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When I was in high school, I had a friend of the family who invited me to go to their church.

I had recently accepted Christ and I did not have a place to really plug in and get

disabled, but on Sundays I would go with him and he to really plug in and get disciples.

But on Sundays, I would go with him and his family

to church.

They became kind of a second family,

and a first spiritual family, if you will.

And that shows you the power of what can happen if your kids have an eye

for those around them and invite them into your family. I'm John Fuller along

with Dr. Danny Werta he He's the Vice President of Parenting and

Youth here at Focus on the Family and today we're going to hear a conversation

Jim Daly and I head with Shauna Pilgrine about how you can encourage your kids to be a powerful witness in their world, particularly

at school.

Shana, you describe circles in the book.

Give the listener a little flavor of what you mean by operating in circles within your

mission.

Right.

So if your living sent, you're paying attention to what's going on around you, realizing that you're not seeing things just with

your physical eyes, but there's some things that God wants you to say with your spiritual eyes.

So when I describe circles, I'm talking about, think about the groups that you're a part of. Think about the circles that are formed in your life. Some you form, some you step into.

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