{"id":304272,"date":"2016-11-29T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-11-29T17:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-stage.familylife.com\/www\/podcast\/%series%\/being-still\/"},"modified":"2016-11-29T12:00:00","modified_gmt":"2016-11-29T17:00:00","slug":"being-still","status":"publish","type":"podcast","link":"https:\/\/wp-stage.familylife.com\/www\/podcast\/familylife-today\/being-still\/","title":{"rendered":"Being Still"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>guest: Barbara Rainey, Dennis Rainey | Series: Celebrating Advent | This holiday season Dennis and Barbara Rainey suggest hiding one new Christmas ornament and letting a child open one decorated bag each week of advent season. 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And Barbara Rainey says, \u201cIt helps us cultivate faith.\u201d\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<br><strong>Barbara: <\/strong>The whole purpose for Advent\u2014the reason that the church fathers came up with this idea, back in the Middle Ages\u2014was to encourage people, who were believers in Christ, to prepare their hearts for Christmas Day. It\u2019s a way to anticipate His coming \/ it\u2019s a way to look forward to celebrating the birth of Christ on Christmas Day. When we practice Advent today, it\u2019s essentially the same thing\u2014it\u2019s a way to mark the time, but it\u2019s also a way to build anticipation. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tOne of my favorite writers has written: \u201cThat loss of expectation is loss of faith. What else is faith but expectation?\u201d\u00a0 I love that quote\u2014that when we expect, we believe \/ when we are anticipating, we believe. \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\tI think that\u2019s really, really good for us. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI think there are some real benefits for families. The first one is\u2014it teaches us to be patient. We are <em>not<\/em> a patient people in this culture\u2014our children aren\u2019t patient \/ we\u2019re not patient. We\u2019re so used to everything being readily available whenever we want it. But if you mark Advent\u2014and you can only open one lunch sack, for instance, or one little box; and you have to wait a whole week for the next one\u2014it teaches us, as people, to be patient\u2014that\u2019s a good quality \/ it\u2019s a good attribute. \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 Tuesday, November 29<sup>th<\/sup>. Our host is the President of FamilyLife<sup>\u00ae<\/sup>, Dennis Rainey, and I\u2019m Bob Lepine. There are lots of people wanting you to be thinking about lots of different things during these weeks before Christmas. We think it\u2019s good for all of us to be thinking about the celebration of Jesus\u2019 coming. We\u2019ll talk more about that today. 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 on the Tuesday edition. I just need to make sure our listeners understand you prepare for <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em> very differently than your wife prepares for this program, when she is joining us on <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em>\u2014as she is today\u2014Barbara, welcome back to <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em>. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara: <\/strong>Thank you, Bob. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>And here is what I mean by that\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>Yes; why don\u2019t you tell me what you mean by that?\u00a0 [Laughter]\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>We have been doing this program for 24-plus years now. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>Over 5,000 broadcasts. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>In those 24-plus years, there has never been a day that you\u2019ve come in to the studio with four brown paper bags that have glitter, and glue, and numbers on them. You\u2019ve never come up with a little craft like this for our program. You just come in with some notes, and \u201cHere\u2019s what I want to talk about,\u201d and \u201cLet\u2019s go. C\u2019mon!\u00a0 C\u2019mon!\u201d\u00a0 And your wife comes in\u2014this is <em>beautiful<\/em> \/ she brought in some bags with glitter and glue on them. \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>Dennis: <\/strong>And she\u2019s appealing to something that you and I, both\u2014when we were little boys and, even today, as adults\u2014she\u2019s appealing to our curiosity: \u201cWhat\u2019s in bag number 1?\u201d and \u201cWhat\u2019s in number 2?\u201d \u201c\u20143?\u201d and \u201c\u20144?\u201d\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI remember where my mom used to stash all the Christmas presents before she would put them under\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>You knew where they were hidden?\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<br><strong>Dennis: <\/strong>Oh, yes. Are you kidding?\u00a0 I mean, I was a super-sleuth around the house. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>Snoop is what you were\u2014not sleuth\u2014snoop. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>Oh, well, that\u2019s true too. I would sniff them out. And I admit\u2014one time, I found the closet upstairs\u2014our house was a small, small house. It was kind of dark up there, but there was no one watching. So, I kind of unwrapped\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>\u2014a couple of the presents?\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>\u2014a couple of the presents. \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>And my mom was a better sleuth than me. [Laughter]\u00a0 But here is the thing\u2014the anticipation of leading up to Christmas is something that every child \/ every adult enjoys. \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\tI think what Barbara is doing here, around Advent and Christmas, is appealing to that curiosity and trying to get us to think about, \u201cWhat\u2019s in bag number 1?\u201d\u00a0 I think she\u2019s going to let you do it, in a second, after we talk about what Advent is. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>You brought these in as object lessons for us on today\u2019s program; right?\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara: <\/strong>Well, they are object lessons; but it\u2019s also a way for listeners to hear us do this and go: \u201cOh, that\u2019s not so hard. I could do that. I could even do that this year.\u201d\u00a0 Practicing Advent is <em>not<\/em> that difficult. Here is an easy way that you can practice Advent with your family, even this year. Even though the first Sunday of Advent was last Sunday, there are still four Sundays left. You could still do it this year if you wanted to. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>There are four lunch sacks here on the table. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<br><strong>Barbara: <\/strong>Just plain old, brown lunch sacks\u2014nothing fancy. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>And with glitter and glue, you\u2019ve got numbers 1, 2, 3, and 4 on here. \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\tThese are designed to create the curiosity; and, then, we reveal the mystery, at some point. You just thought of this as a way for moms and dads to engage kids and to get them thinking and excited about what this season represents. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tIn fact, during the Advent season, we\u2019ve been sending emails and text messages to folks, trying to give them ideas like this that they can use with their families so that the Advent season \/ the time leading up to Christmas could have more of a spiritual focus \/ more of a Jesus focus than it currently does. This is just one of those craft ideas\u2014you said, \u201cThis is something a mom can do easily with her kids.\u201d\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara: <\/strong>Right. And what it does is\u2014it builds anticipation. As you said earlier, kids are naturally curious. They look forward to Christmas; but they look forward to it for: \u201cWhat I am going to get.\u201d\u00a0 Doing Advent and having something fun for Advent builds curiosity, and it directs it toward the real meaning of Christmas. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>So, do I get to open bag 1?\u00a0 \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>Barbara: <\/strong>You may open bag, number 1. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>Okay; before I open it\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara: <\/strong>Okay. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>\u2014explain for listeners what the benefits are of taking time out to focus on Jesus during the Advent season. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<br><strong>Barbara: <\/strong>The whole purpose for Advent\u2014the reason that the church fathers came up with this idea, back in the Middle Ages\u2014was to encourage people, who were believers in Christ, to prepare their hearts for Christmas Day. It\u2019s a way to anticipate His coming \/ it\u2019s a way to look forward to celebrating the birth of Christ on Christmas Day. When we practice Advent today, it\u2019s essentially the same thing\u2014it\u2019s a way to mark the time, but it\u2019s also a way to build anticipation. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI think there are some real benefits for families. The first one is\u2014it teaches us to be patient. We are <em>not<\/em> a patient people in this culture\u2014our children aren\u2019t patient \/ we\u2019re not patient. We are so used to everything being readily available whenever we want it. But if you mark Advent\u2014 and you can only open one lunch sack, for instance, or one little box and you have to wait a whole week for the next one\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\u2014it teaches us, as people, to be patient\u2014that\u2019s a good quality \/ it\u2019s a good attribute\u2014so that\u2019s the first one. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>Well, before you move on, explain more about Advent. I\u2019m just thinking of how the nation of Israel had to wait\u2014how long after the\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara: <\/strong>Oh, hundreds of years. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>\u2014book of God\u2019s last words to the nation of Israel in the Book of Malachi [pronouncing it like an Italian name] [chuckling]?\u00a0 That\u2019s Malachi [correct pronunciation]. <br>\u00a0\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>Malachi. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>It is Malachi, in case you are wondering\u2014I just want to make sure our listeners are listening. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tGod\u2019s last words\u2014listen to this\u2014before there was silence for 400 years. It says in Chapter 4, verse 5: \u201cBehold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the great and awesome day the Lord comes,\u201d\u2014there\u2019s Advent\u2014\u201cAnd He will turn the hearts of fathers to their children and the hearts of children to their fathers, lest I come and strike the land with a decree of utter destruction.\u201d\u00a0 \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\tI think God\u2019s always been teaching human beings about being patient. Can you imagine?\u2014you had generations perishing\u2014being patient for the coming of the Messiah. And so, out of what appears to be silence, God speaks\u2014in the Book of Matthew, Chapter 1 and Chapter 2\u2014and here comes Christ. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara: <\/strong>Another benefit, I think, for celebrating or marking the days of Advent is that it helps us to pause and reflect about who Christ is. If you have something like these four sacks that I brought today, and there is a sack that you can open and there is an object in there that you can take out and talk about, it helps us be still for a minute. It helps us reflect. It helps us to talk about Jesus, and why He came, and why it matters to us, as believers. I think being still and having a few minutes to reflect is another benefit to Advent. \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>Dennis: <\/strong>And having the object that\u2019s in the sack that you pull out is really important. When I taught a sixth grade Sunday school class for 11 years\u2014I had over 550 kids go through my class\u2014I was constantly using curiosity to keep their attention and to teach them. There is really something that happens when you\u2019ve got a sack that you refuse to open. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tIn fact, you remember, Sweetheart\u2014they would just be on the edges of their seats, wondering, \u201cWhat in the world is Mr. Rainey going to do today?\u201d\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>Do you know what\u2019s in these sacks?\u00a0 Do you know?\u00a0 You know; don\u2019t you?\u00a0 How do you know?\u00a0 [Laughter]\u00a0 Did she tell you, or did you sneak and find out?\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>Let\u2019s just say that the instructor of this broadcast and I have a close relationship. [Laughter]\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<br><strong>Bob: <\/strong>That\u2019s no fair!\u2014[Laughter]\u2014because you know, and I don\u2019t!\u00a0 [Laughter]\u00a0 That is not fair. Alright; is it time for number one?\u00a0 Can I open number one?\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara: <\/strong>No; because I have two more reasons I want to talk to you about Advent. \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>Scold him\u2014scold him for being impatient. [Laughter]\u00a0 \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>Bob: <\/strong>Okay. So, why else should we be celebrating Advent?\u00a0 [Laughter]\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara: <\/strong>Oh, dear. Well, the third reason is\u2014I think Advent helps us anticipate. I think it builds anticipation. One of my favorite writers has written: \u201cThat loss of expectation is loss of faith. What else is faith but expectation?\u201d I love that quote, because I think she is so right\u2014that when we expect, we are believing \/ when we are anticipating, we believe. I think that\u2019s really, really good for us. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>Do you remember Laura on Christmas morning?\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara: <\/strong>Oh, yes!\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>She hardly slept the night before. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara: <\/strong>Yes; she\u2019s always been that way, from the time she was little; because she was <em>so<\/em> excited about Christmas Day. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>And then, we made them sit on the steps\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<br><strong>Barbara: <\/strong>\u2014stairs\u2014\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<br><strong>Dennis: <\/strong>\u2014of the stairs. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara: <\/strong>\u2014yes; while you built a fire and we had our coffee. They were <em>so<\/em> frustrated with us because we made them wait. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>You are <em>mean<\/em> parents. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara: <\/strong>We were mean parents. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>You are <em>mean<\/em> parents. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara: <\/strong>Oh, I know. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>So, I\u2019m ready for the bag. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara: <\/strong>Well, okay; but one more. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>One more. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<br><strong>Barbara: <\/strong>One more. Reason number four is that Advent encourages eternal decisions; because I think, when we take the time to think about Jesus and why He came to earth, it naturally makes us go: \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\u00a0\u201cOh; do I know Him?\u201d\u00a0 As moms and dads, it\u2019s a <em>great<\/em> opportunity for you to say to your kids: \u201cDo you know Jesus?\u00a0 Have you invited Him into your heart?\u201d\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tAdvent is a way for us to pause in the middle of the busy season\u2014and all of us want meaningful moments during the Christmas holiday\u2014we just don\u2019t know how to do it. If we take advantage of Advent, it helps us have those conversations. It may lead to the most important decision you or one of your kids will ever make. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>So, I\u2019m ready. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>I have to make one more comment\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>C\u2019mon! Hurry up!\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>\u2014about what Barbara\u2019s talking about\u2014an eternal decision\u2014because she said something I never thought about before: \u201cWhat about the eternal decision the inn keeper made to say, \u2018There\u2019s no room here for you\u201d?\u00a0 His inn could have been the birth place of the Messiah, the King of kings, the Lord of lords; but he had no room in the inn. \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\tI\u2019d never thought about that before\u2014our decisions, now, make an impact upon eternity. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>Alright; so is it time?\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara: <\/strong>Are you ready?\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>I\u2019m ready\u2014I\u2019ve been ready!\u00a0 [Laughter]\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<br><strong>Barbara: <\/strong>Yes; you can open sack number one. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>Sack number one, and I\u2019m reaching in. So, okay \/ alright; this is the first of the ornaments. This is the one that says, \u201cJesus the Light\u201d\u2014it\u2019s the globe\u2014\u201cI am the Light of the World,\u201d John 8:12. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara: <\/strong>But because you opened it\u2014see, you can hang that on the tree. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>So, now, I get to hang it on the tree. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara: <\/strong>You can be the one to hang it on the tree. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>There is also\u2014there is a crown at the top here; alright?\u00a0 Do all of them have crowns at the top?\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara: <\/strong>They all have crowns on them. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<br><strong>Bob: <\/strong>Okay. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara: <\/strong>And then, what we do\u2014if we were doing this in our home, is\u2014I would get the little book or Dennis would get the little book\u2014and we would read the story about Jesus being the Light of the World and why He\u2019s the\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>The little book that comes with this?\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara: <\/strong>Yes. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>Okay; so, there is a devotional you can take a family through as you hang this on the tree. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara: <\/strong>Correct. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>13:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>You can talk to a child about what happens when light comes into a dark room. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara: <\/strong>Or you can ask your kids, \u201cHave you ever been afraid of the dark?\u201d and talk about the difference between light and dark. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>You might take the\u2014after reading the verse here\u2014you might take this globe, after reading the verse, and turn off all the lights in your house. Then restate the verse again: \u201cJesus said, \u2018I am the light\u2026\u2019\u201d\u2014and then flip the switch on and say, \u201cWhat did the light do?\u201d\u00a0 \u201cWell, it made apparent what reality is\u2014\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>\u2014\u201cand it caused the darkness to flee.\u201d\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<br><strong>Bob: <\/strong>\u201cDo you like it better, as a child, when there is light on or when it\u2019s dark?\u00a0 Do you feel safer when there is light on or when it\u2019s dark?\u201d\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>Well, I can tell you\u2014when I was a little boy, <em>the<\/em> most dangerous place on the planet was our basement. It was dark in there. There was an old, coal bin that no longer held coal; but there was no light bulb in there. \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\tI was convinced that there was a really big boogie man\u2014[Laughter]\u2014whom I called a booger man for a number of years\u2014\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>\u2014but a boogie man who lived in there. I have to tell you\u2014my mom would send me down to the basement to get a package of hamburger \/ frozen hamburger out of the freezer. I would carefully go down the steps. I would dash over to the freezer. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara: <\/strong>You\u2019d run past that\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>I would!\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara: <\/strong>\u2014little bin. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>I absolutely would. I\u2019d grab the hamburger; and I bet I didn\u2019t hit one out of every four steps coming back up, blazing at the speed of light. I was really afraid, as a boy \/ a young boy, of that darkness. I think there are a lot of kids that are afraid of the darkness, and they need to know the light. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>Alright; so, that\u2019s in bag number one. Your thought is, with these ornaments\u2014if you put each one in a bag and just marked them 1, 2, 3, and 4\u2014it\u2019s a way to create some mystery\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\u2014get kids looking forward to \u201cWhat\u2019s next week?\u201d I\u2019d reach over here and get bag number 2. I\u2019d pull out ornament that says that Jesus is the Son. What would you do with that?\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara: <\/strong>I would read the story about Jesus is the Son, because it talks about why son-ship is important: \u201cWhy does it matter that Jesus came to earth as God\u2019s Son?\u201d I would talk about that with my kids. They might not all comprehend it because my little ones might be too little to get it; but it doesn\u2019t matter. They would hear me talking about the Savior. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThen, whoever\u2019s turn it was to open that bag\u2014it was their privilege to find the place on the tree for that. Kids will <em>love<\/em> that\u2014I mean, they love getting into that and being the only one that week that got to hang an ornament. They feel special\u2014it\u2019s the honored place that child number 2 gets to open bag number 2\u2014or whatever. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>So, what you are describing here might take a family three minutes. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>Or it could take ten minutes if you had\u2014\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\u2014if you decided to expand it a little bit and have a little bit of discussion, depending on the age of the kids. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara: <\/strong>Right; but the point is\u2014is it would not take very long if you were really rushed. I think so often we hesitate to do something like this that\u2019s meaningful, because we think we are not prepared. We think it\u2019s going to take too long \/ it\u2019s going to be too much work \/ too much trouble. But, as we just illustrated, paper lunch sacks are very easy to do. You can put a number on it with a red or green magic marker; and the kids are still going to get into it. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>And that three minutes\u2014we may think that\u2019s not significant\u2014but when you make an impression like that in three minutes, ten years later, kids are still talking about, \u201cI remember that year that Mom did the thing with the sacks.\u201d\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara: <\/strong>Right; and we forget the power of God\u2019s Word. We forget that God\u2019s Word never returns void. If we\u2014even if we do nothing but read Jesus\u2019 name, and read the verse, and hang the ornament on the tree, we are helping to turn our kids\u2019 hearts toward Christ\u2014even with just that little bit. \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>Dennis: <\/strong>And don\u2019t underestimate the power that this can have, even on a toddler. I\u2019ve watched this happen with children\u201418 months \/ 24 months old\u2014even though they are not yet able to string words together in a sentence, they understand more than you think. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara: <\/strong>They do. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>You may go through all four of these, and you may talk about each of the names of Christ and how His first Advent represented those things. When you pull them out a year from now, ask your son or your daughter if he or she remembers what that is all about. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>So, sack number three has, in it, the ornament that says, \u201cJesus is the Word.\u201d\u00a0 John 1: \u201cIn the beginning was the word, the word became flesh\u2026\u201d\u00a0 A lot of people struggle with that concept of, \u201cWhat does it mean that Jesus is the Word?\u201d\u00a0 How would you explain that to a five-year-old?\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara: <\/strong>Well, I think I would go back to Genesis; because in the beginning\u2014in Genesis 1\u2014it says, \u201cIn the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth.\u201d\u00a0 Then, when you read the verse that\u2019s on the globe\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\u2014\u201cIn the beginning was the word and the word was with God and the word was God\u201d\u2014and you tie those two together, you help your child understand that the Word is a name for God; and that\u2019s Jesus\u2019 name, because He came to earth to talk to us \/\u00a0 to tell us in words who God is. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tWord is not the kind of term we use as a name \/ we use all kinds of other terms as names; but in God\u2019s economy, the term, \u201cWord,\u201d is a name that describes perfectly who Jesus is. It is a hard concept, but that doesn\u2019t mean we shouldn\u2019t teach it. Help your kids begin to understand that Jesus is the Word because of what He came to do. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>Wait. You\u2019re opening the fourth sack?\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>I\u2019m going to do at least one\u2014at least one. I really like this one; because this speaks of \u201cJesus is the Messenger,\u201d\u2014it is red \/ has gold letters that are raised\u2014and it says, \u201cThe messenger of the covenant, in whom you delight, behold He is coming.\u201d \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\tThat\u2019s from Malachi, Chapter 3, verse 1. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tAnd the cool thing about Him being the messenger is\u2014He brought the message of redemption to the planet\u2014and this is the gospel. You have children who need to be introduced to Jesus Christ and be invited to place their faith in Him as their Lord and Savior. Well, you can be a messenger; and then you can talk about\u2014after they receive the Messenger\u2014they, too, can represent Him and be a messenger on His behalf. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI think\u2014if there is a big issue missing in families today\u2014is we\u2019re not on message and we\u2019re not on mission. We\u2019re not fulfilling what God created us to be and to do in this culture. I think, once again, it points out the need, here at Christmastime, how Jesus gave us a message that the world really needs today. People need to know His love and His forgiveness. \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\tThey feel guilty because of what they\u2019ve done wrong. They need to know that Almighty God has forgiven them by sending His Son Jesus Christ to die on the cross for their sins. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara: <\/strong>And I couldn\u2019t agree more. I think it\u2019s the missing part of Christmas, which is why I\u2019m trying to help turn families to conversations about Christ; because that\u2019s what Christmas is all about. It\u2019s all about the coming of Jesus Christ to our planet because He loved us \/ because He knew we needed to be redeemed. We need to be talking about that more at Christmas. That\u2019s our goal \/ that\u2019s our purpose\u2014is to try to help families have tangible ways\u2014things they can put on their tree \/ things that they can touch and talk about that help them keep the focus of Christmas on the real meaning for the holiday and not get pulled off and distracted by all the other things that are around us that take our eyes off the real reason for Christmas. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>If you think about it\u2014your children, as they grow up and become teenagers, if there is ever a time in a young person\u2019s life when they need to know that God has a mission for them \/ that God has a purpose for them and He wants them to be messengers\u2014 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>21:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t\u2014I think it\u2019s during the teenage years. It\u2019s when their friends are pressing in with other messages and trying to get them to conform to the world. This is really a valuable object lesson at Christmastime that can be applied in a young lady\u2019s life or in a young man, who is growing up to adulthood. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>Well, again, I\u2019d encourage our listeners\u2014they\u2019ve heard us talking about what you\u2019ve been doing\u2014but they need to see it. They can go to our website, FamilyLifeToday.com, and see this year\u2019s ornaments that you\u2019ve created. These are the Advent names\u2014they are in globe shape. You can order them from us, online, at FamilyLifeToday.com. Or if you just want to look at them\u2014again, go to FamilyLifeToday.com. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tYou can also order by calling 1-800-FL-TODAY. There is a set of four globe-shaped ornaments\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>22:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t\u2014one that identifies Jesus as the Son; Jesus as the Messenger; Jesus is the Word; and Jesus is the Light\u2014with corresponding Bible verses on each of these globes. Again, order, online, at FamilyLifeToday.com; or call 1-800-FL-TODAY to order the new Adorenaments<sup>\u00ae<\/sup> or previous sets that are available as well. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tNow, today is Giving Tuesday, here in the United States. I know last Friday was the big shopping day; and non-profit ministries, like ours, are hoping that today will be a big giving day. The end of the year is a significant time for ministries, like ours. This is a time when as much as 40 percent of our annual revenue comes in, when people make yearend contributions. Next year and what we\u2019re able to do in the year ahead really is determined, in large measure, by what happens today and in the weeks to come, leading up to New Year\u2019s Day. \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\tHave you thought about making a yearend contribution to support <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em>?\u00a0 A day like Giving Tuesday would be a great day to do that. I\u2019m going to let our listeners in on a little secret\u2014there\u2019s a matching gift that some friends of our ministry have put together. They are making these matching funds available for donations that we receive during the month of December. I asked our team, \u201cWould it be possible for folks, who give on Giving Tuesday, for those funds to be matched as well?\u201d\u00a0 It seems like if folks are going to the effort to give on a day like today, we ought to see if we could get those funds matched. We\u2019ve been able to clear the hurdles\u2014it\u2019s all okay with the folks who are making the matching funds available. Whatever you give today will be tripled, thanks to the matching gift. If you give a dollar, we\u2019ll add two dollars to that from the matching fund. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tSo, would you consider going online and making a gift to support <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em> or call us at 1-800-FL-TODAY and make a donation? \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\tThanks for whatever you are able to do in support of the ministry of <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em>, here on Giving Tuesday. We appreciate your partnership with us. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tAnd we hope you can join us back again tomorrow when we\u2019re going to continue talking with Barbara Rainey about how we can keep Christ at the center of our thinking during the weeks leading up to Christmas. \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 want to thank our engineer today, Keith Lynch, along with our entire broadcast production team. On behalf of our host, Dennis Rainey, I\u2019m Bob Lepine. We will see you back tomorrow for another edition of <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em>. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<em>FamilyLife Today<\/em> is a production of FamilyLife of Little Rock, Arkansas. Help for today. Hope for tomorrow.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tWe are so happy to provide these transcripts to you. However, there is a cost to produce them for our website. 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And Barbara Rainey says, \u201cIt helps us cultivate faith.\u201d\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<br><strong>Barbara: <\/strong>The whole purpose for Advent\u2014the reason that the church fathers came up with this idea, back in the Middle Ages\u2014was to encourage people, who were believers in Christ, to prepare their hearts for Christmas Day. It\u2019s a way to anticipate His coming \/ it\u2019s a way to look forward to celebrating the birth of Christ on Christmas Day. When we practice Advent today, it\u2019s essentially the same thing\u2014it\u2019s a way to mark the time, but it\u2019s also a way to build anticipation. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tOne of my favorite writers has written: \u201cThat loss of expectation is loss of faith. What else is faith but expectation?\u201d\u00a0 I love that quote\u2014that when we expect, we believe \/ when we are anticipating, we believe. \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\tI think that\u2019s really, really good for us. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI think there are some real benefits for families. The first one is\u2014it teaches us to be patient. We are <em>not<\/em> a patient people in this culture\u2014our children aren\u2019t patient \/ we\u2019re not patient. We\u2019re so used to everything being readily available whenever we want it. 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I just need to make sure our listeners understand you prepare for <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em> very differently than your wife prepares for this program, when she is joining us on <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em>\u2014as she is today\u2014Barbara, welcome back to <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em>. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara: <\/strong>Thank you, Bob. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>And here is what I mean by that\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>Yes; why don\u2019t you tell me what you mean by that?\u00a0 [Laughter]\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>We have been doing this program for 24-plus years now. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>Over 5,000 broadcasts. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>In those 24-plus years, there has never been a day that you\u2019ve come in to the studio with four brown paper bags that have glitter, and glue, and numbers on them. You\u2019ve never come up with a little craft like this for our program. You just come in with some notes, and \u201cHere\u2019s what I want to talk about,\u201d and \u201cLet\u2019s go. C\u2019mon!\u00a0 C\u2019mon!\u201d\u00a0 And your wife comes in\u2014this is <em>beautiful<\/em> \/ she brought in some bags with glitter and glue on them. \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>Dennis: <\/strong>And she\u2019s appealing to something that you and I, both\u2014when we were little boys and, even today, as adults\u2014she\u2019s appealing to our curiosity: \u201cWhat\u2019s in bag number 1?\u201d and \u201cWhat\u2019s in number 2?\u201d \u201c\u20143?\u201d and \u201c\u20144?\u201d\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI remember where my mom used to stash all the Christmas presents before she would put them under\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>You knew where they were hidden?\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<br><strong>Dennis: <\/strong>Oh, yes. Are you kidding?\u00a0 I mean, I was a super-sleuth around the house. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>Snoop is what you were\u2014not sleuth\u2014snoop. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>Oh, well, that\u2019s true too. I would sniff them out. And I admit\u2014one time, I found the closet upstairs\u2014our house was a small, small house. It was kind of dark up there, but there was no one watching. So, I kind of unwrapped\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>\u2014a couple of the presents?\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>\u2014a couple of the presents. \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>And my mom was a better sleuth than me. [Laughter]\u00a0 But here is the thing\u2014the anticipation of leading up to Christmas is something that every child \/ every adult enjoys. \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\tI think what Barbara is doing here, around Advent and Christmas, is appealing to that curiosity and trying to get us to think about, \u201cWhat\u2019s in bag number 1?\u201d\u00a0 I think she\u2019s going to let you do it, in a second, after we talk about what Advent is. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>You brought these in as object lessons for us on today\u2019s program; right?\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara: <\/strong>Well, they are object lessons; but it\u2019s also a way for listeners to hear us do this and go: \u201cOh, that\u2019s not so hard. I could do that. I could even do that this year.\u201d\u00a0 Practicing Advent is <em>not<\/em> that difficult. Here is an easy way that you can practice Advent with your family, even this year. Even though the first Sunday of Advent was last Sunday, there are still four Sundays left. You could still do it this year if you wanted to. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>There are four lunch sacks here on the table. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<br><strong>Barbara: <\/strong>Just plain old, brown lunch sacks\u2014nothing fancy. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>And with glitter and glue, you\u2019ve got numbers 1, 2, 3, and 4 on here. \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\tThese are designed to create the curiosity; and, then, we reveal the mystery, at some point. You just thought of this as a way for moms and dads to engage kids and to get them thinking and excited about what this season represents. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tIn fact, during the Advent season, we\u2019ve been sending emails and text messages to folks, trying to give them ideas like this that they can use with their families so that the Advent season \/ the time leading up to Christmas could have more of a spiritual focus \/ more of a Jesus focus than it currently does. This is just one of those craft ideas\u2014you said, \u201cThis is something a mom can do easily with her kids.\u201d\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara: <\/strong>Right. And what it does is\u2014it builds anticipation. As you said earlier, kids are naturally curious. They look forward to Christmas; but they look forward to it for: \u201cWhat I am going to get.\u201d\u00a0 Doing Advent and having something fun for Advent builds curiosity, and it directs it toward the real meaning of Christmas. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>So, do I get to open bag 1?\u00a0 \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>Barbara: <\/strong>You may open bag, number 1. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>Okay; before I open it\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara: <\/strong>Okay. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>\u2014explain for listeners what the benefits are of taking time out to focus on Jesus during the Advent season. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<br><strong>Barbara: <\/strong>The whole purpose for Advent\u2014the reason that the church fathers came up with this idea, back in the Middle Ages\u2014was to encourage people, who were believers in Christ, to prepare their hearts for Christmas Day. It\u2019s a way to anticipate His coming \/ it\u2019s a way to look forward to celebrating the birth of Christ on Christmas Day. When we practice Advent today, it\u2019s essentially the same thing\u2014it\u2019s a way to mark the time, but it\u2019s also a way to build anticipation. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI think there are some real benefits for families. The first one is\u2014it teaches us to be patient. We are <em>not<\/em> a patient people in this culture\u2014our children aren\u2019t patient \/ we\u2019re not patient. We are so used to everything being readily available whenever we want it. But if you mark Advent\u2014 and you can only open one lunch sack, for instance, or one little box and you have to wait a whole week for the next one\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\u2014it teaches us, as people, to be patient\u2014that\u2019s a good quality \/ it\u2019s a good attribute\u2014so that\u2019s the first one. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>Well, before you move on, explain more about Advent. I\u2019m just thinking of how the nation of Israel had to wait\u2014how long after the\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara: <\/strong>Oh, hundreds of years. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>\u2014book of God\u2019s last words to the nation of Israel in the Book of Malachi [pronouncing it like an Italian name] [chuckling]?\u00a0 That\u2019s Malachi [correct pronunciation]. <br>\u00a0\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>Malachi. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>It is Malachi, in case you are wondering\u2014I just want to make sure our listeners are listening. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tGod\u2019s last words\u2014listen to this\u2014before there was silence for 400 years. It says in Chapter 4, verse 5: \u201cBehold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the great and awesome day the Lord comes,\u201d\u2014there\u2019s Advent\u2014\u201cAnd He will turn the hearts of fathers to their children and the hearts of children to their fathers, lest I come and strike the land with a decree of utter destruction.\u201d\u00a0 \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\tI think God\u2019s always been teaching human beings about being patient. Can you imagine?\u2014you had generations perishing\u2014being patient for the coming of the Messiah. And so, out of what appears to be silence, God speaks\u2014in the Book of Matthew, Chapter 1 and Chapter 2\u2014and here comes Christ. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara: <\/strong>Another benefit, I think, for celebrating or marking the days of Advent is that it helps us to pause and reflect about who Christ is. If you have something like these four sacks that I brought today, and there is a sack that you can open and there is an object in there that you can take out and talk about, it helps us be still for a minute. It helps us reflect. It helps us to talk about Jesus, and why He came, and why it matters to us, as believers. I think being still and having a few minutes to reflect is another benefit to Advent. \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>Dennis: <\/strong>And having the object that\u2019s in the sack that you pull out is really important. When I taught a sixth grade Sunday school class for 11 years\u2014I had over 550 kids go through my class\u2014I was constantly using curiosity to keep their attention and to teach them. There is really something that happens when you\u2019ve got a sack that you refuse to open. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tIn fact, you remember, Sweetheart\u2014they would just be on the edges of their seats, wondering, \u201cWhat in the world is Mr. Rainey going to do today?\u201d\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>Do you know what\u2019s in these sacks?\u00a0 Do you know?\u00a0 You know; don\u2019t you?\u00a0 How do you know?\u00a0 [Laughter]\u00a0 Did she tell you, or did you sneak and find out?\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>Let\u2019s just say that the instructor of this broadcast and I have a close relationship. [Laughter]\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<br><strong>Bob: <\/strong>That\u2019s no fair!\u2014[Laughter]\u2014because you know, and I don\u2019t!\u00a0 [Laughter]\u00a0 That is not fair. Alright; is it time for number one?\u00a0 Can I open number one?\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara: <\/strong>No; because I have two more reasons I want to talk to you about Advent. \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>Scold him\u2014scold him for being impatient. [Laughter]\u00a0 \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>Bob: <\/strong>Okay. So, why else should we be celebrating Advent?\u00a0 [Laughter]\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara: <\/strong>Oh, dear. Well, the third reason is\u2014I think Advent helps us anticipate. I think it builds anticipation. One of my favorite writers has written: \u201cThat loss of expectation is loss of faith. What else is faith but expectation?\u201d I love that quote, because I think she is so right\u2014that when we expect, we are believing \/ when we are anticipating, we believe. I think that\u2019s really, really good for us. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>Do you remember Laura on Christmas morning?\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara: <\/strong>Oh, yes!\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>She hardly slept the night before. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara: <\/strong>Yes; she\u2019s always been that way, from the time she was little; because she was <em>so<\/em> excited about Christmas Day. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>And then, we made them sit on the steps\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<br><strong>Barbara: <\/strong>\u2014stairs\u2014\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<br><strong>Dennis: <\/strong>\u2014of the stairs. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara: <\/strong>\u2014yes; while you built a fire and we had our coffee. They were <em>so<\/em> frustrated with us because we made them wait. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>You are <em>mean<\/em> parents. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara: <\/strong>We were mean parents. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>You are <em>mean<\/em> parents. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara: <\/strong>Oh, I know. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>So, I\u2019m ready for the bag. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara: <\/strong>Well, okay; but one more. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>One more. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<br><strong>Barbara: <\/strong>One more. Reason number four is that Advent encourages eternal decisions; because I think, when we take the time to think about Jesus and why He came to earth, it naturally makes us go: \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\u00a0\u201cOh; do I know Him?\u201d\u00a0 As moms and dads, it\u2019s a <em>great<\/em> opportunity for you to say to your kids: \u201cDo you know Jesus?\u00a0 Have you invited Him into your heart?\u201d\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tAdvent is a way for us to pause in the middle of the busy season\u2014and all of us want meaningful moments during the Christmas holiday\u2014we just don\u2019t know how to do it. If we take advantage of Advent, it helps us have those conversations. It may lead to the most important decision you or one of your kids will ever make. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>So, I\u2019m ready. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>I have to make one more comment\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>C\u2019mon! Hurry up!\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>\u2014about what Barbara\u2019s talking about\u2014an eternal decision\u2014because she said something I never thought about before: \u201cWhat about the eternal decision the inn keeper made to say, \u2018There\u2019s no room here for you\u201d?\u00a0 His inn could have been the birth place of the Messiah, the King of kings, the Lord of lords; but he had no room in the inn. \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\tI\u2019d never thought about that before\u2014our decisions, now, make an impact upon eternity. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>Alright; so is it time?\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara: <\/strong>Are you ready?\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>I\u2019m ready\u2014I\u2019ve been ready!\u00a0 [Laughter]\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<br><strong>Barbara: <\/strong>Yes; you can open sack number one. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>Sack number one, and I\u2019m reaching in. So, okay \/ alright; this is the first of the ornaments. This is the one that says, \u201cJesus the Light\u201d\u2014it\u2019s the globe\u2014\u201cI am the Light of the World,\u201d John 8:12. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara: <\/strong>But because you opened it\u2014see, you can hang that on the tree. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>So, now, I get to hang it on the tree. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara: <\/strong>You can be the one to hang it on the tree. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>There is also\u2014there is a crown at the top here; alright?\u00a0 Do all of them have crowns at the top?\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara: <\/strong>They all have crowns on them. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<br><strong>Bob: <\/strong>Okay. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara: <\/strong>And then, what we do\u2014if we were doing this in our home, is\u2014I would get the little book or Dennis would get the little book\u2014and we would read the story about Jesus being the Light of the World and why He\u2019s the\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>The little book that comes with this?\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara: <\/strong>Yes. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>Okay; so, there is a devotional you can take a family through as you hang this on the tree. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara: <\/strong>Correct. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>13:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>You can talk to a child about what happens when light comes into a dark room. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara: <\/strong>Or you can ask your kids, \u201cHave you ever been afraid of the dark?\u201d and talk about the difference between light and dark. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>You might take the\u2014after reading the verse here\u2014you might take this globe, after reading the verse, and turn off all the lights in your house. Then restate the verse again: \u201cJesus said, \u2018I am the light\u2026\u2019\u201d\u2014and then flip the switch on and say, \u201cWhat did the light do?\u201d\u00a0 \u201cWell, it made apparent what reality is\u2014\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>\u2014\u201cand it caused the darkness to flee.\u201d\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<br><strong>Bob: <\/strong>\u201cDo you like it better, as a child, when there is light on or when it\u2019s dark?\u00a0 Do you feel safer when there is light on or when it\u2019s dark?\u201d\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>Well, I can tell you\u2014when I was a little boy, <em>the<\/em> most dangerous place on the planet was our basement. It was dark in there. There was an old, coal bin that no longer held coal; but there was no light bulb in there. \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\tI was convinced that there was a really big boogie man\u2014[Laughter]\u2014whom I called a booger man for a number of years\u2014\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>\u2014but a boogie man who lived in there. I have to tell you\u2014my mom would send me down to the basement to get a package of hamburger \/ frozen hamburger out of the freezer. I would carefully go down the steps. I would dash over to the freezer. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara: <\/strong>You\u2019d run past that\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>I would!\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara: <\/strong>\u2014little bin. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>I absolutely would. I\u2019d grab the hamburger; and I bet I didn\u2019t hit one out of every four steps coming back up, blazing at the speed of light. I was really afraid, as a boy \/ a young boy, of that darkness. I think there are a lot of kids that are afraid of the darkness, and they need to know the light. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>Alright; so, that\u2019s in bag number one. Your thought is, with these ornaments\u2014if you put each one in a bag and just marked them 1, 2, 3, and 4\u2014it\u2019s a way to create some mystery\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\u2014get kids looking forward to \u201cWhat\u2019s next week?\u201d I\u2019d reach over here and get bag number 2. I\u2019d pull out ornament that says that Jesus is the Son. What would you do with that?\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara: <\/strong>I would read the story about Jesus is the Son, because it talks about why son-ship is important: \u201cWhy does it matter that Jesus came to earth as God\u2019s Son?\u201d I would talk about that with my kids. They might not all comprehend it because my little ones might be too little to get it; but it doesn\u2019t matter. They would hear me talking about the Savior. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThen, whoever\u2019s turn it was to open that bag\u2014it was their privilege to find the place on the tree for that. Kids will <em>love<\/em> that\u2014I mean, they love getting into that and being the only one that week that got to hang an ornament. They feel special\u2014it\u2019s the honored place that child number 2 gets to open bag number 2\u2014or whatever. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>So, what you are describing here might take a family three minutes. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>Or it could take ten minutes if you had\u2014\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\u2014if you decided to expand it a little bit and have a little bit of discussion, depending on the age of the kids. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara: <\/strong>Right; but the point is\u2014is it would not take very long if you were really rushed. I think so often we hesitate to do something like this that\u2019s meaningful, because we think we are not prepared. We think it\u2019s going to take too long \/ it\u2019s going to be too much work \/ too much trouble. But, as we just illustrated, paper lunch sacks are very easy to do. You can put a number on it with a red or green magic marker; and the kids are still going to get into it. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>And that three minutes\u2014we may think that\u2019s not significant\u2014but when you make an impression like that in three minutes, ten years later, kids are still talking about, \u201cI remember that year that Mom did the thing with the sacks.\u201d\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara: <\/strong>Right; and we forget the power of God\u2019s Word. We forget that God\u2019s Word never returns void. If we\u2014even if we do nothing but read Jesus\u2019 name, and read the verse, and hang the ornament on the tree, we are helping to turn our kids\u2019 hearts toward Christ\u2014even with just that little bit. \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>Dennis: <\/strong>And don\u2019t underestimate the power that this can have, even on a toddler. I\u2019ve watched this happen with children\u201418 months \/ 24 months old\u2014even though they are not yet able to string words together in a sentence, they understand more than you think. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara: <\/strong>They do. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>You may go through all four of these, and you may talk about each of the names of Christ and how His first Advent represented those things. When you pull them out a year from now, ask your son or your daughter if he or she remembers what that is all about. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>So, sack number three has, in it, the ornament that says, \u201cJesus is the Word.\u201d\u00a0 John 1: \u201cIn the beginning was the word, the word became flesh\u2026\u201d\u00a0 A lot of people struggle with that concept of, \u201cWhat does it mean that Jesus is the Word?\u201d\u00a0 How would you explain that to a five-year-old?\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara: <\/strong>Well, I think I would go back to Genesis; because in the beginning\u2014in Genesis 1\u2014it says, \u201cIn the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth.\u201d\u00a0 Then, when you read the verse that\u2019s on the globe\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\u2014\u201cIn the beginning was the word and the word was with God and the word was God\u201d\u2014and you tie those two together, you help your child understand that the Word is a name for God; and that\u2019s Jesus\u2019 name, because He came to earth to talk to us \/\u00a0 to tell us in words who God is. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tWord is not the kind of term we use as a name \/ we use all kinds of other terms as names; but in God\u2019s economy, the term, \u201cWord,\u201d is a name that describes perfectly who Jesus is. It is a hard concept, but that doesn\u2019t mean we shouldn\u2019t teach it. Help your kids begin to understand that Jesus is the Word because of what He came to do. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>Wait. You\u2019re opening the fourth sack?\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>I\u2019m going to do at least one\u2014at least one. I really like this one; because this speaks of \u201cJesus is the Messenger,\u201d\u2014it is red \/ has gold letters that are raised\u2014and it says, \u201cThe messenger of the covenant, in whom you delight, behold He is coming.\u201d \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\tThat\u2019s from Malachi, Chapter 3, verse 1. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tAnd the cool thing about Him being the messenger is\u2014He brought the message of redemption to the planet\u2014and this is the gospel. You have children who need to be introduced to Jesus Christ and be invited to place their faith in Him as their Lord and Savior. Well, you can be a messenger; and then you can talk about\u2014after they receive the Messenger\u2014they, too, can represent Him and be a messenger on His behalf. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI think\u2014if there is a big issue missing in families today\u2014is we\u2019re not on message and we\u2019re not on mission. We\u2019re not fulfilling what God created us to be and to do in this culture. I think, once again, it points out the need, here at Christmastime, how Jesus gave us a message that the world really needs today. People need to know His love and His forgiveness. \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\tThey feel guilty because of what they\u2019ve done wrong. They need to know that Almighty God has forgiven them by sending His Son Jesus Christ to die on the cross for their sins. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara: <\/strong>And I couldn\u2019t agree more. I think it\u2019s the missing part of Christmas, which is why I\u2019m trying to help turn families to conversations about Christ; because that\u2019s what Christmas is all about. It\u2019s all about the coming of Jesus Christ to our planet because He loved us \/ because He knew we needed to be redeemed. We need to be talking about that more at Christmas. That\u2019s our goal \/ that\u2019s our purpose\u2014is to try to help families have tangible ways\u2014things they can put on their tree \/ things that they can touch and talk about that help them keep the focus of Christmas on the real meaning for the holiday and not get pulled off and distracted by all the other things that are around us that take our eyes off the real reason for Christmas. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>If you think about it\u2014your children, as they grow up and become teenagers, if there is ever a time in a young person\u2019s life when they need to know that God has a mission for them \/ that God has a purpose for them and He wants them to be messengers\u2014 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>21:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t\u2014I think it\u2019s during the teenage years. It\u2019s when their friends are pressing in with other messages and trying to get them to conform to the world. This is really a valuable object lesson at Christmastime that can be applied in a young lady\u2019s life or in a young man, who is growing up to adulthood. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>Well, again, I\u2019d encourage our listeners\u2014they\u2019ve heard us talking about what you\u2019ve been doing\u2014but they need to see it. They can go to our website, FamilyLifeToday.com, and see this year\u2019s ornaments that you\u2019ve created. These are the Advent names\u2014they are in globe shape. You can order them from us, online, at FamilyLifeToday.com. Or if you just want to look at them\u2014again, go to FamilyLifeToday.com. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tYou can also order by calling 1-800-FL-TODAY. There is a set of four globe-shaped ornaments\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>22:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t\u2014one that identifies Jesus as the Son; Jesus as the Messenger; Jesus is the Word; and Jesus is the Light\u2014with corresponding Bible verses on each of these globes. Again, order, online, at FamilyLifeToday.com; or call 1-800-FL-TODAY to order the new Adorenaments<sup>\u00ae<\/sup> or previous sets that are available as well. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tNow, today is Giving Tuesday, here in the United States. I know last Friday was the big shopping day; and non-profit ministries, like ours, are hoping that today will be a big giving day. The end of the year is a significant time for ministries, like ours. This is a time when as much as 40 percent of our annual revenue comes in, when people make yearend contributions. Next year and what we\u2019re able to do in the year ahead really is determined, in large measure, by what happens today and in the weeks to come, leading up to New Year\u2019s Day. \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\tHave you thought about making a yearend contribution to support <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em>?\u00a0 A day like Giving Tuesday would be a great day to do that. I\u2019m going to let our listeners in on a little secret\u2014there\u2019s a matching gift that some friends of our ministry have put together. They are making these matching funds available for donations that we receive during the month of December. I asked our team, \u201cWould it be possible for folks, who give on Giving Tuesday, for those funds to be matched as well?\u201d\u00a0 It seems like if folks are going to the effort to give on a day like today, we ought to see if we could get those funds matched. We\u2019ve been able to clear the hurdles\u2014it\u2019s all okay with the folks who are making the matching funds available. Whatever you give today will be tripled, thanks to the matching gift. If you give a dollar, we\u2019ll add two dollars to that from the matching fund. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tSo, would you consider going online and making a gift to support <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em> or call us at 1-800-FL-TODAY and make a donation? \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\tThanks for whatever you are able to do in support of the ministry of <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em>, here on Giving Tuesday. We appreciate your partnership with us. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tAnd we hope you can join us back again tomorrow when we\u2019re going to continue talking with Barbara Rainey about how we can keep Christ at the center of our thinking during the weeks leading up to Christmas. \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 want to thank our engineer today, Keith Lynch, along with our entire broadcast production team. On behalf of our host, Dennis Rainey, I\u2019m Bob Lepine. We will see you back tomorrow for another edition of <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em>. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<em>FamilyLife Today<\/em> is a production of FamilyLife of Little Rock, Arkansas. Help for today. Hope for tomorrow.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tWe are so happy to provide these transcripts to you. However, there is a cost to produce them for our website. 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