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April 22, 2019

Pursuit of Parenting

Thoughts from daily Bible reading for today – April 22, 2019 Dedicate your children to God and point them in the way that they should go, and the values they’ve learned from you will be with them for life. Proverbs 22:6, The Passion Translation Parenting is not for the faint of heart. Questions related to [...]

March 27, 2019

Time For A Change In Approach?

Thoughts from daily Bible reading for today – March 27, 2019 My dear children, for whom I am again in the pains of childbirth until Christ is formed in you, how I wish I could be with you now and change my tone, because I am perplexed about you! Galatians 4:19-20 Our 17 year old [...]

March 17, 2019

Empty Nest

Thoughts from daily Bible reading for today – March 17, 2019 Where there are no oxen, the manger is empty, but from the strength of an ox comes an abundant harvest. Proverbs 14:4 How do you feel since your home has emptied of children? Mad, sad, glad, lonely, without purpose, or freed up, may all [...]

July 8, 2018

Attentive to Children

Thoughts from daily Bible reading for today – July 8, 2018 Samuel continued as judge over Israel all the days of his life. From year to year he went on a circuit from Bethel to Gilgal to Mizpah, judging Israel in all those places” (1 Samuel 7:15–16). “But his sons did not walk in his [...]

June 17, 2018

Effective Fathers Instruct

Thoughts from daily Bible reading for today – June 17, 2018 Fathers, do not exasperate your children; instead, bring them up in the training and instruction of the Lord. Ephesians 6:4 Men, it is not enough to just live a right life in front of your child, you must explain to them why it’s right. [...]

June 16, 2018

Faithful Fathers

Thoughts from daily Bible reading for today – June 16, 2018 The living, the living—they praise you, as I am doing today; fathers tell their children about your faithfulness. Isaiah 38:19 Where are the faithful fathers? Where can they be found? They can be found in church, on the little league ballfields, building sandcastles at [...]

June 5, 2018

Becoming a Bonus Mom

Thoughts from daily Bible reading for today – June 5, 2018 By Shana Schutte Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit. Rather, in humility value others above yourselves. Philippians 2:3 When I was in my twenties, I had a plan to meet and marry an amazing Christian man and birth two or three [...]

May 5, 2018

Raising Teenagers

Thoughts from daily Bible reading for today – May 5, 2018 Fathers, do not exasperate your children; instead, bring them up in the training and instruction of the Lord. Ephesians 6:4 It’s hard not to be exasperated by a teenager and hard not to exasperate a teenager. For those who think they know everything, it [...]

September 18, 2017

Grand-Parenting Teachable Moments

Thoughts from daily Bible reading for today – September 18, 2017 I am reminded of your sincere faith, which first lived in your grandmother Lois and in your mother Eunice and, I am persuaded, now lives in you also. 2 Timothy 1:5 A few weeks ago I came home to a sad sight. Our six-year-old [...]

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