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God of Grace–Father, Son, and Holy
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Richard Herman
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Psalm 62:8, Isaiah 53:4-5, 2 Corinthians 1:3-4, Matthew 28:18-20, James 1:5
God of Grace–Father, Son, and Holy Spirit: You are good and You are almighty. You alone are worthy of our faith and trust and so we come to You with our hopes and hurts, our disappointments and dreams...
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Jesus–our Lord, Savior and Friend: Come
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Richard Herman
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2 Corinthians 1:3-4, James 5:14-15, Matthew 11:28, Psalm 34:18, Isaiah 9:6
Jesus–our Lord, Savior and Friend: Come into our hearts to save us and to rule. Come into your Church to direct and empower us with Your Gospel and Your Spirit. Come into your World to redeem the Lost...
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Mother's Day Intercessory Prayer
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Richard Herman
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Luke 7:11-15, John 19:25-27, 1 Samuel 1:1-28, John 14:27, Jeremiah 30:17, Isaiah 66:13, Psalm 34:18
Thank You, Lord, for the gifts of life, of love and of care that come from You, wrapped in our moms and step-moms, in our grand-moms, great-grandmas, daughters, sisters, and aunts. We’re grateful for...
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The Lord calls us to examine the wounds
Author

Richard Herman
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John 20:19, John 20:27
The Lord calls us to examine the wounds of the Risen One and to see there the depth of his love for us. Let us therefore approach the throne of God in confidence as we pray for the people of God in Ch...
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The “Estate”
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Andrew J. Bauman
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Lifelong family friends own more than a thousand acres of land deep in Southern Mississippi, which they refer to as “the estate.” There isn’t a holiday get-together that passes without the family meet...
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The Importance of Family Dinners
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Terry A. Smith
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We become who we are in the environment of home. We are shaped by our families. Home is formative. Sociologist Cody C. Delistraty explored the most recent scientific literature for Atlantic Monthly an...
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Fostering Shame in a Little Girl
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Sandra D. Wilson
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I was standing in line in a crowded public rest room engaged in one of my favorite hobbies, people watching, when I observed a brief interaction between a mother and daughter. Mother looked harried an...
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Help me!
Author

Robert J. Morgan
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- Fathers
- Helplessness
Taylor University President Jay Kesler once told of sitting with a young man who told him about his father, who had been raised as an orphan. When he had children of his own, he didn’t seem to know ho...
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Heavenly Father, you are faithful, even
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Austin D. Hill
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Heavenly Father, you are faithful, even when we are not. We look to the examples of our parents, and they often fall short. We, too, fall short when we consider the legacy we pass on to our children, ...
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Josh McDowell
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- Parenting
- Role Models
We do not develop habits of genuine love automatically. We learn by watching effective role models – most specifically by observing how our parents express love for each other day in and day out.
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Prayer for Families
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Almighty God, our heavenly Father, who who creates families for our belonging: We ask for your continual care for the homes in which your people live. Keep them from all bitterness, arrogance, and the...
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Fires, Earthquakes, Thunderbolts, and Fathers
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James Bryan Smith
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Matthew 7:9-11, Luke 15:11-32, Galatians 4:6-7, 1 John 3:1, Proverbs 3:11-12, 2 Corinthians 6:18, Hebrews 12:7-10
In his excellent book, The Magnificent Story , James Bryan Smith shares a true story from Japanese culture that illustrates just how demanding strict disciplinarian fathers can be. The Japanese...
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Author

Frederick Douglass
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- Children
- Healthy Parenting
It is easier to build strong children than to repair broken men.
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Healing Wounds Never Spoken Can Lead to Spiritual Breakthroughs
Author

James Bryan Smith
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Genesis 16:7-13, Isaiah 49:15-16 , Jeremiah 1:5, John 9:1-3 , Romans 8:15-16, Psalm 27:10
Dawn grew up in a family in which she felt she had a fairly happy childhood. But in her adult years she struggled greatly with emotional, psychological, and physical maladies. She never felt a sense o...
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What is Most Important and Yet Most Absent from Parents
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Paul David Tripp
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- Parenting
Many, many fathers and mothers carry a particular problem into their parenting, and they don’t know it. It affects the way they think about the task that has been assigned to them. It affects the way ...
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Parenting is Part of My Work
Author

Mark D. Roberts
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- Work
- Parenting
There have been times in my life when I’ve wondered if I have failed to accomplish what God intended for me in my professional life. I have worried that I have not lived up to my potential. I judge my...
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Robbie
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- Failure
- Immaturity
“I live in my sister’s basement!!!”
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Encouragement Can Make all the Difference
Author

John C. Maxwell
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1 Thessalonians 5:11, Romans 15:2, Proverbs 12:25, Ephesians 4:29, Ecclesiastes 4:9-10
There is no better exercise for strengthening the heart than reaching down and lifting people up. Think about it; most of your best friends are those who encourage you. You don’t have many strong rela...
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The Costly Efforts of the Father
Author

Kenneth E. Bailey
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- Fathers
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Luke 15:11-32
In the old American South (and in many places in the American North) a European American who invited an African American as a guest to an expensive restaurant in a white section of town would subject ...
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Ursula Hegi
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- Parenting
“That's the nature of being a parent, Sabine has discovered. You'll love your children far more than you ever loved your parents, and - in the recognition that your own children cannot fathom ...
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Father of heirs and orphans, Salvation
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Lisa Ann Moss Degrenia
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Father of heirs and orphans, Salvation of saint and sinner, Draw near and forgive us. Forgive us for clinging to law more than grace. Forgive us for choosing slavery when you offer us adoption. Forgi...
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God’s Gifts to Immature People
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R. Paul Stevens
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Psalm 127:3, Ephesians 6:4, Colossians 3:21
Children are God’s gifts to immature people to help them grow up. They are also God’s gifts to help parents go deep with God. . . . Parenting is not for anything. It is not a contract with God in whic...
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Ray Romano
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- Parenting
- Babies
Having children is like living in a frat house - nobody sleeps, everything's broken, and there's a lot of throwing up.
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Finding the Right Balance
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- Children
- Parenting
Compared to earlier generations, we are emotionally closer to our kids, they confide in us more, we have more fun with them, and we know about the science of child development. But we are too indulgen...
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God of grace, wisdom and hope—Father,
Author

Richard Herman
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1 Corinthians 4:14-17, Ruth 1:16-18, Mark 10:13-16, 1 Chronicles 29:19, Luke 15:11-32, Genesis 12:3, Joshua 24:15
God of grace, wisdom and hope—Father, Son and Holy Spirit—from whom every family in heaven and on earth gets its true name. You created us in Your image, making us for relationships, giving us meaning...
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Author

Henry Ward Beecher
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- Parenting
- Parental Love
There is no friendship, no love, like that of the parent for the child.
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A Rough Day
Author

Justin Sedgewick
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1 Kings 19:10, 18, 1 John 4:10, Psalm 139:1-3, Isaiah 49:14-16, Hebrews 13:5
13-year-old Mary is having a tough day and has stretched herself out on the couch to do a bit of what she thought to be well-deserved complaining and self-pitying. She moans to her Mom and brother, “N...
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William Paul Young
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- Fathers
“Let me say for now that we knew once the Creation was broken, true fathering would be much more lacking than mothering. Don't misunderstand me, both are needed- but an emphasis on fathering is ne...
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Genes on a Razor's Edge
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David Dobbs
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Most of us have genes that make us as hardy as dandelions: able to take root and survive almost anywhere. A few of us, however, are more like the orchid: fragile and fickle, but capable of blooming sp...
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Salman Rushdie
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- Fathers and Sons
“At sixteen, you still think you can escape from your father. You aren't listening to his voice speaking through your mouth, you don't see how your gestures already mirror his; you don't s...