And the winner of the Easter Toddler Bundle is: Jocelyn Please contact me with your address before Sunday night (March 30th) at midnight so that we can get the book mailed to you! Congrats! Thank you to all who entered to win. And be sure to follow our blog because I will be announcing another bundle giveaway next ...
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
Is This Your Goal?
credit What is your goal? I mean, what - if you did it - would give you a bull's eye. You'd be right where you want to be. Eat better? Exercise more? Yell less? Be more intentional? Some days, my goal is to make it to bedtime without losing all sense of dignity! It dawned on me that goals aren't just for ...
Pups of the Spirit: Helping Children Learn the Fruits of the Spirit
Two weeks ago on this blog we focused on the what, when, where, why, and how of Teachable Moments. Those God-given moments that provide the perfect training opportunity for our children. Many times the words "patience, love, and self-control" are part of the teachable moments in our home. These words are three of the nine Fruit of ...
Easter Book Set Giveaway
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 ...
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 ...