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Exploring Spiritual Disciplines
Looking for ideas for you and your family to connect to God? Explore a variety of spiritual disciplines to discern what works best for you and your family.
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Spiritual Disciplines for Family Life
Wondering how you can help your children to grow in faith? Incorporate these spiritual disciplines so that children deepen their relationship with Jesus.
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Building Faith Around God's Table
Wonder how to help your children engage with the Lord's Supper? Consider how these essential truths can help children appreciate communion's significance.
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Living As People With Squishy Shoes
How does baptism change us? Learn how baptism transforms us and see what it looks like to live as people whose shoes are squishy with God's abundant grace.
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Teaching Children to Pray Expectantly
Do you want to raise children who pray expectantly to God? Consider this wisdom from scripture to help your children cultivate an expectant prayer life.
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Family Blessings from the Lord's Prayer
Jesus taught his disciples to pray and he is still teaching us today. The petitions of the Lord's Prayer can be a blessing when applied to our families.
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Teaching our Children How to Respond to the Voice of God
Do you want your children to be receptive to God's voice in their life? Consider this Biblical wisdom to teach your children to respond to God's calling.
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Adopted Into God's Family
Is your family of origin less than ideal? Discover the blessing of being adopted into God's family and find ways to grow deeper in those relationships.
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Finding Joy and Patience Amid Struggles
Are you dealing with difficult struggles in your family life? Discover the gifts that God provides to help us to navigate difficult times in our lives.
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Finding Immanuel: Our God Who Longs to Draw Close
How can you describe to a child the nature of God? Consider the wisdom of scripture for pointing us to a God who chooses to dwell with us in love.
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Devotions
Rule the Words of My Mouth
Do you ever say words you regret? Consider what scripture says about our speech and learn to use words with care so that God is glorified in our speech.
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Who Can Tame the Tongue?
Do you struggle with holding your tongue? Discover Biblical wisdom to give God control of your speech and find the blessing of God's power in your life.
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Waiting on God: Cultivating the Fruit of Patience
Do you struggle with being patient? Discover Biblical wisdom for cultivating patience in your life and find the blessings that come through waiting on God.
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Putting Aside Idolatry
Do you struggle with sinfulness in your life? Discover wisdom from the Bible for dealing with the sinful habits in your life to find repentance and hope.
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A Biblical Approach to Dealing with Selfishness
Do you struggle with dealing with selfish behavior? Discover the example God gives us in the book of Jonah for dealing with selfish attitudes and behavior.
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How Can We Live the Fruit of the Spirit in Our Families?
Tired of hearing negative interactions? Consider some Biblical wisdom from the book of Galatians for letting the fruit of the Spirit overflow to others.
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Fret Not: Getting Rid of Worry
Are feeling overwhelmed by the worries of life? Consider this Biblical guidance for turning your fears into prayers so God can carry your burden for you.
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Choose Thankfulness
Each day we choose to focus on our circumstances or on the God who has power over our circumstances. Discover wisdom from scripture to guide your thoughts.
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Paul's Spiritual Guidance for Relationships
Looking for Biblical guidance for living in relationships? Paul's parting greeting to the Corinthian church provides a good summary for living together.
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