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Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world: For I was an hungred, and ye gave me meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink: I was a stranger, [...]

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I love that this morning, I had an opportunity to teach my children not to be mean.
This morning, Bethel and Laurel were playing with a new playdoh set that Laurel bought with her own money. I heard Laurel start to get irritated with Bethel, so I looked over and saw that both children [...]

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Our conversation yesterday at breakfast was helpful for me as a mother. As a result, I became more aware that one reason that my children are not always obedient is that they don’t fear God. They don’t believe he is a good God who will give them everything they need. They don’t think about displeasing [...]

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Come, you children, and listen to me, I will teach you the fear of the Lord. (Psalm 34:11)
I’ve read this verse before, but I forget not only that the fear of God is something that can be taught, but also that I should be deliberately teaching it.
Truthfully, I’ve rather avoided those thoughts because I’m avoiding [...]

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This morning mommy needed the restorative waters of God’s Word– the rest and peace. Here is what I read and said to my children this morning.
Would you like to hear a poem mommy likes a lot? [I didn't say, but I thought: it doesn't matter; I'm going to read it anyway!]
It’s by King David when [...]

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We’re moving this summer, so we’ve been talking a lot about our move.  The children want to know if we will leave our toys in our old house. They want to know if they’ll move next week. They are wondering what kinds of birds live in our new town. They’re wondering if they’ll see their [...]

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Questions:

Is telling a person he is saved unbiblical?
Is there more to assurance than saying “Yes, you’re saved because…”
When a child states that he is saved already, at what point should a parent “let” him be saved?
Should a parent ever bring up salvation with a child? At what point developmentally?

A quick survey of the New Testament [...]

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I’m going to begin a series on helping children come to an assurance of salvation. This topic has been percolating for awhile, and Lee and I have been discussing it at length together. We’ll see how it all comes together.
When I was a teenager, I started having doubts of my salvation. The trouble was, I [...]

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My antivirus software noticed a Trojan on my site today.  After further investigation, we learned that my site was hacked, and a harmful small java script was embedded in the header file of my blog.  I don’t know what, if any, consequence this has for you.  We have taken actions to remove this malware.  The [...]

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On Monday my friend Kelly showed me this passage and I’ve been thinking on it since then.
I Peter 1:17-21
And if you call on the Father, who without partiality judges according to each one’s work, conduct yourselves throughout the time of your stay here in fear; 18 knowing that you were not redeemed with corruptible things, [...]

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