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  • A Full Christmas Part 3

    A Full Christmas Part 3

    · Keeping It Young

    5.) Know, Think, and Speak Truth.

    Jesus IS Truth. (John 14:6) **Do you know Him? Know Truth: Remind yourself that at one of the darkest points in history, Christ came! Think Truth: He is not the Author of anxiety or fear. (Phil. 4:6-7; 2 Tim. 1:7) His grace, strength, and wisdom is available when overwhelmed by the Holiday hustle and bustle. (2 Cor. 12:9, James 1:5) He is always with us, and He has promised that struggles are for a season. (Heb. 13:5, 2 Cor. 4:17). Speak Truth: Remind yourself and your children of the Biblical Christmas Story. Remind yourself and your children of the reason and truth behind Christmas traditions. Be ready to share the Truth of Christmas to all.
  • A Full Christmas Part 2

    A Full Christmas Part 2

    · Keeping It Young

    3.) Speak Life and Reflect Light.

    Jesus came to give life when we were dead in sin and headed to eternal death. Jesus always shines light in darkness; in fact, He IS light! Show life and light by being encouraged (get out of the news and into the Word!) and by being encouraging! Be a true “Joy to the World” with your face and your words! *When: In the hustle and bustle of: Christmas shopping, errand running, decorating, Baking, wrapping, prepping In getting together with family, friends, church family. Pray for wisdom to speak life and reflect life when you feel that family or friends misunderstand you or reject you. (Jesus knows all about that; He has never rejected you; He loves and accepts you. AND He still is life and light to those who misunderstand Him and reject Him. We can follow His example.) Especially be aware of speaking life and reflecting light to those who desperately need Him. (This is so hard to remember in the hustle and bustle.)

    4) Celebrate with Grace.

    Celebrate—to acknowledge a happy day or event with a social gathering or enjoyable activity; to praise or honor someone. Grace—courteous goodwill; a free and loving gift of unmerited favor. By its definition, celebration SHOULD take place with GRACE. If it doesn’t, maybe it’s because we’re not truly celebrating. Jesus came to love and to die for undeserving sinners—you and me. We can and should celebrate with grace, no matter how “undeserving” those around us are. Speak Gently. (Graciously, Prov. 11:16) Serve Gracefully. (Mary and Martha, Luke 10:38-42) Celebrate Gregariously. (In a friendly way that shows a liking for the company of others; social, friendly, approachable.) **Don’t be a Scrooge or a Grinch.

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  • A Full Christmas Part 1

    A Full Christmas Part 1

    · Keeping It Young

    A FULL CHRISTMAS

    JOHN 1:1-6, 9-14, 16-17

    Part 1

    The Gospels of Matthew and Luke give us portraits of the “Christmas Story,” describing some of the events surrounding the birth of Jesus. John begins his Gospel with a beautiful, glorious, and deeply theological description of Jesus—The Word.

    John tells us:

    Jesus has always been. (Vs.1) Jesus is God and God with us. (Vs.1,2) Jesus is Creator. (Vs. 3,10) Jesus came to us. (Vs. 10,11 14) Jesus is light and life. (Vs. 4,5,9) Jesus knows misunderstanding. (Vs. 5) Jesus knows rejection. (Vs. 10,11) Jesus is Savior. (Vs. 12) Jesus is full of grace and truth. (Vs. 14,16,17)

    How can we exemplify Christ and have a FULL Christmas?

    1.) Be Present.

    Jesus is with us. (Immanuel Isaiah 7:14, 8:8) (Emmanuel Matthew 1:23) It is GRACE for us to be more interested and invested in ENJOYING the family and festivities, rather than DOING or MAKING the festivities. (This is a hard balance
convicting for servant minded Mama’s.)

    2.) Embrace Creativity.

    Jesus created a beautiful world. The beauty of Christmas and Christmas decor can reflect His creation and can teach truth. (Nativity, history, Carols) *Don’t be a Humbug ;) *Don’t go to the other extreme and get caught up in comparison or frustration.
  • 5 Ways To Help Your Teen Part 2

    5 Ways To Help Your Teen Part 2

    · Keeping It Young

    REVIEW:

    Episode 240

    5 Ways To Help Your Teen

    Keep teaching. Keep protecting. Raise expectations; don't lower them.

    1. A teen who can't work, can't clean, is not polite, won't speak when spoken too is crippled for life

    Episode 241

    Continued...

    2. Teens should be able to (or learning to)

    Cook meals Clean the house Do the laundry from start to finish Fuel the car, check the oil, and check the tires

    4. Keep talking.

    Time is required Routine times Scheduled times Slow down Talking is giving and taking Ask Questions Listen Respond Learning to converse wisely is a huge part of living successfully Essential in work relations Essential in marriage Essential in raising children Essential in solving conflicts

    5. Developm routines and traditions that draw you closer

  • 5 Ways To Help Your Teen Part 1

    5 Ways To Help Your Teen Part 1

    · Keeping It Young

    5 Ways To Help Your Teen

    Keep teaching. Keep protecting. Raise expectations; don't lower them. A teen who can't work, can't clean, is not polite, won't speak when spoken too — is crippled for life
  • Gratitude Starts At Home Part 2

    Gratitude Starts At Home Part 2

    · Keeping It Young

    How can we develop a grateful home?

    1) Model gratitude by being heart thankful. (It’s a heart matter and a choice.)

    2) Model gratitude in our gratefulness to God. (Site verses from previous episode)

    What has Christ done for you? Count your many blessings!

    Psalm 68:19, “Blessed be the Lord, Who daily loadeth us with benefits, even the God of our salvation. Selah.”

    3) Model gratitude in our gratefulness for our spouse, family, and others.

    Some “Instigators of Ingratitude,” according to Choosing Gratitude:

    Unrealistic Expectations

    Forgetfulness

    Entitlement

    Comparison

    Blindness to God’s Grace (on us; on others)

    4) Model gratitude in our ability to be grateful during stressful, busy, difficult, or even painful seasons.

    5) Model gratitude in response to stress and busyness:

    In the midst of relentless ministry deadlines and seemingly endless, tasks, I find that the ‘burden’ of my workload is lightened when I approach it as a high and holy calling, a gift to be received with gratitude.” Choosing Gratitude, NDW,

    In response to difficulty or pain:

    “Do we only give glory to God for the part of our life that’s going the way we want? Or do we
give Him thanks, just because He is God—regardless of the dark, painful,
places we encounter
?

    6) Model gratitude by expressing it!

    Model gratitude by expressing it in all those same spaces and places: to the Lord, our spouse and family, and others.

    Smile it! (A grateful heart, makes a happy heart, which makes a happy face.)

    Say it! (Aloud and Often.)

    “Silent Gratitude isn’t much use to anyone,” Gladys Berthe Stern.

    Write it! (Thank you notes for gifts, for help, for just because.)

    Encourage family and corporate expressions of it! (Church, family altar, ` family table, reminders of gratefulness instead of grumbling, willingness to be humble and admit when we are ungrateful.)

  • Gratitude Starts At Home Part 1

    Gratitude Starts At Home Part 1

    · Keeping It Young

    GRATITUDE STARTS AT HOME

    Colossians 3:14-15 “And above all these things put on charity, which is the bond of perfectness.

    And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to the which also ye are

    called in one body; and be ye thankful.”

    Right before Paul speaks to the family in Col. 3:18-21, he calls on them to

    Love each other Let peace rule Learn to be Thankful

    This passage in Colossians is a reflection of what Paul wrote to the Ephesians in Ephesians 5:20, “Giving Thanks always for all things unto God and the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.” (Which is followed by 5:22-6:4, Paul’s “Hallmark” passage on marriage and family.)

    We can all look at the culture around us and recognize that entitlement and ungratefulness is rampant! There doesn’t seem to be love and peace that Paul talks about in Col. 3. Is gratitude the key? Or A key? Our lives, our homes don’t have to reflect the culture. We can have a “culture” of thankfulness in our homes, a place that fosters love and peace.

    1.) Does gratitude matter?

    A.) Yes, because it is commanded and modeled in the Bible.

    “give thanks”—71 verses

    “Thankful”—3 verses

    “thanksgiving”—27 verses. (128 verses total)

    “thankfulness”—1 verse

    “thank”—26 verses

    Psalm 30:12b, “
I will give thanks unto Thee for ever.”

    Psalm 100:4, “Enter into His gates with thanksgiving, and into His courts with praise: be thankful unto Him, and bless His name.”

    Psalm 107:1, “O give thanks unto the Lord, for He is good: for His mercy endureth for ever.”

    Psalm 147:7, “Sing unto the Lord with thanksgiving; sing praise upon the harp unto our God.”

    *Jesus modeled thankfulness:

    Matthew 15:36, “And He took the seven loaves and the fishes, and gave thanks, and brake them, and gave to His disciples, and the disciples to the multitude.” (Mark 8:6, John 6:11)

    Matthew 26:27, “And He took the cup, and gave thanks, and gave it to the them, saying, Drink ye all of it;” (Mark 14:23, Luke 22:17 and 19)

    Matthew 11:25, “
Jesus answered and said, I thank Thee, O Father, 
”

    (Luke 10:21, John 11:41

    *Paul regularly gave thanks to God and others:

    I Cor. 15:57, “But thanks be to God, which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.”

    II Cor. 9:15, “Thanks be unto God for His unspeakable gift.”

    Eph. 1:6, “Cease not to give thanks for you, making mention of you in my prayers.”

    Col. 1:3, “We give thanks to God and the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, praying always for you.”

    I Thess. 3:9, “For what thanks can we render to God again for you, for all the joy wherewith we joy for your sakes before our God.”

    *And Paul (under Inspiration) gave commands to give thanks:

    Eph. 5:4, “Neither filthiness, nor foolish talking, nor jesting, which are not convenient: but rather giving of thanks.”

    I Thess. 5:18, “In every thing give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you.”

    I Timothy 2:1, “I exhort therefore, that, first of all, supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks, be made for all men;”

    *Love is mentioned in the Bible over 280 times
peace is mentioned 400 times! Thankfulness is mentioned several times right along with them. Maybe the love and peace we crave is only one “Thank you” away.*

    B.) Yes, because it improves your health, attitude, and relationships.

    “The importance of this matter of gratitude can hardly be overstated. I’ve come to believe that few things are more becoming in a child of God than a grateful spirit. By the same token, there is probably nothing that makes a person more unattractive than the absence of a grateful spirit.” Choosing Gratitude, NDW, p23.

    Prov. 15:13, “A merry heart taketh a cheerful countenance: but by sorrow of the heart the spirit is broken.”

    Proverbs 15:15, “All the days of the afflicted are evil: but he that is of a merry heart hath a continual feast.”

    Prov. 17:22, “A merry heart doth good like a medicine: but a broken spirit drouth the bones.”

    (“A grateful heart is a happy heart.”)

    An article by MayoClinic, December of 2022, adds,

    “Gratitude should be practiced daily, just as you’d take a ‘magic pill,’ if it existed.”

    They added that practicing gratitude could lessen chronic pain and the risk of disease.

    Gratitude improves our countenance, perspective, and outlook, making us much easier to be around or live with.

    Grumpy people vs Happy people

    Prickly people vs Gentle people

    Irrational people vs Restful people

    On Edge people vs At Ease people (go with the flow)

    Negative people vs Positive people

    Doom and Gloom people vs Scriptural people

    Entitled people vs Grateful people

    It may be that your personality leans toward “glass half empty,” rather than “glass half full,” but a grateful heart will temper your emotions and allow your loved ones to enjoy you better.

  • Answering Your Questions

    Answering Your Questions

    · Keeping It Young

    Dave and Bethlie answer your questions!

  • Proven Strategies for Raising Happy and Well-Behaved Toddlers | Parenting Tips For Toddlers Part 2

    Proven Strategies for Raising Happy and Well-Behaved Toddlers | Parenting Tips For Toddlers Part 2

    · Keeping It Young

    Part 2

    4. Insist on happy compliance

    If your child is not happy when you correct them, discipline is needed If your child will not comply when you speak to them, discipline is needed If you cannot take them to an event because they won’t behave, discipline is needed If this is an exception, then you are on the right path If this is the norm, then you are not

    5. Speak softly, directly, specifically, and only once

    When you have to reason with a toddler, you are teaching them to comply only if they want to do so If you practice replacement parenting, they will not learn to have self-denial and self-control
  • Proven Strategies for Raising Happy and Well-Behaved Toddlers | Parenting Tips For Toddlers

    Proven Strategies for Raising Happy and Well-Behaved Toddlers | Parenting Tips For Toddlers

    · Keeping It Young

    Suggestions for Training Toddlers (Part 1)

    Prepare for the long haul, but get started.

    This is a beginning and it will take adulthood before you are officially done It is always easier to correct a child while they are younger

    Correct every selfish and willful act

    Do it every time - even if it is awkward and difficult In a church auditorium In a store Refuse the temptation to let it go Never assume a child will be better when they are older They won’t unless they are taught and corrected

    Discipline predictably

    Use simple phrases Calmly and matter of factly follow through with consistency Interrupt everything for training
  • 5 Ways To Damage Your Marriage and How To Avoid Them | Marriage Advice(Part 2)

    5 Ways To Damage Your Marriage and How To Avoid Them | Marriage Advice(Part 2)

    · Keeping It Young

    Five Ways to Damage Your Marriage

    Review from Episode 233

    Neglect it - again Treat each other disrespectfully - again Separate from each other as much as possible

    This week...

    4. Resist our God given responsibilities

    Husbands have to perfect love Wives have to master submission

    5. Fail to kiss and make-out

    This can be a challenge because life is so busy Don't stop working at it Kiss goodbye Kiss hello Kiss goodnight Kiss for no reason Making out takes some time Slow down and focus on each other Remind yourself of how wonderful you are together
  • 5 Ways To Damage Your Marriage (Part 1)

    5 Ways To Damage Your Marriage (Part 1)

    · Keeping It Young

    Five Ways to Damage Your Marriage (Part 1)

    1. Neglect it - again

    Neglect occurs over a process of time Neglect always diminishes value Failure to invest over a process of time erodes our marriages

    2. Treat each other disrespectfully - again

    When we aren’t kind When we are rude When we never express love

    3. Separate from each other as much as possible

    Think me and not we If you are always heading in different directions, your marriage will suffer If you never take the time to talk, your marriage will suffer We have found that we have to schedule time each day . . .
  • Christian Womanhood Part 4

    Christian Womanhood Part 4

    · Keeping It Young

    Christian Womanhood

    It involves cultivating selflessness She is warm Safe and trustworthy v. 11-12 Good - agreeable, pleasant, better (root is joyful and delightful) Illustration “You’re better than that” Don’t allow issues to turn you into a hard, cold, sarcastic, eye-rolling wife) Financially - no need of spoil Personally - does good and not evil Be careful that the familiar does not become an irritation Deeply - “good and not evil” Can He share? When and how he wants to share? Romantically - intimately - no need of spoil, good and not evil Beware of hurts, bitterness, frustrations, struggles Talk them out, work it out, get help-out Don’t fizzle; make it sizzle She is wise Think - every time Be kind - every time Psalm 19:14 Psalm 141:3 Eph. 4:32 She wants him to win v. 23 Follow him - treat him like the leader God made him to be Eph 5:22-24 Promote him - with reverence and awe Eph 5:33 Be counter cultural

    Conclusion:

    Pro 31:28-31

    So many women seek validation, praise, honor, status

    They want the priceless label, but sell themselves short

  • Christian Womanhood Part 3

    Christian Womanhood Part 3

    · Keeping It Young

    What does Biblical Womanhood Look Like?

    Consider the word virtuous

    It involves cultivating strength Virtuous is Strong in purity, chastity, and righteousness Modern dictionaries get it all wrong One strives to be virtuous to appear to be better than others Bible- it doesn’t make you better but priceless Dictionaries: Collins - to do what is expected and feeling pleased with themselves, perhaps too pleased Cambridge - Thinks oneself morally better than others, only does good so he can feel virtuous Oxford - behaving in a very good or moral way, irreproachable, claiming to behave better or have a higher moral standard than others. Modern philosophies get it wrong: A strong woman follows her heart The heart is deceitful and desperately wicked She shows her authentic self In my flesh dwells no good thing She cultivates her own interests Be kindly affectioned one to another . . . in honor preferring She is self-aware and continually growing into herself For me to live is Christ and to die is gain She stands up for herself and and is not afraid to share her thoughts and ideas regardless of what others think She speaks her heart and mind Whoso keeps his mouth and tongue keeps his soul from trouble Proverbs 21:23 Same word for going into battle Root is to twist, writhe, twirl, dance The Virtuous woman is strong She is prepared for battle She cha-cha-chas her way through her busy days Cf. Ephesians 6 She is strong 6:10 She is ready for battle 6:11 She is prepared for whatever comes her way 6:13

    It involves cultivating a strong relationship with God v. 30

    A woman who fears the Lord Can’t get enough of God Is in awe of God Will be praised
  • Christian Womanhood Part 2 (Special Guest: Charity Young)

    Christian Womanhood Part 2 (Special Guest: Charity Young)

    · Keeping It Young

    Dave and Bethlie's youngest child, Charity Young, joins them for this episode. As 15 year old young lady, how did God speak to Charity recently when she read through Proverbs 31?

    Listen, and enjoy!

  • Christian Womanhood Part 1

    Christian Womanhood Part 1

    · Keeping It Young

    Proverbs 31:1-9

    Verse 1 Taught = to chasten, discipline, instruct, admonish Verse 3 Stay away from women because they destroy kings This is counsel which Solomon in later years chose to ignore Verse 4-9 Stay away from alcohol Kings shouldn’t drink the stuff They can cause you to forget the law they can cause you to pervert judgment Alcohol use should be reserved only for those who need it Someone who is dying Someone who is bitterly ill Keep away from it so you can be a wise leader
  • Emphasize Training Your Kids Part 3

    Emphasize Training Your Kids Part 3

    · Keeping It Young

    Part 3

    We want our children to have good appetites.

    Appetites for eternal things over earthly things

    God's Word God' Love Diligence Faithfulness Character Integrity Family

    We want our children to be successful adults

    Prepared All ready going that way before they get there Parenting is intended to teach our teens to parent themselves Know where you are taking your kids Give them opportunities to prove they are getting there
  • Emphasize Training Your Kids Part 2

    Emphasize Training Your Kids Part 2

    · Keeping It Young

    Part 2

    The goals we should have according to the verse

    We want our children to have good behavior.

    This idea shows up especially in the early chapters

    Listen to our commands Heed our laws Do right and pursue wisdom

    Teach them to obey

    Expectation Communication Follow-through Correction (Proverbs 13:24, 19:18, 22:15, 23:13-14, 29:15,17)
  • Emphasize Training Your Children

    Emphasize Training Your Children

    · Keeping It Young

    We Must Emphasize Training

    Proverbs 22:6

    Recap of our study through Proverbs:

    Chapters 1-9 are about his training of his own son.

    Chapters 10-31 contain truth about areas we should emphasize.

    5 Reasons It Is Right To Emphasize Training

    It is a word from Solomon, - known for His God-given wisdom. It is the Word of God by the Holy Spirit and it is therefore profitable for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness. It is based on the truth of sowing and reaping. It is simply a summary of God's plan for the home and family. It makes sense.

    The Choices We Have As Parents

    To train or not to train To teach or not to teach To correct or not to correct To love or not to love To impart wisdom or to leave to folly To prepare for adulthood or to relegate to failure To succeed or to fail
  • Is Alcohol Dangerous In Moderation?

    Is Alcohol Dangerous In Moderation?

    · Keeping It Young
    We must emphasize the dangers of alcohol We understand this is a debated matter All of us agree that drunkenness is wrong Drunkenness is when alcohol is altering our God given faculties It controls our emotions It controls our reactions

    2. We understand that this is a problem area

    3. We believe it is an easy matter

    All of us agree that we are wrong when alcohol is damaging our life and the lives of those around us Solomon’s main point over and over again is that alcohol is dangerous and should be avoided It does much damage One of the leading causes of preventable death in the USA (National institute on alcohol) 1/3 of fatal vehicle accidents were alcohol related 174 million abuse alcohol/only 9 million abuse opiods Financially It is expensive It is costly in how it affects work and health and relationships and so forth

    4. We must understand that Solomon is warning us about these dangers:

    What it does Proverbs 23:29 Also 20:1 It mocks It rages It deceives and destroys wisdom How it happens Proverbs 23:30-31 Linger Search Look Where it leads Proverbs 23:32-35 It bites and stings It affects thinking and perverts v. 33 It makes you sick v. 34 It leaves you deceived. v. 35 It leads to addiction v. 35 It leads to perverted leadership Proverbs 31:4-5 Where it is acceptable Proverbs 31:6-7 Medicinally 1 Tim 5:23

    As parents we must emphasize the dangers of alcohol.

    Show your children those who have been damaged by it

    Relationships Car accidents Health failures

    Stay away from it.

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