When Doing More Isn’t Always Better
FamilyLife Today®
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4.8 • 1.7K Ratings
🗓️ 29 December 2021
⏱️ 26 minutes
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Summary
How do we continue to grow spiritually? Dane Ortlund shares that we oftentimes think that we have to do more, but in reality it’s often about doing less and going deeper in the gospel truth.
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| 0:00.0 | Okay, so I've got a question for you if a new follower of Christ came up to you or if one of our boys |
| 0:06.6 | Yeah, came up to you and said, I really want to grow in my walk with God. I'm a brand new follower Christ |
| 0:14.0 | How do I grow best? What do I do? I'd say get to know and fall in love with Jesus |
| 0:17.8 | He's already done that. I'd say how do I get to fall in love with Jesus? Let's get an argument about this |
| 0:24.8 | You know, is word being prayer like be with other believers? That's usually what I say. Yeah, and I think that's |
| 0:31.2 | Honestly, what most people say. Oh, is that wrong? I think it's right, but I think it's deeper than that |
| 0:48.0 | Welcome to Family Life today where we want to help you pursue the relationships that matter most. I'm Ann Wilson |
| 0:54.8 | And I'm Dave Wilson and you can find us at FamilyLifeToday.com or on our Family Life app. This is Family Life today |
| 1:14.7 | I think it's almost mysterious how God grows us and I think it's a great topic for all of us to understand |
| 1:20.5 | But especially his parents. So I mean, that's the topic we're going to tackle today |
| 1:25.1 | It's a critical topic, but before we do, you know, we've got David Robbins, the president of Family Life in the studio |
| 1:30.2 | And that's always fun to have and it's year in, you know, for family life and really important times |
| 1:35.2 | So David talk about why this is such a critical time for Family Life |
| 1:38.4 | We have such a special opportunity between now and the end of the year where any gift that's given to Family Life |
| 1:45.1 | Is doubled dollar for dollar where its impact can be doubled in order to reach more families |
| 1:51.8 | And when we talk about reaching families and helping them grow in the ways of Jesus |
| 1:57.8 | I'm reminded of a Family Life Today listener that shared with me this they said divorce seemed inevitable for us |
| 2:04.8 | But Family Life today's daily encouragement helped us get through the worst valleys |
| 2:10.5 | Our marriage is still far from perfect, but we're no longer at a place where divorce is an option |
| 2:15.8 | Thank you so much for sharing God's Word with my family |
| 2:19.9 | And that's what we're about sharing the timeless truths of God's Word |
| 2:23.9 | Giving you that encouragement in the valleys when you need it and we all know that we've needed it this year |
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