you're allowing your eyes to behold vanity you know and by the way that's
how people get into debt and debt is sinful okay we need to make sure that we
are abstaining from living beyond our what we what comes in okay beyond our
income above that practice contentment take your eyes away from the television
take your eyes away from beholding vanity and beholding those things that
would cause you to covet something that you don't need but I remember when I was
in high school and I've talked to the guys about this man high school helps
you to be covetous yeah everyone's got the Nike high tops Air Force Ones and
mom bought you Payless you know the air walks you know the the or or the
downtown LA you know Nike's where the Nike is like backwards or something you
know he's just like and you go to school you're just like I want those so
bad you know that's the kind of culture that our society conditions children to
be so we need to make sure that as parents we help our children to be
content with the things that they have and look I'm not saying don't be
generous with your children be generous with them during Christmas you know we
ought to be generous with them just as God was generous with us he gave us that
which is most valuable which is his son okay but practice contentment go to
Jeremiah chapter 6 or else you're gonna raise a little brat a spoiled just
narcissistic little brat who's just not happy with anything that you give him
you know I like when I when I give my son something and then he takes it out
of the box you what he likes to play with the box he's like you know that's
great I'm happy about that because I want my son to learn contentment okay
and the way you can teach your children not to be spoiled little brats is that
you don't give them everything that they want all the time okay so that when they
do get something nice they'll actually appreciate it and teach them to say
thank you okay say thank you I remember my father-in-law he he would have his
kids go to their uncles and their uncles would always give him lollipops and one
day all I don't know if it was three or two of them they came and he gave them
lollipops and then as soon as they walked away the dad my father came and
snatched it away and says you're not having this because you didn't say thank
you and that taught him hey anything that you get whether a lollipop or
money your gift card be grateful say thank you okay