Category: Family Devotions
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Home Devotions
My five-year-old prays, “Dear Jesus, thank you for dying on the cross to take away our sins. Amen.” I never get tired of hearing it, and she never gets tired of praying it. Her prayer is in response to devotions we have together as a family. God encourages parents, “Train a child in the way…
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A Checklist for Christian Parents
Does either of the following expressions describe your approach to teaching your children? “Do as I say, not as I do.” Or, “Monkey see, monkey do.” Neither is totally effective. A better saying would be— “Learn from what I teach you, and watch what I do.”
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How to Teach Christian Values
Raising children so their lives are built on the foundation of God’s truth and so their lives reflect Christian values is becoming extremely challenging in our ever-changing world. The Ten Commandments and nativity scenes are being removed from public buildings.
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How to Teach Young Children How to Worship
When I offer encouragement to parents who are attending church with young children, I share a little artistic interpretation that I indulged in myself when I was in their shoes. It is my belief that human nature is constant and predictable; it crosses generations. When Jesus said, “Let the little children come to me,” he…