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of any suggestion that her body is dirty or “wrong� or evil. Such an implication might raise a whole host of other problems for your child that could carry over into adolescence and even adulthood. QUESTION: My son is an outstanding gymnast. His high school coach says he has more natural ability than anyone he’s ever seen. Yet, when he is being judged in a competitive meet, he does terribly. Why does he fail during the most important moments? DR. DOBSON: If your son thinks of himself as a failure, his performance will probably match his low self-image when the chips are down. In the same way, there are many excellent golfers on the PGA Tour who make a satisfactory living in tournament play, but they never win. They may even place as high as second, third, sixth, or tenth. Whenever it looks like they might come in first, however, they “choke� at the last minute, and someone else wins. It is not that they want to fail; rather, they can’t conceive of themselves as winners, and their performance merely reflects this image. I once spoke with a con-
cert pianist of outstanding talent who has resolved never to play in public again. She knows she is blessed with remarkable talent but believes she is a loser in every other regard. Consequently, when she plays the piano on stage, her mistakes and errors creep into her performance. Each time this mortifying experience has occurred, she has become more convinced of her own unworthiness in every area. She has now withdrawn into the secluded, quiet, talentless world of have-nots. A person’s self-concept is instrumental in determining those who are “winners� and those who see themselves as “losers.� Professional tennis players call this characteristic “tournament toughness,� but it is really nothing more than confidence in action. Dr. Dobson is founder and chairman of the board of the nonprofit organization Focus on the Family, Colorado Springs, CO 80995 (www. family.org). Questions and answers are excerpted from “Solid Answers� and “Bringing Up Boys,� both published by Tyndale House.
Defer to Jesus, let Him shine in the light words coming out of John that he was just God’s the Baptist’s mouth. Even messenger. When a crowd when given the perfect eagerly sought to know if John was the Mesopportunity, he siah, he deferred to shunned self-adDivine vancement. Guidance Jesus. “Someone is comHe attracted big ing soon who is crowds through his greater that I am so powerful preaching much greater that but he remained I’m not even worthy humble. Instead of to be his slave and pointing to himself untie the straps of as numero uno, he Dan his sandals.“ (Luke pointed to Jesus Newton 3:16). and said, “This is John’s humble the one I was talkstance was not a ing about when I said, ‘Someone is coming ploy to build a personal folafter me who is far greater lowing. It was so real that than I am, for he existed John encouraged his own long before me.’� (John disciples to follow Jesus. 1:15). For John, it was all The day after he baptized Jesus, John pointed two of about Jesus. John avoided the trap of his disciples to him. “Look,� he exclaimed. self-glorification. He knew
Maturity comes from life lessons I don’t consider myself people just don’t care back. an old man but neither am It takes years to build trust I as young as I used to be. but only a moment to destroy it. But there are some Pastor’s Don’t compare things in life I have learned that I would Spotlight yourself to the best others can be but like to share with the best you can do. you. It isn’t what hapI’ve learned that pens to others that you cannot make is important, it’s someone love you. how they handle it. All you can do is be I’ve learned that someone who can Randy you can do somebe loved, the rest is Johnson thing in an instant up to them. People that will give you a generally don’t care heartache for life. how much you know until It’s a lot easier to react they know how much you than it is to think. You eicare. Sometimes, no matter ther control your attitude how much you care, some or it controls you.
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Sometimes when I’m angry I have the right to be angry but I don’t have the right to be cruel. Maturity doesn’t come with how many birthdays you have had but by what kind of experiences you have had and what you learned from them. No matter how thin you slice it there are still two sides. Lastly, you don’t learn anything by being kicked by a mule the second time. Randy Johnson is the pastor at Brandenburg Church of God.
“There is the Lamb of God!� (John 1:36) Are you a humble person? When given the chance, do you gladly defer to Jesus and let him shine, or do you feel tempted to share the spotlight? Humility may be scarce today, but it is a jewel in the crown of righteousness. It’s all about Jesus! We invite you to visit with us this Sunday morning at Grace Baptist Church in one of our services 11 a.m. or 6 p.m. Remember to listen to our radio program on WMMG every Sunday morning at 9:30 a.m. to 10 a.m. Rev. Dan Newton is the Pastor of Grace Baptist Church.
Bible Trivia By Wilson Casey
1. Is the book of Terebinth in the Old or New Testament or neither? 2. What sprang up and shadowed over Jonah’s head, delivering him from his grief? Hemlock, Gourd, Flowers, Fig tree 3. From Judges 16, where did Samson tell Delilah that his great strength lies? Deep voice, Mighty arms, Long hair, Kind heart 4. Who married King David after her evil husband, Nabal, died? Tamar, Abigail, Vashti, Sarah ANSWERS: 1) Neither; 2) Gourd; 3) Long hair; 4) Abigail
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QUESTION: That’s easy QUESTION: My fouryear-old has recently “dis- for you to say. My fourcovered� his penis and year-old daughter doesn’t just fondle herself seems rather preoccupied with it. Do Focus on at home, where we you think it’s unthe family ignore it. She rubs herself whenever usual or sinful for we are in public, him to fondle himsuch as at church or self so much? at a restaurant. How DR. DOBSON: should I deal with The answer to both that? of your questions is DR. DOBSON: an emphatic no. UnYou should respond intentional (or even James as a teacher, not a intentional) selfDobson disciplinarian. Take arousal in young your daughter aside children, specifically boys, is neither unusual and talk about your connor sinful. Your little guy cern. Explain that there are is simply showing that he some things that we don’t is “properly wired.� There do in public — not because are no long-term conse- they are wrong, but bequences to this kind of in- cause they are impolite. Just as you wouldn’t nocent childish behavior and it will soon resolve urinate in front of other people, you should not be itself. The only significance to touching yourself when early fondling activity is in others can see you. If she how you as a parent deal continues to fondle herself, with it. I’ve received let- other people will think she ters from mothers who say is strange and some may they have spanked their laugh at her — something preschoolers for touching you’re sure she wouldn’t like. Your purpose in themselves. Some have described speaking this way is to great concerns about this sensitize her to the social behavior, seeing it as evi- implications involved in dence of an immoral na- what she’s doing. Show yourself to be firm ture that had to be crushed. That is a very dangerous and confident, not shocked posture to take. I suggest or embarrassed. The key to your apthat you not make a big proach is the avoidance deal over it.
John 3:30 says, “He must increase, but I must decrease.“ (NKJV) Race car driver Dale Earnhardt Jr. caught the attention of NASCAR fans worldwide when he said, “I believe I’m the best driver out there. You have to think that way.� Some thought that Earnhardt’s comment was cocky and self-aggrandizing; others thought it was the attitude any successful driver would need. Either way, Earnhardt’s words echo a perspective shared by many professional athletes who have yet to learn the difference between healthy self-respect and harmful selfworship. It’s hard to imagine such
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