Zondervan has provided an opportunity for me to give away an Easter Book set! Three books for the toddler(s) in your life that will help them understand that Jesus is the reason for Easter. Divide for several children or combine for an Easter basket. Here are the three books! An Easter Gift for Me The Rhyme Bible Storybook ...
Parenting to Impress Blog...
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Impress them on your children. Talk about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up. Deuteronomy 6:7
Are You Going to Stop Fighting It?
credit Pin It This is a post I wrote a while back but for some reason it was not finished and never got published. I often wonder if God did this because He knew you would need to read this today. If you follow my blog - OurOutofSyncLife - you know that our family is struggling right now. Well, we have been for a while. Actually, I ...
I am Sick. How Sick Are You?
credit One of the RSS feeds that I receive is from GoodMorningGirls.org. Three times a week I receive their blog posts in my email. Last week's devo contained a list of "Symptoms of Spiritual Sickness" and ideas to combat the illnesses. Here are the ten sicknesses: 1. A feeling of coldness or hardness towards the things of ...
Need a Prayer Guide?
credit I found this page in a folder of Women's Ministry tools that I have collected over the years. I thought I would share it as a basis guide to help you during your quiet time. The guide is based upon the A.C.T.S. prayer model: Adoration, Confession, Thanksgiving, and Supplication. This is similar to the D.R.A.W. Deeper ...
Seven Truths About Real-Life Parenting
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Guest Post: Back in Time?
credit A dear friend of mine wrote this wonderful post on her blog Yes, and So is My Heart a few years back. I encourage you to let her wisdom sink in. A few weeks ago, my sweet four year old, Ann, asked me something about what age I'd like to be once more. I thought about it and decided I wouldn't really like to be any other age as I ...
Teachable Moments and God’s Character
To conclude our series on Teachable Moments, I want to explain how the Holy Spirit has taught me to use the characteristics of God to impress upon my children. I love explaining to our kiddos who God is because God doesn't change and what they are learning will stay with them their entire lives. When they make a wrong choice, we talk about ...
Teachable Moments and Bible Stories
I believe there are three avenues in which we can impress God upon our children through teachable moments. Yesterday I shared how the Holy Spirit is helping me use Bible verses. Another way is to use Bible stories. (Read the beginning of the Teachable Moments series.) Think Jonah, Paul, Moses, and Noah. Yes, those Bible ...
Teachable Moments and Bible Verses
Now that you know what teachable moments are, and when, where and why they should occur, I pray that you have begun seeing them pop up in your daily activities and conversations. (Begin with the first post of this series.) In today's post, I am going to share how to utilize the teachable moments when they come up. In my mind, the ...
When, Where, and Why Teachable Moments Occur
Teachable moments. Are we taking advantage of them? In order to utilize the opportunity, we must understand what a teachable is, and then where and when these moments occur. If you remember from yesterday's post, a teachable moment requires no preparation and these opportunities are unplanned. Thus, ...