Praying through the tough parenting moments
Had to discipline my 6 year old today for lying about eating cookies before dinner. Instead of just getting angry, I took him to his room and we prayed together about honesty and d
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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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Had to discipline my 6 year old today for lying about eating cookies before dinner. Instead of just getting angry, I took him to his room and we prayed together about honesty and d
Biggest parenting moment of my week. Sat down with my 10 year old and tried to explain the gospel in a way he could understand. Used the example of how a parent would do anything t
Been a Christian for 15 years but lately I feel like I'm just going through the motions with my kids. I read Bible stories at bedtime but I'm not really connecting the dots to our
He's 14 and just told us he doesn't think God is real. I immediately got defensive and quoted Scripture but that made it worse. My first instinct was anger but I felt the Holy Spir
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My son asked me yesterday why his friend's dad got cancer. I froze. He's been asking a lot of hard questions lately about suffering and pain. I want to point him to God's plan but
We've been doing 10 minute devotions after breakfast for about 6 weeks now and honestly I'm shocked at how much my kids are getting out of it. We use this devotional app that keeps
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We're trying to raise our kids with Christian values but they're constantly exposed to stuff at school and online that goes against what we believe. Not talking about anything extr
So yesterday I told my 8 year old I couldn't go to his soccer game because I had to work. Truth is I just wanted to stay home and watch the game on TV. He found out and called me o
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So I lost my temper with my wife yesterday over something stupid and my 7 year old saw the whole thing. I felt awful. I apologized to both of them but I keep thinking about how I'm
Real talk, I haven't been living out my faith the way I should and my kids are starting to notice. I'm asking them to be honest and kind but I'm not always doing it myself. I snapp
Started doing 5 minute devotions every morning before school with the family and it's honestly changed our mornings. We read a verse, talk about it for a minute, pray together. My
Money's been tight lately but I wanted to show my kids what it means to give and be generous anyway. We picked a family at church that's going through a rough time and sent them a
My son is in middle school and he's starting to see what's popular at school versus what we're teaching him at home. He wants to fit in and I get it, but I'm trying to help him und
We've been doing 15 minutes of Bible study with our four kids (ages 6, 8, 11, 13) every Sunday night for about 3 months now. I wasn't sure how it would go since the older kids are
My daughter asked me the other day why we need Jesus and it spiraled into questions about sin and whether she's going to hell. She got really worried about it and I could tell I wa