Do you do family devotions? What are some examples of family discipleship?
Ask the Pastor with J.D. Greear
J.D. Greear
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🗓️ 3 May 2019
⏱️ 11 minutes
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Summary
Pastor J.D. discusses the role of the family in the growth and discipleship of children and shares some practical tips.
A glimpse inside this episode:
God gave the home and family as one of the two “gospel gardens,” the church being the second. The ultimate job of parenting it to let go and to send out.
Studies show the quality of the relationship not the depth of instruction is the determiner. Sociologist Vern Bengtson says in his book, Families and Faith, that studies conclusively show that the quality of the child’s relationship to the father is the single-most important factor in whether the child adopts the faith of the parents.
But what does this look like practically in the Greear household?
- When they were young, every day. Now, once a week: Dad, devotion, dessert.
- Allows me to plan. We study books of the Bible, and I jot down thoughts throughout the week.
- Try to pray with my kids once a week.
- I make sure they are equipped for quiet time. The Christian life has to grow from within, so I want to equip them but allow the Spirit to do what only the Spirit can do.
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This Episode’s Sponsor: One of the greatest predictors of a disciple’s spiritual growth is regular Bible reading. That’s why LifeWay created the Daily Discipleship Guide. To download four free sessions of the Daily Discipleship Guide, visit BibleStudiesforLife.com/DDG.
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| 0:00.0 | Lifeway Leadership Podcast Network. |
| 0:06.4 | Hey, this is J.D. |
| 0:07.4 | And before we jump into the Ask Me Anything question for today, I want to tell you, |
| 0:10.3 | that one of the greatest predictors I've heard of whether a disciple actually goes on and grows spiritually is whether or not they read the Bible every day. |
| 0:17.6 | It's one of the reasons that the first thing I do, literally, the first thing I do every day after getting a cup of coffee is just sit down to read God's word, have him speak to me |
| 0:24.6 | and me talk back to him in prayer. It's also why Lifeway created something called the Daily |
| 0:29.6 | Discipleship Guide. It's a new resource in the Bible Studies for Life family, and it contains |
| 0:34.5 | content for a weekly group Bible study. But it also includes five daily |
| 0:38.5 | devotions, and that's what makes this unique to reinforce what was learned in that group |
| 0:42.7 | meeting. So not only is it good for a group or a Sunday school class, but it'll actually |
| 0:46.0 | be, it'll form the substance, the content of your daily Bible reading. It would be a great |
| 0:50.6 | place to start, especially if you don't have a daily time with God, and the daily commitment to reading God's Word is going to end up leading into a habit |
| 0:57.8 | that will form the basis for an effective and productive discipleship. |
| 1:02.2 | You can get four free sessions of this, daily discipleship guide, four free ones just to see what it's like. |
| 1:07.2 | You can go to Bible Studies for Life.com slash DDG. That's Bible Studies for Life.com slash DDG. |
| 1:11.1 | That's Bible Studies for Life.com slash DDG. |
| 1:14.6 | And now I hope you enjoy. |
| 1:16.1 | Ask me anything. |
| 1:34.6 | Thank you. Hey everybody. Welcome to Ask Me Anything. |
| 1:37.6 | Honest Questions, Quick Answers with Pastor Jady Greer. |
| 1:39.3 | I'm your host, Matt Love. |
| 1:40.6 | And we have a question today. Feeling satisfied in my job after last week. And we have a question |
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