Take your children with you as you journey with the Lord. A couple of months ago I posted this #quicktip video on the Equipping the Children Facebook page highlighting a story from my life and an encouragement to take your children with you as you learn to hear from the Lord and step out in faith. Proverbs 2:2- So train your heart to listen when I speakand open your spirit wide to expand your discernment—then
How do you get your children to connect, not only to the Bible, but to the God of the Bible? You know the difference, right? Our children can know ALL of the stories OF the Bible and still not have much of a clue about the nature and character of God. If they can regurgitate facts but miss His heart, are we merely training Pharisees? (Ouch. I know.) Awhile back I posted this video on
Prayer caves weren’t my original idea (We have the Children’s Equipping Center to thank for that one!), but I have used them in my own and in children’s ministry for over a decade. Prayer caves is a simple tool to help young children shut out the distractions around them and focus on hearing the voice of God. We do It without fanfare and without excess explanation. We simply believe that God wants to speak to
Along the Way: Pray with Your Children in the Day to Day. Deuteronomy 6:7- 7 You shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, and when you walk by the way, and when you lie down, and when you rise. Training our children in the ways of God wasn’t supposed to be relegated to a devotional time a few times a week or (God forbid) Sunday
Our goal is ENJOYABLE PRAYER. Prayer is friendship with God – Enjoying Him and being enjoyed by Him. As we build our family altars, we endeavor to do so with His heart and purpose in mind. Isaiah 56:7- Even those I will bring to My holy mountainAnd make them joyful in My house of prayer.Their burnt offerings and their sacrifices will be acceptable on My altar;For My house will be called a house of prayer for all the peoples. The
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