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
Tonight Show Doxology Theme of the Week: Praise the Lord! Tuesday, November 19, 2002
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November/December 200256Tonight Show DoxologyTheme of the Week: Praise the Lord! Tonight Show Doxology Theme of the Week: Praise the Lord! Tuesday, November 19
Key Bible Verse: Unseal my lips, O Lord, that I may praise you (Psalm 51:15). Bonus Reading:Psalm 63:2–8
After the final game of the 1988 World Series against the Oakland A's, Bob Costas of NBC interviewed me in the locker room. He asked what I was doing between innings when the cameras had caught me in the dugout with my head back, "eyes closed, almost meditating."
"I was singing hymns to myself to relax and keep my adrenalin down, because every time I thought about being ahead, I got too excited to pitch."
The next night I was a guest on "The Tonight Show." Johnny Carson also asked about that. "Do you just hum, or what?"
"I sing." The audience clapped and cheered. I hadn't meant that! "I'm not gonna sing!" They roared.
"Oh, yes you are!" Carson said. I shook my head, panicking. I'd never sung alone in public in my life. "This could be a first," he pressed. "Just a couple of bars."
"Well, the one I remember singing the most was a praise hymn." (Suddenly it was deathly silent.) "As I sat on the bench I'd sing: Praise God from whom all blessings flow. Praise Him, all creatures here below. Praise Him above, ye heavenly host. Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. Amen."
—Orel Hershiser in Out of the Blue
My Response: How do I "center down" when I'm feeling stressed?
Thought to Apply: He who does not praise God while here on earth shall in eternity be dumb. —Jan Van Ruysbroeck (14th century)
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