How to Get in the “Mud Puddle” With Your Spouse

"We are the Wilkes Team! We're not perfect, but we stick together. We are quick to obey, quick to repent, quick to forgive.

As with many parents, God gave Mark and Alice Wilkes a vision for their family. The vision was that their family was to represent Christ! Excitedly, they put their goal in writing. The couple with their children determined to take responsibility for their God-given roles. What happened next?

"Do you believe My Word?" Mr. Wilkes was inclined to answer without thinking, "Yes! Of course, I do!" In this final message for the 2018 Father and Son Conference, Mr. Wilkes challenges men to consider more seriously their "Yes!" to that question. Does God's Word affect our thoughts?

What father hasn't been inspired by the family portrait shown in chapter 6 of Deuteronomy? Under this high bar of “teaching diligently,” Mark Wilkes came to see his need for seeking Christ diligently himself. Rather than a checklist to perform, he saw that he had relationships to develop.