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Children Need Models

By and others ⋅ January 5, 2003 ⋅ Post a comment

A pupil is not above his teacher; but everyone, after he has been fully trained, will be like his teacher (Luke 6:40). Your children need to see how you handle failure even more than how you handle success. If you make a mistake, you need to own up to it and ask forgiveness if the […]

Comfort

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Better Than Words Read: Job 13:1-19 Oh, that you would be silent, and it would be your wisdom! -Job 13:5 When we are with people who are grieving or suffering, we may feel a need to fill the awkwardness of the occasion with words. Not to say something, we fear, is to let them down. […]

You Have Just Been Hugged!

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Recipe For A Long And Happy Marriage

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Siblings, married 217 years, say good marriage worth the effort By Dana Williamson ELK CITY, Okla. (BP)–A good marriage does not come easy, but it’s worth the effort. It takes commitment. It takes marrying the right person. It takes hard work. It takes contentment. It takes communication. These words of wisdom come from four couples […]

The Old Ways

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NEIL ANDERSON DAILY DEVOTIONAL from Freedom in Christ Ministries February 8 New Wine New wine must be put into fresh wineskins (Luke 5:38). Jesus taught that the forms of our Christian practice must change. In His parable of the garment and the wineskin in Luke 5:36-39, the garment and the wineskin are the external dress […]

Grandparenting

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Grandparenting Is A Very Special Ministry! The Lord bless you from Zion. May you see the prosperity of Jerusalem all the days of your life. May you see your children’s children. Peace be upon Israel! (Psalm 128:4-6) I am reminded of your sincere faith, a faith that lived first in your grandmother Lois and your […]

The Church Can Still Make A Difference

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I have been collecting articles on the family for more than twenty years. While thumbing through my collection I began noticing the number of essays that lament the current condition of the family, label the contemporary home as a disaster area and predict a disastrous future. While I tend to view these writers as alarmists, […]

Older Years Can Be Golden Years

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[An article written for the 1999 International Year of the Older Person]. Grey hair is a crown of glory; it is gained in a righteous life. (Proverbs 16:31) Even to your old age I am he, even when you turn grey I will carry you. I have made, and I will bear; I will carry […]

Parenting Tips

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by Marjorie Lee Chandler author of After Your Child Divorces (Zondervan, 1997), and contributor to A Mother’s Touch, (Zondervan, 1998). Jane Nelsen came to our town. We’re a small foothill community, so a national leader in parenting education speaking at the high school auditorium was a "big time" draw. Nelsen, a Ph.D., has written 10 […]

Friends

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Friend is a word that I don’t throw around Though it’s used and abused, I still like the sound. I save it for people who’ve done right by me And I know I can count on, if ever need be. Some of my friends drive big limousines Own ranches and banks and visit with queens, […]

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