The 4 Wills of God: Discovering God’s Purpose for Your Life
Dr. James Dobson's Family Talk
Dr. James Dobson
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🗓️ 3 March 2026
⏱️ 26 minutes
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Summary
How can you know you’re walking in God’s will? On today’s edition of Family Talk, Dr. James Dobson continues his conversation with Dr. Emerson Eggerichs about his book, The Four Wills of God. They explore biblical principles for trusting Christ, living in purity, and giving thanks even in life’s darkest valleys. Discover practical guidance for following God’s universal will, and experiencing His unique purpose for your life.
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| 0:00.0 | You're listening to Family Talk, the radio broadcasting division of the James Dobson Family Institute. |
| 0:06.3 | I am that James Dobson, and I'm so pleased that you've joined us today. |
| 0:18.1 | Well, welcome to Family Talk. I'm Roger Marsh, and on today's program, we're continuing a fascinating conversation |
| 0:24.4 | featuring our own Dr. James Dobson and his friend, Dr. Emerson Egerich. |
| 0:29.1 | Now, on the last edition of Family Talk, Dr. Egerich revisited the premise of his popular book, |
| 0:34.2 | Love and Respect. |
| 0:35.7 | On today's Family Talk program, he'll be talking with Dr. |
| 0:38.5 | Dobson about his 2018 work entitled The Four Wills of God. In it, Dr. Eggerich unpacks four |
| 0:44.5 | passages of scripture that can help us discern what God wants for our lives and give us peace |
| 0:49.6 | about the decisions we make along the way. So here now are Dr. James Dobson and his guest, Dr. Emerson |
| 0:55.2 | Egerich on today's edition of Family Talk. Well, Dr. Egerich, thank you for being back with us. |
| 1:06.1 | Last time we talked about love and respect, what a wonderful concept that is your book is still out |
| 1:11.9 | there it's still available you've sold over two million copies you ought to sell 10 |
| 1:17.0 | million more because this is one of those rare concepts that really does have the power |
| 1:24.9 | to change marriages and to preserve marriages and to prevent divorce. |
| 1:31.3 | And it's because it comes straight out of scripture. |
| 1:34.3 | You didn't create anything here, did you? |
| 1:37.3 | It was there before I was born. |
| 1:38.3 | It'll be there after I'm dead. I'm irrelevant. |
| 1:40.3 | Comes down to love and respect. |
| 1:42.3 | Give us the formula again. The correlation, one of them, |
| 1:46.6 | is when she feels unlove, she tends to react in a way that feels disrespectful to him. She's not |
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