Keep Your Family Catholic with Devin Schadt and Judah Kennedy

Ever feel like you have nothing to offer? You want to be more but feel like less? Your lack of talents is holding you back from doing something big? Think like this and you'll give up on God and settle for being stimulated and satiated by the world. What can a not-so-gifted-person do?

Believing that others have all of the gifts and that we have very little to offer makes us believe that we are worthless; that it is God's fault for making us this way; and it lets us off the hook. We believe that we have no obligation to serve God beyond fulfilling the bare minimum. We think: God doesn't expect much from me because He didn't give me much.

The Gospel of John recounts an event wherein a small someone had very little by the world's standards but was called by Jesus to do something with it. Jesus is faced with the challenge of feeding the multitudes, and a boy has five loaves and two fishes.

Andrew the apostle says, "But what are these among so many?"

This is the question that we all have. I have very little talents, very little money, very little time; what good is it? I cannot even make a dent in world poverty. I can't save all the souls who are going to hell. Why spend the little I have on such an impossible situation?

When we succumb to that lie, we think that God can't do something big with our little. But God can do something great with your little.

In this video, I explain how the boy and the great saints didn't do great things -but small things with great love, and how we can be like them.

A great resource that can help you with becoming who you are:

Why You Do What You Do: And How To Change It

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Devin Schadt answers questions regarding fatherhood, authentic masculinity, and the Catholic Faith. In TCF Answers Episode 2, "My Wife Has No Sex Drive–Now What?" Devin responds to the question, "What do you do when your wife has virtually no sex drive for a long period of time. Sometimes I feel like I am guilting her into intimacy and I wonder if the more virtuous thing is to not ask or hint for intimacy?"

The self-righteous pharisee. He is convinced not only of his own holiness but also of other's sinfulness. The self-righteous end up alone because they don't want to be around sinners and sinners don't want to be around them. And we all are guilty of this sin.

In this video I focus on a key figure from the Gospels, Simon the Pharisee. He doesn't believe that he has been forgiven much and therefore he doesn't love much.

A woman, a sinner busts in on a dinner at Simon's house. She falls at the feet of Jesus, and Simon is appalled. Simon judges her, condemns her– and Jesus for letting her touch him.

We've all been there. We snub the person we are jealous of. We don't invite certain individuals to our gatherings. We judge figures of authority and their motives. We criticize everyone else while neglecting to see our faults. We, like Simon, forget the dirt from which we came. We commit a sin that is worse than sin.

And if we, and Simon remain there, we will be given the harsher judgment. Our Lord says to the measure that you measure, it will be measure out to you.

But that isn't the end of the story for Simon and it doesn't have to be the end of the story for us.

In this video you will discover the rest of the story about Simon (It is amazing) and how it applies to you, and how you can begin to conquer playing the pharisee.

Hint: You will never look at Jesus scourging or a crucifix the same again.

A couple of great resource that helps us in this area of self-righteousness:

The Thorn: Seven Surprising Effects of Suffering and Temptation

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The Imposter: how Your Perception of God Can Determine Your Eternity

https://fathersofstjoseph.org/product/the-imposter-how-your-perception-of-god-can-determine-your-eternity/

In TCF Answers Episode 1, "Is Sainthood Only For Religious?" Devin responds to the question, "I'm 23 years old, and have been married for a couple of years... and I'm starting to take my Catholic faith seriously. I love my wife but feel like I missed my calling. It concerns me that there are so few saints that are married. When I hear the scripture about the rich young ruler who wanted to follow Christ, but couldn't give God everything, I feel guilty - like I'm him. Now what?"

Rejection. Not being wanted. The truth is that we all need to be needed. God made us this way. But when we don't feel wanted, we can make the mistake of forcing ourselves on others. But what if we are focusing on the wrong thing: being needed, when the answer is to focus on other's needs.

When we focus on being needed, or how can we be important in other's lives, we make ourselves god, the center. It's all about us. But when we focus on other's needs, we allow God to be at the center–and when we do something amazing occurs.

In this video I focus on one person, a man who Jesus delivered from being tormented from many demons. Jesus gives him back his humanity and his dignity. He begs Jesus that he may follow Him, but Jesus rejects his plea. Can you imagine how he felt? The Lord Jesus appeared to reject him.

We have all felt this kind of rejection and it is painful. But that is not the end of the story for this man, nor is it for us. In this video I reveal the rest of the story for this man, and the two things that you and I must do to overcome all forms of rejection.

Two great resources that touch upon this topic:

InterFEARence: The one Thing That Is Limiting You…And How to Conquer It

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THE IMPOSTER: How Your Perception of God Can Determine Your Eternity

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Why do some marriages work? Why do others breakdown? Why do some couples really love each other, while others want to kill each other? Great marriages are usually founded on one thing–forgiveness. Forgiveness may be the most common theme in the Gospels because it is a matter of life and death.

There is a mountain of scientific research that demonstrates that unforgiveness causes anxiety, depression, physical and mental health problems. It raises blood pressure, increases body pains and decreases our ability to process mentally and enjoy life.

On the flipside, forgiveness reduces anxiety, depression, reduces physical health problems and lowers mortality rates. When you forgive you sleep better, your cholesterol is lower and so is your blood pressure.

Marriage seems to be designed for difficulty. But God made marriage to heal us spiritually and physically. But this is important: A Good marriage is not defined by how little you fight, but by how well you forgive.

In this video I focus on the character of the Unforgiving Steward. A man who has been forgiven much but suffers from spiritual amnesia. Probing his story we will discover five key tips to learning how to forgive and not to forgive so that your marriage can be at the heart and center of the renewal of all things in Christ–and you can get on with your wife.

Feeling like you're not enough. Wrestling with failure. Suffer from feeling inferior? We've all been there. No Matter how much we have, we secretly know how little we are. How do we overcome our sense of littleness? How can we grow in real confidence? It is a dangerous thing to derive significance from men rather than from God. The respect of men is shifting sand upon which no man should build his house. So how do we overcome being enslaved to other's perception of us and become free to be who God has created us to be?

The secret is significance. There is worldly significance: Your worth is based on what others think of you. And there is another type of significance–the true kind.

In this video I focus on the first King of the Israelites, Saul, and how he mistakenly appeals to what others think of him to determine his worth. By probing Saul's inferiority complex, you will discover the key to overcoming self-hatred, feeling inferior, or not being enough. You will learn what true significance is, how to obtain it and live it in such a way that you have a confidence that is out of this world.

When you listen to people's opinion of you, you will never be enough. When you listen to God and His love for you, you will always know that you are enough.

A great resource that is a super easy read, but very insightful to living true significance is:

Why You Do What You Do: And How to Change It

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Check out The Fathers of St. Joseph resources at:

https://fathersofstjoseph.org/resource/

Feel distant from God? Like He doesn't care and maybe you don't either? Is religion, prayer becoming a chore? How do I re-ignite my love for God? This video explains why good Christians often give up and the three things you can do to rekindle your prayer and relationship with the Lord.

Religion is great if it leads to a relationship with God, but if it doesn't it can become a bunch of rules and regulations. Boredom with your spouse can lead to infidelity and boredom with God will eventually leads us to seeking other gods.

In this video I focus on Jesus, his secret to kindling the fire of the spiritual life, and his three steps to making prayer effective, that if we follow, will allow us to be enflamed with the love of God.

Prayer is the throne from which you derive the power to rule yourself. You are strongest when on your knees. But why are we resistance to prayer? How do I find time to pray considering how busy my life is? Stay tuned. If you do what Jesus does, you will become like him, powerful, strong, and alive.

Great resources that can help you develop a rule of life that will open you to the transformative grace of Jesus Christ:

The Path: The Fathers of St. Joseph Rule of Life

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LEAD: Daily Devotions for Every Man

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Plagued by the past? The devil wants you to look back to keep you from moving forward. Often people allow their sins to define them. This video explains why a guilty past can cripple us, and the two things you can do to overcome your past so that God can get on with your future.

Lying, usurping, stealing, Jacob the Old Testament Patriarch wreaked havoc in his life and those around him. Running from his sinful past, and Esau his twin brother who vowed to kill him, he believed that he could begin anew. But there was a problem: Jacob never repented of his past or faced up to who he was. Because of this, his former life came back to haunt him and those whom he loved.

But that all changed when God called him to face his pervious life and return to his father's land–which meant Jacob's certain death.

Facing our sinful past and encountering those who we have hurt and who have hurt us can seem worse than death. This video explains why being bound by a haunting former life can be worse than death, and by dealing with your past, you can experience the freedom to become the person that God is calling you to be–a saint.

Great resources that can help you overcome the lies of the devil and get on with your future:

The Thorn

https://fathersofstjoseph.org/product/the-thorn-seven-surprising-effects-of-suffering-and-temptation/

The Imposter

https://fathersofstjoseph.org/product/the-imposter-how-your-perception-of-god-can-determine-your-eternity/

Interfearence

https://fathersofstjoseph.org/product/interfearence-the-one-thing-that-is-limiting-you-and-how-to-conquer-it/

Why You Do What You Do: And How to Change It

https://fathersofstjoseph.org/product/why-you-do-what-you-do-and-how-to-change-it/