Written by Guest Writer, Stacey Hill Michigan, USA; September 2000 We announced to our family that God had overwhelmingly showed us that the way He would expand our family was through an international adoption from the country of Ukraine. Our peace in this decision… Continue Reading “Fear Not”
Category: KidsTags: Abandoned, Adoption, Afraid, Answered Prayer, Author and Perfector of our Faith, Believe, Children, Confidence, Do Not Fear, Enemy, Excitement, Father of Lies, Fear, God the Father, Helper, Love, Paralyzed by Fear, Peace, Power of God's Spirit, Refuge, Safety, Self-Control, Spirit of God, Strength, Support, Troubled, Value
He went for the sandal one more time. He realizes you notice him and bolts under a chair, tucked under the Dining Room table. You get down on his level, peering under the table, and give him the command to “drop it.” Is this… Continue Reading “Positively Negative: Training Tools”
Category: KidsTags: Believers, Children, Disobedience, Frustration, Harmful Words, Harsh Tones, Instruction, Kids, Lies, Negative, Obedience, Positive, Positive Reinforcement, Resist the Devil, Speak Life, Speaking Negatively, Spiritual Growth, Submit to God, Training, Warnings
It was the…I don’t know (I lost count)…time that I told him, “No,” and redirected him to something he could have. My patience was getting exercised, for sure! Our puppy is growing quickly and has found that it’s pretty easy for him to get… Continue Reading “Take a Look in the Mirror”
Category: KidsTags: Absolute Word, Acceptance, Annoyed, At Home, Bring God Glory, Cain, Cheerful, Choose, Choose Differently, Choose Otherwise, Choosing Well, Control, Decent Choice, Decision, Desire, Desire Arises, Desire to Control, Desire to Serve God, Discussions, Do the Opposite, Do Well, Do What We Shouldn't, Doing the Wrong Thing, Don't Act out of Emotions, Don't Do Well, Door, Door of Our Minds, Door of Your Soul, Ecstatic, Emotions, Entrance, Exercised, Face, Facial Expressions, Filter, Forgiveness, Frustrated, Genesis, Gently Guide, Goal, God's Design, God's Intension for Us, God's View of Wrong, Good Things, Happier, Honor God, I Do the Same Thing, Instruction, Know, Lay Down, Lifted Up, Listen the First Time, Look, Look at Decisions as a Whole, Look in the Mirror, Make Its Home, Make the Right Choice, Making a Mistake, Making an Error, Master It, Maturing, Missing the Mark, Morally Right Choices, More Optimistic, No, No One Listening, Not a Comparative View, Overwhelms, Patience, Pleased, Preparation, Proud, Puppy, Redirect, Redirected, Right Decisions, Showed, Shown Me the Best Way, Sin, Sin Lurks at the Door, Stand Firm, Target, The LORD, Thought, Thoughts, Told, Verse, Visibly Different, What God Thinks is Right, Will
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