Habakkuk 3:19 (New International Version)
The Sovereign LORD
is my strength;
He makes my feet
like the feet of a deer,
He enables me to
tread on the heights.
Concerned about the disintegration of the home and the
increased divorce rate, James Dobson, at the time a little-known psychologist
of a southern California university hospital, wrote a book in the early '70s in
support of corporal punishment entitle "Dare to Discipline."
The popularity of the controversial volume caught the eye
of TV talk show guru Phil Donahue. He invited Dobson to appear on his
Chicago-based show in 1978. Donahue made the Ph.D. in child development look
like a child. Dobson readily admits his performance on Donahue's show was his
worst ever. He left the set feeling like a failure. But Dobson's despair was
short-lived.
The next day he sought out a 65-year-old advertising
agent in a Chicago suburb to discuss the possibility of a national radio
program. Doug Mains invited Dobson to his one-man studio in Wheaton, where Dr.
James Dobson proceeded to record the pilot broadcast of "Focus on the
Family."
What has developed from a disastrous television
appearance is nothing short of mind-boggling. "Focus on the Family"
is heard on more than 6,000 stations around the world. The 10 magazines Focus
publishes reach 2.3 million families each month. Has produced the popular kids
program “Adventures in Odyssey” Hear by kids around the world. This past
weekend during the playoff football game The aired an ad in prime time while
over 50,000,000 people watched explaining John 3:16, to the world.
Give your plans to the Lord and let Him direct them. Then
sit back and watch how God will use you.
Dear Lord today we surrender ourselves to You . We ask
that You we be our strength and that we will follow You no matter where You
lead us. In Jesus’ name, Amen.
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