Where can I begin as a parent? Let me take a breath and start with today. Am I prepared when they raise the question why? Parents, let us make every effort to share the word with our children. Let us first know the words for ourselves by walking in it and demonstrating service in devoted... Continue Reading →
Desire
Heavenly Father help my unbelief. Jesus you are the head of my home and my life that I surrender only to you and your will. Help control and cast away any desire that is within me for your position, to lead, protect, provide, defend, and cover. Let me not covet the things that belongs to... Continue Reading →
How do we parent?
Are we the same? Will we see things the same way? Are we saying the same things just differently. I have prayed, sought council, explained and discussed approaches to parenting. Much of the things we can agree on, and others we see differently. Things like allowing a child to miss school due to illness, purchase... Continue Reading →
As a Dad
My hope is to be gentle. The children and child that I love that I must discipline at times. I pray for understanding to teach and instruct the truth about Christ. Help me be self controlled in all things in order that my words and deeds demonstrate the love of Christ. My wife to whom... Continue Reading →
What’s important? How do we keep God’s word in our home
Are we asking too much of our little ones in reading the word daily. Every morning we make sure they brush their teeth, eat and go to school? How much more emphasis should we place on them reading, knowing and living the word? Do we need to do these things in order to request it... Continue Reading →
Steadfast in the hope for children
Remain diligent in hope for our children and youth. Let us fill our home with God’s word and live in demonstration of Jesus’s grace for us as we go out and come in. Our hope is first in the power of the resurrection of Jesus and in his love. Stay without ceasing for deliverance of... Continue Reading →
Words for the family.
The words below are flawless. Let us share the words in scripture with our family. Finding these things took some seeking at times for me, yet usually all around. Let’s move into a place where we can readily identify these characteristics and share with our families. I am cautious in noting that the words for... Continue Reading →
Peace, rest in our homes.
The day starts early with a ramp up towards a blistering pace. Pausing to make time for the One above all, deserving of all praise. Embracing your loved ones to know they are known, seen, and cared for. Asking for a clean heart in revenant thankfulness for today. A deep desire to spend a few... Continue Reading →
Words for the family in the context of scripture. Through scripture we apply them to life.
PetitionSteadfastPrideSustainsSalvationInequity Righteousness Bonus word without direct English meaning - miktam I pray you find joy in the word together.
Understanding through the “what.”
Have you as parents encountered the what? As your child begin to speak, and from the moment they demonstrate awareness, or the one that we are able to notice, our children seem to repeat the what. Go back to game of “peek a boo”, when they turn their heads to your voice and fix their... Continue Reading →
Words of truth for our families. Seeking this truth is a must when what we know and sometimes believe to be right because we saw someone else become successful at it. The word we would like to look at is wealth.
What is it, where does it comes from, how do we hold on to it and who has access to it. This and many questions come up. Here are seven scriptures that help us place it in our hearts. Seek these answers for yourself by faith, diving deep into these verses and the chapters they... Continue Reading →
Words, phrases and verses for the family
During family time of devotions I would recommend taking time to discuss what was read in the word and get in agreement. We sometimes ask for more independence in the things assigned to our children but a greater emphasis needs to be placed on inputting the necessary values needed to succeed and knowing where their... Continue Reading →
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