Category: Kids
As our kids are growing through growing pains, so are we! Posts in the Kids Category focus on things we may be going through with our kids and how we can disciple them to grow in Christ.
Has anyone else been tempted to get overwhelmed with their own discipling? There are so many things in these last two posts, and again in this one, that speak to me, as I want to disciple my kiddos well. If you feel overwhelmed at… Continue Reading “Practical Parenting Tips for Discipling Kiddos–Part 3”
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I said I’d take her to the store that day to look for jeans. When it was nearing time to go, I checked in to make sure she’d gotten her homework and job done (some people call them “chores,” but we call them “jobs,”… Continue Reading “Practical Parenting Tips for Discipling Kiddos–Part 2”
Category: KidsTags: Are, Behavior, Being, Child, Children, Choices, Constructive Criticism, Conversation, Correct, Criticize, Discipling, Evidence, Faithfulness, Feel, Fix, Forgiveness, Heart, Humility, Identity, Kiddos, Kids, Opinion, Parenting, Past, Praise, Promises, Questions, Responsibility, Right, Scripture, Thanks, Tone, Unconditional Love
Parenting…It feels like a constant chess game, doesn’t it? Over the years, my husband and I have approached parenting many different ways. One way has worked with one kid, but not another; so, we’ve had to “re-strategize.” Each child has moved into different phases… Continue Reading “Practical Parenting Tips for Discipling Kiddos”
Category: KidsTags: Adults, Approach, Behavior, Beliefs, Change, Character, Children, Christ, Commands, Disciple, Discipling, End Result, Evil, Good, Heart, Holiness, Human Beings, Inexperienced, Kiddos, Kids, New Man, Parenting, Patterns, Potential, Purpose, Relationship, Righteousness, Talk, Teach, Tips, Truth, Value, Who They Are
Prayer…It often tends to be thought of as a one-sided conversation from us to God, whether we’re thanking Him for something, praising Him for Who He is, or asking Him for help; however, did you know that the Greek word for prayer (“proseuchomai”), actually,… Continue Reading “Parenting Prayers”
Category: KidsTags: Accept Jesus as Our Sin Sacrifice, Christ, Communicate with the LORD, Confidence, Conversation, Exchange, Interaction, Kids, Listen, Made Right with God, Obey, Parenting, Please God, Prayer, Responds, Scripture, Seek, Silent, Talking, Toward, Watching, Will, With
Posted on February 5, 2022
by Michelle Taylor Baum
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It was 4:45 a.m. when I woke from a dream. I don’t remember what I dreamed, but I do remember vividly how tightly clenched my fists were in the dream…and when I woke up…so much so that my hands hurt. It took a conscious… Continue Reading “Clenched Fist or Open Hand?”
Category: KidsTags: Authority, Closed, Combat, Confessing Sin, Control, Darkness, Do Not Fear, Dream, Enemy, Fighting, Fist, Glory, Hand, Heaviness, Help, Impact, LORD, Open, Pain, Palm, Power, Relax, Right Hand, Sin, Soar, Spirit of God, Storms, Tension, Timing, Weightiness
I used to envy teachers. Not only did they get to write on a chalkboard or markerboard, but they got to correct papers (how naive was I?!?)! I’d see corrections in red on a paper or test and think they were beautiful…as long as… Continue Reading “Is it Okay, if I Love My Red Pen?”
Category: KidsTags: Attitude, Better, Conversation, Corrections, Critical Spirit, Criticism, Destructive, Discerning Spirit, Encourage, Gentleness, Goal, Growing, Heart, Humility, Instructive, Jesus Christ, Joined, Love, Mouth, Patience, Pride, Red Pen, Respond, Right, Spirit of God, Standard, Task, Teaching, Treasure, Unity, Value, What We Are Equipped For, Words, Work
Written by Guest Writer, Stacey Hill *God has made it very clear, in multiple ways, that He would like to continue using Stacey’s story within our Liv community to give glory to His name. I hope you are blessed by it, as I have… Continue Reading “Provision”
Category: KidsTags: Adoption, Alone, Bread, Child, Children, Drought, Elijah, Flour, Food, God Provides, God's Provision, Impossible, In God I Trust, Lacking, Meat, Miracle, Need, Olive Oil, Orphans, Provisions, Ravens, Service, Unlikely, Water, Widow, Will Not Run Dry