Archive for the ‘Family Devotions’ Category
18May2007
Parenting with Wisdom Discussion
Posted by Michelle under: Book Reviews; Family Devotions.
Yesterday we had our book discussion and prayer time. Our context for discussion was Psalm 78 (of course), and the problem we were noticing was that we weren’t telling our young children the praises of God, his wonderful power and mighty works as much as we ought.
We thought of two reasons. The first is most [...]
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6April2007
Breakfast Transparency
Posted by Michelle under: Humility; Mealtime; Prayer.
Psalm 78:4
We will not hide them from their children,
Telling to the generation to come the praises of the LORD,
And His strength and His wonderful works that He has done.
While we shouldn’t display empty ritual for the purpose of showing our children how spiritual we are, there is a sense where it is good and right [...]
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5March2007
Do to Others
Posted by Michelle under: Child Development; Scripture Memory.
I’m having a hard time explaining Matthew 7:12 (the golden rule) in simple syntax for my children to understand. Since they don’t get the complex sentence structure, separating the ideas is important. But when I separate the two concepts (”treat others kindly” “how you like to be treated”), the relationship seems to be lost.
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23February2007
Why do we pray for our food?
Posted by Michelle under: Prayer.
Why do we pray for our food? I was reading the Lord’s prayer this morning and asked this question of my children. Here is what I told them:
We tell God thank you for our food because Jesus tells us to pray each day (”this day” “daily bread”) for our needs.
And I’m reminding myself that this [...]
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29November2006
The eyes of the Lord are in every place…
Posted by Michelle under: Discipleship; Scripture Memory.
Update on the comprehension of God’s Omniscience.
When I ask David if God sees him [name the action here], his answer depends. If the action is being kind to his sister, obeying mom, or some other positive action, he’ll answer, “Yes” (God sees him). David’s answer when he is being sinful is consistently, “No.” (”Did God [...]
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28October2006
Epiphany!
Posted by Michelle under: Introspection; Scripture Memory.
I’ve been thinking about that verse (see previous post) and its apparent lack of relevance to my children’s unregenerate lives.
Then it dawned on me: If I’m explaining the verses to my children (as I should be), I will of course tell my children that that portion of the verse does not apply to them. I [...]
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27October2006
Why Should They Forgive Others?
Posted by Michelle under: Salvation; Scripture Memory.
I’m not even thinking spiritual thoughts for my kids right now…
Laurel Nicole Brock arrived a few weeks early (long tortured story). My mom just left today. We’ll see how my sanity holds with three children. Guess God know I needed to depend on Him just a little bit more, eh?
Let’s see… spiritual thoughts…
On the way [...]
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29August2006
teaching along the way
Posted by Michelle under: Discipleship; Introspection; Prayer.
(in light of the previous post) Today, several times we talked about God seeing everything. When I prayed for breakfast, I told God thank you that he could see us eating breakfast.
Later, as we were driving home from the grocery store, I asked David if God could see us in our van, and he said, [...]
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8August2006
O Taste and See!
Posted by Michelle under: Discipleship; Prayer.
After watching F-15s and F-117s flying overhead for awhile, David, Bethel, and I drove home. We told God thank you for sending us to New Mexico where we could see fighter jets every time we go grocery shopping (and often from our backyard).
Then I remembered Psalm 78– how parents are to tell their children about [...]
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7August2006
Sitting still during devotions
Posted by Michelle under: Family Devotions.
We have family devotions at night right before bed. Several weeks ago, I noted that Bethel had begun showing an interest in what we were doing (we required her to be in the room, and play quietly, but she didn’t have to sit down with us). So Lee started pulling her up in his lap [...]
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