What Have You Done For The Lord Lately? with David Green
Pardon the Mess with Scarlet Hiltibidal - Christian Motherhood, Biblical Parenting, Raising Christian Kids
Scarlet Hiltibidal and Christian Parenting
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🗓️ 13 June 2019
⏱️ 46 minutes
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Summary
David Green is the seventy-seven-year-old founder of Hobby Lobby and our guest this week on Pardon the Mess. Mr. Green began his retail journey many years ago with a six-hundred-dollar bank loan for a frame business he operated out of his garage. The Lord grew that little start-up into a multibillion-dollar craft business that we know today as Hobby Lobby.
Mr. Green shares a great word for us today, talking about the legacy his parents left him by modeling a deep generosity and commitment to faithfully giving back to the Lord. His parents worked hard to be sure they raised kids committed to the Lord, evidenced by his mom following up his successes by asking, “What have you done for the Lord lately?”
His parents were faithful in the small things of parenting, ultimately making a big difference in Mr. Green’s life and how he runs his company today.
In today’s interview, we talk about the importance of modeling our faith well for our kids, how Mr. Green and his family strive to run Hobby Lobby guided by a higher biblical standard, and what it looks like when you decide you won’t compromise your faith—even when it may cost you everything in business.
I was so touched by this interview that I wrote an article about Mr. Green last week. His words are such a great reminder that we don’t know what we don’t know when it comes to raising our kids. Mr. Green’s parents had very little of what this world counts as material success, but they raised their family to know Jesus and live strong in their faith.
In doing so, they had no way of knowing they were raising a future billionaire who would someday take on the United States government in litigation because of his deep commitment to God’s word.
Please take the time to listen to our interview with Mr. Green. You won’t soon forget his timeless words of wisdom. And if you haven’t read last week’s article about this interview, here it is!
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| 0:00.0 | We're so glad that you've tuned in to pardon the mess. |
| 0:07.4 | We're parents just like you, doing our best to raise kids who will love and follow Christ. |
| 0:12.7 | We hope you will join us and our guests each week for honest conversations about the good, |
| 0:17.4 | bad, and ugly of raising kids. |
| 0:19.6 | There's no perfect parents, just a perfect God |
| 0:21.9 | who stands ready to pardon our mess and guide us on the most challenging yet rewarding journey, |
| 0:27.3 | parenting. Hey guys, Cynthia Yannoff here. I'm the host of Pardon the Mess, and I'm glad |
| 0:32.5 | you're with us today. We have with us today, David Green. If you don't know the name, you definitely know what he does. He is the founder and the owner of Hobby Lobby. It's a family-owned business and I am a huge fan of Hobby Lobby. And this is kind of a little bit of a dream interview. I don't have a whole lot of words because I'm so excited to talk to him. And the sweet thing about Mr. |
| 0:58.8 | Green is he's really just a great man that loves Jesus and speaks truth into our culture. |
| 1:03.6 | And so I'm so excited for you to get to hear a word from him, not to mention that we get to talk about Hobby Lobby. And I love their decor and Christmas decorations, which are coming out, |
| 1:08.5 | you know, midsummer. That's how they do it at Hobby Lobby, and he talks about that. But anyway, all that is not the point. Here's what you need to know about |
| 1:14.6 | Mr. Green. He has been listed in Forbes magazine as the largest evangelical benefactor in the |
| 1:20.6 | world and quoted as saying his entire $5.1 billion empire belongs to God. Can you believe that? |
| 1:29.0 | He told Forbes in the interview, you guys, this is a quote. If you have anything or if I have anything, it's because it's been |
| 1:32.9 | given to us by our creator. And so I've learned to say, look, this is yours, God. It's all |
| 1:37.1 | yours. I'm going to give it to you now. His business has not become what it is today without some |
| 1:41.9 | tough times, specifically a lawsuit they filed against the |
| 1:44.7 | government related to insurance benefits and contraceptives. We will talk to him about that today, |
| 1:49.8 | but I can't wait for you to hear how the Lord has just shown favor on his business and what his |
| 1:54.4 | upbringing of family has meant to him. He will talk to us about the importance of teaching |
| 1:57.9 | our kids to stand firm in the Lord, even when it comes at the cost, a little bit about what persecution will look like in our culture today and just so much |
| 2:05.2 | more. So I'm so excited to talk to Mr. Green today and I'm so thankful that you're here with us. |
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