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Focus on the Family Parenting Podcast

Good Character vs. People Pleasing

Focus on the Family Parenting Podcast

Focus on the Family

Parenting, Kids & Family

4.41.1K Ratings

🗓️ 29 August 2024

⏱️ 12 minutes

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Summary

What character traits do you hope your kids have someday? Danny and John discuss ways they've prayed for their kids to have godly qualities in their behavior. Plus, Jim Daly and Dr. Kathy Koch share how godly actions must come from our character, instead of trying to please others.

 

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0:00.0

I've got six children, they're all adults now.

0:05.0

And one of the greatest satisfactions I have is to a tee,

0:10.0

they're all very deeply caring loyal friends. They show up for people. They give,

0:16.7

Danny you've talked about being a contributor, my kids contribute to other people's

0:21.2

lives. That's a character trait that I didn't pray about a lot,

0:25.6

but I'm so pleased to see that in them.

0:28.5

And we're going to talk today about character,

0:31.5

about training, about praying and uh... dany where to is with me in the studio he heads up our parenting team

0:39.0

it is important to pray for our children and to pray specific things. I didn't pray for

0:44.8

this particular quality but others and I've seen God answer in different ways.

0:50.3

How about you? How have you prayed for your children and they're both adults now?

0:54.0

They are, they are and John, just kudos to you. Six kids. That's just awesome.

0:59.2

You guys have... Well I did have a role to clean.

1:01.6

Thank you. Yeah, that's fantastic.

1:03.7

Six, six kids.

1:04.9

That's the guy.

1:05.9

Yeah, an obedience to God.

1:06.9

You're right there with the homeschool families, right in the average number.

1:10.4

We are a homeschool family or have.

1:11.9

So I've noticed that five, six is kind of a normal there.

1:15.0

I really have prayed for my son and my daughter to develop a sense of kindness, patience,

1:22.0

humility in their heart.

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