.

THE BIG IDEA: Your parenting assignment lasts a lifetime and is packed
with potential, so never, never, never give up.

Deuteronomy 6:1-9 (p. 155)
Ephesians 6:1-8 (p. 1009)
Colossians 3:20-24 (p. 1016)
Proverbs 22:6 (p. 561)


Jim’s Personal Call To Dads:
- Don’t be PASSIVE.
- FIGHT for them relentlessly.
- STAY IN THE GAME to the end

The Big Idea: Pain is inherently productive, and you get to decide what it produces.
James 1:1-18 (p. 1043)


Seven Things God is Saying In Your Pain:

1. Let me grow you STRONG and MATURE.

2. Let me give you WISDOM.

3. Learn the secret of FOCUS.

4. Find confidence in your WEAKNESS.
- 2 Corinthians 12:9 (p. 999)

5. Your CROWN is coming.

6. Defeat the temptation to BLAME ME.

7. Feel my PRESENCE in your pain, and walk with me to GOOD THINGS.

Change your question from “WHY?” to “WHO?”

When the Devil thinks he’s got you crushed, the Lord is preparing a table so you can FEAST in his FACE.

Psalm 42:5 (p. 484)
Psalm 23:5 (p.473)
Romans 8:37-39 (p. 972)

The Big Idea: Jesus offers a grand adventure to all who will follow Him.
Isaiah 30:19-26 (p. 611)

Don’t settle for a DEAL with your Pastor - go for the REAL DEAL.
- John 3:5-8 (p. 913)
- John 10:1-5 (p. 922)

The adventure God is inviting you to is this: He PROMPTS, you FOLLOW.

It is all about SURRENDER.

God can change someone’s entire world in a single
moment by PROMPTING someone.
- Esther 6:1-3

Consider a new Rule of Life: The 10 Second Rule.

A Few Principles to Keep in Mind:
● The promptings will typically be RIGHT ON TIME.

● God’s primary promptings will be about CONFRONTING YOUR SIN.

● God’s ultimate aim is BLESSING.

● The central key to this process is OBEDIENCE.

John 14:23-27 (p. 927)

The Big Idea: God is always speaking and often it’s through other people.
Exodus 18:7-10, 13-19, 23 (p. 63)

1. God speaks through OTHER PEOPLE in our lives.
- Exodus 18:12 (p. 63)


2. We listen best when we are HUMBLE.

- Proverbs 15:31-33 (p. 555)

3. God uses people to give us PERSPECTIVE and
WISDOM.

- Exodus 18:14 (p. 63)

4. God speaks through people TO CONFIRM what
He is ALREADY DOING in our lives.

- Exodus 18:23 (p. 63)

- Proverbs 15:22 (p. 554)

Judges 2:6-14; 20-23; 3:2

The Big Idea: God gives visions and dreams to us but never just for us.
Acts 2:16-21 (p. 936)


What We Know About Visions and Dreams:

- God is moving and EVERYONE IS ELIGIBLE.

- They begin in GOD’S HEART.

- They are CONSTRUCTIVE not DESTRUCTIVE.

- They have a SHARED MISSION.

- They inform our IGNORANCE.

- They give DIRECTIONAL CLARITY.

- God is PERFECT and we are NOT.