Hope for Fathers & the Fatherless: Dr. Rick Rigsby and Jerrad Lopes
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🗓️ 18 June 2020
⏱️ 33 minutes
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Summary
Fathers play a lasting role in our lives, and we learn countless lessons from them, like who we want to be and how we want to lead. Master communicator and motivational speaker Dr. Rick Rigsby grew up with a father who, despite being a third-grade dropout, sailed across the world, learned multiple languages, and instilled in a young Dr. Rigsby the basic life lessons that profoundly impacted the way he viewed himself and his potential. Above all, Dr. Rigsby’s father helped him see how living with faith and keeping our word can grow our influence to impact other people for the better. From the time he was a young boy, Jerrad Lopes couldn’t wait to be the dad he never had. But as an adult, when Jerrad hit a wall of professional setbacks that sent him into depression, he knew he wasn’t being the best dad and husband he could be. After a bitter fight with his wife, Jerrad turned to God to help show him how to lead. Now, Jerrad ministers through his organization Dad Tired to other men who face shame and a lack of confidence, so they can become dads and husbands who help their families grow more rooted in faith.
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BibleGateway.com Psalm 1
Interview Quotes:
“How you do anything is how you do everything. It's never wrong to do the right thing. You tell somebody you're gonna get there at five, get there at four. Be ready to work.” - Dr. Rick Rigsby quoting his father
“[My parents constantly raising the bar was] something I hated as a kid, something I couldn't stand as a teenager, but something that brings water to my eyes as an adult.” - Dr. Rick Rigsby
“If you don't learn character in the trenches, if you don't learn the basics in the trenches, what in the world makes us think that when we get to the big stage, it's all of a sudden going to happen?” - Dr. Rick Rigsby
“Faith encourages me to go beyond my comfort zone and to have a visceral reaction for the people of Jesus and encourage them.” - Dr. Rick Rigsby
“Your ability to influence people within the sphere of your periphery will determine the impact that you make.” - Dr. Rick Rigsby
“Think for a moment about the person who led you to the Lord. Was it that person's words, or was it that person's lifestyle?” - Dr. Rick Rigsby
“I’m going to have a bunch of titles on my business card one day, [but] the thing that will go with me to the grave are the titles of husband, father, and disciple.” - Jerrad Lopes
“If you believe you're too sinful or you're not equipped or you're not spiritual enough to lead your family, you're not believing in the God of the Bible.” - Jerrad Lopes
‘I'm just reminded that for me to be filled with life, to give life, to see the goodness of God used and fruit come out of it, I just have to be in the Living Water, which is the Word and Jesus Himself.” - Jerrad Lopes
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| 0:00.0 | My folks taught us godly principles modeled Christ in our home and told us we could be |
| 0:07.8 | anything we sought out to be. This third grade dropout, wisest man I ever met in my life? Sales the world multiple |
| 0:15.9 | times over. Learned portions of multiple foreign languages and perhaps the |
| 0:21.6 | greatest lesson you taught me during the worst days of my life was to stand. |
| 0:27.0 | Welcome to the Jesus Calling Podcast. |
| 0:30.0 | Our guests this week reflect on the influence fathers can have in our lives and the hope we can have even if our father wasn't there for us as we would have liked. |
| 0:38.5 | Best-selling author, Dr. Rick Rigsby, and Dad Tired Founder, Jared Lopes. |
| 0:46.0 | Dr. Rick Rigsby is a master communicator who inspires people the world over, |
| 0:51.0 | from Fortune 500 companies to professional sports teams and beyond. |
| 0:55.2 | In fact, one commencement address Dr Rigsby gave a few years ago went viral and has been viewed |
| 1:00.6 | online more than 300 million times. |
| 1:03.7 | Dr. Rigsby shares about the strong parents who shaped his character, |
| 1:07.3 | what it means to be a person of influence, |
| 1:09.4 | and the wisdom his father gave him all along the journey. |
| 1:15.0 | My name is Rick Rigsby. |
| 1:18.0 | And when I got to Texas A&M in the early 90s, |
| 1:22.0 | I had a chance meeting with a legendary football coach by the name of |
| 1:25.5 | RC Slocum and he hired me on the spot as a life skills coordinator literally a character coach of sorts. |
| 1:34.0 | And so along with those activities, I'm an ordained minister, I've been a pastor at a couple |
| 1:39.4 | churches, mostly in an associate role, and that's pretty much a thumbnail sketch. |
| 1:45.0 | I have four degrees. My brother is a presidential appointed judge. |
| 1:50.0 | We weren't the smartest ones in our family. It was a third grade dropout daddy and a country |
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