Praying effectively for your children is the topic of our Focus on the Family Broadcast “Praying Scripture Over Your Child’s Life,” one of our “Best of 2021” broadcasts. Jodie Berndt is with us to help you learn how to pray regularly for your children. She offers fun and practical ...
10 Original and Creative Ways to Teach Kids How to Pray Teaching kids the importance of prayer is one of the greatest privileges I have as The Scripture Lady. Over the years, I have created several ways to teach kids how to pray through the use of Bible songs, Bible object lessons and ...
Different days focus on different issues, but the authors are so deliberate about including childless women that they even use the phrase “if there is a child in your life” rather than assuming that their readers all have children. The first time I read that, I gasped–it was such a ...
“How do I teach my preschoolers to pray?” Her answer is usually, “By example.” If you want your little ones to pray to God, then you must be the example and make prayer important in your own life. Whether you’re the teacher or the parent, your little ones are looking to ...
His Holy Spirit when we pray. And tells us that he’s going to handle it. Nothing is impossible for Him. This is the end of the Fear cycle ––– But we get to see a direct consequence of it a few verses later, and then of course over Mary’s entire life. Let’s take a peek...
But instead of being thankful, Jerusalem “trusted in your beauty” and then became promiscuous with just about anyone she could find, taking God’s gifts and making idols, even sacrificing her children. This passage reminds me of King Uzziah, who “was marvelously helped, till he was strong...
Today, as we pray, may we have hearts like Mary, who pondered and adored her Savior within her heart. She reflected with wonder and awe. She worshiped her Living God. Lay down whatever is hindering you from looking to Christ today. Tell him about the barriers that are in your way fro...
For behold, the time cometh, and is not far distant, that with power, the Lord Omnipotent who reigneth, who was, and is from all eternity to all eternity, shall come down from heaven among the children of men, and shall dwell in a tabernacle of clay, and shall go forth amongst men...
- Gen Z is three times as likely (18% to 5%) as Americans over 25 to say their challenges are so severe that they thought they might be better off dead. - 1 in 5 know someone who has died by suicide. One might ask, “Is it just the way this generation is w...
Jesus prays and asks his closest friends to pray, telling them: “I am deeply grieved,” and “The sorrow in my heart is so great that it almost crushes me” (Mt 26:38NRSVandGNT). Jesus models speaking truth to your closest friends… ...