Discover The Book MinistriesCOR-08 050731AM Loneliness “is the most desolate word in all human language. It is capable of hurling the heaviest weights the heart can endure. It plays no favorites, ignores all rules of courtesy, knows neither border nor barrier, yields no mercy, refuses all bargains, and holds the clock in utter contempt. It cannot be bribed; it […]
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No Greater Power Than Praying Marriages
021013AM Prayer-15 GDGW-33 RAISING GODLY FAMILIES ONE PRAYER AT A TIME DWM-26 Paul distilled the life of a believer down to one word in 1st Thessalonians 1.10 – WAIT. We are waiting for Jesus, waiting for the Kingdom, waiting upon Him who loved us and loosed us from our sins. But what do we do […]
Character God Blesses In Moms and Dads
020623AM Mile Markers GDGW-17 Growing Dads God’s Way-17 The Most Powerful Tools in Godly Parenting: Tool One – Character DWM-11 This message is one chapter of the book The Joy of a Word Filled Family available in audio and print form free online at www.dtbm.org as well as on Amazon. We just returned from […]
Mile Markers On The Road Of Godly Parenting
020512PM Mile Markers GDGW-16 Growing Dads God’s Way-16 Mile Markers on the Road of Godly Parenting DWM-10 We just arrived back from a 4,639-mile journey through 16 states in 16 days traveling from Tulsa to the East and back. As I sat for about 92 hours over these past few days behind the […]
No Regret Families
011112PM GDGW-9 HOW TO HAVE A NO REGRET MARRIAGE AND FAMILY Psalm 127-128 DWM-05 The Four Stages of a No-Regret Marriage and Family Psalm 127-128 When your life is done, and you look back those last few weeks or months that you have before cancer, or heart or respiratory problems overtake you […]
Spirit Filled Believers Want to Avoid Eli’s Idolatry of Neglect
120819AM Choice-5 Tragic Eli.doc Choices Every Spirit-Filled Believer should make Choice #5: Spirit-Filled Believers Want to Avoid Eli’s Idolatry of Neglect CHO-05 I Samuel 1-5 On Father’s Day we began looking at Four Choices every godly dad should make. We saw there are four dads that display an attribute that God especially points out in […]
Spirit Filled Believers are Learning How to Friend God for Life
120805AM Choice-4 God’s Friend.docx Choices Every Spirit-Filled Believer should make Choice #4: Spirit-Filled Believers Are Learning How to Friend God for Life CHO-04 Genesis, John & James Sometimes a person gets tagged, and that tag sticks with them through life. The same is true in the Bible, when God tags a person in […]
Spirit Filled Believers Can Lead Their Lives & Families like Abraham and not Suffer the Losses Lot Suffered
120729AM Choice-3 Leading Abraham.doc Four Choices Every Spirit-Filled Believer should make Choice #3: Spirit-Filled Believers Can Lead Their Lives & Families Like Abraham and Not Suffer the Losses Lot Suffered Genesis 13-19 CHO-03 Anyone who has ever been in marketing, sales, or advertising knows that a celebrity endorsement can incredibly change the success of a […]
Seeking to Make Grace Prompted Obedient Responses Like Noah
120715AM Choice-2 Obeying.doc Four Choices Every Spirit-Filled Believer should make Choice #2: Spirit-Filled Believers Are Given to Godly Responses Like Noah CHO-02 Genesis 6 I would like to introduce the great Biblical doctrine of God’s grace. To do so, we need to look and see the context in God’s Word for the very first […]
4 Choices Every Spirit Filled Believer Should Make
120715AM Choice-2 Obeying.doc Four Choices Every Spirit-Filled Believer should make Choice #2: Spirit-Filled Believers Are Given to Godly Responses Like Noah CHO-01 Genesis 6 I would like to introduce the great Biblical doctrine of God’s grace. To do so, we need to look and see the context in God’s Word for the very first […]
Four Choices Every Godly Dad Should Make
120617AM Dad Choices.doc Four Choices Every Godly Dad should make CHO-00 Ephesians 6:4 As we each experience Father’s Day it is a time we either think of our fathers, or we think of our children. If you are a father, then this is not only a holiday to enjoy their expressions of kindness […]
The Myth of the Perfect Family
There are 1189 chapters in the Bible. As we open to Psalm 127-128, we open to two of the most beautiful pictures of marriage and family life in all of God’s Word, captured on paper for us to read. God allows us to see marriage and family life from His perspective, with children described as growing like these healthy green, fruitful trees, entwined lovingly into our lives as parents, and growing with us in godliness.
The picture seen in this Psalm would be the dream come true for every parent who knows and loves God today. But we must balance this picture with the reality taught by the other 1187 chapters of God’s Word: