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Fathers Day 2023 Encouragement

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I heard a podcast a few years back where two Christian men were lamenting the current fads of man-bashing and woman-boosting. They agreed that never are those two on display within the church quite like on Mother's Day for woman-boosting and Father's Day for man-bashing. If I think back to sermons I've happened to hear on any particular Mother's Day or Father's Day I can see their point.
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Expectations for Tweens and Teens

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Raising 8 children was quite a journey for us, to say the least. Sitting in the middle of all our noise and activity, Mary’s grandmother, who lived with us for years, would often laughingly say, “There’s never a dull moment in your home!”. There was a lot of truth in that observation!
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What are the Fundamentals Needs for Parents Today? Part 5: Guidance and Support

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2 Peter 1:2-4 tells us that by His divine power, God has given his people all things necessary for life and godliness. What a tremendously comforting thought!

And what are those ‘things’? Continue Reading »

A Mother Who Loves Her Children: Part 1

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What does it mean to love our children in a truly God-centered, selfless, biblical sort of way? What does that even look like? Continue Reading »

A Mother Who Loves Her Children: Part 2

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In our previous post we discussed the first of 3 truths which distinctly characterizes a woman who loves her children.

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A Mother Who Loves Her Children: Part 3

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In our last two blogposts (part 1 and part 2 of the series), we discussed ways we can fulfill our biblical mandate to “love our children”.

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A Mother Who Loves Her Children: Part 4

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In our last three blogposts (part 1, part 2, and part 3 of the series), we discussed ways we can fulfill our biblical mandate to “love our children”.

The first was to align our hearts with what scripture says about children. The second, Continue Reading »

Faithful Parents, Broken and Poured Out

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What does our culture tend to think of parenting? Sadly, most see it as a costly, difficult, seemingly never-ending thankless job.

What about you, Christian parent? How do you feel about your parenting efforts? When you think of your parenting efforts, how often do you see it as a holy act of worship, a self-sacrificing service highly valued in the sight of God? Continue Reading »

Dear Mommy Blogger

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Dear Mommy Blogger,

First, I want to thank you with all sincerity for your love and care for your fellow young moms. There is, no doubt, a great need in these daysContinue Reading »