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Parenting, Puritan Style
I just bought a my very own copy of A Puritan Golden Treasury. Those stuffy old Puritans left us some rock-solid advice. “If you neglect to instruct them in the way of holiness, will the devil neglect … Continue reading
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Do As I Do
What do you say to your children? Follow my example Do as I say, not as I do See what I do? Do the opposite This is what Paul wrote to his “spiritual children” in Philippi: Philippians … Continue reading
Choices and Consequences
Choices have consequences. Bad choices = tough consequences. King David called for a census. Against advice. Against God’s instructions. God wasn’t pleased. The sin was David’s choice. And this one time, so was the consequence. 1 Chronicles 21:11-12 (CEV) … Continue reading
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Pass It On
Exodus 20:5-6 (CEV) If you reject me, I will punish your families for three or four generations. But if you love me and obey my laws, I will be kind to your families for thousands of generations. Better a … Continue reading
Praying about Parenting
Matthew 5:48 (CEV) But you must always act like your Father in heaven. Father God, you are one hard act to follow. Can my children see you in me? Help me! I certainly can’t do this on my … Continue reading
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Father God
“God strikes not as an enemy, to destroy; but as a father, to correct.” James H. Aughey (1828-1911) Every now and again, we need a little Fatherly correction.
Father Knows Best
What of your earthly father do you see in your heavenly Father? Support Discipline Wisdom Love People with mean, judgmental and arbitrary earthly fathers sometimes see those same characteristics in their heavenly father. God is better than that. … Continue reading
Blessed Parenting
“Fathers and mothers, do not forget that children learn more by the eye than they do by the ear.” The Duties of Parents J.C. Ryle (1816-1900) Methinks I talked too much.
Broken-Hearted Parents
1 John 4:10 (NET) In this is love: not that we have loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son to be the atoning sacrifice for our sins. God knows what it is to lose a … Continue reading