Yesterday, I gave each child a third of some glorified silly putty I bought for Lee awhile back. They played with it and I talked. Maybe they liked playing with the silly putty (I told them they could only play with it when we were talking about the Bible), or maybe they just wanted to [...]
Filed under: Family Devotions, Salvation, Using Questions
On the way home from church the other night, on a whim, I asked the children, “What verse would you think about if you were having a hard time being kind to your sister or brother?” The children were all stymied. “Children obey your parents”? We talked about some better possibilities. Then I asked, “Can [...]
Filed under: In the Car and on the Go, Scripture Memory, Using Questions
If you are burdened to pray for a service member or his/her family who is deployed, what would you say? Consider that far more important than their physical safety is their walk with God. Make that the focus of your prayer, most of the time. [Note: I use the masculine gender because my husband is [...]
Filed under: Military Life, Prayer
David’s Sunday school class is starting a study in Mark. In children’s church, they are going through a survey of the Old Testament (a book a week, mostly, he says). On the way home from church, I asked him if he has been listening ahead of time to the book or chapter that he’ll be [...]
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I mentioned last week that our discussions on Psalm 119 have given me an opportunity to talk about corporate worship. Specifically, we have discussed what it means to read the Bible together and pray together. Corporate Reading David and Bethel can read well enough to take turns reading verses, but when they’re not reading, it’s [...]
Filed under: Communication and Meaning, Family Devotions
Our Psalm 119 project has been going slower than I expected. Another different expectation is that we’ve spent more time talking about prayer than necessarily going through the verses. I asked them if they thought King David was praying when he said things like “I delight in your word.” He wasn’t asking for something. Why [...]
Filed under: Prayer
I decided it was time for another posterboard project. I told the kids we were going to work through Psalm 119. It’s nothing new– things we’ve been told many times. Still, it’s new to my children. We’ll be compiling three things: Synonyms for the Bible. I told my children that every verse but four mention [...]
Filed under: Family Devotions
One of the really awesome things about God is that He doesn’t expect us to know it all. I have been contemplating this week the ministry of the Holy Spirit when we see a problem, but don’t know what to do about it. We pray. We do pray, don’t we? Yes, but sometimes we don’t [...]
For awhile I’ve wondered whether it is makes sense to allow my children to pray at mealtimes. We do ask them to pray, and sometimes they volunteer. I’m certain that I’ve avoided having them pray when they’ve been naughty (although I wonder if that’s more recognizing the priority of my own need to pray). But [...]
16 Then He said to him, “A certain man gave a great supper and invited many, 17 and sent his servant at supper time to say to those who were invited, ‘Come, for all things are now ready.’ 18 But they all with one accord began to make excuses. The first said to him, ‘I [...]
Filed under: Family Devotions
