135 | Pray for Your Kids (Adam Weber Part 1)
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Adam Weber
Adam is the founder and lead pastor of Embrace, a multi-site church based out of Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Author of Talking With God and Love Has A Name, he also hosts a podcast called The Conversation. Adam still cheers for the Cincinnati Bengals but no longer drives a Rambler. He’s married to his wife, Becky, and has four kids: Hudson, Wilson, Grayson, & Anderson. He also has seven chickens, two dogs, & three fish, but what he really wants is a sheep.
Conversation Notes:
Adam’s books: Talking With God & Love Has A Name
3:30 - Adam Weber’s Podcast
4:00 - Sharing about his dad walking through physical hardship with a car accident and financial hardship.
7:05 - Seeing his dad walk through pain with joy.
8:15 - In the eyes of the world you say he’s not successful now but in the eyes of God more successful Romans 8:18 these light and momentary trials…
9:25 - To get from A to C you have to get through B.
13:50 - Thoughts on being convicted of treating the most important people in his life like they’re the least important.
14:21 Book: Talking with God by Adam Weber
15:53 - Free devotional online: “How to Be Somebody”
17:00 - Setting goals and priorities with his kids
17:40 - Saying yes to our kids even though we don’t feel like it. When they’ve invited us into their life we want to take advantage of that time.
21:00 - Defeating the lie that you need to achieve to earn love.
27:00 - How to pray for your kids
28:00 - Taking time at birthday parties to honor the person and call out something about them.