Struggling to lead prayer time at home
I want to do more to lead spiritually in my family but honestly family prayer time feels awkward sometimes. My kids are young (4 and 7) and they get wiggly and goofy. How do you gu
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Christian faith for fathers. Leading by example, prayer life, raising godly kids, walking the walk at home.
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I want to do more to lead spiritually in my family but honestly family prayer time feels awkward sometimes. My kids are young (4 and 7) and they get wiggly and goofy. How do you gu
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Just wanted to share something that's been going well. Three weeks ago I started having each of my kids pray out loud before we drop them at school. Nothing fancy, just asking God
Things have been tense with my wife lately. Work has been crazy and I haven't been leading my family spiritually like I should be. Haven't even opened the Bible with her in weeks.
Had a rough day at work and came home already frustrated. My oldest spilled juice on the couch and I just lost it, yelling way more than I should have. My wife gave me that look an