Teaching Kids to Love God and Serve Others Well
Focus on the Family with Jim Daly
Focus on the Family
4.8 • 4.2K Ratings
🗓️ 1 March 2024
⏱️ 29 minutes
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Summary
Monica Swanson shares a story about taking her son Jonah through “character training” when he was 13 to learn more about the importance of godly character in his life. She also shares why allowing kids to suffer and learn through adversity will help them become stronger and healthier adults.
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| 0:00.0 | As a young teen Mary became a follower of Jesus after reading focus on the family's |
| 0:06.2 | Brio magazine. |
| 0:08.1 | And I remember thinking to myself, I don't have that. |
| 0:11.3 | I'd really like to know what that's about and so it was an inward |
| 0:16.2 | decision right there that I made in my room after reading you know this article in the |
| 0:20.9 | Brio magazine that I want to have that kind of |
| 0:23.6 | walk with God that this girl is talking about. |
| 0:26.0 | For 30 years we've helped Mary grow in her faith. |
| 0:29.0 | We've strengthened her marriage and now we're equipping her to be a good mom to her own kids. |
| 0:34.8 | Like really focused on the family has been and all the different resources and |
| 0:39.3 | individuals the voices of focusing the family. It's really been a mentor to me, to my family. It's really been a mentor to me, to my family and just it's |
| 0:46.2 | cool to see the legacy. I'm Jim Daly. Working together we can save more |
| 0:50.6 | families like Mary's every month. |
| 0:53.2 | Please call 800 a family or donate it |
| 0:56.0 | focus on the family. |
| 0:57.3 | dot com slash family. Is there anything more humble or generous than doing the dishes without being asked? |
| 1:12.0 | Obviously the point isn't necessarily doing the woman who has a servant's heart and doesn't shrink back from doing hard things. |
| 1:24.8 | And ordinary tasks like washing a sinkful of dishes is often the training ground to get |
| 1:29.8 | there. |
| 1:30.8 | That's the heart of a mom and such great parenting perspective from Monica |
| 1:34.8 | Swanson. She wants to help you raise amazing kids who have godly character in |
| 1:40.2 | everything they do. Welcome to another episode of Focus on the Family with Jim Daly. |
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