In the beginning was light, life, and love.The Father loved the Son in the joy of the Holy Spirit (John 17:24).Through the Son, in the power of the Holy Spirit, the Father created the heavens and the earth and all that is in them (Genesis 1:1–2; John 1:1–3; Colossians 1:16).He made man to have dominion […]
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What is love? Jesus gave multiple answers to that question which can be aggregated into two general categories. What is love towards others? and What is love towards God? Love towards other people: Matthew 5:44-48 (ESV) But I say to you, Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, so that you may
The Bible has much to say about parenting, but most of what it says is in the context of wisdom and consideration of others. The way I counted them, there are only about 30 specific instructions from God to parents. I was able to place many of those instructions into three categories, two of which
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“See to it that no one misleads you. For many will come in My name, saying, ‘I am the Christ,’ and will mislead many.” Matthew 24:3-5 (NASB) Apparently being “misled” will be a major end time issue. Jesus warned about being misled in versus Matthew 24:3 – 5 and again in versus 23 – 26.
What are your strengths? What are your spouse’s strengths? What areas are you stronger than your spouse and what areas are your spouse stronger than you? Now that you have thought about each other’s relative strengths are you using that information to align your family resources of time and energy for your highest probability of
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Christian parenting glorifies CHRIST. It glorifies Him by making known who He is and what He is. He is LORD. Christian parenting is submitted to the lordship of Jesus Christ. He is a giver. He gives His Holy Spirit. Ask God for His anointing to parent your children. He is the truth. CHRIST can be
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Dad and Mom, you have the privilege of being the first to share the gospel with your children. But what is the “gospel”? Gospel means “good news”. So what is the “good news” of Jesus Christ? Many will point to John 3:16 “For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only
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Jesus gave them this answer: “I tell you the truth, the Son can do nothing by himself; he can do only what he sees his Father doing, because whatever the Father does the Son also does. For the Father loves the Son and shows him all he does. Yes, to your amazement he will show
Do you realize how many times scripture tells us we have been chosen by God the Father? 1 Peter 1:2; Romans 8:28-29, 33; Ephesians 1:4-5; 1 Thessalonians 1:4; 2 Thessalonians 2:13; James 2:5 Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ,To God’s elect, strangers in the world, scattered throughout Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia and Bithynia, who have
I believe the opportunity and key hows of parenting are summed up in Deuteronomy 6:4-9 4 Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God, the LORD is one. 5 Love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength. 6 These commandments that I give you today
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