Which of the following are similar to the ways you've served Christ in your family? [check all that apply]
• Taught your kids to see God's glory in nature
• Washed the dishes without being asked
• Played a board game with your kids
• Encouraged your wife to finish her master's degree
• Attended a child's open house at school
• Worked fewer hours to be with your family
• Set an example of a godly prayer life for your children
• Held a crying child
• Swung on the tire swing with your daughter
• Told your wife why you're still in love with her
• Told your son he's got what it takes
• Coached soccer
• Let you child correct you now and then
• Fixed the vacuum cleaner
• Taught your sons to ride a bike
• Listened patiently to a complaint of your wife
• Taped your child's artwork to your office wall
• Admitted to your kids that you were wrong
• Told your children how Christ entered your life
• Cleaned up vomit
• Taught your children to love books
• Been romantic without expecting sex
• Told your daughter she's smart/beautiful
• Set standards for your kids and stuck to them
• Dealt graciously with a busybody neighbor
• Peeled carrots
• Watched movies together
Wax Job Theme of the Week: How Men Hear Sunday, June 9, 2002
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Key Bible Verses: The way we lived among you was further proof of the truth of our message. So you received the message with joy (1 Thessalonians 1:5–6). Bonus Reading:1 Corinthians 9:19-23
I was speaking in Colorado on "Cultivating, Sowing, and Reaping." A young woman approached afterwards and asked, "Joe, do you remember me?" I didn't.
"I used to baby-sit your son. Two years ago someone shared Christ with me, and I became a believer. But the reason I trusted Christ was because of what I saw ten or fifteen years ago"
"You're kidding!" I said.
"No. I couldn't figure out what made your family so different from mine. After I put your kids to bed, I'd go into the den and pull books off the shelf to try to find out what made you tick. Is what you said today why you used to wax my dad's car?"
Her dad loved automobiles but couldn't do much to maintain them because of a heart condition. I'd ask him to give me his car keys, then I'd wash and wax his auto. He'd pull up a folding chair and we'd talk and talk. Not about spiritual things. He wasn't ready.
I'm delighted to report that the gospel has penetrated that family unit. It started with a can of wax, a listening ear, and a curious baby-sitter.
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