Family Strong: A Parent’s Prayer of Thanksgiving
This week we will focus on prayer, specifically how parents can pray for their children. Our guide will be Psalm 118. Today let’s begin with a parent’s prayer of thanksgiving.
Family Strong: Words Matter
Words matter. They have the power to build up and tear down. And once they escape our mouths, you cannot retrieve them. Words matter and the apostle Paul gives parents a needed warning about our words and our actions.
Family Strong: A Parenting Evaluation
Today’s passage, the Shema (from the Hebrew word “hear”), is a confession of faith. It is recited every day by pious Jews and every Sabbath in the synagogues. We have been using these powerful verses as a parenting evaluation.
Family Strong: The Parenting Assignment
Today’s passage, the Shema (from the Hebrew word “hear”), is a confession of faith recited every day by pious Jews and every Sabbath in the synagogues.
Family Strong: The Parenting Assessment
Today’s reading is called the Shema. Shema is the Hebrew word hear, the first word that begins this passage. This is the parenting assessment. The Shema is a confession of faith recited every day by pious Jews and every Sabbath in the synagogues.
Family Strong: Time Flies
Young parents, cherish every day. Time flies. The psalmist says it this way:
Family Strong: Blink of an Eye
Life goes by fast. In the blink of an eye. And in the blink of an eye, our children grow up. There is not a moment to lose.
Family Strong: God’s Gift
Children are God’s great gift! Check out this passage from the Psalms.
Family Strong: The Seed of Every Sin
“The seed of every sin known to man is in my heart.” Those words were proclaimed by the great Scottish pastor and writer Robert Murray McCheyne and echoed by John Owen, a seventeenth-century English theologian. We are capable of every sin.
Family Strong: Amazing Grace
Today we read an amazing story about amazing grace. A woman who had led a sinful life was ready to head in a different direction, so she found the Great Agent of Change. This account is a powerful reminder: Jesus did not turn sinners away…whatever their sin…neither should we.
Family Strong: The god of ME
Before Jesus, I served the god of ME. I lived in the throne room, sitting on my royal throne and calling out with my royal voice. But it was all a façade. The god of ME was a pitiful and powerless god. One day, though, everything changed.
Family Strong: The Used to Be Me
Our past is the “used to be me,” but thankfully, we don’t live in the past. As Christians, we have been changed by the powerful work of Jesus! Check this out.
Family Strong: The Sticking Laws
It is important to understand that in the Old Testament, there are three strands of laws. These laws are essential for us to learn about God and find transferable principles. However, there is only one strand that never goes away. We could call them “The Sticking Laws.” Let’s check this out.
Family Strong: Created Incomplete
Did you know that the first human being God created was incomplete? Adam was created with something missing. And, according to God, his incompleteness was not good.
Family Strong: Imago Deo
Imago Deo. That’s Latin for “Image of God.” Our passage today reminds us that we were all created in God’s image. What an amazing truth!
Family Strong: Next Steps after Wrong Steps
My purpose in this week’s devos is to show why living together before marriage is not a part of God’s design. But what if it’s too late? What are the next steps after the wrong steps? Once again, let’s start with Genesis 2:24.
Family Strong: Is a Wedding Ceremony a Waste?
Why have a wedding with a license, minister, and guests? Why not just say—let’s move in together and start doing life? Isn’t a wedding ceremony a waste…of time…of money?
Family Strong: DOD!
The act of physical love is expressed by the Hebrew word dod. We’ll talk more about dod later. My purpose in this week’s devos is to show why living together before marriage is not a part of God’s design. I pray that you will use this information to make godly decisions and give godly counsel.
Family Strong: Relationship Shortcut
Today many couples are taking a relationship shortcut. Before getting married, half will live together before marriage. My purpose in this week’s devos is to show why living together before marriage is not a part of God’s design. We pray that you will use this information to make godly decisions and give godly counsel.
Family Strong: Test Run
When our daughter ran cross-country in high school and track in college, she would always check out the course before the race. A test run is a wise thing to do before lining up against the other competitors. But…a test run for marriage. We need to think that through.