Day 17: Help your child to be fruitful!
Every child comes into the world invested by God with great potential. Arturo talks about how to help your child keep the first commandment -- how to help your child to be fruitful. Question: How are you encouraging the children you know to live fruitful lives?
15 Aug 20207min
Day 18: God’s development plan for people is like a farmer cultivating a seed.
Just as the farmer trusts that when he plants a seed and cultivates it there will be fruit, we can trust that when God blesses us and says “Be fruitful!” we can pray and he will help us develop and live fruitful lives. Question: What personal development potential have you not completed and left by the wayside? What would it take to go back and finish developing that potential?
14 Aug 20209min
Day 19: Made in the image of God - human life is sacred
The biblical view of human life is that all human life is sacred because we are made in the image of God and loved by God. Arturo gives examples of what happens when this view or truth is absent. Question: Human life is sacred. What impact has this truth had on your culture? What impact has the absence of this truth had in your culture?
13 Aug 202014min
Day 20: Work is a blessing from God and not a curse – Part 1
God works. God created work as a blessing and not as a curse. Yet this is not the typical view of work. Question: Do you see the work you do as a blessing or a curse? Why?
12 Aug 202016min
Day 21: Work is a blessing from God and not a curse – Part 2
Arturo gives more examples of how this truth impacts worldview and thus the way life is lived. He ends with some advice on how to teach this and other principles. Question: One person views her work as a way to produce and serve others well. Another views her work primarily as a way to make money. Let’s even assume both are equally diligent and do quality work. What difference does it make?
11 Aug 202013min
Day 22: What is your concept of nature and your relationship to it?
Different cultures have different concepts of nature. Why does this matter? What is the biblical view of nature and mankind’s relationship to it? Question 1: In much of the world people have a superstitious way of seeing the material world and life around them? Do you know someone who is superstitious in this way? How does it impact their life? Question 2: For Arturo, having dominion over nature meant being willing to pick up the trash at a public event at his children’s school. How abo...
10 Aug 20209min
Day 23: Understanding God’s design for our lives in Genesis
If you read Genesis and the first books of Moses, you are going to find a lot of things that can guide you to God's design for life. Arturo talks about the importance of reading Genesis as it sets the foundation for God’s design for our lives and the world, all that was lost, and thus all that needs to be redeemed. Question: Arturo says that when you look for the glory of God in creation, you are going to learn much more about God. Is that your experience as well? How do you look for th...
9 Aug 202023min
Day 24: You don't worship what you don't admire
You don't worship what you don't admire. God made creation for us to enjoy and so that we could know and admire him. When we see this connection between God and his creation we cannot help but admire and celebrate him. Question: Arturo says, “You don't worship what you don't admire.” How can being alert to the beauty of nature cause you to worship God?
8 Aug 20207min
