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
Important Person Theme of the Week: Praise the Lord! Sunday, November 17, 2002
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November/December 200256Important PersonTheme of the Week: Praise the Lord! Important Person Theme of the Week: Praise the Lord! Sunday, November 17
Key Bible Verses: "For my own sake and for the honor of my name … I will rescue you … for my own sake!" (Isaiah 48:9, 11). Bonus Reading:Matthew 6:19–21
Suppose you ask a company president, "Who, under God, is the most important person in your life?"
He says, "I guess it would be my vice-president of marketing."
You say, "What about your wife?"
He says, "Oh, of course. That goes without saying."
A few might assume that his abounding love for his wife caused him to forget her. But most of us would assume that she didn't come to mind because she's not uppermost in his affections.
The wife wouldn't say, "I'm so honored that I'm like the air he breathes. He never gives me a thought." Rather, she'd say, "If I don't come to mind when you're asked about your life's priorities, it's because I'm not important to you. And if you think I'm honored by being taken for granted, you're wrong!"
It's possible to take important things like oxygen for granted. If you're taken for granted, you might feel indispensable. But not treasured or honored. God is an important person; he doesn't like being taken for granted.
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