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King Kingdon and we got some comic relief to share with you on the highs and lows of doing life together as welcome to focus on your host president Jim Daly and I'm John well when times are hard. It's important to enjoy some laughter and that's what we have in store with our guest. This was one of our most popular programs of the year so definitely hit the mark and Ken is a very sought after comedian and motivational speaker and has quite a knack for finding the humor in everyday moments with his wife, his three kids, so this message is worth hearing again and here's Ken Kingdon from his DVD called wow moments and you can get a copy of that from us here at Focus on the Family hadn't died just after Ken's opening remarks did Knowles not easy, but I marriage is wonderful.
I love you man is not easy, but it's worth it. I was married less than a year. Also, you should be proud of He's going to work.
He's coming home now stays in hours like we were seeing the differences in that little 5% that's different to drive you crazy. I'm I'm OCD. See my closer, all in the right order different colors and I can go by the sink with and wash the dishes in my okay yeah you being try to continue so long and so will all the laundry below average condition termed G.I. D. Get it later disorder later. Later later seems to never come get it later is dangerous with the bathroom. One night she left her drawer out all over the next you left your drawer. She was didn't have time just okay iPhone put on the stuff was ready and call 91 go to get a glass cover. It was dark. I would open it. I missed it because it was open week of the next morning a pool of blood. I sent you be so easy to get frustrated with those little pieces but I don't because I 95% times is one of the little pieces. God is blessed me with my wife as a condition for language arts teacher and she will mix up words all the time.
It's just entertaining with this agreement. This agreement really hard anymore, just as you say potato, tomato really know not even close.
And I don't even know what was broken last fall that were driving. She will throw an idea.
She does not want to make is nothing we have to do is I just want to put a bug in your ear to chew on. She said what is that look for that.
I don't really get you in my ears and there's extremes.
Another lady said her dad had a spot spot on his hand, called her mom. Hey, how's that spot is anything but maybe next week.
Anyway, I'm having get an autopsy, but I love that about my wife and I made my way I I meter we have children is my least favorite phrases that I might have might have last February was cold last February. I'm driving my son's school when I hear out of the backseat.
Oh, what do you mean no.
Oh my, I might have forgot something might have forgot something, not just a whole hear someone on the side of the room here February driving to school.
He might have forgotten what very good, very good backpack. Very good. I thought of those well that was just here, just I might've forgotten who said she do you know the will and there's nothing on my ongoing week later, my wife and my kids not only my sons in the living room to hear your mother is good.
Your shoes asking where is the last place you don't. He did not say anything but the look on his face was like well if I knew I was a college education. I'm something to this conversation was remember my feet. Amazing, amazing, but I absolutely love great student. Great lastly good kid and I wouldn't know where you just come up with something but her mom was like going to Florida to go there a few times and I go like Charmaine English 1C world did you really like C world. As a kid because I know it's will walk around people's reaction when you made a reaction against taking a fishing pole. Something about life don't get distracted by all the stuff out there. What is is really important in those go through my mind what's really important and I learned this to my kids a lot. God shows me this to my children about a year later they were in bed one night, my voice shared a room and we lived downstairs in the room was upstairs in the middle of night three in the morning I hear he was sick. I went up the stairs, walking he's on his bed, standing on his bed like a superhero should do what you doing like you been rehearsing this or some Moloch chocolate milk. Now the time and he looked at me like maybe you didn't hear this right. I'm standing up daddy mama talk about now. Night night and he looks at me and what part of this. Do you not get all the right words and I will get you all the chocolate milk one in the morning. But right now it's nine nighttime put his head on the pillow turned said nobody.
It's nine nighttime and he rolled over.
Okay, that he went to sleep. As I walked down the steps.
It was one of those moments know God is never spoken audibly never heard but it was between conscious and unconscious that part of the soul always like I know this is something more than median and I just whispered, Ken. That's the way I want you to be what you ask for anything and just know that I'm only going to give you what's best when it's best just like I literally stopped on the stairs that are happening and I need help with that too. When I got help me not miss these moments I'm driving my son to practice last year.
Last year I get to coach you my love coaching basketball driver to pull up to a red light.
My son Mike Paul, 14 years old. That's unbelievable. It's a brand-new Maserati right next to us how fast you think I don't know is I'm not sure that it hit me.
Ken, this is a moment I said you know what I can have one of those he said yes I have one paid for you. I know why you you when we went home and said no only do I wouldn't trade you for €10 unbelievable as well like you know you get better. We can hang out together. You can feed yourself you will poop in your start. He made it. I really got older brother 11 months old and he is my older son. I'll never forget this. My oldest son was probably just about to sleep was just about to 11 months, and bouncy seat little bouncy for the baby and bouncy seat. Cody was in one of the holes in it got really quiet when you have babies quiet is not good.
I walked around the corner. There is my oldest son straddled over the bouncy seat with a bag of cheese puffs, stuffing them into Cody's mouth like tendencies you have children that are close in age and normal they don't belong all the time. We have a very simple discipline like you can't get along, you sit on the steps sit on the steps of worse sit on the they would just maybe five minutes seemed like an eternity to like a five-year-old was walking down the hall one day and out of the room where they shared a major thought that good start walking down the hall to investigate right before I get to the doorway. I hear second son sniffling and my oldest son when you're six years.
I'm surprised they survive beryllium and then I remember we read these books when they were born read books schedule. We did a great reason to make the make choices early and often and let them find out through failure and learn to let them make choices when the earlier there are make choices four years old while the sun came in he was exhausted.
One night, this time for bed, her heart that you're tired and I thought great part for choice.
I said no you have a choice you like to put on your pajamas and brush your teeth and go to bed. Would you like a spanking is a great choice. That is the choice I would've made a good choice you have children you know they're different love.
Months later, my second son returns for 90s exhausted.
He's staggering.
He's so tired like time for bed like your tire like okay you have a choice brush her teeth, you better do you want to spanking their three minutes. Some like did you hear me after the spanking. Can I stay on five years later we have very different. She foresees on the verge of tears she so quiet.
She's tired like you're tired, you need to go to bed its pastoral bed. We are tired you need to go to bed okay choice to put on your pajamas and brush her teeth and go to bed you want to spank. She put her finger in my face think that's what the choice details different details. I love this time were you feeling bad about yourself. The little down a little depressed thinking I need some entertainment. I got no money what to do the Walmart reality TV you got reality right there is a freak show every day right there.
I love Walmart. There's always after midnight. There is always one only with a little kid walk around Walmart to stop all what's wrong so probably I'm living for the day that one of those little kids is moments there just those moments in life and I tell you I love those moments we were actually the boys were small.
We took him to Disney World. If you ever seen this or not but the breakfast character sweeping like 40 bucks for cold eggs. You sit there even wonder why he paid $40 for cold eggs in these big furry people off roles last day we were there we decided we want to Momento a memory went to downtown Disney to do a souvenir shop that is all huge wall of stuffed animals and the whole you can get one up anything. My oldest son wanted shoppers trauma. I watched him freak out and then I watched Cody Cody was right down here to write them once a gram to spinning drills and Cody standing right there not dizzy makes most of the stuff that was gender-neutral. They make a few are masculine in nature. One that is feminine in nature and that is Duchess my mom want to get you and Katie.
Katie you tender Tender memo indicating the line. Can you love lion King. Every time I made the suggestion got closer and tighter held on for dear life and it's your choice. You love this cat gets For years and I and he never wavered. He loved this cat Mike okay got to get a RN and I'll never forget.
We came home two weeks later I wanted document to bed and I was love to pray over my kids on their little hours printed text different parts. I just pray like I give them wisdom beyond their days and give them a heart of compassion, give them arms reach out to others legs walking the true Lord, please, please, most of all to the cannot breathe when they couldn't handle it anymore. The all types of Lord, thank you for getting walked in Cody's time for bed is kneeling on his bed and I walked in and he's got his back to the choice of what happened about time for bed.
Just want brothers, Duchess laying on his bed with his little green blanket over and he leaned over to goes pretty hard and they said sit you can keep the Price was kinking to today's episode of best of 2020 addition of Focus on the Family John, this is been fun today, but Ken made an important point with that last story children mimic us his son Cody was repeating the prayer that he'd heard can't say with them every night and I think that's a great reminder for us as parents. Your children are watching, let them see you being a faithful follower of Jesus Christ.
That's one of the best things you can do for them and that can be overwhelming as moms and dads, but Ken is give us a really good first step.
Pray with your kids model for them how we can approach our heavenly father and have just a really good conversation with him. That's a great point John and will post some helpful articles about prayer on our website. Come check it out and let me say if you need someone to pray for you. Please give us a call. Our staff would be honored to hear your concerns and pray with you and if your situation warrants it, they can have one of our caring Christian counselors give you a call back and it's free. We do not charge for that service. As many of you know we do need your financial support to make the services available to everyone who needs them, and this is been a very tough year for all of us and the holidays can't really seem to magnify the challenges, especially for those who are being impacted by unemployment and isolation.
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