Episode 293 - Growing a Healthy Family with Dr. Gary Chapman

“The first characteristic of a healthy family is to have an
attitude of service.” Author, speaker, pastor, and counselor, Dr.
Gary Chapman, shares about his newest book, 5 Traits of a Healthy
Family. He gives wise counsel from his years of experience and
his lessons from the Lord. As Jesus emptied Himself and became
human to serve and save us, we too should display this same
service to our spouse and children. Listen in to hear Dr. Chapman
give us ideas on how to do just that.


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ABOUT OUR GUEST


Gary Chapman, Ph.D.—author, speaker, pastor, and counselor—has a
passion for people, and for helping them form lasting
relationships. Chapman is a well-known marriage counselor and
director of marriage seminars. The 5 Love Languages is one of
Chapman’s most popular titles, topping various bestseller charts
for years, selling over twenty million copies, and has been on
the New York Times best-sellers list continuously since 2007.
Chapman has been directly involved in real-life family counseling
for more than 30 years, and his syndicated radio programs air
nationally on Moody Radio Network and over 400 affiliate
stations. For more information visit www.5lovelanguages.com


SCRIPTURES


 You call me Teacher and Lord, and you are right, for so I
am. If I then, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you
also ought to wash one another's feet. For I have given you an
example, that you also should do just as I have done to you.
Truly, truly, I say to you, a servant is not greater than his
master, nor is a messenger greater than the one who sent him.
John 13:13-16 ESV


Have this attitude in yourselves which was also in Christ Jesus,
who, as He already existed in the form of God, did not consider
equality with God something to be grasped, but emptied Himself by
taking the form of a bond-servant and being born in the likeness
of men. And being found in appearance as a man, He humbled
Himself by becoming obedient to the point of death: death on a
cross. Philippians 2:5-8 NASB


 For the husband is the head of the wife even as Christ is
the head of the church, his body, and is himself its Savior. Now
as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit in
everything to their husbands. Ephesians 5:23-24 ESV


Do nothing from selfish ambition or conceit, but in humility
count others more significant than yourselves. Let each of you
look not only to his own interests, but also to the interests of
others. Philippians 2:3-4 ESV


LINKS


The 5 Love Languages Website


BOOKS


5 Traits of a Healthy Family


The 5 Love Languages: The Secret to Love that Lasts


The 5 Love Languages of Children: The Secret to Loving Children
Effectively


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