When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I put childish ways behind me. (I Cor. 13:11) What do you believe about adolescence? Do you know where this idea originated? How has it impacted society and the church? Prior to...
Today, frequently grandparents do not live near their grandchildren to feel a part of their lives. Technology provides affordable ways for grandparents to communicate with their loved ones but they have to be deliberate to maintain meaningful relationships. However, when we pray regularly and...
Surely goodness and lovingkindness will follow me all the days of my life… (Ps. 23:6) If you could eavesdrop on your own funeral service, what would people say characterizes the ‘trail’ of your life? What path will your life carve for those who follow? Do I leave behind benediction and...
Children’s children are a crown to the aged. Proverbs 17:6a The silver-haired head is a crown of glory, if it is found in the way of righteousness. Proverbs 16:31 (NKJV) When you became a grandparent, did you feel you were crowned? In Proverbs, we read that grandchildren are a crown...
I have to admit to you that I am in a time of my life when grandparenting doesn’t feel so grand. Not exactly what you might expect from the director of the Christian Grandparenting Network is it? Still, some of you know that feeling as well. It might be in the form of a deep pain that comes...
In our culture today, we have become me-centered, even in our prayer lives. It seems like we are encouraged to listen to our feelings, allowing our feelings to dictate our relationship with Jesus Christ. Our relationship with God cannot be based on our feelings. The foundation of our relationship...
GRANDPAUSE: A lack of Bible study leads to 'truth' decay. (Unknown) Most of us know that effective learning involves more than listening or reading. When we engage all our senses we are more likely to remember and assimilate the things we hear or read. Hearing, seeing, touching, and doing...
“Teach me your way, O Lord, and I will walk in your truth; Give me an undivided heart, that I may fear your name. I will praise you, O Lord my God, with all my heart; I will glorify your name forever.” Psalm 86:11-12 Dear Father, I want to thank you for each of my grandchildren. ...
As a grandparent of five teenage grandchildren, I am learning some painful things about teen rebellion with at least one of them. I also notice a correlation between rebelliousness in my teenage grandchildren and the degree to which they were taught manners. Trace Embry, founder and Executive...
A few weeks ago, I read an article in the “Parade” magazine about the struggles of our deployed soldiers. I read, “When mothers and fathers are deployed overseas, their children are also in danger. A new report from the Rand Corporation suggests that teenagers in military family suffer much higher...
LIFE HAPPENS… and there is no denying that at times life can feel heavy and hard to bear. Yet, Jesus said, Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest (Matthew 11:28). Can you relate to feeling weary or burdened? I certainly have felt that way recently. Jesus...
Let’s pray for the grandparents whose grandchildren are . . . Extremely or terminally ill In drug recovery In rebellion Posted as “missing children” Flirting with the world Not in Sunday School Not walking in truth Do not live in homes that honor Christ as Savior In prison In a war zone In a “far...
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