Archive for July 2021
Words of Wisdom
A story is told of a four-year-old boy who had never talked. His parents were very concerned. One morning at breakfast the said, “These eggs are cold.” His parents were shocked and asked him, “Why haven’t you talked to us up to this point?” His answer was: “Well everything has gone pretty well up until…
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When we consider the ground that we must cover in parenting, we are humbled to realize that we often fail in the moment. We have all heard the saying “the spirit is willing but the flesh is weak”. This comes from the Bible in Matthew 26:40-41 (NLT); “Then He (Jesus) returned to the disciples and…
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James Dobson, founder of Focus on the Family, is known for his saying: “Rules without relationship equal rebellion”. This has proven true time and time again in parent-child relationships. We must strive for a parenting goal that is not simply to have someone to obey us, but rather to build a lifelong relationship that has…
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Propaganda is “information, especially of a biased or misleading nature, used to promote or publicize a particular political cause or point of view.” We are flooded with propaganda on a daily basis because of the hopeful effects it may have on each of us to change the way we think. Our children are not exempt…
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“We are human, but we don’t wage war as humans do. We use God’s mighty weapons, not worldly weapons, to knock down the strongholds of human reasoning and to destroy false arguments. We destroy every proud obstacle that keeps people from knowing God. We capture their rebellious thoughts and teach them to obey Christ.” 2…
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