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Thirty Days of Child Training Boot Camp for Busy, Busy Mamas, Day 22: An...
We saw yesterday that the Hebrew word for murmur can also mean to lodge, remain, tarry, to pass the night, to stay permanently. When we murmur, we are dwelling on what is wrong or what we think is...
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Thirty Days of Child Training Boot Camp for Busy, Busy Mamas, Day 23: Quarreling
We’ve seen that complaining is the result of not fearing God. When we fear and live in close fellowship with Him, we will “abide satisfied” (Prov. 19:23). We will trust God and be thankful for what...
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Thirty Days of Child Training Boot Camp for Busy, Busy Mamas, Day 24: More on...
Yesterday we got started looking at some verses about strife. Nave’s Topical has helped us by providing a list of verses about the topic. We’re going to continue studying those verses today, but I want...
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Thirty Days of Child Training Boot Camp for Busy, Busy Mamas, Day 25: What to...
We’ve read some verses. We’ve taken some notes. We’ve thought about what we’ve read. Now, how do we live what we’ve learned? How do we help our children quit arguing? How do we quit arguing?...
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Thirty Days of Child Training Boot Camp for Busy, Busy Mamas, Day 26: Catch...
Another catch up day is already here! Make the most of it! For those rare few of you who are keeping up with the daily posts, I recommend going back to that list of verses about strife from Nave’s...
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Thirty Days of Child Training Boot Camp for Busy, Busy Mamas, Day 28:...
Did you see the consistent theme in the verses about forgiveness in our last lesson? We’re called to forgive others because God has forgiven us. It’s all about the gospel and what Jesus has done for...
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Thirty Days of Child Training Boot Camp for Busy, Busy Mamas, Day 29: Review
Our month-long study is almost over already! Unlike all our other Busy Mamas studies where we focus on one chapter of the Bible for an entire month, we have moved from topic to topic in this study....
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Thirty Days of Child Training Boot Camp for Busy, Busy Mamas, Day 30: Review
We’ve seen over and over that the training of our children begins with our own humble response to the Holy Spirit’s work in our lives. We are discipling — disciple-ing, not just disciplining — our...
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Ingredients of Godly Discipline, Part 2: Instruction
Why do we discipline? What is the point of our child-training efforts? It’s not ultimately about good behavior. It’s not about the convenience of having well-behaved children. It’s certainly not...
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Ingredients of Godly Discipline, Part 4: Consequences
As we seek to provide godly discipline for our children, there are times where it’s appropriate for us to devise consequences or allow them to experience the natural consequences of their sin. Why are...
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Just a Sack Lunch
From “The Jesus Storybook Bible” by Sally Lloyd-Jones I’ve read the story a lot of times. I read it again just the other day. It’s a story that Matthew records in his gospel. So do Mark, Luke, and...
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As moms, we have a lot to do! It’s easy to become overwhelmed. If we’re not careful, we can find ourselves dragging around on an empty fuel tank. We probably all know what that feels like! But being...
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30 Days in Ephesians 6, Day 9: Obey
Now that we have looked in a general way at Paul’s instructions to children, fathers, servants, and masters, let’s take a closer look at each of those commands. Word studies, cross-references,...
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30 Days in Ephesians 6, Day 11: Honor
Paul tells children, in Ephesians 6, to obey and honor their parents. Do obey and honor mean the same thing? Let’s find out! Assignment: Pray for God to help you learn and obey as you study His Word...
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30 Days in Ephesians 6, Day 12: Provoking, Part 1
Children are commanded to obey their parents. That means their parents need to help them learn to obey. But even while we are seeking to do that, we can say and do things that make it much harder for...
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30 Days in Ephesians 6, Day 13: Provoking, Part 2
In our last lesson we saw that it is possible to provoke our children both to anger and to discouragement. Today we’re going to look at some commentaries to help us better understand how we might...
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Parenting in 3-D
We go to movie theaters once or twice a year, for the special experience of watching a new movie with friends and family. My wife and I wanted to see the new Star Trek movie, so one night after the...
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Enough
by Bethany Forster Many lucky grownups like me can look back to a time of childhood bliss (blighted as it may be by pet deaths and mathematics). I imagine you would like your child to look back on the...
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How to Find Time to Reach Their Hearts
Does the problem this mother describes sound familiar to any other mamas out there? “My first concern is about leading children to repentance over a specific sin. How do you find the time? With a...
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Continue in What You Have Learned…
My phone alarm wakes me up each morning. After I turn off the alarm, I usually read something to help me wake up. For some reason, it’s way easier to check Instagram or Facebook or my email than it is...
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