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Wise Mothering Advice
In motherhood, and all of life, we can often learn a lot by seeking out “the teacher whose classroom is running well.”
3 Parenting Principles from Paul
As a spiritual father to many in the early church, the apostle Paul gives us a model for how to instruct our children in a grace-based way.
Teaching Children to Love What Is Good
God’s relationship with his children reminds us that discipline and grace can work in tandem, helping us parent our own kids towards both a right obedience and a right worship.
Why Consistency Matters in Motherhood
As we struggle to be consistent in our mothering, we find hope in looking to an unchanging, grace-giving Father.
Family On Mission: Standing Fast in Cultural Currents
Establishing a personal mission for our family can help us make God-glorifying decisions and resist the pull of an ungodly culture.
Training Our Children to Honor Their Parents by Honoring Our Own
As parents, we often lead by example. And even when it comes to teaching our children to honor their parents, they're watching how we honor ours.
5 Things About Family Devotions I’ve Learned the Hard Way
Our family devotions may not always (or ever) be deep, ordered, and disciplined, but they can be an opportunity to delight in the Lord together.
Not Stubborn, Just Determined: Parenting for the Future
The very traits in our children that frustrate us, can be shaped by the Lord to become strengths for his glory.
We Are Being Trained Up, Too
Motherhood isn’t just about training up our children. It’s about God training us as his children to look to Christ and to look like Christ.
Helping Children Pray like Daniel
It can be hard for us to develop a habit of prayer, much less teach our children to do it. Daniel provides a helpful model for all of us.
The Gift of Neediness
Being pushed to our knees reminds us of our faithful God. Potty training is one way that happens.
Angry Dad or Loving Father
Your view of God will determine what type of parent you are.
For those who view God as an angry tyrant & judge visiting wrathful vengeance on all who cross him, you will mirror that image. Your parenting will be demanding & unmerciful. You will be self-righteous because you believe yourself to measure up to God’s laws...
On the days that you’re a “good parent” (i.e. you make a delicious breakfast with fruit, organic cage-free eggs, whole grain sprouted wheat toast, send them joyfully to school, do their laundry with a song in your heart, help them with homework without once raising your voice, & send them to bed after a full 30 minutes of family worship), you’ll find confidence & wonder why your kids are not doing what they should. Your impatience for their sin will smother them. You’ll think about how you do what you are supposed to do, so why can’t they? You’ll expect God to save your kids. You’ll operate under a covenant of works…
...On the days that you don’t measure up & you’re a “bad parent” (i.e. you yell at them to eat cereal, you make them walk home because you don’t want to drive the 5 minutes to get them, & when you try to do homework, you end up yelling at them & sending them to bed early), you’ll be depressed & think God made a mistake in even giving you kids. You’ll feel guilty for your sin & you’ll make your kids feel guilty for theirs. Depression & pessimism will characterize your relationship with your kids.
...If you believe God to be merciful, patient & steadfast you’ll enjoy a peace.
You’ll be aware that you & your children are sinners, but that Jesus is a friend of sinners. You’ll be able to freely confess your sin to your children, you won’t feel like you’re letting them win because you had to admit to wrong. You’ll see, with hope, how God is strong enough to even use your sin to make his grace look glorious. You’ll know that his unconditional love is for you on the days that you’re a bad parent & the days that you’re a good parent. You’ll not be surprised at your children’s sin because you’ll believe the truth that Paul proclaimed, ‘Christ came for sinners, which I am the worst.
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