Mealtime Prayers There’s a rumor going around that the Hanks’ family doesn’t pray at mealtime. And I guess it’s partly true. I don’t know about you, but my children are ravenous by dinner time. The goal of our journey is ENJOYABLE PRAYER. The Holy Spirit doesn’t push, prod, manipulate, or threaten gifts of praise from our lips. He draws them with His cords of lovingkindness. This has to be cultivated, and yes, there’s a time
The Power of Declaration in the Mouths of Children Declaration is simply opening our mouths and speaking God’s truth over ourselves. Research has proven that when someone hears something over and over again, they begin to accept it as truth – whether it is truth or not. Because of this, the world has adopted an inferior form of declaration (Think “I’m good enough. I’m smart enough. And gosh darn it, people like me.”) where they
Is it the truth? One of the most important things we can teach our children is how to process the words handed to them. Daily one of our children will come to us telling us something another child said to them or about them. “He said I’m a meanie.” “She said I can’t dance.” “They said I’m stupid.” If the person who said such things is a sibling, there obviously needs to be a conversation
Five things to do with those Little Bibles Do you have a few of those little Bibles lying around? You know, the Gideon Bibles that have the New Testament, Psalms and Proverbs in them and are about the size of your hand? If not, you can find them at your local dollar store for, you guessed it, a dollar. With the miniature print and the King James Version text often found therein, you might be
Do you despise your child without knowing it? “Take heed that you do not despise one of these little ones, for I say to you that in heaven their angels always see the face of My Father who is in heaven.” Matthew 18:10 Despise. When I think of that word, I think of kale. (Am I the only one?) I tend to think of “despise” as a word that means loathe, hate, can’t stand the
Equipping the Children