If your marriage partner is more intimately involved in your life than anyone else, your children run a close second. You will either reveal or conceal your spirit around your children. With your children in mind, consider this Bible verse: “Be devoted to one another in brotherly love; give preference to one another in honor; …
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34726 Four Building Blocks for Raising Children
What do you think is involved in being an effective parent? The Bible tells us in Proverbs 22:6 to “Train up a child in the way he should go; and when he is old, he will not depart from it” (KJV). Now that’s a tall order, and a great responsibility, and there are some positive …
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34730 Everyone Wanting Their Own Way
Jon was 14, a handsome, tough young man. A likable guy, he noticed the pictures on the wall of my office and asked what it took to graduate from the college I’d attended. Someday he wanted to be a professional man, he said. I found out that he liked sports, reading, and church, and had …
34732 Damaging Comparisons
Sisters Kendra and Connie Evans were much alike, except that Kendra was an “ugly duckling” in comparison with her blonde, blue-eyed, younger sister. The difference had been repeatedly noted even in childhood. ”What a perfectly beautiful child!” strangers had exclaimed over Connie. And through the years, Mrs. Evans never tired of hearing this praise for …
34734 A Mother-Daughter Battle
“I love Betty very much and she knows it. But why is she so rebellious?” Mrs. Grant asked me. This mother was a sincere Christian, and her teenage daughter had been a continual object of her prayers. She could not get Betty to study, do a chore right, get along with her brother, or even …
34736 Act Like a Parent!
Isabel Carr complained that her problems began the day she decided to become an obedient wife. “I figured that a Christian woman ought to be subject to her husband,” she said. And what had ten years of obedience produced? Her husband, Glenn, bowled four nights every week. He paid little attention to the children, even …
34100 Relationship Starts With You
How do you find inner peace? What is it that brings true happiness? If you’re ready to find the source of true peace, contemplate the principles outlined in the following articles and you’ll discover how to have the peacefulness you crave. The Sin Factor Has it been difficult for you to find inner peace? There …
34200 Broken Relationships
Anger and unforgiveness are a barrier to our relationship with the Lord and others. Choosing to forgive and love others by faith, regardless of our feelings, is God’s desire. Dr. Henry Brandt shares insights in the articles below to help teach you how to resolve anger. How to Deal with Your Anger Anger is a universal …