My kids schedule is all messed up
Sunday is daylight saving time in the United States. We SPRING forward in the spring, which means we lose an hour of sleep. For those of us with kids who have an internal clock, this is a nightmare. Clocks get [...]
Enduring prayers for our kids.
Is praying for your kids a priority? The last couple of days we’ve been talking about that. How do we do it effectively? These kinds of prayers agree with God’s will, are passionate, and are enduring. Today, we’re talking about [...]
Praying for our kids in school.
Yesterday, I talked about praying for our kids. I said our prayers need to be God’s will, passionate, and enduring. How does that translate to praying for our kids in school, especially public schools? First, what is God’s will for what [...]
Prayer—a priority for our kids.
You’re now the proud parents of school-age kids. Let me ask you something. Are you praying for your kids? I don’t mean “Lord-be-with-Suzie-as-she-heads-off-to-school” kind of prayers. I’m talking about the kind of prayers described in James 5:16 that are fervent and [...]
Maybe your family sees you as faithful.
“To be faithful is to be reliable, steadfast and unwavering, and the Bible speaks of this type of faithfulness in four ways: as an attribute of God; as a positive characteristic of some men; as a characteristic that many men [...]
Would you invite evil into your home?
When we’re tempted by the enemy to disobey God, it’s helpful to consider our individual sins’ impact on our entire families. Like a stack of dominoes, my failure can lead to difficult temptations for my family. When we’re getting hammered [...]
When is fear a friend to our kids?
There’s a Proverb that reads, “By the fear of the Lord a man avoids evil” (Proverbs 16:6 RSV). The fear of the Lord is often defined as our awareness that God is constantly watching us in love and evaluating our [...]
We’ve met the enemy, and he is us!
If you’ve lived long at all, you know certain kinds of sins tend to run in families. Some struggle with poor work habits, dishonesty, or even legalism. My family? We can be pretty judgmental. We worry a lot. And discouragement [...]
I need to treat all my kids the same, right? Wrong!
While it's important to be fair, you can't treat all of them the same. They're all different. Proverbs 22:6 says, "Train up a child in the way he should go" and the way he should go means the unique way [...]
What’s the most important thing to do as a parent?
My wife and I have four kids. Younger parents ask us all the time what we consider the most essential principles of parenting. Here they are. Write them down. In order, they’re (1) pray, (2) pray, (3) pray. Whether you [...]