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Apr 15, 2016 · So now we have at least four terms describing this body of teaching: 1) “whole counsel of God” ( Acts 20:27 ), 2) “standard of teaching” ( Romans 6:17 ), 3) “pattern of sounds words,” and 4) “good deposit entrusted to you” ( 2 Timothy 1:13–14 ). So in the early church, as the New Testament was coming into being through the ...
- Does My Child Independently Seek to Know God’s Word?
- Does My Child Demonstrate Greater Understanding of Deep Spiritual Truths?
- Is My Child Demonstrating Spiritual Fruit Contrary to His Personality?
- Is There Independent Remorse For Daily Sins?
I’ve read God’s Word with my kids before they could read themselves. What caught my eye, though, is when my oldest daughter began to read and seek to understand its truth apart from my prodding. She would read Scripture on her own and then ask me questions. These behaviors revealed what my wife and I identified as a genuine desire to know God’s Wor...
A helpful confirmation that my oldest son had been converted happened about one year after the fact. While reflecting on finishing the Book of James in our Wednesday evening Bible study, my son shared he was sad to miss the final week since it was going to be an overview of the book. I asked why he was sad, given that he’d been there throughout the...
It‘s common to mistake spiritual fruit with positive aspects of a child’s personality. We need to know, then, the different personality traits in each child before we can discern true spiritual fruit. For example, my son is an extrovert, loves people, and has always loved those in our church. Therefore, love for the local church, although a fruit o...
My wife and I found it helpful to look for our child’s burden over their sin apart from any discipline, correction, or punishment. A parent can make a child feel “convicted” for sins, but that doesn’t necessarily mean God by his Spirit has brought the conviction. Look for moments when your child hurts a sibling with their words and goes to apologiz...
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A Psalm of David. O LORD, Thou hast searched me and known me. 2 Thou dost know when I sit down and when I rise up; Thou dost understand my thought from afar. 3 Thou dost scrutinize my path and my lying down, And art intimately acquainted with all my ways. 4 Even before there is a word on my tongue, Behold, O LORD, Thou dost know it all. 5 Thou ...
Dec 4, 2023 · These commands apply to adults and children. Children cannot live according to God’s ways if they do not know God’s Words. Here are six ways to help your children develop a love for God’s Word. 1. Develop the habit of reading the Bible. Your first priority is to spend time daily reading God’s Word.
We see in this passage that God values us. Our sense of value comes from Him, not from ourselves. B. One day the child will be like the Father. When we become children of God, our lives our transformed. We start to become like our Father. Like father, like son. Think of your own parents for a moment.
This is especially true for kids who want to earn their parents approval. But we can look for evidence of conversion in a child’s life. The first and best evidence is the child’s statement of believe in Jesus. Has the child said they trust Christ for salvation and is seeking to follow Him. Once that is the case, here are some more things we ...
Apr 1, 2024 · The key lies in firmly believing that He will show His goodness, power, and faithfulness in the lives of my kids. Then I can be confident that they are in the best of hands—far better than mine ...
