"He must be one who manages his own household well, keeping his children under control with all dignity (but if a man does not know how to manage his own household, how will he take care of the church of God?)." 1 Timothy 3:4-5 Love and Lordship in Focus...Leading in Christ’s Kingdom is always done by serving in loving relationships! When we serve and love others we are often invited to have influence in their lives when it is needed and we can lovingly point... Read More
May 27, 2024
My Best Decisions As A Dad – Pt 2
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Let Your work appear to Your servants, and Your glory to their children. And let the beauty of the Lord our God be upon us, and establish the work of our hands for us; Yes, establish the work of our hands. Psalm 90:16-17 (NKJV) Love and Lordship in Focus...In God’s design and faithfulness, the decisions we make and the lives we live as spouses and parents shape not only our lives but also the lives of our children and future generations. You will leave a... Read More
May 20, 2024
My Best Decisions as a Dad
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He will turn the hearts of the fathers back to their children and the hearts of the children to their fathers. Malachi 4:6a Notice that in God’s Word in our Scripture above that God begins by turning the hearts of fathers back to their children. Dads let’s lead the way so our children will follow The Lord and turn their hearts back to us as fathers...and to Him! Over the next two posts I'm going to share some of the decisions the Lord led me... Read More
May 10, 2024
Parenting is Discipleship
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Parents, don’t provoke your children in a way that ends up discouraging them. Colossians 3:21 Love and Lordship in Focus...Parenting, i.e., discipling our children requires that we live our lives as disciples of Christ so that it aligns with what we are teaching them. They will catch much more by our example than by what we teach them. As we continue to explore parenting (discipling) our children according to God’s design, let’s look at three opportunities for parents to disciple and train their children in... Read More
May 6, 2024
Biblical Discipleship in Parenting
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Train up a child in the way he should go, and even when he is old he will not depart from it. Proverbs 22:6 Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord. Ephesians 6:4 Love and Lordship in Focus...Training our children up in The Lord requires that we not only first walk that path ourselves but continually impress God’s Word and Christ’s character on them. This will not be easy for most parents... Read More