Keeping It Young
A weekly podcast hosted by Dave and Bethlie Young who have spoken to thousands of people across America and around the world. Their heart is to encourage, direct, and strengthen your marriage, family, and ministry life. You will find humor, helpful teaching, and great encouragement. Join them each week as together they share Biblical and practical insights.
Episodes
A struggling marriage doesn't have to become a doomed marriage. In Part 1 of Overcoming a Struggling Marriage, Dave and Bethlie share the first two of five biblical steps for turning a Christian marriage around, even in the busy years of raising children.
Step one is SPEAK. Husbands give words of affection, wives give words of affirmation, and both spouses offer gratitude, praise, and prayer. Step two is S...
In part 3 of the Overcoming Technology mini-series, Dave and Bethlie quickly recap the first three steps (determine if you need to change, educate yourself, recognize the damage) before landing on the three that close out the series: find alternative activities, create tech-free zones, and discuss the changes needed — together, as a family. Technology itself isn't evil — it's a gift from God (1 Timothy 6:17...
In part two of the Overcoming Technology series, Dave and Bethlie continue unpacking how smartphones and social media quietly reshape our habits, relationships, and spiritual life — and what to do about it. Building on Tony Reinke's 12 Ways Your Phone Is Changing You, they walk through the specific ways technology damages attention, relationships, and reflection, then move into practical, doable chan...
Overcoming Technology Part 1
Is your phone running your house or are you running it? What about other forms of technology? Dave and Bethlie are back from their August break and kicking off a new stretch of the Overcoming series: Overcoming Technology.
How do you overcome technology?
We've listed a few suggestions:
- Determine if you need to do so
- Are you controlled by it?
- Are you better...
Episode 330: 7 Steps to Building a Christian Family — Part 5
Text: Deuteronomy 6:6–12 (review of 6–9, new focus on 10–12)
Recap of Steps So Far
Underlying foundation: knowing God — building a real, living relationship with Him (not just a salvation moment).
- Fear God — reverent awe + healthy fear of consequences.
- K...
Please pray for Dave and Bethlie as they continue this season of pause on the podcast. If you're a brand new listener or a orignal listener from 6 years ago, we're sure this series will be a blessing.
Recap of Steps So Far
Please pray for Dave and Bethlie as they continue this season of pause on the podcast. If you're a brand new listener or a orignal listner from 6 years ago, we're sure this series will be a blessing.
Series Recap
Turn to Matthew 6:19-21 and Philippians 1:21 and join Dave and Bethlie as the continue their discussion on Building A Chrisitian Family.
Here are some practical diagnostic questions for parents:
- When did you last skip an activity (beach, TV, a purchase, a look/fashion choice) because God comes first?
- Do your kids see you pray, read Scripture, and make decisions on the basis of faith rather than convenience?
- Personal example: h...
In this "From The Archives" episode, we revisit this popular series entitled Seven Vital Steps to Building a Christian Family, based on Deuteronomy 6. God charged Israel to live distinctly from surrounding culture and to actively pass that faith down to children and grandchildren. This is a multi-generational, slow-built process rather than a quick fix.
Step One: The Fear of the Lord
Ps...
Dave and Bethlie finish up the second part of this Overcoming Challenging Events series.
3. Keep growing
- Only God can bring beauty out of ashes
- Satan wants to increase the ash heap
- God wants to grow beauty from the ash heap
- He does it as we grow in Him
- Stay in the Word
- Read it daily
- Listen to it read aloud
- You Version
- Blue letter bible
- Etc
- Pray a lot
- Keep trusting God
- Remind yourse...
- Stay in the Word
In this episode, Dave and Bethlie launch a new mini-series on overcoming the challenging events of life. Whether it's the death of a loved one, a church split, a battle with cancer, or the pain of divorce we all encoutner challenging events. Part 1 of this mini series focuses on the importance of maintaining daily rhythms and staying connected both spiritually, and relationally, and through honest conversation. Even when everything...
We're finishing this mini-series on Overcoming Pitfalls of Family and Ministry!
3. Please God wholeheartedly
- In ministry we were/are all in
- We served as a family
- We have gone soul winning as a family
- We have sung as a family
- We have worshiped as a family
- We have sat together as a family in church
- We have had family devotions
- We have had long talks about life and godliness
- We have prayed together...
So how do you overcome the pitfalls of family and ministry?
Dave and Bethlie make three suggestions:
- Have ONE priority
- GOD IS EVERYTHING
- I know that we are taught that Family is First
- Bethlie and I perhaps take a different approach
- Seek ye first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, all these things will be added unto you.
- All these things:
- Refers to God's blessings and favor and provisions
- The k...
- All these things:
We're wrapping up this Overcoming Fear series!
6. Fear can be overcome
- It takes power
- It takes love
- It takes a sound mind
Part 2 of our Overcoming Series!
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Part 2
4. Fear is caused
- By Temperament traits
- By Childhood experiences
- Basic needs aren't met
- Love
- Understanding
- Acceptance
- Overprotective parents
- Dominating parents
- Basic needs aren't met
- By a traumatic experience
- By Anger
- By Sin
- A guilty conscience
- By lack of Faith
- Unbelief is failing to trust...
We're continuing our Overcoming series and beginning a new topic, fear.
- Fear is universal
- Adam and Eve experienced fear in the garden
- Farther we go from God and the more disobedient we are, the greater the fear that we experience
- Our world offers a continual diet of fear
- Economy
- World conditions
- Medical concerns
- See Reader's Digest illustration p. 82 LaHaye
- Joseph Fort Newton, former pastor of ...
- Adam and Eve experienced fear in the garden
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Enjoy this last episode of the Overcoming Hurt mini-series.
Fruit That Can Result From A Hurt
v. 14. God will use it to make you holy
v. 17 God will use it to get you to the Father
v. 21 God will use it to build your faith and hope
v. 22 God will use it to purify your heart to fervent love
V. 23 God will use it to get you saved
Part 4 and the final episode in this Overcoming series.
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4. Forgive the one who hurt you
- Forgiveness understands the wrong
- Forgiveness understands that it will always be wrong
- Forgiveness chooses to move on
- Forgiveness releases the debt that I am owed because of the wrong
Let's dive in on part 3!
5. Treat others with love
6. Guard your words
1. Speak truth - but always in love
2 Be honest - lying never works
3. Control your temper
1. The wrath of man never works the righteousness of God
3. Confront the hurt Biblically -Ephesians 4:30-31
1. Grow spiritually E...
Let's dive in!
Part 2
3. Hurts can be overcome
- Consider our texts
- 1 Peter 1
- v. 3. Lively hope
- v. 4 incorrupt inheritance
- v. 5 Keeping power
- v. 6 heavy burdens
- 1 Peter 4
- Consider Biblical examples who overcame
- Joshua
- Daniel
- Hannah
- David
- Chosen to be king but ignored by his family
- Ridiculed and made fun of
- T...
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