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
Becoming a 'Life Coach' Theme of the Week: Duplicate Yourself Thursday, December 5, 2002
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November/December 200256Becoming a 'Life Coach'Theme of the Week: Duplicate Yourself Becoming a 'Life Coach' Theme of the Week: Duplicate Yourself Thursday, December 5
Key Bible Verse: Remember the three years I was with you—my constant watch and care over you night and day (Acts 20:31). Bonus Reading:Acts 20:17–38
Businessman Jim Strawn responded to an appeal in our Little Rock, Arkansas, church for volunteers to serve as mentors in a public elementary school. He started working with Richard, a third grader, for an hour a week. For the first few meetings it seemed Richard was getting nothing out of the interaction. A few meetings later, Jim asked the administrator of the program whether this was worthwhile. "Oh, he loves it!" she replied. "He just doesn't know how to show it." Jim began working with Richard on reading and comprehension skills. A school counselor suggested that Richard attend an alternative school where he'd live five days a week at a camp just outside town. His mother couldn't pick him up on Fridays, so Jim did.
As their relationship grew stronger, and years went by, Jim had chances to talk with Richard about all kinds of issues—how to deal with girls, how to deal with jealously from friends because of his athletic ability, and how to handle—well, life. Jim found that mentoring requires becoming a "life coach." Today Richard is "on track" in high school, actively involved in sports and ROTC.
—Robert Lewis in The Church of Irresistible Influence
My Response: Something I could do to develop skills as a "life coach" is …
Thought to Apply: If you are given a chance to be a role model, … take it because you can influence a person's life in a positive light. —Tiger Woods (golfer)
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