#112: Interview With Tamira Barnes / Prayer

We interview our new Interim Children's Ministry Director, Tamira Barnes, talking about children's ministry and her first day on the job. Our sermon is "Prayers That Get Things Done - Part 2" taken from the prayer of Nehemiah. Fun, enjoyable, informative and helpful podcast this week!

#111: Prayers That Get Things Done - Part 1

I catch up on the great weekend both personally and at Church Requel. In the sermon segment we talkk about prayers that get things done. We learn that effective prayers provide God's presence, strength, peace, answers and change us, our circumstances and our world.

Music for this week's podcast is "I Say A Little Prayer" by Aretha Franklin.

#110: Bring Out The Best In Your Kids

How do we bring out the best in our children? The Bible teaches 5 ways to help your kids be all that God has created them to be. I also share some of my Memorial Day weekend events. Music for this week's podcast is "On The Beach (In The Summertime)" by The Fifth Dimension.

#109: Five Conversations Parents And Children Must Have

We talk about the five purposes of our lives and how we teach these truths to our children using 5 key questions. The music for this week's podcast is "Happy Birthday" by DJ Bobo.

#108: Eight Truths Every Child Needs To Know

On this 108th edition of the CR Audio Podcast I talk about planning for our Mother's Day service yesterday, about partnering with Pastor Steve to lose 100 pounds of unneeded weight between the two of us, and our decision to offer a Vacation Bible School in August. This week's Mother's Day sermon comes from the Lord's Prayer, where we learn eight truths parents should teach their children about God.

The music for this week's podcast is the themesong from the TV show, "Everybody Loves Raymond."

#107: Four Jobs Of The Parent

In this week's podcast I talk about the great Sunday we had at Church Requel and then share Sunday's talk to the congregation. This is the second talk in our Raising Amazing Kids series. There are four fundamental jobs for the parent, according to the Bible. #1 - Prepare your kids for life. #2 - Protect your kids in storms. #3 - Play with your kids for fun. #4 - Point your kids to God.

#106: Raising Today's Kids

I introduce the new sermon series, Raising Amazing Kids, with some personal thoughts to why raising children today is such a challenge. The expectations for mom and dad and their family is very different than when I was a kid - and these pressures are continuing. But raising a family today is not at all impossible. Teaching godly principles is just as important to success as ever.

In this first sermon, we talk about 4 challenges of raising kids in today’s world. We consider 3 reasons why it’s so important to give our children a spiritual foundation. Finally we provide 3 suggestions for today’s parents.

Music for today's podcast is The Andy Griffith Show themesong.