Deuteronomy 32:46, “These are not just idle words, [The Bible]. They are your life…” It’s not comfortable. No one really wants to talk about it. But as Moms, raising children in 2016, we MUST talk to our kids about issues such as: pre-marital sex homosexual/transgender issues clothing choices not wanting anything to do with a parent’s faith
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Moms are on Assignment to Discipline their Children –
6 Ingredients of True Discipline Hebrews 12:11, “No discipline is enjoyable while it is happening – it’s painful! But afterward there will be a peaceful harvest of right living for those who are trained in this way.” Do you realize children are your disciples? Do you realize that Godly discipline will yield a harvest of
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Moms are on Assignment to PRAY
Lamentations 2:19, “Pour out your heart like water before the presence of the Lord! Lift your hands to Him for the lives of your children.” The secret to impacting a child’s future is PRAYER. At our Parenting Forum, Melody Merritt shared WHY we need to pray and HOW to pray for our children. Why we need to pray? Our
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Moms are on Assignment from God
2 Peter 3:18, “…grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.” Suzi McDuffee kicked off our Parenting Forum with a talk titled: The High Call of Parenting. She helped us to see that we, as moms, are on assignment from God. We’re on assignment: to teach our children to love our
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A Mom who Needs Help
2 Corinthians 9:3, “Thanks be to God for His indescribable gift!” There are days I feel like a failure as a mom. There are days I go to bed thinking, “I’ve got to be better tomorrow. Today, was a disaster.” (This happened a lot when my children were small.) Had I let them watch too
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Parenting
The Secret to Children becoming Responsible Adults
2 Thessalonians 3:10 When we were with you, we gave you this rule: “If a man will not work, he shall not eat.” Last Tuesday, at Hope Community, our speaker, Gwen Brodd, engaged a room full of hungry moms seeking guidance and wisdom in parenting. We learned powerful truths of what a parent is
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Role Models
Philippians 4:9 “Whatever you have learned or received or heard from me, or seen in me – put it into practice. And the God of peace will be with you.” Do you believe we live in an era that’s desperate for positive, godly role models? If the Housewives of Orange County, or New Jersey, or
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Marriage
Intentionally Directing our Children in Marriage
Genesis 24:3 “I want you to swear by the LORD, the God of heaven and the God of earth, that you will not get a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I am living, but will go to my country and my own relatives and get a wife for
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Your Child’s Future Spouse
2 Corinthians 6:14-15 Do not be yoked together with unbelievers. For what do righteousness and wickedness have in common? Or what fellowship can light have with darkness? What does a believer have in common with an unbeliever? Over the last month, we’ve discussed ways to fight for the souls of our children so that our