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Comfort: It’s needed! Need to give it or receive it?

farmerphilbethedad1 year ago1 year ago07 mins

Where are you at today? Are you in need of comfort? Is there someone in your life that needs you to provide comfort? Will you model the love of Jesus today and provide comfort to those who need comforting? Who may need comfort: Do you know anyone who is going through difficult or painful situations,…

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How do you learn best? Reading? Experience? People?

farmerphilbethedad1 year ago1 year ago010 mins

How do you learn best? Ever warned someone about their actions in hopes of helping them avoid the pitfall and yet they kept going and fell in? Have you shared your experience with others in hopes they could learn from your experience instead of having to go through it on their own? Ever provided someone…

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Find a good guide! It is how to know what to do.

farmerphilbethedad1 year ago1 year ago07 mins

No matter what comes your way today, you can know what to do. The key is to find a good guide who can lead you in truth and teach you. Whatever it is, you can find a way. Do you know where to turn? How about who to ask? Don’t try to rush it or…

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Freedom: Don’t let the worries and regrets hold you down!

farmerphilbethedad1 year ago1 year ago015 mins

Freedom is how God wants us to be able to live! If we can decide to live our lives in alignment with Him and pursuing His will, the weight can be lifted off and the chains broken so that we can live out our lives in freedom. Freedom from Worries: Freedom from Regrets: Freedom from…

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Love: Actions in truth rather than just Words & Speech!

farmerphilbethedad1 year ago1 year ago010 mins

When it comes to love, are you more of a hearer or a doer? Do you use your words and speech to build up or tear down? Words have power! Will you choose to be a doer who puts action in truth behind what you love and believe? Let’s be the dads who choose to…

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Live transformed by the kindness and love of God!

farmerphilbethedad1 year ago1 year ago07 mins

Have you been transformed? As today begins, I reflect upon the approach of the middle of the month and how to ensure I finish this month strong and get another post out to the podcast. I reflect upon the transforming power of Jesus and how it has impacted my life as a husband and dad…

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How you approach things matters! Results? Expectations?

farmerphilbethedad1 year ago1 year ago09 mins

Let’s start with today, how are you approaching it? Will you approach today with confidence or doubtfully? Is there something that helps you approach today with confidence rather than timidly, hesitantly, or tentatively? Do you approach things differently based on your expected results? Are your expectations triggering you to be more held back and keeping…

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Love One Another: Remember your priorities!

farmerphilbethedad2 years ago2 years ago08 mins

God’s command is to love one another which will show that He is in and with us! Firstly, Love the Lord our God with all our heart and with all our soul and with all our strength and with all our mind! Secondly, Love our wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave…

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Troubles! Their inevitable and yet we can have hope!

farmerphilbethedad2 years ago2 years ago08 mins

Ever had troubles in your life? Are ready because you know that if you haven’t, they will show up? What kinds of troubles have you faced? What troubles are you going through right now? How do you find hope? Where do you turn for hope? Are you able to take heart because you know that…

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How you say it is just as important as what you are saying.

farmerphilbethedad2 years ago1 year ago07 mins

You have something to say do you? Ever heard about the acronym T.H.I.N.K. when it comes to communication? Is what you have to say Truthful? How about is it Helpful? Will it be Inspiring? Is it Necessary? Is it coming from a heart of compassion and so is what you are wanting to say Kind?…

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Let your light shine! How to help others escape darkness.

farmerphilbethedad2 years ago2 years ago017 mins

As I wake up this morning, the day when daylight savings ends and realize that darkness will be present more. It reinforces the need to let your light shine! Even with the extra hour from daylight saving time, it’s mostly just an extra hour of sleep for most of us. I’ve often thought about how…

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The Goodness of God in the Midst of Suffering

farmerphilbethedad2 years ago2 years ago013 mins

How often do you think of the goodness of God in the midst of your suffering? When you are going through trials or tribulations, are you focusing on God or the problem? What would be different if your focus was on God, His goodness, His love, His promises instead of the problems and storms of…

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How will you make the most of your today?

farmerphilbethedad2 years ago2 years ago07 mins

It’s time to make the most out of our today and finish the week strong and productive. What’s on your to-do list that you can get to to-done? For many people this weekend will include an extra hour, ever considered if you were given an extra hour how you would use it? First weekend of…

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How to Cast Your Cares on the Lord! The Power of Letting Go

farmerphilbethedad2 years ago2 years ago06 mins

Ever heard you are to cast your cares on God? Ever gone fishing and casted your line? Do you remember how far it went when done well? We need to let it go for it to not come back. Fishing probably wasn’t the right analogy since with fishing you are trying to catch rather than…

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It happened! First podcast is live! Ready for dads and feedback to make it better.

farmerphilbethedad2 years ago2 years ago08 mins

It happened! I am so excited too about the fact that 2023 was the year to start the BeTheDads podcast and it was October, and the first episode was missing. During one of the Wednesday night Bible Studies for The Most Valuable Catch series I let our table know that I was going to post…

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  • If there was a dads’ group that met weekly, would you join? March 19, 2025
  • But God… March 15, 2025
  • The Future is Now! So, we can’t wait to be the dads… March 5, 2025
  • Who God created you to be:Take Time to grab a hold of it! February 8, 2025
  • Key Role(s) of a Godly Man: Priest, Pillar, and Prophet February 1, 2025
  • Grow in Community! Don’t do life alone! Join one now! January 9, 2025
  • Unwavering Courage to Wait: Embrace Divine Timing for Ultimate Serenity December 19, 2024
  • Your Attitude Can Make You Patient with All November 30, 2024
  • What’s your default perspective? Have to vs. Get to. November 24, 2024
  • The Heart of the Father. Let’s live it to the full! October 14, 2024
  • Ready in and out of season to give an answer September 25, 2024
  • A Solid Foundation – We need to be building on September 24, 2024
  • Forgiveness: Planting Faith and Reaping Love September 23, 2024
  • Strangers – Making a difference one at a time. August 24, 2024
  • Overcoming Angst: Fatherhood when you Put God First August 23, 2024

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