This post is from Moms Take Ten episode 107, Parenting in Scripture–Do Not Withhold Good, which you can listen to wherever you listen to podcasts or at https://sites.libsyn.com/403493/parenting-in-scripture-do-not-withhold-good I have been struggling in my parenting lately. I have felt more negative, less fun, more tired. Some of the Connected Families coaches are reading through theContinue reading “Parenting in Scripture–Do Not Withhold Good”
Category Archives: Parenting in Scripture
Kindness Takes Patience
The phrase “kindness leads to repentance” can almost become formulaic. If I am kind, then my child will repent. If I am kind, then my child will stop misbehaving….Romans 2:4 highlights the power of kindness in bringing people to repentance, while also recognizing that it takes time.
The Opposite of Anxiety
The Lord has been teaching us this for hundreds and hundreds of years with one caveat, our trust should ultimately be in him.
Taste and See
Our thoughts can run away with us and we can fear what is happening or what is to come. We forget to turn to the Lord or we doubt his goodness and sovereignty and we too act irrationally, or feel as though we have gone crazy.
Rejoicing in Repetition
He recognized the benefit of repetition, so he gave himself gladly to it. His reasoning was that it was a safeguard for the church in Philippi.
Spiritual Blessings and God’s Power
Resurrection power. Life giving power. Life transforming power. That is one of the spiritual blessings that he gives to those who believe.
Lyssa Stoyko 