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Do you consider yourself a coach?   So far, I have attempted coaching my kids in two sports, basketball and baseball.  We haven’t won any championships yet, but it’s fun just to see my kids learn and grow. But there are much more important things in life than sports, and those are the areas that need our coaching skills the most.  Hi this is Coach Doug Flemming, your faith trainer inviting you to join me today on Take Five, a broadcast from the Church of the Nazarene.  A few weeks ago I mentioned Joe White’s book called “Faith Training.”  And for the next few episodes of Take Five we’ll be looking at some tips from this book to help each of us become faith trainers.  Let me start with a question.Do you want your children to run well in life, rather than stumbling through it? If you do, then it won’t happen by accident.  The success of your children as Godly young people will largely depend on your efforts as a faith trainer.  In the sport of track and field for instance, relay runners have a zone in each race, a brief span of time when they must pass off the baton accurately to the next runner.  It the baton pass fails, the race is lost.  Well, you and I have a similar zone.  During the years when our children are with us at home, dependent on us, we have the awesome responsibility of passing on the baton of faith.  As parents there are many things we can teach our kids and many paths we can push them toward.  But the most important path is the one that leads to godliness.  In the end, if our kids are great athletes, talented musicians, rising stars or scholars….if they’re successful…yet they do not have a personal relationship with Christ, then all of their achievements is in vain. So the challenge for us is to make sure we are equipped to coach our kids to run the race of godliness.  How are your coaching skills?

Today’s Music: Man I wanna Be

The first tip in becoming a faith trainer is to simply get involved. A faith trainer get’s involved in his kid’s lives.  I’ll share more about this on the next edition of Take Five.  But let me leave you with a hand on way to get involved.  First, I would encourage you to go to Church with your kids. Get involve with in church activities.  A good coach leads by example.  God bless.