Intentional got married huh?ĭennis: Well, we’re both about seizing the moment.īarbara: Yes, we are. īarbara: I don’t know if it’s the defining word but it is definitely, I would say, one of the top five.īob: And if they were asked-if the kids were asked to define you in a word, would intentional be one of the top five for you?īarbara: I would think it would be in the top five. You know the story I’m talking about right?īob: -your son-what was the word he used?ĭennis: I thought he could have picked a better word.ĭennis: I would not have thought of this word in a hundred years.
What we have to do is find a way to seize the holiday-and not merely the holiday-but to make thanksgiving a part of the DNA of our families.īob: One of your children was asked one time how he would describe you in a single word. These robbers are coming at families, left and right. like we talked earlier-to dispute / to gripe. It’s our nature to be critical / to be fault-finding, to grumble.
Third-this is the human heart here-greed, jealousy, envy, discontent. As a result, we take each other for granted. Second one, neglect-we just neglect to make thankfulness a part of our everyday lives. In fact, we look at our five married children-look at their schedules-remarkable. You think that robs a lot of families?-just the sheer busyness of life.īob: Now, are you talking about things that rob the holiday or things that rob the attitude of Thanksgiving?ĭennis: It’s the attitude but frankly, it also robs the holiday too.īob: You’re just saying that the constant pace of life-the speed at which we are running-we forget to be grateful.ĭennis: Most families are running flat-out. So, here are some of the robbers of Thanksgiving in our families-the first one-pace. You add a lot of credibility and reality to this broadcast-not that Bob and I don’t have either, but you add more. Welcome back.ĭennis: All of our listeners are glad you are here. What they need to realize is-and I just wrote some of them down-and by the way, welcome to the broadcast, Sweetheart-Barbara joins us again on FamilyLife Today. There has been a robbery-ĭennis: -of Thanksgiving from families. The reality is-everything we are talking about is not going to happen unless we have a little intentionality about this.ĭennis: That’s exactly right, and you know why?ĭennis: Because there has been a robbery. We’ve been talking this week about the fact that there’s a big holiday coming up this month-and that we ought to pay attention, we ought to make memories, we ought to help our kids embrace gratitude as a way of life / be thankful. Thanks for joining us on the Friday edition. Stay tuned.Īnd welcome to FamilyLife Today. We’ll talk about how we cultivate that in our own hearts and in our families today. It is a commandment from God that we be thankful. Thanksgiving is more than just a day on a calendar. Our host is the President of FamilyLife ®, Dennis Rainey, and I’m Bob Lepine. When you stop and think about it-giving thanks in all things-that is never going to run out in anybody’s life.īob: This is FamilyLife Today for Friday, November 6 th. It’s just as important for the 18-year-old and the adult because that’s a pretty comprehensive verse. It’s very easy for even a three-year or a four-year-old to memorize. Here’s Barbara Rainey.īarbara: One of the easiest to memorize is “Give thanks in all things,”-ġ Thessalonians 5:18. Bob: Are your kids as grateful as they ought to be? Maybe, they need to be hiding God’s Word in their heart.
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