Lesson 049 - “It Wasn’t ‘Love at First Sight’!”

Many books are written about how to lead. When Peter Magnuson ran a query on leadership titles in Amazon, it yielded more than 50,000 results! Consider then what atmosphere exactly does your leadership create? If it's feeling like a cattle drive, this message is for you.

Confidence. This word doesn't often seem synonymous with parenting, but can it be? Peter Magnuson, using the first chapter of Philippians as his text, explains how fathers can parent their children with the full confidence that they will see God's hand at work in their family.

It is a special thing these days to have eight children and keep the hearts of each of them. As a matter of fact it is extraordinary. And coming from a son it is especially valuable to hear how that was done. Roger Magnuson had many gifts. He had many opportunities and serendipities!

Children love stories. Movies, too, wield an underestimated influence in the lives of young people. No matter what our age, drama wins our attention. Could there be a God-given reason? What if we, as God's children, are meant to be real live participants in the most dramatic story ever told?