Welcome to the Love Where You Are podcast! 

In today’s episode I am joined with Andy Dooley.

Andy Dooley is committed to empowering today's families as a passionate leader, pastor, fitness professional and father of four. He has been working with young people and families for over 18 years, through sports, fitness, and ministry. He’s also a social media influencer with a large established fan base of parents, teens, and kids who trust his message on faith and fitness.                                                         

In this episode, Andy and I dive into the importance of God being the foundation of your family and how to do exactly that. We all know the enemy is working hard on destroying the family unit, ranging from keeping us in a constant state of business so we don’t have time for our kids or to the kinds of content our kids see all around them with all kinds of agendas. Andy stresses the importance of building that strong foundation through consistent and fun family activities. In fact, he wrote a devotional titled Building a family of faith to help you not feel the weight, stress or pressure to be perfect while making the effort to build that foundation…

Thank you for being here today. Now, let's dive into the conversation! 

You can connect with Andy through Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, his YouTube channel and his website where you can buy his new book! 

Andy also has a podcast! 

 

FAVORITE TAKE-AWAYS:

*Behavior is "caught more than its taught." Things like reading your bible, exercising, or playing videogames--if your kids see it, they'll replicate it. 

*"We are not the savior of our kids" which is why it is so important to expose Jesus to our kids as much as possible and as authentically as possible. 

*The Bible is God's book for us, why wouldn't we read it every day? 

 

REMEMBER:

*We can re-define "devotional time" to what it actually needs to be and works for your family.

It is: 

-not perfect

-maybe short

-a fun opportunity 

*Set the right expectations for your devotion time. Be patient with your kids. And be consistent. 

*Do not forget to REST!!! Burn out will not help you or your kids. 

 

KEYS TO BUILDING THIS FOUNDATION: 

-Praying before bed every night

-Time to just have fun as a family (movie night, board game, walk in the park/bike ride) 

-Don't force it. 

-Block it out in your calendar, dedicated time. 

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