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The Christ-Centered Family

Ask Pastor John

Desiring God

Christianity, Pastor, John Piper, Theology, Ask, Religion & Spirituality/christianity, Desiring God, 163859, Religion & Spirituality, Questions

4.94.1K Ratings

🗓️ 6 January 2015

⏱️ 4 minutes

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Summary

What matters most in our homes isn’t that our children enjoy everything parents do, but that they come to know and love Jesus more than anything else.

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0:00.0

We're back with Francis Chan.

0:06.6

He joins us from San Francisco.

0:08.7

Francis and his wife Lisa are the authors of the new book, You and Me Forever, Marriage

0:13.2

and Light of Eternity.

0:15.0

And in the book, you write, Francis, quote, if you'd rather watch your kids grow up, then

0:19.8

see the face of your savior today.

0:22.4

You don't grasp the beauty of God, end quote.

0:26.8

And on the same page, you write this quote, I bet that at least 95% of American Christians

0:32.4

would choose not to leave their families today if they were given the choice to be with

0:37.2

Jesus instead.

0:40.2

Those sentences have some Philippians 1-21 punch to them, but I get the impression that

0:44.5

you and Lisa and your five kids enjoy a pretty sweet relationship.

0:48.7

I mean, how is your family more healthy, the more Jesus takes center stage in your family?

0:54.9

Yeah, actually, I have six kids.

0:57.9

My seventh is on the way in a couple of weeks, so it's busy, and we have other people living

1:06.3

with us as well.

1:08.7

And I love being with my kids.

1:12.0

They are so fun.

1:13.6

I mean, so much laughter is great, but the more I spend time with Jesus, first of all, the

1:23.2

more my wife and kids like me, okay?

1:27.0

My wife will tell me, gosh, why don't you go read some more, you know, it's those periods

1:31.4

when she knows I've had my time with the Lord, it's just I'm more of a delight, I guess,

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