If you are joining me here today through Proverbs 31 Ministries’ Encouragement for Today, I’m so glad you’ve stopped by! I probably shouldn’t admit this, but there are a few passages in the Bible that I think are…well, weird. James 1:1 – 8 is one of those. James starts out: “Consider it pure joy,…
If you have teen girls in your life, you’ve probably seen this scenario played out: Girl likes boy. Girl chases boy. Boy doesn’t want to be chased by said girl. Boy ignores girl. Girl runs harder. I was that girl! For seven years I let my crush crush me. It’s a very good thing…
According to a survey done by The Barna Group, “comparatively few early teens say that they learned enough Bible content to enable them to make important life decisions on the basis of biblical principles.” It also stated that “The significance of focusing on the development of children is underscored by findings showing that…
When my kids were little, I looked forward to Halloween; that’s when my family would get out of town. I believe witches and ghosts were nothing to play around with, yet, my mom-heart wanted my kids to have fun. So…we went on vacation. No one else vacationed the last week in October; it was the perfect…
The fourth way to create a connection to our child’s heart is being vulnerable. For the past 13 years I have been mentoring teen girls. I actually started doing this when my own children were in elementary school. Pouring into teen girls has been one of the Lord’s greatest gifts to me. I was…
As we pray for teachable hearts in the lives of our kids, we need to empower our girls to see guys cannot do what guys weren’t created to do. God has not equipped males to be our “be-all”. In fact, personally, I think that the whole “soul mate” idea is something this planet created,…