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Focus on the Family Equipping Parents Podcast

Training for a Servant’s Heart

Focus on the Family Equipping Parents Podcast

Focus on the Family

Kids & Family, Parenting

4.41K Ratings

🗓️ 11 April 2024

⏱️ 11 minutes

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Summary

A healthy child is one who serves others. Danny talks with John how he's tried inspiring his kids to help others. Plus, Jim Daly speaks with counselor, Dr. Randy Schroeder on how to instill values like serving and cleanliness in your children.

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0:00.0

As my six children have grown, it's been a joy to watch a number of them serve others.

0:09.6

They give. They're people, people, and they give to others. and that just brings a joy to my heart.

0:15.0

I'm John Fuller with Dr. Danny where to who heads up our parenting team and Danny what does it mean to you

0:20.6

to see one of your kids doing something for someone else.

0:24.1

To be people, people.

0:25.1

Yeah.

0:26.1

Right.

0:27.1

As opposed to what?

0:28.1

I love that.

0:30.3

The most impactful has been to watch my son do his own mowing business and the way he's treated the customers in a way that is very loving. They're not just customers.

0:41.0

He has purchased some extra things for their lawn to make it even better and I've heard him say,

0:48.0

hey I want to buy this and I'm just going to put it on their lawn as an extra thing to make it even better for them.

0:54.8

Where he's serving without them even knowing to make it even better for them.

0:59.3

They're purchasing his service, they're purchasing the fertilizing and all that, and they're trusting him with that,

1:05.4

and within that trust, he sees such an opportunity to serve them and to make it the best lawn

1:11.0

possible.

1:12.0

And so he's loved doing that.

1:13.3

He goes, I want to buy this.

1:14.4

I can't wait to put this on their lawn.

1:16.4

And he has followed through on that

1:18.3

and has developed some great relationships with each of,

1:21.3

not all of them, but each of it, most of the customers that he's got.

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