We’ve been talking about preparing our kids to one day leave the protection of our homes and head out on their own into the wide, world of adult life. Jesus’ pray for his disciples before He left the earth is our example in John 17. So far we’ve covered PREP…so today we are on A….
P in Prepare stands for preach. P stands for Preach. This word “preach” has a bad gotten a bad rap in our time. “Don’t preach at me!” may have even been a line you once yelled back at your parents when you were a teen. I decided to check out exactly what is the definition…
E in PREPARE stands for Embrace. Embrace the body of Christ. In John 17:11 Jesus prays “…that they may be one as We are.” Each week our kids listen closely to our conversations about the Church. On the way home from church, do we criticize the pastor’s message? Do we complain that the music needs…
We’re on day two of how to PREPARE not-of-this-world kids to take off into an out-of-control planet one day. R = Ready Ready to take a stand. In verses 15 – 16 of John 17, Jesus prays, “I do not pray that You should take them out of the world, but that You should keep…
Yesterday we talked about preparing not-of-this-world kids for living on a out-of-control planet. For the next seven days I will talk about how we can PREPARE them. P is the first letter in the word prepare and it stands for prayer. Jesus tells His father in verse nine of John 17, “I pray for them…”…
Having discovered some unsolicited text messages on my middle school daughter’s phone that made my heart stop and my blood boil, I was ready to put on my boxing gloves and deal directly with the culture that my child was facing. Instead of the brawl that I had anticipated, the Holy Spirit quieted me long…