Posted on Mar 4, 2014 in Parenting Article | Tags: blessing, children, christian, church, confession, contempt, court, honesty, humility, hypocrisy, hypocrite, jesus, kids, lansing, lesson, lutheran, mi, michigan, parent, shepherd of the hills, sin
Are You Willing To Hold Yourself In Contempt?
I saw in the paper today that a local judge held himself in contempt in his own court! This judge doesn’t like his courtroom interrupted by the ring tones of cell phones. So he has a rule that everyone in his court will have their cell phone turned off or silenced. If a cell phone goes off during a court proceeding, the negligent owner has to pay a $50 fine and has to hand over his phone. Well, guess whose cell phone went off on Monday? The judge promptly stopped the proceeding, opened his wallet, and handed $50 to the court officer for his fine. “Why would I treat myself any different?” asked the judge. ”That would make me a hypocrite.” Read more…
Posted on Feb 28, 2014 in Parenting Article | Tags: asking, bed time, blessing, children, christian, church, Devotion, evening, kids, lansing, lord's prayer, lutheran, meal, mi, michigan, model, parent, pray, prayer, psalm 17, shepherd of the hills, teach
Parents And Prayer: Part Four: Teaching Your Children To Pray
One of the most important things you can do as a parent is teach your child to pray, so they will always bring their fears, worries, and needs to God, trusting that he will hear and help them for Jesus’ sake. Read more…
Posted on Feb 28, 2014 in Parenting Article | Tags: asking, bible, blessing, children, church, Devotion, evening, faith, family, john 1, john 15, kids, lansing, lutheran, lutheran book of prayer, meal, meditations, mi, michigan, morning, my prayer book, nph, nurture, parent, philippians 4, prayer, psalm 145, shepherd of the hills
Parents And Prayer: Part Three: Prayer And Family Life
The most important thing we do as parents is nurture faith in Jesus in our children. Family prayer demonstrates how important Jesus is in every aspect of our lives, and especially for our salvation, and looks to Jesus to give us all we need. John says about Jesus, “From the fullness of his grace we have all received one blessing after another.” (John 1:16) So family prayer shows that we don’t take any of the blessings we have from Jesus- God’s love, forgiveness, help in trouble, promise of eternal life, comfort and strength in all our challenges, etc.- for granted. It shows we believe Jesus when he told us how much we need him in John 15:5: “Apart from me, you can do nothing.” It shows cheerful trust in the promise of Philippians 4:19 “…God will meet all your needs according to his glorious riches in Christ Jesus.” Read more…
