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Disciplining Children
N E I L A N D E R S O N D A I L Y D E V O T I O N A L from Freedom in Christ Ministries September 10 LOGICAL CONSEQUENCES Do not hold back discipline from the child (Proverbs 23:13). Some children are effectively disciplined when they must experience […]
Should Kids Read Harry Potter?
The Return of Harry Potter With the arrival of The Goblet of Fire, this young wizard is more popular than ever. Here’s everything Christian parents need to know about the books your kids are begging to read. by Lisa Jackson You’ve undoubtedly heard of Harry Potter: loyal friend, expert athlete, boy wizard. For today’s young […]
Divorce And Children
Please do not forget the importance of praise and encouragement for children. Their self-image is formed at a young age and although it can take years to build up and can be torn apart very quickly. So if we encourage and compliment our children at home, they will have more self-confidence to face the barbs […]
Strong Families’ Check-List
The following checklist will remind you of strengths you have forgotten. During a family mealtime, read the list and ask each person to pick 3 or 4 strengths. Consider the following as symptoms of a strong family. Your goal is to discover the strengths you already have and to prepare your family to get even […]
Handling Debt
L I V E I T Today’s best advice from Christian books. http://liveit.crosswalk.com/ YOU CAN DEFEAT DEBT Consumer debt stands at $1.4 trillion. Households have incurred more debt than at any time in history. Sadly, financial institutions continue to encourage easy credit. It’s time to take responsibility for your debt and take action to get […]
Strong Families
Choose A Strength-Building Action That Fits Your Family and Make It Happen! Volunteer with your children on a service project, any kind that helps people. Take pictures during the project and use the pictures to talk later about what was happening. Begin a family game night. Play board games, outdoor games, or a game you […]
God’s Under The Bed
God’s under the bed… My brother Kevin thinks God lives under his bed. At least that’s what I heard him say one night. He was praying out loud in his dark bedroom, and I stopped outside his closed door to listen. “Are you there, God?” he said. “Where are you? Oh, I see. Under the […]
Singles Ministry
UNDERSTANDING AND ASSISTING She is sitting in your office crying, feeling hopeless and helpless. Angrily she tells you a story of an ex-spouse who drinks heavily and lies to the children, of not receiving child support payments, of teachers telling her that her son is causing trouble because he does not live in a stable […]
Romantic Love And Other Matters
==================================== WEEKEND ENCOUNTER September 02, 2000 ==================================== To Subscribe or change your address click ON: http://www.actsweb.org/subscribe.htm Editor: Dick Innes ACTS International http://www.actsweb.org Partnering with NCF Ministries http://www.ncfliving.org See online edition AT: http://www.actsweb.org/encwknd3600.htm Thought for the week: “All that I have seen teaches me to trust the Creator for all I have not seen.” — Ralph […]
Anger: Feelings And Actions
Clergy/Leaders’ Mail-list No. 0-163 (Practical Christian Living) by Norman and Ann Bales (This appeared in ALL ABOUT FAMILIES, edited by Norman Bales) A few days ago, we drove across a barren, treeless section of New Mexico. There wasn’t much to focus attention upon except the road. After awhile we encountered one of those inevitable construction […]
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