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August 1, 2025 38 mins

Hey fellow dads,

Only God knows how long we'll live, but He can “teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom.” What Scriptures and books might help us do that? Tune in today and find out!

—Nathan

📖 Scriptures
  • Psalm 103:2
  • Romans 16:4
  • Matthew 9:36
  • Jeremiah 3:15
  • Psalm 90
  • Genesis 1-11
  • Philippians 2
  • 1 Corinthians 15:53
  • Proverbs 13:22
  • Proverbs 20:7
💡 Main Thoughts
  • We have only this one life to glorify God and serve our own generation.
  • How we think and live will affect our wives, our children, and future generations.
  • God only knows how long we will live.
  • God only knows the best way for us to live those days.
  • [Therefore, we should pray…] “So teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom.”
📚 Books
  • One Second After You…Die, by Mark Cahill
  • One Thing You Can’t Do In Heaven, by Mark Cahill
  • The Christian After Death, by Robert Ervin Hough
  • The Triumph of John and Betty Stam, by Mrs. Howard Taylor
  • Through Gates of Splendor, by Elisabeth Elliot (not mentioned directly in this episode, but recommended)
💬 Quotes

“There are some books that are worth reading again.”—Nathan

“Wherever you are, be all there! Live to the hilt every situation you believe to be the will of God.”— Jim Elliot

“He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose.” — Jim Elliot

“When the time comes to die, make sure that all you have to do is die!” — Jim Elliot

📋 Facts
  • William Tyndale translated the New Testament from Greek into English (and portions of the OT from Hebrew), and died at age forty-two.
  • John and Betty Stam, missionaries who were martyred in China in 1934, were aged twenty-seven and twenty-eight, respectively.
  • Jim Elliot, missionary martyr in Ecuador, was only twenty-eight.
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