Keeping It Young

1) Counsel Is Important Proverbs 11:14 Lack of counsel = a fall Lots of counsel = protection Proverbs 12:15 It is foolish to act on your own It is wise to heed counsel Proverbs 15:22 Lack of counsel damages plans Lots of counsel established them Provers 20:5 Counsel is available It has to be found "on purpose" Proverbs 20:15 Greater undertakings demand greater counsel Greater undertakings are succ...

We must continually protect our children from foolish influences. 1) Internet Only when supervised Not just for fun Not just because they're bored Use Gryphon Use Covenant Eyes Frequently check phones and computer history Keept it random Make it a surprise 2) Social Media None is always best How to do it? Get other parents to join you Get your school on board Teach your children to stand alone Wha...

Dave and Bethlie continue their study in Proverbs.  This week, they'll continue their focus on  Influences That Kill with a special focus on friendships . We must protect our children from lousy friends. The Simple (they lack wisdom) The Fool (makes fun of sin; ridicules righteousness) Lousy friends can quickly undo everything we teach our children Better to have no friends than to have lousy ones...

In this episode, Dave and Bethlie discuss the importance of godly and positive influences in the family. They emphasize the need to shield children and ourselves from negative, harmful influences. Proverbs 13:20 We must emphasize the blessings and dangers of influence. Proverbs 1:11-19 Proverbs 9:6 The best influences are those that impart righteousness and wisdom.

Dave and Bethlie discuss words that destroy marriage from Proverbs 12.   Our words can do massive damage: When we speak in "never" and "always" When we are mean. When we make broad assumptions.   Beware of the "norms" in our society Sarcasm Belittling Negativity Unkindness Rudeness   Determine to be different by: Gratitude is healthy Kindness is healthy Sincerity is healthy Gentleness is healthy R...

Proverbs 11 Teaching our children to have Integrity   What it is? It is honesty v. 1 The quality of being honest and having strong moral principles that one refuses to change (Cambridge Online Dictionary) Think of Joseph and Potiphar's wife Think of Daniel and his three friends in Daniel 1 And again in Daniel 3 when they wouldn't bow to the false god And again in Daniel 6 when Daniel prayed even t...

Part 4 Solomon is writing about how to pursue happiness and success- especially in our families How do we get there? We must emphasize God's blessings v. 22 We should believe in God's blessings v. 25 HE gives an everlasting foundation v. 27 He prolongs days v. 28. He gives gladness V. 29 His way gives strength 28:20 a faithful man shall abound with blessings Psalm 107:38 Genesis 12:2; 13:2; 24:35...

In part 3 of this series we see that Solomon is writing about how to pursue happiness and success specifically in our families.  Question: How do we get there? We must emphasize diligence (Proverbs 10:4-5; 16) The word Sharp pointed Trench - in the sense of dug A massive amount of difficult work Time consuming Physically exhausting Gold - int he sense of mined Figuratively - determination, eagerne...

Happy Family Life: Christian Parenting Tips and Bible Insights! Proverbs 10 continued... Practically, what does it take to have a happy life and a happy family? 1) It takes righteousness v2-3; 6-7; 11; 16;19-21; 24-25; 28; 30-32 Righteousness in our treasures v.2 Righteousness in our dealing with people v. 11-12 Righteousness in our work v.   16 Righteousness in our words v. 19-22 How do you incor...

We're really excited to dive into Proverbs 10!   The US Constitution says that everyone has the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. life is a right liberty is a right happiness is not, it is the pursuit of it and that is a right It seems that Solomon is writing about how to pursue happiness. vs 1 Having a wise son brings gladness and avoids heaviness Get ready for an exciting ser...

Join Dave and Bethlie as they close this 3 part series on Teaching Your Children To Embrace Wisdom out of Proverbs 8 and 9. Proverbs 8:32 What is the value of wisdom?  (Find point 1-3 in Episode 212) 4. It brings blessings to our lives Proverbs 8:32-36 5.  Reminds us that God and wisdom are ETERNALLY connected (vs. 22-31) You don't have one without the other Folly damages and destroys Wisdom build...

Dave and Bethlie continue in Proverbs 8 as we learn to help our children embrace wisdom. Proverbs 8:7-11 Do a wisdom check Think about and choose things that are excellent Think about and choose things that are right Think about and choose things that are true What is the value of wisdom? It teaches us to hate evil (vs. 12-13) It is not enough to know what evil is We must learn to hate it... It te...

Dave and special guest Charity Young (Dave and Bethlie's youngest daughter) share the traditions that the Young family have shared over the years.   Enjoy!

PART 1 Proverbs 8-9 These chapters seem to go together with one primary theme: Wisdom What is wisdom? What are the steps to wisdom? What is the value of wisdom? Proverbs 8 What is wisdom? Dictionary defines it like this: the quality of having experience, knowledge, and good judgment; the quality of being wise: the ability to contemplate and act productively using knowledge, experience, understandi...

Solomon Challenges His Son In Four Areas It seems that Solomon is interupting his teaching on immorality to discuss other things.  Perhaps he is pointing out that we are a "package"...every area of our lives matter. Be a man of character v. 1-5 Be diligent and industrious v. 6-11 Be aware of what God hates v. 16-19 Arrogance Lying It is mentioned several times Destruction Of the innocent Of Unity...

Sin Is Always Deceptive Proverbs 5 v.1-2 We need wisdom and understanding adn discretion and knowledge becasue all of us can very easily be overtaken with sin and its deception v. 3 The lies that are told and believed are enormous I can handle this Nothing bad will happen to me I will be ok Sin and its pleasures are on my side v. 4-5 It is always helpful to carefully consider the ending of any mat...

Life and Family Lessons Proverbs 4 The challenge is for the son to get wisdom v. 5ff It brings understanding It brings life It is found in the Godly instruction of parents who teach, train, and rule It helps our kids to avoid wickedness v.   14 Wickedness is a path - a well-traveled trail Wickedness is a way - a direction Wickedness is a walk - one step at a time What are some ways to impact our c...

Life and Family Lessons in Proverbs 3 We should continually be focused on teaching and training truth "My son" is repeated over and over again 1:8, 10, 15 2:1 3:1, 11, 21 4:10, 20 5:1 6:1, 20 7:1 It is wise to remember that Solomon teaches in chapter one that it can be too late  Wisdom, righteousness and the fear of the Lord Are god Are better Are only available for a limited time Too late is alwa...

Five Ways to Make Easter Holy Easter is many things. to some it is Spring Break to some it is just along weekend to some it is just another day to have some fun with eggs and easter baskets To us it is a HOLY DAY How can we make Easter Holy? We Worship Do attend a Good Friday service - even if you believe He died on Wednesday or Thursday (the point is the remembrance of the event and not the time...

Overcoming Adultery Confess it Confront the lies Accept the consequences Accept the ramifications Accept the rebuke Acquire help Begin the painful and arduous process of rebuilding Your Purity Your Relationships Your Reputation It Takes To To Build proof Of your desire to change Of the steps you are taking to change Of the direction you are going

Proverbs 7:6-27 Solomon Gives An Illustration A young man lacking wisdom He is a young man - Bewafre of Youthful Lusts Youthful Lusts Will Rob Us of God's Best Damage our thinking and point us in a wrong direction Build a weak foundation for our future Flee Youthful Lusts Fight and fortify purity He was void of understanding Not taught Not principled Not prepared for what was about to happen to hi...

The Importance of teaching and training (Proverbs 6 & 7) Proverbs 6:20-23 We must teach and train Believe in it . . . We must buy in to the teaching of the Bible Believe it and receive it The Importance of truth (Proverbs 6:24) Truth will alert you to the danger Her words verse 24, see also 7:21 Your lust verse 25 The outcome It makes one less than what they should be verse 26 It fulfills selfish...

Show Notes: Proverbs 5:18-19 A reminder that marriage is wonderful and all sexual satisfaction is to be found and thoroughly enjoyed in that relationship. Wanna have sexual relations? Get married and stay committed to one another all the days of your life 1 Corinthians 7 Our generation undermines this in many ways By failing to teach the truth about sexuality By failing to prepare our children for...

We skip ahead this episode to chapter 4.  Don't worry, Dave and Bethlie explain why at the beginning of the podcast!2 Show Notes: We must be wise about anything that is influencing us to be wrong here Entertainment undermines Proverbs 4:23 Amuse = no think We don't think when we are being entertained; we don't reason and we aren't lead to conscious decisions of wisdom, knowledge, understanding, an...

Dave & Bethlie continue the series on Proverbs. This week they continue in Proverbs chapter 2 and discuss some sensitive topics regarding sexual activity before marriage and other issues regarding immorality.  If you have little ones around, we suggest you pop those air buds in. Thanks for downloading and listening!