Proverbs 1: Your Father’s Instruction
The book of Proverbs says, listen to your father’s instruction and do not forsake your mother’s teaching. But what about a stepfather or a stepmother’s instruction? Do you have to listen to that, too?
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Ron Deal
Ron L. Deal is one of the most widely read and viewed experts on blended families in the country. He is Director of FamilyLife Blended® for FamilyLife®, founder of Smart Stepfamilies™, and the author and Consulting Editor of the Smart Stepfamily Series of books including the bestselling Building Love Together in Blended Families: The 5 Love Languages® and Becoming Stepfamily Smart (with Dr. Gary Chapman), The Smart Stepfamily: 7 Steps to a Healthy Family, and Preparing to Blend. Ron is a licensed marriage and family therapist, popular conference speaker, and host of the FamilyLife Blended podcast. He and his wife, Nan, have three sons and live in Little Rock, Arkansas. Learn more at FamilyLife.com/blended.
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Proverbs 1: Your Father’s Instruction
Air date: December 30, 2024
Ron: In Proverbs, the Bible has some good advice for children: listen to your father’s instruction and do not forsake your mother’s teaching. But what about a stepfather or a stepmother’s instruction? Do you have to listen to that, too?
Announcer: For FamilyLife Blended®, here’s Ron Deal.
Ron: Well, of course you do, right. I mean God expects everyone to obey the authorities in their life. Stepparents are another authority. But sometimes kids have a hard time receiving their instruction. The solution to this dilemma has two sides to it.
Stepparents make sure your stepchildren know how much you care before you expect them to care how much you know. And stepchildren receive your stepparent just like you would a teacher or a coach. They offer instruction to bless your life and your stepparent will, too. For FamilyLife Blended I’m Ron Deal.
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