Welcome to the Paul Tripp podcast, where pastor and bestselling author Dr. Paul David Tripp

connects the transforming power of Jesus Christ to everyday life. In today's episode, you'll get to

listen to a free session from Paul's 2019 parenting conference, Foundations of a Godly Home. This brand new four-session

seminar can be streamed on demand until March 31st, 2020. It comes with a bonus discussion guide

that you can use with your spouse, a small group, or your entire church. You can sign up to stream

the event at parenting.paultrip.com. Here's Paul Tripp, teaching why parenting is a mission of

mercy and how God has placed moms and dads on site as first responders.

Well, that's the gospel you preach to yourself in those moments where you've had the 17th conversation with a child who's not listening.

When you've realized something about your teenager that is devastating, when you just feel like what you're doing isn't working, God Almighty, holy, holy, the great

I am.

You don't load your children on your shoulders every morning because God carries them.

You're not the change agent.

You're ready for this?

You have no ability to change your child if not a nun it's not your job

you are a tool in god's hands and that's why those truths are so important it's uh great to be with you

this evening it's sort of great to be anywhere on the ground.

We had a very interesting entrance to our flight.

They told us we were at gate 29, and then they said gate 16.

Then they send us to gate 12, and then to gate 14.

We finally were at gate 14, and we watched them load our luggage,

not on our plane, but onto another plane.

They told us the gate, they will unload it.

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