If we will dedicate ourselves and our children to God, then He will guide us and teach us how to be good parents. We need no further instruction than that.
How to be a Good Parent: Dedicate Yourself to God
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Our Heavenly Promised Land: Child of God, Heir with Jesus
God gave Abraham’s descendants the Promised Land of Israel. He gave Abraham the Promised Land of heaven. With his faith, we can inherit this heavenly land, too.
When You are Given a Bad Lot in Life
Have you been dealt a bad hand? You may have to work extra just to get what others were given, but that’s better than staying where you are. God will help you.
Life is Short: Do the Most Important Things
It’s easy to just get busy in the day to day part of living and forget the important things. Live a life that’s pleasing to God and that will matter to others.
Belonging to God
We love our children just because they are ours & the Israelites were blessed just because they were His. Our children don’t earn our love by doing good things & they can’t lose our love by doing something wrong. The Israelites also could not earn or lose God’s love & neither can we. Once we become His child, we belong to Him forever.
Redemption
Redemption can be thought of like a coupon. Someone else already paid for the item & gave us the coupon. Then we give that coupon to the store in exchange for the item. Jesus paid the price for our sins & gave a coupon to every person on earth. But to receive the salvation He purchased for us we have to offer God His blood on behalf of our specific sins. Jesus buys us back even if we are completely used up, damaged, destroyed, & broken. Then He makes us whole, complete, & righteous before He gives us back to God. Wouldn’t it be a shame not to exchange that coupon?
Our Walk With God
Being a Christian has its ups & downs. It is full of failure, forgiveness, & new resolve. We may experience many growing pains in our walk with the Lord. But through Him, we do grow. We keep fighting. We keep getting back up. We learn to trust Him more. We experience more of Him & we worship Him more. This is the process of sanctification as we are being transformed into His image, from this glory to the eternal. The Christian journey is a struggle. But we know that it ends with victory in Him!
I’m Overwhelmed!!!
Have you ever just been going through the motions, doing everything that has to be done, without any real plan or organization? Do you feel overwhelmed and always behind? If you have ever had kids, you can probably relate. Sometimes we just get up in the morning, start the day, …