst into tears, as our family walks out, and her chase after and say: \u201cWhat is this about? I can\u2019t take this kid\u2019s money!\u201d To say: \u201cOh, no. You have to! He chose you! Do you have any idea how many people he has come into contact with today? Out of all those people, he chose you because he wanted to encourage you.\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThe conversations that spawns\u2014and the opportunities\u2014that when you see the generosity and contentment\u2014they work in tandem\u2014they\u2019re brothers. When you are content with what you have, as Paul says in Philippians 4, \u201cI have learned to be content in any and every situation\u201d\u2014when your kids learn to be content, at the same time, they will learn to be generous.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> You made it a priority to teach your kids to always express thankfulness to whoever had prepared the meal\u2014whether it was mom, or whether it was in a restaurant. That expression of gratitude was a value for your family.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> My wife gets credit for that. We usually would try to clean up, at the table, when we were leaving a restaurant. That would spark a lot of conversations, as well. But, whenever we were over at someone\u2019s home, our kids always knew because we had gone over these things\u2014remember how we talked about travel time?\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>Dave:<\/strong> You\u2019re going to use that travel time as teaching time. So, before you got to somebody\u2019s house\u2014that you\u2019re going to be eating with\u2014you went over things: \u201cOkay, what are we going to do after the meal is over? You\u2019re going to look them in the eyes. You\u2019re going to ask if you can be excused. You\u2019re going to go up, afterwards, and you\u2019re going to say, \u2018Thanks for the meal;\u2019 but not only that, you are going to tell them what you enjoyed the most. You\u2019re going to be specific rather than just a generic thanks\u2014\u2018Thanks for the supper.\u2019\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> You actually had them go ahead and say, \u201cCould I help clean off the table?\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> Yes. We tried to raise them with the concept of \u201cgood, better, best.\u201d I <em>love<\/em> this because it\u2019s a teaching time, for not just for the kids, but also for the parents. I\u2019m reminded of times, at mealtime, where: \u201cYes, it\u2019s good that you say, \u2018Thank you.\u2019 It is better that you are specific about what you\u2019re thankful for. It\u2019s even best when you say: \u201cYou know what? Can I help you clean the table up? Is there anything that we can do?\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tA few weeks ago, my wife was out, mulching. A group of kids from the neighborhood went walking past, on their way to go fishing. As they walked past, that group said: \u201cHi! How are you Mrs. Stone?\u201d She said, \u201cHi!\u201d Then, they just kept going ahead to go fishing. Well, that\u2019s great!\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThen, the next-door neighbor, Kade, came over to catch up with those guys. He stood there, and he talked with her for a minute. After that, he said, \u201cWould you like me to help?\u201d He got down on his knees and said, \u201cI\u2019ll be glad to help you.\u201d She said, \u201cOh, no, no; that\u2019s okay. Go ahead and catch up with them to go fishing, but you sure are kind.\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tYou saw all three things there. \u201cGood\u201d was saying \u201cHi!\u201d to Mrs. Stone. \u201cBetter\u201d was stopping to talk to her. \u201cBest\u201d was offering to help out. The sad thing is my son was in the first group. [Laughter] He didn\u2019t offer to help with the mulch!\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> Well, it\u2019s a chore! [Laughter]\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> That\u2019s exactly right!\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> Come on\u2014give him a break! \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> You know, I remember one time when I asked one of my young sons\u2014I said, \u201cWhy don\u2019t you say the grace for the meal tonight?\u201d He did. We all bowed our heads. He thanked the Lord for the food and said, \u201cLord, please bless the hands that repaired it.\u201d [Laughter] We have laughed about the fact that, \u201cYes, somebody did repair that food!\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> That\u2019s great!\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> You know what I like about what you\u2019ve done here? There\u2019s a lot of talk about family values today, but you\u2019ve really modeled the generational relay race we\u2019re in. Your dad made a hand-off to you. You share the stories, throughout the book. There\u2019s another story you tell about\u2014when you were teenagers, about being loyal\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> My brother stuck with me. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> \u2014they had your back.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> They had my back and my front!\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> Go ahead and tell that story because our listeners need to hear it.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> You\u2019re going to make my face red. I\u2019m glad this is radio. [Laughter] My parents did teach us that there were times where there were things just for the family. You stuck up for each other. You\u2019d take a bullet. You\u2019d take a hit for each other, but no one could have ever dreamed that my brother would come to my rescue like he did on this day.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI was at a children\u2019s convention. [Laughter] I was seated there with my brother\u2014we were little kids at the time. For some reason, I didn\u2019t bother to get up to go to the bathroom. I had had a lot to drink and I just chose, for whatever reason, to relieve myself right there. I leaned over to my brother, as the guy was praying up front. I said, \u201cDude, I just did something stupid over here.\u201d He glances over and sizes up the situation. I thought he would have cracked up laughing and started pointing at me, but something came over my brother. He said, \u201cOkay, stick with me.\u201d He took me to a bathroom, walking right in front of me, so that no one could see me. He went and found my parents and brought them to the bathroom. I came walking out. We had to walk all the way around this huge arena in the hallway. They flanked me on both sides and put someone right in front of me.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> That\u2019s great!\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> I like to say that there are times when your family has to have your back. On this particular night, my parents had my front, as well.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> Dave, you don\u2019t know this about me\u2014what I would say after I hear that, \u201cI\u2019m Dennis Rainey, and that\u2019s <em>real <\/em>Family Life.\u201d [Laughter]\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> Every family has got those stories!\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> We do! That\u2019s the way family was designed\u2014to truly have our backs. We do need to be teaching our kids loyalty to one another. They do get it. At those points of crisis, they do get it.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> Well, you look back at your own life\u2014at those indelible marks that have come\u2014that have shaped you\u2014the memories that stick with you. They\u2019re the times that included laughter, love, and warmth. They\u2019re times when the family was together, and you were doing things on purpose.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI really appreciate the fact that you\u2019ve shared some of the stories from your own family in the book that you\u2019ve written, called <em>Building Family Ties with Faith, Love &amp; Laughter. <\/em>It\u2019s a part of the <em>Faithful Family<\/em> series. You can go to our website, FamilyLifeToday.com, for more information on the books that Dave has written, designed to help us build strong, healthy, godly families. Again, our website is FamilyLifeToday.com. Look for the three books by Dave Stone in the <em>Faithful Family<\/em> series when you go online, or call 1-800-FL-TODAY for more information about these books from Pastor Dave Stone. Again, the website is FamilyLifeToday.com; and our toll-free number is: 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\tYou know, all that we\u2019ve talked about here today is a part of what moms and dads can do to anchor their kids in a rooted faith\u2014one that produces character; one that produces godly qualities in a son or a daughter\u2019s life. That\u2019s our desire, as parents\u2014we want to see our kids anchored in a faith that will last them a lifetime. We want to see that passed on to future generations. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tWe had a conversation about that, not long ago, with Dr. Steve Farrar. 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