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With Your Children at Christmastime
December
5. Put up your Christmas tree – get everyone around to decorate it.
6. Teach the children about St. Nicklaus, the generous 4th century Turkish bishop.
7. Set up the Nativity scene – remember Baby Jesus isn’t there yet, nor the Kings.
8. Christmas is a season – not just one day.
9. Simplify. Alter [...]
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Advent Calendar – December
Top Line : Theme for each day.
Sing songs, read Bible passages, read stories, do activities. For set times with your family or as you go about your day.
1 Angel -
Make angel or cut from card for tree
2 Baby Jesus -
Talk about a baby being born (play with dolls)
3 Bethlehem -
Luke 2:1-5 [...]
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Sinai Covenant and Marriage Covenant
It is an enlightening exercise to compare the Sinai covenant with the marriage covenant by interpreting the Ten Commandments as ten principles of conduct for married people.
Paul Stevens has produced a most perceptive comparison between the two covenants by means of the following table:
Covenant Between Covenant Between
Israel and Yahweh Wife and [...]
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Fire in my Bones by J Lee Grady
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http://charismamag.com/index.php/fire-in-my-bones/22308
http://charismamag.com/index.php/fire-in-my-bones/22308-from-the-deep-south-a-cry-for-racial-healing
excerpt:
Jesus told the Pharisees that their holier-than-thou traditions actually nullified the Word of God. They were obsessed with washing their hands and dishes to keep themselves pure; Jesus was focused on touching the untouchables of society so that God’s love and mercy could spread [...]
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Be like Women of the Bible
Like Deborah, I will serve the Lord in power and speak His word without fear.
Like Esther, I will intercede for God’s people before the throne.
Like Abigail, I will humble myself to wash the feet of the servants of the Lord.
Like Sarah, I will respect my spouse and his ministry to [...]
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http://aholyexperience.com/2008/10/draw-god.html
Imitate the imitator – read in Ann’s blog of the boy copying the artist with the easel set up in front of a famous painting in a museum.
… “Be imitators of me, just as I also am of Christ” (Paul in 1 Cor. 11:1). …
Our children imitate those they spend time with, are attached to, [...]
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Based on a True Story – James Choung
- A fresh new way to understand the Christian faith
- A handy, bite-sized booklet that Christians can give to their friends
Everybody likes a good story. Especially if it’s based on true, real-life events.
But what kind of story is compelling enough to transform your life?
Can a story be powerful [...]
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Parent styles
will respond differently in typical childhood situations. Consider a 4-year-old child spilling juice.
Sergeant Major
“You clumsy child! How many times have I told you not to help yourself to the juice – but no, you never listen? Get out of here because your poor old mother is going to have to clean up after you again.”
We see [...]
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Fear is not overcome by dealing with the fear; it is overcome by DOING the fearful thing. You overcome fear by facing the tiger with your fear and discovering that you can walk away alive. In time you laugh at the tiger, for it was only paper. But if your child flees from the tiger, [...]
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At 8+10 years old, my children still like object lessons.
Object lessons are Bible stories and deeper concepts taught by something real they can see. Jesus used parables or stories with several layers of meanings. And so realia, or real tangible objects, help to express ideas and character qualities to everyone – not just the younger [...]
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Pray for your husband, your pastor’s wife, define boundaries with your children, how to choose a church – the circles of a stone in still water ripple outwards – and so does our sphere of influence.
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interesting page of pdf articles - http://www.reviveourhearts.com/topics/downloads/
http://www.reviveourhearts.com/topics/ - devotions, forgiveness, gratitude
Enjoy the reading – [...]
