Parents, it's never too late to confess what you've done wrong and to set a new agenda for your child because God won't give up on you. That means God’s still working on this man. It's one book in the Bible doesn't have an ending-it ends with a question by God. I'm going to use you.” The end of the book of Jonah-parents need to hear this. Get out of my sight.” God is saying to Jonah, “I'm not done with you. Ĭhapter three begins with “The word of the Lord came a second time to Jonah.” Isn't that beautiful? You would think God would say “I'm done with you. You know he was swallowed by this big fish, and he was vomited up on the beach. He tried to get as far away from God's call. One of my favorite moments in Scripture-it's just one of those moments that gets you up in Scripture-is in Jonah. But here's what I want to say to parents of teenagers.

It was like, “How dare you do this to me.” when that was not what was happening at all. Paul: Yes, I think that there were many moments where I responded in anger. This is a season to seize these moments.” You have a best or worst moment when you think about parenting your kids when they were teenagers?

But you so well have said, “No, this is a moment. You've already told us why you wrote that, because we so often think teenage season, teenage years are not the age of opportunity. I'm loving our conversation.ĭave: Yes, and you wrote, years ago, the book Age of Opportunity about parenting teens.

God's given us those moments, but I would have said these young men in my house are more important than anybody outside my house in terms of what I'm pouring into them, and I would have been more strategic.Īnn: Well, this is going to be a fun conversation because we have back with us today, Paul David Tripp. You know they were men at this time, reflecting back but I would take that back.

I’m Ann Wilson.ĭave: And I’m Dave Wilson, and you can find us at or on the FamilyLife ® app.ĭave: My worst moment would be when two of my sons said, “You were more intimate with the congregation than you were with us.” In other words, you shared stories in your sermons of weakness for thousands of people that they had never heard in our kitchen. Welcome to FamilyLife Today, where we want to help you pursue the relationships that matter most. I just being, being their dad, but also being another man with them.Īnn: No, I wanted you to share your worst moments. Ann: Dave, what was your best and maybe your worst moment as a parent of teenagers? Can you remember, like, what was your best moment?ĭave: I loved, and I think they did too, coaching all three in high school, standing on the sideline on Friday nights on a on a football field, being at practice with them, driving home with them, hearing their thoughts and dreams, going out on dates-you can't call it a date when it's sons we hung out-but hearing them talk about their girl.

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