"Parents rejoice when their children turn out well."  Proverb 23:24 MSG As a parent, you want your children to turn out well, and the best way to do that is by modeling proper behavior at home (See Ep...  Read More

"Children...learn...from their parents."  Ephesians 5:1 MSG Susan Alexander Yates offers us scriptural guidelines for influencing our kids. (1) Reach out to non-Christians. If you want kids to grow in...  Read More

"People who contradict his word are completely in the dark."    Isaiah 8:20 NLT  When asked if they believed that the Bible was the inspired and the infallible Word of God, a majority of sixteen-to-tw...  Read More

"Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do."   Luke 23:34 *Some societies in history punished those who committed adultery by making them wear a big scarlet letter A, publicly identifying w...  Read More

"There is none like you to help."     2 Chronicals 14:11 ESV Faced with an enemy he couldn't conquer on his own, King Asa prayed.  "Lord, there is no one like you to help the powerless against the mig...  Read More

"They have dug...cisterns that can hold no water."   Jeremiah 2:13 NLT We are desirous by nature.   We keep desiring things just like we keep taking our next breath.  The trouble is, when we get the t...  Read More

"Bring them up in the training and instruction of the Lord."  Ephesians 6:4 NIV Parenting doesn't end when your child becomes a teenager.  Teens are just more mobile, spend less time with you, and are...  Read More

"Train up a child in the way he should go."  Proverbs 22:6 Training your child is both challenging and rewarding.  By shaping their underlying belief system, you help their developing brain establish ...  Read More

"There is...no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus."   Romans 8:1 Once we understand that God's love for us is based on what Christ did for us rather that what we do for ourselves, the stru...  Read More

"God created man in His own image...Then...said..."Be fruitful."  Genesis 1:27-28 NKJV A pastor writes: "When God created man, he made him "in his own image."  That was God's original plan, and it has...  Read More

"The steps of good men are directed by the Lord.  He delights in each step they take."   Psalm 37:23 TLB To come up with a daily to-do list that keeps your peace and joy intact, consult God. When you ...  Read More

"Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we imagine."  Eph 3:20 NIV Lack of faith is not a failure of logic; its a failure of imagination. Lack faith is the inability or unwillingness ...  Read More