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The Gift Of Peace

God’s children are given access to His peace. Here’s how.

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Traditions: Old and New Ways to Celebrate Christmas

Enjoy family traditions or come up with activities that can become traditions to draw your family closer together during the Christmas season

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Help Your Child Know Christian Truth Using Nativity Figures

Christmas is wonderful time to do crafts together with the children. Take it a step further craft together the story of Jesus.

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Christmas Activities That Focus on Jesus

Are you looking for ideas to help keep your children focused on the reason for the Christmas season?

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Sharing God’s Love With Others

Hagar’s story in the Bible shows how we can share God’s love with others and let them know that He sees each of us in our trials.

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Teaching Teens The Life Skill Of Renewing Their Minds

The most important skill you can teach your teen is the renewing of his mind. This article examines five steps that will help you encourage your teen in this area.

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7 Ways Your Kids Can Connect With God

Many Christian parents assume that their way of connecting with God is the way their children should connect with Him. But your child may connect with God very differently than you.

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The Power Of Kindness

Kindness is one of the few things that will gentle the response of others. Teach kids how to show kindness to others.

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Expecting The Unexpected: Living With Expectancy Rather Than Expectations

Creating expectations of how life should go can open our hearts up to disappointment. However, if we live with anticipation and expectancy of what is to come, and what God is doing in our lives, we can experience greater joy in the journey.

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How to Comfort Grown Children Grieving a Parent

Estimated reading time: 6 minutes Once you’re a parent, you’re a parent for life. No matter how old they are, your kids are still your kids. As a parent, you rejoice with every high and your try to comfort and encourage in every low. So when your children experience the death of a loved one, …

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Famous Christian Women Who Changed The Modern World

As parents, it’s good to teach our children about heroic people who have shined the light of truth in their generations. Here is a list of some of great women from the past two centuries who made an impact on their world – and who can serve as role models for us today.

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Teaching Your Kids To Read The Bible

Here’s an easy way to teach your kids to dive into God’s Word: show them how to R.E.A.D. the Bible!

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You Are (Not) Enough: Finding Self-Worth in Christ

It’s our nature to look for our identity out there, but our true identity can only come from being in Christ.

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Help Kids Recognize Their Identity in Christ

Teach your kids that Jesus did for us what we could never do for ourselves: He measured up.

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Leading Your Child to Christ

Raising children to follow Christ requires your faith and trust in the Lord’s plan. Keep reading to learn how to promote your children’s spiritual growth.

Public reading of scripture will help you grow spiritually as a family. Family gathered to gether under a tree reading the bible.

Why Read the Bible Aloud as a Family?

“Until I come, devote yourself to the public reading of Scripture, to exhortation, to teaching.” —1 Timothy 4:13

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How Overwhelmed Parents Make Time For God’s Word

With so many distractions, staying focused on God’s Word requires intentional effort, but it doesn’t have to be hard.

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Celebrate Lent with Your Kids this Easter

Interesting history, fun activities, and meaningful ways to prepare, reflect, and renew your hearts together.

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How to Teach Your Child To Pray Like Hannah

“I know I should teach my children to pray, but I have trouble making time for prayer myself, and does God really listen to me?”

Painful times for our kids are often when faith grows

Faith Grows in Hard Places — Even for Kids

Help kids see that God works through pain and suffering in their and other people’s lives.