{"id":305879,"date":"2020-03-26T07:00:04","date_gmt":"2020-03-26T11:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-stage.familylife.com\/www\/podcast\/%series%\/hope-isnt-canceled\/"},"modified":"2020-03-26T07:00:04","modified_gmt":"2020-03-26T11:00:04","slug":"hope-isnt-canceled","status":"publish","type":"podcast","link":"https:\/\/wp-stage.familylife.com\/www\/podcast\/familylife-today\/hope-isnt-canceled\/","title":{"rendered":"Hope Isn&#8217;t Canceled"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Guest: Dave and Ann Wilson | FamilyLIfe Today hosts Dave and Ann Wilson bring us six W&#8217;s of hope for families during COVID-19, including: Word (reading the Bible), Worship (having a vertical perspective), Work\/Play (finding a healthy balance), Words (relationships need communication), Walk (love and serve your neighborhood), and Weave (seizing the moment by coming together as a family).<br \/>\nShow Notes and Resources<\/p>\n<p> \tWe have partnered with Phil Vischer, creator of Veggie Tales, as he launches a new way to bring faith to our kids. He is offering free access to his full digital library (https:\/\/mrphil.tv\/) exclusively for our FamilyLife audience. To take advantage of this offer, select the Monthly Plan subscription and enter the COUPON code: FAMILYLIFE\u00a0\u00a0Please note that this offer is only good for six weeks of free content.<br \/>\n \tThe Kensington Service: https:\/\/youtu.be\/WJc43ite728?t=311<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dave and Ann Wilson bring us six W&#8217;s of hope for families during COVID-19, on FamilyLife Today.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":91,"featured_media":294104,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","inline_featured_image":false,"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","episode_type":"","audio_file":"https:\/\/mp3.familylife.com\/fl2020-03-26-repl.mp3","podmotor_file_id":"","podmotor_episode_id":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"00:33:01","filesize":"30.23M","filesize_raw":"31703417","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":""},"categories":[2096],"tags":[4299],"podcast_series":[],"cwp_profile":[3647],"series":[2101],"class_list":["post-305879","podcast","type-podcast","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-faith","tag-faith","cwp_profile-dave-and-ann-wilson","series-familylife-today"],"acf":[],"episode_featured_image":"https:\/\/wp-stage.familylife.com\/www\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1001\/2024\/09\/FLT-Podcast-Cover-2-508x508-3.jpg?w=508","episode_player_image":"https:\/\/wp-stage.familylife.com\/www\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1001\/2023\/02\/image-scaled.jpg","download_link":"https:\/\/wp-stage.familylife.com\/www\/podcast-download\/305879\/hope-isnt-canceled","player_link":"https:\/\/wp-stage.familylife.com\/www\/podcast-player\/305879\/hope-isnt-canceled","audio_player":null,"episode_data":{"playerMode":"light","subscribeUrls":{"apple_podcasts":{"key":"apple_podcasts","url":"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/familylife-today\/id212174303?mt=2&app=podcast","label":"Apple Podcasts","class":"apple_podcasts","icon":"apple-podcasts.png"},"google_podcasts":{"key":"google_podcasts","url":"","label":"Google Podcasts","class":"google_podcasts","icon":"google-podcasts.png"},"spotify":{"key":"spotify","url":"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/0j5UaKdQOHQCuo1bt0ebEm","label":"Spotify","class":"spotify","icon":"spotify.png"},"youtube":{"key":"youtube","url":"","label":"YouTube","class":"youtube","icon":"youtube.png"}},"rssFeedUrl":"https:\/\/wp-stage.familylife.com\/www\/feed\/podcast\/familylife-today","embedCode":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"nQT5CXIdqn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-stage.familylife.com\/www\/podcast\/familylife-today\/hope-isnt-canceled\/\">Hope Isn&#8217;t Canceled<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-stage.familylife.com\/www\/podcast\/familylife-today\/hope-isnt-canceled\/embed\/#?secret=nQT5CXIdqn\" width=\"500\" height=\"350\" title=\"&#8220;Hope Isn&#8217;t Canceled&#8221; &#8212; FamilyLife\u00ae - A Cru Ministry\" data-secret=\"nQT5CXIdqn\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script>\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/\/# sourceURL=https:\/\/wp-stage.familylife.com\/www\/wp-includes\/js\/wp-embed.min.js\n<\/script>\n"},"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/wp-stage.familylife.com\/www\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1001\/2024\/09\/FLT-Podcast-Cover-2-508x508-3.jpg",508,508,false]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"kfairris@familylife.com","author_link":"https:\/\/wp-stage.familylife.com\/www\/author\/kfairrisfamilylife-com\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"Dave and Ann Wilson bring us six W's of hope for families during COVID-19, on FamilyLife Today.","meta_box":{"show_notes":"","transcript_url":"https:\/\/familylifetodaypdfs.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/fl2020-03-26-repl.pdf","transcript_content":"<strong>Bob:<\/strong> And welcome to FamilyLife Today. Thank for joining us. I'm Bob Lepine, along with Dave and Ann Wilson, who are joining us remotely from their home in Michigan, where the state is on lockdown. Welcome, guys.\n\n<strong>Dave:<\/strong> You know, it's good to be with you, Bob, from a looong, socially, distance. [Laughter]\n\n<strong>Ann:<\/strong> I'm glad we can see your face, though.\n\n<strong>Bob:<\/strong> I'm glad that we have an opportunity to connect and to connect with our listeners. We are pre-empting what we had planned for today; so that, we can offer encouragement, and hope, and guidance, and counsel in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic.\n\nAs a pastor in a local church, Dave, we're having to think through: \u201cHow do we counsel and shepherd the spiritual family that we connect with every week?\u201d You had to think about that as you gathered for a remote service this past weekend at Kensington.\n\n<strong>Dave:<\/strong> Yes, we've been in ministry over 40 years; never have we had a time like this. You know, thinking about doing a weekend service online\u2014a stream to our congregation\u2014thank God that we have technology that we can do that now, which is awesome. We had to do it a little different this weekend, and last weekend, and probably next weekend.\n\n<strong>Bob:<\/strong> You did the service, Ann, from your living room this weekend.\n\n<strong>Ann:<\/strong> Yes.\n\n<strong>Bob:<\/strong> The worship team was somewhere else; you guys were in your living room. You can't even go on your church campus right now; can you?\n\n<strong>Ann:<\/strong> Right, we can't even be together. We were for mid-week, last week; but there were 30 people in the room. We thought, \u201cThat's not even safe.\u201d So now, we're all doing it remotely; and we're kind of tying it all together, which was really pretty cool.\n\n<strong>Bob:<\/strong> We're starting to think\u2014again, pastors are starting to think about what Good Friday and Easter are going to look like this year, and how we do that remotely, and how we do that in a way that pulls us together and we can celebrate the resurrection in a unique way. These are challenging times.\n\n<strong>Dave:<\/strong> Yes, as we all know, the great truth is the resurrection wasn\u2019t canceled. Even though we're living in a sort of canceled culture\/everything's getting canceled, the resurrection wasn't canceled; and therefore, hope was not canceled\u2014that was the title of our message this past weekend. There is still hope, even in the middle of this storm.\n\n<strong>Bob:<\/strong> You organized your thinking around six words that all start with the same letter.\n\n<strong>Ann:<\/strong> Of course he did, Bob! [Laughter] This is how he does it; it's the six \u201cW\u2019s!\u201d\n\n<strong>Dave:<\/strong> Bob, we're the Wilson's; so it had to be \u201cW\u2019s\u201d; right? [Laughter] We just felt like\u2014this is our second week, obviously, of doing an online service\u2014we just thought, \u201cSo many people are stuck in a house together,\u201d\u2014not stuck\u2014\u201cbut they're closer than they've ever been in a house.\u201d\n\n<strong>Ann:<\/strong> \u2014\u201cand kids are with them too.\u201d\n\n<strong>Dave:<\/strong> Yes, so they're all over the place. Everybody's a homeschooler now, whether they want to be or not. People are working from home; we're working from home. We thought: \u201cLet\u2019s try and help families navigate: \u2018How do you guide?\u2019 \u2018How do you lead?\u2019 \u2018How do you lead your family to hope during this time?\u2019\u201d\n\nI saw this really interesting quote on Twitter\u00ae this week. It's from a woman\/from a mom, who had been homeschooling a six-year-old and an eight-year-old for one hour and eleven minutes: \u201cTeachers deserve to make a billion dollars a year or a week.\u201d [Laughter] It just caught the sentiment; this is what people are feeling. We just thought: \u201cCould we offer a guide to families?\u201d\u2014and this is true for single people as well\u2014\u201cYou're in this home: \u2018How do we do this?\u2019 and \u2018How do we do it well?\u2019\u201d\n\n<strong>Bob:<\/strong> Well, here are the six words\u2014\n\n<strong>Ann:<\/strong> \u2014six \u201cW's,\u201d Bob.\n\n<strong>Bob:<\/strong> Excuse me\u2014the six \u201cW's.\u201d I think these are great words for all of us to lock in on.\n\n[Recorded Message]\n\n<strong>Dave:<\/strong> The first one is Word\/the Word\u2014we're talking about the Bible. We would just say, \u201cSpend some time everyday, as a family, in the Word.\u201d Here's the thing: \u201cWhere you look\u201d\u2014I said this, Wednesday night, at our mid-week\u2014\u201cWhere we look will determine our mood.\u201d If you're always looking at your screen, oh my goodness, you'll be mean; because there's just bad news. Look at what Isaiah 26 says\u2014we mentioned this last week\u2014\u201cYou will keep in perfect peace all who trust in You, all whose thoughts are fixed on You.\u201d It's: \u201cFix your eyes on Jesus\u2014on His Word\/the Word of God\u2014the living Word of God, and it will change your mood; it will bring a sense of hope and a sense of peace.\u201d\n\n<strong>Ann:<\/strong> I got this book\u2014it's so good\u2014it's called Beholding and Becoming as a gift. Listen to this quote by Charles Spurgeon: \u201cNearness to God brings likeness to God. The more you see God, the more of God will be seen in you.\u201d I thought that was so good. And then, I was thinking about this verse\u2014the book is called Beholding and Becoming because whatever you behold, you start becoming like that thing; and so the more we behold God, the more we become like Him.\n\nEven in 2 Corinthians 3:18, Paul was talking about this when he was talking about\u2014you remember how Moses would be with God, and the glory of God would shine on his face so much that he covered his face with a veil because of the glory that came of his time being with God\u2014Paul said in 2 Corinthians, \u201cWe all, with unveiled face, beholding the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image, from one degree of glory to another. For this comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit.\u201d In other words, the more we're with Him and beholding Him, the more we become like Him.\n\nThis author said, \u201cWe are being transformed into His likeness by looking intently on who He is.\u201d Especially during this time, we could focus on the news, and what everybody's saying, and the grim, dire reports; but let's focus more on Him. Especially for our kids: \u201cWhat do they see us focusing on?\u201d\n\n<strong>Dave:<\/strong> Today and then tomorrow\u2014each day\u2014just go to the Word. If you don't know where to go, just start anywhere. Start in the book of Psalms if you want, or go through the Gospel of John in the New Testament; take a really good look at who Jesus is.\n\n<strong>Ann:<\/strong> Easter's coming, so even to go through what's happening prior to Jesus's resurrection would be cool for a family.\n\n<strong>Dave:<\/strong> Here's some Scripture\u2014we'll just read it to you. Just listen; these are all about hope.\n\n<strong>Ann:<\/strong> Try to focus in.\n\n<strong>Dave:<\/strong> Where does hope come from? Kids, listen in; and listen for the word, \u201chope\u201d; because it's mentioned in every one of these passages.\n\n<strong>Ann:<\/strong> \u201cYour word is a lamp to guide my feet and a light for my path. Your laws are my treasure. They are my heart's delight. I am determined to keep your decrees to the very end. You are my refuge and my shield. Your word is my source of hope.\u201d\n\n<strong>Dave:<\/strong> Where's our source of hope?\u2014the Word. That's why the \u201cW,\u201d Word, is the first.\n\n<strong>Ann:<\/strong> That's Psalm 119.\n\n<strong>Dave:<\/strong> I love this one; it says: \u201cEven youths grow tired and weary and young men stumble and fall, but those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles, they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint [Isaiah 40:30, 31].\u201d\n\n<strong>Ann:<\/strong> Romans 5:5 says, \u201cAnd hope does not put us to shame because God's love has been poured out into our hearts through the Holy Spirit, who has been given to us.\u201d That's a good one, too; hope does not put us to shame.\n\n<strong>Dave:<\/strong> It's interesting\u2014In Romans 15, Paul writes this, \u201cMay the God of hope\u201d\u2014you want to know where hope is?\u2014it's in God. \u201cMay the God of hope fill you\u201d\u2014listen to this\u2014\u201cwith all joy and peace as you trust in Him\u2026\u201d This is a time\u2014\n\n<strong>Ann:<\/strong> That's a good one to memorize.\n\n<strong>Dave:<\/strong> \u2014it's hard to trust\u2014and you find joy, and peace, and hope as you trust in Him. Then it says: \u201c\u2026so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.\u201d\n\n<strong>Ann:<\/strong> Romans:15:13\n\n<strong>Dave:<\/strong> Where does this hope come from?\u2014it's literally given to us from the power of the Holy Spirit. So many of us try to live the Christian life in our own strength. We're trying to get through this COVID-19 virus in our own strength. I tell you what\u2014it's so limited; you can't do it! You need\u2014we need\/our kids need\u2014the power of God through His Holy Spirit that lives here. If you're a follower of Christ, the Holy Spirit lives right here in your soul and can give you resurrection power\/His power to live a life you couldn't live, to find hope when you can't find it, to find peace when you can't find it, to find joy when you can't find it. That is found through the power of God.\n\nI tell you what\u2014if you're a person listening today, and you're like, \u201cI don't know Christ,\u201d\u2014today's your day. Surrender your life to Christ. I think a revival may break out in our country at this time. Today's the day; give your life to Jesus and receive the power of God.\n\n<strong>Ann:<\/strong> I think for Dave and I\u2014that's what we're really praying\u2014that there will be a revival in our own hearts. We've been so distracted; we can be so busy; that this is making us kind of hone in on what the priorities are: where our walk is with God. This could be a time of repentance\u2014of: \u201cGod, I want to be back with You. I want to make You the supreme center of my life. I surrender all.\u201d And also, a revival or our homes\u2014that would be so cool\u2014that we just heal, and our home becomes a haven; because it's a storm outside right now.\n\n<strong>Dave:<\/strong> So as you're hanging out in your sweat suit, like I am, you can really dig into the Word together; and it can literally change you and your family.\n\nHere's the second word: the second \u201cW\u201d is Worship\/Worship. We often think worship is just singing\u2014and it is\u2014but it's more than that. Worship actually means ascribing worth to God\/ascribing worth to God.\n\nWe all worship: we ascribe worth and value to various things. Every human being, whether they know it or not, is a worshipper of something. We're challenging you, and me, and us to say, \u201cLet's worship the one true God, the only one worthy of our worship.\u201d\n\n<strong>Ann:<\/strong> I love this quote by Paul David Tripp\u2014he says, \u201cHuman beings, by their very nature, are worshippers. Worship is not something we do; it defines who we are. You cannot divide human beings into those who worship and those who don't. Everybody worships; it's just a matter of what or whom we serve.\u201d I thought that was so good.\n\nIn this time, what if we took our focus and we worshipped God?\u2014what do you think that would look like?\n\n<strong>Dave:<\/strong> I think it's interesting. I'm going to read you a passage from the Book of Lamentations. Now think about this; Lamentations is a book about laments. He says: \u201cThe thought of my suffering and homelessness is bitter, beyond words.\u201d Now, you think the Bible is not real?\u2014it's real. He's talking bitter, beyond words. \u201cI can't even describe how remorseful I am.\u201d\n\nHow bitter this time in his life feels; he says, \u201cI will never forget this awful time.\u201d I don't think we are either. This is going to be something we will remember our whole lives. Our kids will mark it as a time in their lives. He says, \u201cI will never forget this awful time as I grieve over my loss.\u201d Jeremiah and all the people there lost so much: finances, even lives; the same thing is happening in our culture.\n\nAnd yet he says this: \u201cYet I still dare to hope. I still dare to hope when I remember this,\u201d\u2014you've got to remember something\/fix your eyes on something\u2014he says, \u201cI remember this, \u2018The faithful love of the Lord never ends.\u2019\u201d We have to stop\u2014that's why the Word is so important\u2014then we have to stop and worship; go vertical. \u201cThe faithful love of the Lord never ends. His mercies never cease. Great is His faithfulness; His mercies begin afresh each morning.\u201d He says: \u201cI will say to myself, 'The Lord is my inheritance. Therefore'\u2014look at this\u2014'I will hope in Him.'\u201d I'm not going to hope in the government or hope in a certain stock market coming back: \u201cI hope all that works.\u201d Our hope is in Him; that's who we worship\u2014the one true God.\n\nAnd I'll tell you something\u2014something that I think is critical, and it's been true throughout history; it's all over the Word of God\u2014is one of the ways to remember\u2014to stop\/to plug in and focus\u2014is to sing. It really does; it brings more than just words to you. Now, you have your soul\u2014\n\n<strong>Ann:<\/strong> Yes.\n\n<strong>Dave:<\/strong> \u2014your emotion, your posture\u2014your whole body is involved. When you sing praise songs, worship songs, hymns to God\u2014which is all over the New Testament and Old Testament\u2014it gets your eyes\u2014\n\n<strong>Ann:<\/strong> \u2014it takes your eyes\/it puts your eyes on Jesus, and it starts to begin to change.\n\n<strong>Dave:<\/strong> I'll tell you\u2014here's the next one\u2014we got: we've got the Word; we've got Worship; ad then here's one that's really important in this time, because our kids are home and they're out of school: Work. You still have to get school work done and other work done as well. I mean, that's the hard thing\u2014you've got kids at home\u2014you've got to come up with a plan for your kids and for your teenagers.\n\n<strong>Ann:<\/strong> I think the plan is really important to have a schedule, especially with young kids, so that everybody kind of knows what's going on.\n\n<strong>Dave:<\/strong> It is hard, but you've got to come up with a schedule to work. We also would say this\u2014\n\n<strong>Ann:<\/strong> Wait, wait, wait. Let me just say this: \u201cIf you've lost it during the day with your kids\u201d\u2014you know how, as a mom, you can lay in bed and\u2014\n\n<strong>Dave:<\/strong> We never lost it.\n\n<strong>Ann:<\/strong> I lost it all the time!\u2014and then I would go to bed, and I would feel so full of shame\u2014like: \u201cI'm a terrible mom!\u201d Just ask God\u2014 like, \u201cLord, help me.\u201d But then apologize to your kids. They are so quick to forgive. And that's modeling to them, too; they may need to ask your forgiveness as well.\n\n<strong>Dave:<\/strong> Alright; so here's the thing\u2014you've got work\u2014but I put a slash [\/] with this one and put \u201cPlay.\u201d You gotta work, and you've got to schedule time to get the work done\u2014schoolwork and everything else\u2014but also, you've got to play. In this time, especially now that you have more time around your family than ever, you've got to grab some moments to play.\n\n<strong>Ann:<\/strong> You might not feel like\u2014\u201cI don't feel happy,\u201d \u201cI don't feel like this is a fun time\u201d\u2014but I think it's an act of our will to be intentional\u2014like: \u201cWe're going to create joy,\u201d\u2014just creating moments of things that your kids will remember; because this is a scary time for them, and they're watching you. If you can create these pockets of moments of play and fun, they will love it.\n\n<strong>Dave:<\/strong> Here's another word; so we've got: Word, Worship, Work\/Play. Here's the fourth one\u2014I think we\u2019re on the fourth one\u2014I\u2019m looking at our clock, we\u2019ve got to go. This one is Words. We're not talking about the Bible or the Word of God, we're talking about the words that you speak in your home during this time. Here's the thing\u2014you\u2019re at home with a lot of people, all the time; so it's very easy to start being snappy with our words.\n\nIn fact, Proverbs 18:21; we've quoted this verse many times in terms of your words to your spouse in marriage, but this is so true for families. It says: \u201cThe tongue has the power of life and death, and those who love it will eat its fruit.\u201d In other words, those who understand the power of our words will reap the benefits if we speak life rather than death. It's easy to speak death; but especially during this time, I'd just encourage you\/we'd encourage you: \u201cBe careful with your words.\u201d\n\n<strong>Ann:<\/strong> Yes, it would be awesome if we spoke words of life once a day; and especially this to your spouse. And to thank each other\u2014just get into this habit. We're going to be isolated for a while; let's get into a habit of speaking life\/speaking encouragement, saying, \u201cThank you.\u201d Share this as a vision for your family too.\n\n<strong>Dave:<\/strong> Walk is just\u2014well, one, do a lot of walking. You can work out during this time, so that's good; we have a gym in our basement\u2014a little mini-thing\u2014and working out. But we're talking about walking the neighborhood. Again, you've got to be careful because you can't go up and talk to people everywhere; but you want to walk the neighborhood. I say, \u201cPray for you neighborhood.\u201d\n\n<strong>Ann:<\/strong> I have put on our Facebook\u00ae, and I said it on radio: \u201cWhat if we saw this as this new challenge?\u201d I called it the Corona Love Challenge. \u201cWhat if we did something nice to each other in our homes and outside our homes?\u2014just a way\/maybe you call your neighbors and ask: \u201cHow are you doing?\u201d \u201cWhat can I do for you?\u201d\n\nAnd also, if you're single and if you're living alone, this can be a really lonely time. I really hope that you're interacting with people: you're Face-timing. I've been Face-timing\nwith my dad every day. He's on quarantine in assisted living, so he can't even eat in the dining room; he has to stay in his room.\n\n<strong>Dave:<\/strong> We can't go see him.\n\n<strong>Ann:<\/strong> Right.\n\n<strong>Dave:<\/strong> Okay; we've got one last one. And this one\u2014I couldn't come up with a good \u201cW\u201d word. We've got the Word; we've got Worship; we've got Work and Play, we've got Words\/our tongue; and we've got Walk. But this last one\u2014we've got like two minutes to do it\u2014I came up with the word, Weave.\n\nWeave means it's easy in your home\u2014with a mom and a dad, or a mom, or a dad, or kids: brother\/sister\u2014they're all running around. They're all over different places of the house. You've got to be intentional to say: \u201cNo, no, no. Let's come together and spend some\u201d\u2014at least\u2014\u201csome time together every day.\u201d Guess how you can do that?\n\n<strong>Ann:<\/strong> \u2014at the dining room table\/the kitchen table. This is a great time to sit down together, as a family, and be intentional. I think it would be great; like every day you ask your kids, maybe it's a different question\u2014like: \u201cWhat's your high today?\u201d \u201cWhat's your low today?\u201d This is a really important time, too, to talk to your kids about: \u201cWhat are they feeling about this scary time?\u201d\n\n<strong>Dave:<\/strong> \u201cWhat are they afraid of?\u201d\n\n<strong>Ann:<\/strong> Yes; \u201cWhat are they most excited about?\u201d \u201cWhat are you most fearful of?\u201d Talk about that. I think communication during this time with your kids, especially, is so important; with us, it's so important.\n\nAnd I know, too, I'd really talk about: \u201cLet's make a plan together, as a family, in terms of how often we're on screen time,\u201d \u201c\u2026how often we're playing video games.\u201d Just say, \u201cWhat if we took this family time at our dinner table to really focus on each other and ask each other questions?\u201d It could be one of the best things you could do as a family.\n\n<strong>Dave:<\/strong> This is a time to seize the dinner table. I'm telling you\u2014it is critical for you and your children to talk about what's going on in here; get their fears out. Man, this can bring your family closer than you've ever been.\n\n<strong>Ann:<\/strong> And I would say, too, this is a great idea\u2014we did this for a while with our kids\u2014but do prayer requests\u2014like, \u201cHow can we pray for you?\u201d Put them in a little vase, or a box, or something; put them on a table; date it and say, \u201cGod, we really pray that You would answer these prayers.\u201d And then later, you bring them out and see how God was faithful.\n\n<strong>Dave:<\/strong> Hopefully, those six words\/seven have helped you. This could bring hope; this could bring joy. This could bring a sense of God's presence\u2014\n\n<strong>Ann:<\/strong> \u2014unity.\n\n<strong>Dave:<\/strong> \u2014to your family; yes, unity.\n\nI really believe this is a time that God is giving us. He hasn't moved; He's still on the throne. He's still got us, and we can trust in that; but it's a time where everything is slowed down. As I said from Psalm 46, \u201cBe still and know that I am God.\u201d It's a time to be still\/to be quiet. I know it's crazy and loud, but it's a time to take some time to rest. I think your family is going to be better at the end of this.\n\n<strong>Ann:<\/strong> Yes.\n\n<strong>Dave:<\/strong> The last thing we're going to do is pray. I encourage you to do this every day with your family. Get in a football huddle\u2014\n\n<strong>Ann:<\/strong> I would say, \u201cGet on your knees.\u201d\n\n<strong>Dave:<\/strong> Okay; get in a football huddle on your knees if you want. [Laughter] Grab whoever is with you right now. Circle up in a football huddle, or get on your knees if you want, and let's pray.\n\nFather God, we thank You that You are the source of hope. You are the source of life. You are the only one worthy of our worship, so we worship You. We give You worth; and we don't want to do that just in singing\u2014although we do want to do that\u2014we want to do that in how we live and how we treat others; how we love You; love our family; and through our family, love our neighbors as we love ourselves.\n\nSo God, I pray that You would bring Your presence\/Your hope into our homes and into our souls as we fix our eyes on You. And Lord, I pray, if there's one out there who's never surrendered to You, today is their day\u2014say: \u201cJesus, I'm scared; and I'm realizing You are my answer. So Jesus, I surrender my life to You; and I thank You for forgiving me through the cross. And I ask You to fill me with Your power, through Your Holy Spirit, and with Your hope and even with Your peace.\u201d\n\n<strong>Ann:<\/strong>\nAnd Father, we also pray for researchers\/for scientists to come up with a vaccine. And Father, we thank You for our medical workers\u2014Lord, they are on the frontlines. We ask for protection. We ask, God, that You would shield them, empower them, equip them, protect them. Protect our families, God. We need You; we're desperate for You.\n\nAnd Father, we pray that You would do above and beyond what we can hope or imagine. We are desperate for Your Spirit to run our lives\/to rule us. We are so in need of You, Father. We pray for revival of our hearts and for our families. We love You and we pray in Jesus' s name. Amen.\n\n[Studio]\n\n<strong>Bob:<\/strong> Amen. That is great counsel\/great wisdom what you guys shared with your local church this past weekend.\n\n<strong>Dave:<\/strong> You know, I really think\u2014we had some fun in that message\u2014because we felt like there needed to be some joy in our homes during such a dark time. But I also have a real burden in my heart to say to dads, \u201cLead your families through this time.\u201d And this would be true, obviously, for moms; but it can be real easy to be passive.\n\nThis is a moment that we've never encountered before; may never again. But man, this is a moment to lead your family into the Word; lead your family in worship; lead in speaking words of life. As we said, \u201cSeize that dinner table.\u201d Don't let that moment pass\u2014they're not playing soccer; they're not on ballfields\u2014they're in your home. Lead strong. God wants us to lead; and this could be a time, where families look back and say, \u201cThis was one of the best seasons of our entire history as a family.\u201d\n\n<strong>Bob:<\/strong> \u201cThis knit us together in a way that other things would not do\u201d; right?\n\n<strong>Dave:<\/strong> Right.\n\n<strong>Ann:<\/strong> I think, too, I would say that our kids are watching us. If we're super fearful, you can bet that our kids are going to feel that anxious\/anxiety\u2014you know, all the things that we may feel. For us to go to God first to get that peace from Him that surpasses all understanding\u2014I think that, really, for me\u2014keeps me on my knees.\n\n<strong>Bob:<\/strong> We have a link on our website at FamilyLifeToday.com where listeners can go and watch the message again. We took an excerpt from the message; but if they'd like to view it again, they can go FamilyLifeToday.com to see Dave and Ann share the six \u201cW's\u201d\nto bring your family together during the coronavirus. We also have a link to\u2014you mentioned family devotions, Dave\u2014we've got a link to resources families can use for some creative devotion times.\n\nThere's also a link our friend, Phil Vischer, has opened up for all of our FamilyLife Today listeners. He's opened up his video vault of content he's been creating for families for the last 15 years. You can go to FamilyLifeToday.com and get six weeks of access to Mr. Phil's Video Vault that includes his What's in the Bible? series\/other series that he's created. Go to FamilyLifeToday.com, and that's free for FamilyLife Today listeners for the next six weeks. We want to thank Phil for making that available.\n\nAgain, go to FamilyLifeToday.com for all of these resources and for additional help for your marriage and your family during this time.\n\nTomorrow, we're going to ask the question: \u201cIs God still in control in the midst of the coronavirus? Is this a part of His providence for us?\u201d We'll talk about that tomorrow. I hope you can tune in and be with us for that.\n\nI, again, want to thank our engineer today, Keith Lynch, along with our entire broadcast production team\u2014great team\u2014they\u2019ve been working hard this week. On behalf of our hosts, Dave and Ann Wilson, I\u2019m Bob Lepine. We will see you back tomorrow for another edition of FamilyLife Today.\n\nFamilyLife Today is a production of FamilyLife of Little Rock, Arkansas; a Cru\u00ae Ministry. Help for today. Hope for tomorrow.\n\nWe are so happy to provide these transcripts to you. However, there is a cost to produce them for our website. If you\u2019ve benefited from the broadcast transcripts, would you consider donating today to help defray the costs?\n\nCopyright \u00a9 2020 FamilyLife. All rights reserved.\n\n<a href=\"https:\/\/wp-stage.familylife.com\/www\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.FamilyLife.com<\/a>","theme_header_position":"","post_header_is_sticky":"","is_header_overlay":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp-stage.familylife.com\/www\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/podcast\/305879","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp-stage.familylife.com\/www\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/podcast"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp-stage.familylife.com\/www\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/podcast"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp-stage.familylife.com\/www\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/91"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp-stage.familylife.com\/www\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=305879"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp-stage.familylife.com\/www\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/294104"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp-stage.familylife.com\/www\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=305879"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp-stage.familylife.com\/www\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=305879"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp-stage.familylife.com\/www\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=305879"},{"taxonomy":"podcast_series","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp-stage.familylife.com\/www\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/podcast_series?post=305879"},{"taxonomy":"cwp_profile","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp-stage.familylife.com\/www\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cwp_profile?post=305879"},{"taxonomy":"series","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp-stage.familylife.com\/www\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/series?post=305879"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}