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The Son is Enough for Your Past

Guest: Barbara Rainey

From the series: God is Enough (Day 1 of 3)

Air date: August 1, 2018

Bob: When an earthquake shook the ancient city of Philippi, there was one man whose life was immediately in crisis. He was the keeper of the jail in Philippi, and the earthquake had opened all the jail cells and let the prisoners free. He thought he would be executed because of his malfeasance—but the apostle Paul told him in that moment not to worry—but to believe on the Lord Jesus Christ. Believing on Jesus is central to what it means to be a Christian. Here’s Barbara Rainey.

Barbara: There are 84 uses of the word “believe” in the book of John—that’s a lot of repetitions of one word. Jesus uses the word “believe” over and over again as a line in the sand, asking everyone in various ways, “Who do you believe that I am?” There’s no middle ground with Jesus on belief. Either we believe—or we don’t believe.

Bob: This is FamilyLife Today for Wednesday, August 1st.

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Our host is Dennis Rainey, and I'm Bob Lepine.

Someone has famously said, “When you finally get to the point where Jesus is all you have—you realize that Jesus is all you need.” We’ll hear more about that today from Barbara Rainey. Stay with us.

And welcome to FamilyLife Today. Thanks for joining us. Our listeners are going to get a chance to hear from your wife this week.

Dennis: I just was thinking about that in fact, Bob. We’ve had a lot of really cool people on the broadcast, but I was thinking who my favorite guest is we’ve ever had here on FamilyLife Today.

Bob: We know who the answer better be. [Laughter] Anything other than Barbara Rainey—you’re in big trouble.

Dennis: I am in trouble. But I really like her, and she really enjoyed speaking to a group of I think close to 300 women at The Cove in Asheville, North Carolina. Of course, that’s a beautiful spot over there.

Bob: Yes.

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Dennis: It was springtime when she gave this message, and she not only loved the time, she was energized by the people she met—the radio listeners, people who had been to the Weekend to Remember®, those who’ve been through The Art of Marriage™ and looking forward to going through The Art of Parenting™—which we launched with the movie, Like Arrows—and we have a book coming out by the same name, The Art of Parenting.

Bob: This is a message that God had put on her heart—which is all about the fact that God is enough for us. I remember she was looking forward to delivering this message because it’s a part of her story; isn’t it?

Dennis: It is, and you’ll hear her talk about it—all of us have disabilities. Some are seen—some aren’t. Some folks walk with a limp. We have a son who that’s a reality for him—as a man, husband, and father—but it’s part of his story. Barbara shares a part of her story and where her disabilities were.

Bob: Well, let’s get right to it.

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Here is Barbara Rainey and part one of a message on God being enough.

[Recorded message]

Barbara: How many of you have read The Chronicles of Narnia to your children or you’ve read it yourself? Most of you, but not everybody. Okay, this is going to be fun, because some of you are going to hear one of my favorite authors and something that he’s written that I think is just as good for adults as it is for kids. I brought my The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe book, and I’m going to read us a little story this morning.

This is the story of four children who found their way into another land through the back of a wardrobe. They were there, and here’s what happened in chapter seven.

[Barbara reads from The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe]

“Sh! Look!” said Susan.

“‘What?’ said Peter.

“‘There’s something moving among the trees—over there to the left.’

They all stared as hard as they could, and no one felt very comfortable.

“There is goes again,” Susan said presently.

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“I saw it that time too,” said Peter. “It’s still there. Just behind that big tree.”

“What is it?” asked Lucy, trying very hard not to sound nervous. [Barbara adds:] She was the youngest.

[Continuing to read] …They all saw it this time, a whiskered furry face which had looked out at them from behind the tree. But this time it didn’t draw back immediately. Instead, the animal put its paw against his mouth, just as humans put their finger on their lips when they’re signalling you to be quiet. Then it disappeared again. The children all stood holding their breath.

A moment later the stranger came out from behind the tree, glanced around as if it were afraid someone was watching… “Hush,” he said…

“I know what it is,” said Peter, “it’s a beaver. I saw the tail.”

“It wants us to go to it,” said Susan, “and it is warning us not to make a noise.”

“I know,” said Peter…

So the children all got close together and walked up to the tree…and there, sure enough, they found the Beaver...”

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The beaver said to them, “Are you the Sons of Adam and the Daughters of Eve?” it said.

“We’re some of them”’ said Peter.

“S-s-s-sh!” said the Beaver, “not so loud. We’re not safe even here.”

“‘Why, what are you afraid of?” said Peter. ‘There’s no one here but ourselves.”

“There are the trees,” said the Beaver. “They’re always listening…”

“[Then it signa...