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FamilyLife Today®

Putting Your Family Center Stage: Josh and Christi Straub

FamilyLife Today®

FamilyLife Network

Society & Culture, Religion & Spirituality, Personal Journals, Kids & Family, Christianity

4.81.7K Ratings

🗓️ 22 November 2022

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

No one decides, I'm planning to ruin my marriage and neglect my kids. On FamilyLife Today, Dave and Ann Wilson host Dr. Josh and Christi Straub--who show how core decisions keep what's important center stage.

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0:00.0

Hey, before we get to today's program, I want you to know that Dave and I were

0:04.8

perfect parents until we had a child. Exactly. And we used to think there were

0:11.9

perfect parents, but there are no perfect parents. And that's why we wrote the

0:16.4

book, no perfect parents. And we're excited because now we have an online video

0:20.7

course for you. And you can go through it as a small group individually or even

0:26.0

just as a couple. And to get that, you can go to familylife.com slash not

0:30.5

perfect to find out more. Again, familylife.com slash not perfect.

0:40.7

It was like a whole different Josh that was playing in the middle of his work

0:44.6

day. And he'd go out to lows and go pick up stuff to, you know, fix this in the

0:49.3

house or whatever. And yet he was more productive in his work time. And I'm

0:53.7

looking at him like, like, I love this Josh because I see the real you.

1:08.2

Welcome to Family Life Today, where we want to help you pursue the relationships

1:12.2

that matter most. I'm Ann Wilson. And I'm Dave Wilson and you can find us at

1:16.9

FamilyLifeToday.com or on the Family Life app. This is Family Life Today.

1:23.8

So at year 10, we almost lost our marriage. Oh, great. You're going to bring that up.

1:41.2

And I don't know if I've asked you, but I know the answer. Do you regret that you

1:46.2

put so much time and energy into this like call to start a church? Do you have

1:52.7

regrets about that those years? The right answer would be yes. Well, I don't want to hear.

1:58.8

No, I mean, I'm kidding. But of course, I mean, I was chasing hard after it was easy to say

2:08.8

God's call and spiritualize it, which it was. But it also was. I loved walking on a stage

2:18.6

and seeing lives changed and the spotlight was on me. I mean, I didn't want to say it or see it

2:24.8

then, but it was true. It's pretty awesome to walk up there and they put a mic in front of you.

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