Family Fest Speaker Podcast

Paul Petterson - WWJ15 Talk #3 - The wildernesses of life are many

The goal of parenting is for your children to grow larger than you. Parenting is a willingness to have your heart torn apart so that God might plant his love. When God opens doorways for you, you must walk through, regardless of your fear. Your growth and your strength are gifts that God needs of you.

Paul Petterson - WWJ15 Talk #4 - All of God is grace

God loves you as you are. Nothing you do could cause God to love you anymore. We have to proclaim this over and over because we only hear it when we are ready to hear it. We don't have to get it all right. We don't have to be perfect. God loves us anyway.

Tiger McLuen - SS14 Talk #1 - Loved, valued and not alone

We’ve been entrusted with the gospel and our job, as adults, is to pass that on to the next generation. We need to love our children, to value our children and to help them know that they are not alone. God wants us to do this together as parents, as grandparents, as friends, and as members of the church.

Scriptures: 1 Thessalonians 2:6-8, 1 John 4:9,19

Tiger McLuen - SS14 Talk #2 - Building a faith that will stick in the lives of our kids

When we are done with the child that God has given you, what are you hoping is built into their life? Tiger gives us 7 factors to use as parents to raise our children in the church and to turn hope into strategy.

Scripture: Deuteronomy 11, John 10: 10

Tiger McLuen - SS14 Talk #3 - As parents, we are untrained, tired and scared.

God created two institutions, one is the church and the other is the family. They're designed to work together to build the faith. God desires families to have five functions: to shelter, to love, to teach, to develop and to send out.

Tiger McLuen - SS14 Talk #4-Personal looks, Performance, Popularity, Possessions

Our society tells us the path to happiness lies in the 4 Ps: personal looks, performance, popularity, and possessions. We need to know we are loved, valuable and not alone and the 4 Ps get us close to that yet because they are external, do not lead to happiness. Instead, we should base our value on what God tells us, that we've been fearfully and wonderfully made from the beginning. When we connect to the one who created us, then we have a possibility true happiness.

Scriptures: John 10: 10, Psalm 139

Tiger McLuen - SS14 Talk #5-How do we live through the storms?

We all face storms, especially as parents. It’s okay to be perplexed and confused. God give us “Garden Friends” to let us know that we are not alone. We are being challenged not to waiver from the hope that is in us. Don't be dismayed for the Lord your God goes with you wherever you go.

Scripture: Matthew 7:24-27, John 16:33, Acts 2:12

Tiger McLuen - SS14 Talk #6-What's your yes?

As we journey through life we are faced with struggles. We use many excuses for not trusting in God’s plan: I'm not good enough, I don't know enough, What if they don't listen to or believe me, I don't have enough talent or I'll just let the church do it because they're better at it. Trust that God is going to work through you to bring you, and those around you, closer to Him.

Jeff Lindsay - WWF14 Talk #1 -Where are you in the crowd?

God desires for our nets to be full.  In the crowd of life, do you stand in the back, without experiencing God's fullness? Or are you in the middle, listening but not fully experiencing. We should all strive to be in the front so that we hear God's message in new ways.

 

Scripture: Luke 5

Jeff Lindsay - WWF14 Talk #2 - Living in the Light of God

God has established boundaries for us and by living within those boundaries we can experience God's greatness. Sometimes we're stuck in the darkness, outside the boundaries, where we stumble around. We need to trust in God and move into the light. When we reflect God's light we become lights to our family and friends.

 

Scripture: Isaiah 43: 1-2