What is the most important thing I can pray for my child? The most important matter for which we must pray is our child’s salvation. Because of the atoning sacrifice of Jesus for our sins (John 3), our child could be born again at an early age, as was apparently »
Too frequently, our prayers are general and lack careful thought or Biblical arguments. “Lord, bless Johnny and keep him safe today. In Jesus’ name, Amen. There is nothing wrong with praying for God’s blessing on our son or daughter or asking God to protect him or her. However, our prayers »
As a parent, our greatest treasure is the child God has entrusted to us. We cannot make a more lasting investment than the spiritual qualities we nurture in our children. No other person holds a more influential key to molding our children than you have as a mother or father. »
Dealing with questions and fears What should we teach our children in order to help them be prepared for tragedy? Here are ten truths that will be helpful as you speak to your children about tragedy that has happened and tragedy that is yet to come. In a fallen world, »
Dealing with questions and fears In the late 1960’s I was an Infantry Platoon Leader in the Vietnam War. As I was being trained in the United States in the months prior to my departure for the jungles of Viet Nam, I was extremely cognizant of the dangers and horror »
Dealing with questions and fears We as a nation have and will experience tragedy. With the upcoming anniversary of 9-11 as a reminder or the memory of those killed on the campus of Virginia Tech, it is not hard to remember. But a few years ago we were horrified by »
Part 2 What we say to our children must convince them of our love and care for them! It must set an example for them of what they say to one another, to others, and back to us. Babies learn to speak by copying the words you speak to them. »
Part 1 So what do we say to our children; we who certainly lack perfection; we who become weary; we who are quickly frustrated; we who battle with selfishness; we who never experience days of complete contentment with everything and everyone around us? What do we say to them when »
Scriptural Basis: “Dear friends, do not be surprised at the painful trial you are suffering, as though something strange were happening to you…So then those who suffer according to God’s will should commit themselves to their faithful Creator and continue to do good. I Peter 4:12 & 19. Anderson's Applications: »
Scriptural Basis: “For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God—not by works, so that no one can boast. For we are God’s workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance »
Scriptural Basis: “Do everything without complaining and grumbling, so that you might become blameless and pure, children of God without fault in a crooked and depraved generation, in which you shine like stars in the universe as you hold out the word of life…Do not let any unwholesome talk come »
Scriptural Basis: “How can a young man keep his way pure? By living according to your Word...I have hidden Your Word in my heart, that I might not sin against God. Psalm 119:9 & 11 Anderson's Applications: These verses are two of the many carved into wooden signs along the »
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