We’re looking at the fruit of the Spirit this week as it relates to parenting. So far we’ve addressed love, joy, peace, patience, and kindness. You can see what I’ve said about them in our archives at ParentMinute.org. Today, we’re [...]
In Galatians 5:22-23, Paul tells us, “But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control” (NIV). We continue our Parent Minute series on the fruit of the Spirit. Today, kindness is the [...]
We continue with a look at the fruit of the Spirit as it relates to parenting. Frankly, gentleness in parenting isn’t always easy, especially if you’re like me, and you’re a little intense. The dictionary defines it as being “mild [...]
Do you remember the movie Driving Miss Daisy? One of the main characters, Boolie, describes his mother, Miss Daisy, as “a little high strung.” She needed to be in control at all times. She was in everybody else’s business. She had [...]
Over the next few days, we’re talking about the fruit of the Spirit. We’ve already covered love and joy. Peace is something the whole world is talking about. Peace in the Middle East. Peace between radical Islam and the rest [...]
It's day number two in focusing on the fruit of the Spirit as we raise our kids. Joy isn’t always easy. There are some homes that attract kids like flies. Why? Their homes are full of such joy. They’re always [...]
You’re familiar with the fruit of the Spirit, right? Love, joy, peace, longsuffering (or forbearance), kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. As a parent, it’s not easy exercising these gifts while raising our kiddos. Well, today, love. There are a lot [...]
Compromise. Do you compromise the values of a follower of Christ? No? What about the times you play music where the lyrics are a little raunchy at best? Or have you ever let a TV show into your home where [...]
I know, you didn’t raise your kids that way. You’ve heard the joke—the only reason you let your children survive is grandchildren. Well, now you have your grandkids, but now your kids aren’t living the way they should be. They’re [...]
How many times have you heard or read children’s Christian material tell kids to pray that God would help them not to do or say bad things? Frankly, it drives me crazy. As a Christian, God has already given us [...]