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Q of the Day= What is a hobby you haven’t done in a while you wouldn’t mind starting back again?

MAIN TOPIC

How important is money, should we think about money more or do we think it too much?

Money is important, but it isn’t a purpose

John Maxwell - “Money is a tool”

Things to avoid with money

• Impulse buying
• Loans/Credit Cards
• Peer Pressure
• Keeping up with the Jones’
• Rushing
• “I deserve this”
• College Debt
• Money attitudes that help us live as smart adults

Q&A

• How do I get out of the “I deserve this” mentality?
• Who’s your favorite Napoleon Dynamite Character?
• Do you think the growing population is killing the planet?

Q of the Day: What’s the worst Birthday gift you’ve ever received 

SHOW NOTES:

We live in a consumer culture that always seeks to cause discontentment

• “Don’t live ahead of where you are, live where you are”

There is an important difference between liking something or thinking I deserve this.

• “You can be content and have dreams but you can’t be content if you think you deserve more”

Seeing everything as a gift from God

• God is our source and we should be grateful to him

Don’t be Uncle Rico 

• Living in the past

Questions from the Audience

• What are your thoughts on Elon Musk buying Twitter?
• How can I help the people around me be content?
• What do you do to build contentment in your own life?

Q of the Day= What is one of the most memorable birthday gifts you ever received?

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• Contentment
• Contented - “feeling or showing satisfaction with one's possessions, status, or situation
• Why is contentment so important to us?
• A foundational habit
• The drive for more is a trap that we can easily fall into
• The drive becomes the purpose instead of your purpose driving you

Q&A

• How do I get myself to do things I don’t feel like doing?
• How do you handle the heat of the south? (I'm dying over here)
• What is your favorite social media platform? 

Q of the Day= What is one of your favorite past vacations?

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• Owning your calendar is a regular job
• The checklist never ends
• Prioritizing and Intentions
• Understand the season of life you are in and set your priorities accordingly
• Intentions = thinking
• Intentionality = doing
• If you don’t set aside time to rest you won’t
• Healthy eating in the busyness of life

Q&A

• My wife and I don’t have the greatest families, we are afraid of having kids because we are scared that we will parent wrong. What should we do?
• I’m about to graduate from college and am not sure what I should do. Everyone is telling me to get a job, but I’m not sure what or where to start. Got any advice?
• I just started a new job recently and because I’m young, no one takes me seriously. I try to give ideas, but they just say, “You’ll understand when you get older” and they don’t listen or try to change. What can I do to get them to listen to me?

Q of the Day= What is one of your favorite tv shows as a kid?

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• Do I need to have kids to really be an adult?
• Should I or Shouldn’t I have kids?
• Kids aren’t a hassle
• Kids are a blessing
• They don’t justify you as an adult
• But they don’t ruin your life
• They will help you see your own selfishness
• Planning is a good thing
• There is never a perfect time or perfect world
• Preparing is good

Q&A

• How do I know if I’m in God’s will in my career?
• I don’t get the croc trend, they are so ugly. What’s a trend that you don’t understand?
• How do you actually forgive somebody who has hurt you really bad?

Q of the Day= What is one thing you dreamed of being when you grew up as a kid?

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• Choosing a career - Adulting Tips about Your Career

Assumption #1: You should know what you’re doing from day one.

Assumption #2: You have to go to college to have a successful career

Assumption #3: Once you make a choice of career, you should be locked in for life.

Assumption #4: You need to find something you’re passionate about doing or you’ll  

  never be happy

Q&A

• How does someone deal with sexual trauma?
• I have a hard time reading the Bible, what can I do to read it more?
• Do you have a favorite pro athlete?

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Q of the Day= Favorite Fast Food Stop

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• Why does our society seem obsessed with sex?
• Sex is part of who we are and how we were designed
• Healthy Attitudes Toward Sex
• Sex was God’s Idea
• Sex is so powerful it should be protected and directed
• Sex gives vitality and connection in relationships
• Healthy sex is about intimacy, not performance
• The outflow of intimacy, not the cause of it

Q&A

• I’m in a relationship with someone and we are getting serious. My parents don’t really like him but I do, what should I do?
• As a Christian father, how do you raise your child to own their Christian faith and not simply adopt it?

Question of the Day= What type of car would you want right now if you could have anything?

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Why is communication so important in relationships?

• Communication starts inside us first
• Understand personalities and types
• Understand healthy boundaries
• Questions to ask yourself
• Ask yourself what you expect from relationships
• Are they all about you and your needs or are they mutually beneficial
• What is your relational history?
• If drama always happens, maybe there is an issue in you 

Q&A

• You talked about having fun as a couple. My wife and I don’t like a lot of the same things, what can we do?
• I’m out of college and working now but I don’t feel like an adult…when will I start feeling like one?
• When raising a child, how do you balance instilling your values into them and letting them develop into their own person?

Q of the Day= What is one of your favorite special breakfasts

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What are green flags?

What are green flags in a relationship?

The person lives a holistic life -

They are able to show care and compassion

They can have fun and relax

They can laugh at themselves

They show a desire to grow and learn

Important people in your life like them

Q&A

• The Birds and the Bees. Why is it called that?
• What is the least ‘manly’ thing that you actively enjoy?
• What has been one of your most recent binge-watch shows?

Q of the Day= What is a Bucket List Vacation Item for You?

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What are red flags?

When it comes to relationships, what are some of the red flags we need to look for

• Do they have a life outside of relationships?
• How they talk about past relationships
• How they treat the unimportant
• How they treat friends and family
• What do important people in your life think of them?
• Do they give and take or only take?

So you see a red flag- what do you do?

Q&A

• What are some key differences between raising a son versus a daughter?
• I’m trying to work out more but am not motivated enough. What can I do?