Build Thriving Families- Week 2

And it wasn't his fault. He did not he did not do it. And I realized that and I had to go and I had to talk to him about it and I had to end his punishment early, and I had to apologize. And I'm not a guy that gets nervous about a lot of things, like, I figure things out. I'll roll with the punches. Man, I was nervous, and I told him I was sorry. And I will tell you, I have never learned a bigger lesson than when I told my son I was sorry and he said, it's okay, dad. I forgive you. Right? [00:34:09] (25 seconds)  #PowerOfApology

I I read the situation wrong sometimes and I have to figure that out and I have to recognize it. So why do I tell my kids how I figured out that I was wrong? Why would I tell them that? Why does that matter? Because if I tell them how I realized I had made a mistake, they know what to look at when they're evaluating their own decisions. They learn how to realize if they made a mistake. It's important that they grasp that idea. And here's the other piece of this one. Then you have to tell them that you're sorry. [00:33:19] (30 seconds)  #ModelAdmittingMistakes

while there may not be a specific family who has it all figured out, there are a lot of things I can learn about parenting in the Bible from these stories and from other things. And, one of the things that the list tells me is that I don't need to be concerned about getting everything perfect. God's been using people just like you and just like me and just like everybody on that list for a long time to raise up future generations of believers and shape this world [00:10:12] (22 seconds)  #BiblicalParentingReality

to your children. And that word diligently, it means something. Right? To do something with steady application, persistent effort, and careful attention to detail. And I I in my bible that verse is highlighted but I actually underlined that word diligently that day because because teaching them to my kids is one thing. Teaching them to my kids diligently, consistently, with effort and detail is is more than simply teaching them. Right? There's there's a more intent focus. There's a more intent purpose. There is a bigger picture at play and it is my job to diligently raise my children in the ways of God the father. [00:36:20] (41 seconds)  #TeachDiligently

He sent Jesus. Right? And Jesus a big chunk of Jesus' ministry on this Earth was teaching us about the ways of God and the ways we should live and how we should interact with the people around us. He he teaches us all the time, so we should we should probably teach our kids. That's a responsibility that we have. And then the the the third thing here in this group of ideas is that God sacrificed for us. It says in first John, it says, this is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his son as an atoning sacrifice [00:16:38] (26 seconds)  #TeachLikeJesus

This is actually a reference to Isaiah chapter 54, but in John chapter six, Jesus says, it is written in the prophets and they will be all be taught by God. Everyone who has heard and learned from the father comes to me. So God teaches us. Right? And if you think about it, God teaches us with his with his word, the Bible. That's a constant textbook for us to learn from. God teaches us through the actions and and day to day things that we we deal with in life. [00:16:13] (25 seconds)  #GodAsTeacher

will have five adults in their life who are not mom and dad. So mom and dad are over here. Five adults in their life who will have a significant impact on who they become as a young adult. Okay? So mom and dad have an influence in that, obviously, but there are five other adults in every young person's life who will have a significant influence on them. [00:19:07] (20 seconds)  #FiveToOneInfluence

You know, we're we're at church, so that's what the answer I'm supposed to say right now. Right? Everybody's like, oh, yeah. Of course, he's gonna say that. But here's the thing, man. Like, I don't care if your kids are are 45 or five. You're gonna have an impact in their life if you're telling them about Jesus and the way that he impacts your life and the relationship that you have with them. It doesn't matter if they don't believe in Jesus, they don't come to church, it doesn't matter if they're in church every Sunday, you will grow and learn together by having those conversations even when they don't wanna hear it. Okay? Now I hope that when I'm really old and my kids are, like, 40, 50 years old and they're annoyed by me all the time, I hope we're still talking about Jesus. [00:35:03] (33 seconds)  #KeepTalkingJesus