Moms

Are the children you parent YOURS? Or do they belong to God?

In the past two Wednesday posts, my heart has been to encourage all of us parents to see the children that God has loaned to us, whether born naturally into our family, adopted and/or fostered, as belonging to God and not to us. What a special grace blessing from the hand of God to be a parent, to point precious lives to Christ, and to know that we have all we need by His grace to do so!! 2 Corinthians 9:8 reminds us, And God is able to make all grace abound toward you; that ye, always having all sufficiency in all things, may abound to every good work.

So far, my encouragement has been . . .

1. Parents, live and train with an eternal viewpoint.

2. Parents, prepare your children to leave home as God so planned.

Today, the third encouragement is parents, fulfill your privilege with the grace of God not the fleshly grit of man.

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Today’s links are all family oriented. I believe they will stir your heart, challenge your thinking, and lead to biblical change.

10 Questions for Moms in the New Year – This blog post is written by the sister of Sarah Arnold (Philippians) whom our church family knows and loves so much.

5 Reasons We Eat Together as a Family – I would not trade the memories of our years gathered around the old oak table learning, laughing, lifting, and loving! Now that my wife and I are empty-nesters, we still continue to habit of eating supper at the old oak table, often in front of the fireplace.

Letting Your Child Go – Many children have a hard time obeying God’s command to leave and cleave (Genesis 2:24) because parents are still cleaving to their children. Here’s very practical advice to help parents prepare their children to leave home and be what God has planned for their lives.