PRAYER FOR FAMILIES - Prayer Request Daily

Dear God, 

Please keep my families and loved ones safe. Bless them in this season of their lives. Watch over them always and let good health, happiness, and good fortune befall them. Protect them from harm. Give them grace to forgive and to love. Strengthen them to overcome all difficulties and troubles. Keep us together when the world tries to pull us apart. May we always live in peace and understanding with each other. May your shower your mercies and favor upon us. Thank you Jesus. We love you. In Jesus' name, Amen. 

Psalm 145:18 - The Lord is near to all who call on him, to all who call on him in truth.

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Be an Effective Christian Parent

Being a loving and a fair parent is the goal of anyone who has a child or children but a Christian parent wants to do more; they want to share the love of their savior Jesus with their kids. Doing that is natural and often successful but being a Christian parent in many ways is the same as being any type of caring parent.

You need to establish rules and apply them fairly and consistently. It is most important that no one child is given preferential treatment and that the house rules are clearly explained and understood.

Christian parents can be like other parents in that they can fall into the same old trap of thinking that raising your voice gives them authority. It usually has the opposite effect. While Jesus was keen to invite children to hear his message, the bible also advises youngsters to obey their parents and to honor their mother and their father.

So we have a balancing act here within a Christian family. If a reprimand is required, as mentioned, raising one's voice does not give power. What the child requires is the appropriate response. If the punishment means the child is grounded or loses a privilege, then so be it. But the Christian parent must enforce the reprimand and follow through. To not do so means the child sees any threat from the parent as an empty threat.

It should be fairly easy for a Christian parent to establish guidelines and rules for the behavior of their children. The bible has some simple and clear rules such as the ten commandments. Using the bible as a basis for your house rules is a real benefit for Christian parents. Respect for your parents is an essential part of a Christian home.

Christian parents may have some excellent rules but they will do even better if they can teach their children about self-discipline. Knowing right from wrong is important for every child and being able to control their behavior is the best result possible. A young child who is brought up to exercise self-control will have that excellent quality for life.

Another essential concept which a child must understand is that of reward and punishment. Once the rules for the child's behavior have been agreed upon by both parents and clearly explained to the child, responses from the parents must be accurate. When the child abides by the rules they are rewarded. When they break the rules they are punished. Children learn quickly and respond well to doing well. It should not long for them to understand there are consequences if they fail to follow the rules set by their folks.

One of the possible traps for Christian parents is allowing God to control and educate their children. The responsibility lies with the parents. Using God as the head of their household, the Christian parents must work hard and sensibly to lovingly raise their children. As the old saying goes, "God helps those who help themselves".






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The Women's Role in the Church and Home

The Women's Role in the Church and Home

By Rene Almada

In my early Christian walk when I read through the Bible, I couldn't understand why the Bible wrote specifically to men. There's not a lot of talk about women other than how they should act in the home and in the church. God said that Adam was created first, then Eve. And Adam was not the one deceived; it was the woman who was deceived." God created Adam first and then created Eve to be a "helper" for Adam. In Ephesians 5:22-23 it says wives submit to your husbands in everything for the husband is the head of the wife as Christ is the head of the church. These instructions of how men are an authority over women made me angry and not loved by God. As the world says, keep the woman in her place, the church was the same way and this bothered me.

This issue almost made me walk away from God because as hard as I worked to live in a man's world while working and making good money, the fact is that men got better pay, men were promoted more than women, and now God is telling me that man is the authority over a woman both in the church and in the home. I couldn't handle this.

I see myself equal to men and believe we were created equal. The only thing I see that men can do over women is their strength. Other than that, I felt just as good as any man while working and living in a man's world. I did notice when I was working, there were some men that couldn't handle a woman telling them what to do. I loved this. It turned the tables on how women feel all the time. But when I became a Christian and after I read the Bible and read how women were treated in the Old Testament I was appalled and not very happy with God and what He allowed.

Now I had to come to terms with men being an authority over women in the church. I talked to a couple Christian friends who tried to help me sort these things out. They said that God loves men and women the same they just have different roles. Their salvation is the same and they both have the Holy Spirit. God loves order and He being God chose to put men above women in the church and in the home. The man is the spiritual leader and is responsible and held accountable over his wife and children. He alone must answer to God in spiritual matters concerning his family and the church. It is simply the way God designed the church to function.

This made sense to me but I still couldn't understand why the Bible related more to men and that women were rarely mentioned. There are a couple of books on women but they weren't anything that made me feel better about this issue.

I spent most of my life dealing with the roles of men and women and I told myself that I will never let a man tell me what to do or how to live. That's the way it was for me. I didn't like the fact that women were meant to have babies and to stay in the home while men were free to leave the home and work outside the home. It made me feel inferior and then when I became saved, it was worse in the church than in real life. I felt more limited in the things I could do in the church than in the world. This is why I almost walked away from God.

My friends also told me that women are a vital role in the church. They can do just about anything that men can do except to have spiritual teaching authority over men. Women can teach other women how to love their husbands and raise their children and keep the home functioning. They can minister to others and proclaim the gospel to the lost world. If it weren't for women, the home and church wouldn't function the way it's supposed to.

In Proverbs 31, God gives a great example of a Godly woman. It is a great depiction of how a woman has complete control over her family and in the home. How she gives and loves her family without contempt. Please read Proverbs 31 as it gave me a different perspective of what a Godly woman is like in the eyes of the Lord and the roles that she so lovingly participates in because she loves God, her husband, and her family.

God is God and He has the right to say what goes on in His church and in families. He created the roles between men and women and He did it for a reason. Christ is the head of man and man is the head of women. That is how it is and through much prayer and asking God questions and reaching out to my Christian friends I was able to get through this. It still bothers me that the Bible talks little about women but when I get to Heaven, God and I can talk about these things because I know that He loves me.

If you are interested in the roles of men and women in the church and in the home, please go to http://www.truelifelivingbooks.com and read The Role Relationships of Men & Women: New Testament Teaching By George W. Knight and Beyond Sex Roles, 3rd edition By Gilbert Bilezikian / Baker. These books will help you understand God's plan and design of the church and its members.

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How to maintain a Godly Home? - Read and find out. - Sally Tussey

In these uncertain times we live in, we so desperately need a Godly home. A home built on the solid foundation of Jesus Christ. How will we and our children survive if we neglect the Spiritual part of our lives? The Lord has given us hope today, in this corrupt world. 

The first thing we must seek, is a relationship with Father God, through the blood of Jesus, who died for us, and rose again to give us eternal life. Search the Bible, it is the Holy word of God. Romans 10 gives us the prayer of salvation. Rom. 10:9-10 nlt. If you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. 10)For it is by believing in your heart that you are made right with God, and it is by confessing with your mouth that you are saved.

It only takes one to get saved in the family, I mean really get saved, sold out to Jesus. Study His word, pray, and ask Him for the Pastor He has for you, according to Jeremiah 3:15. God hears your prayers when we ask in the name of His Son, Jesus. He sends the Holy Spirit to live within us, and teach us the word, tell us about Jesus and show us things to come. 

If you are the first one in your household to get saved that's wonderful. You have so many promises to stand on in the word, for the rest of your family. Acts 16:31 nlt They replied, "Believe in the Lord Jesus and you will be saved, along with everyone in your household. Praise the Lord! There are many more scriptures that are yours to stand on, search them out.

The Lord gave us the word to comfort and encourage us, he never discourages us, he even wants our families saved more than we do. Pray and ask, believe you receive, and stand on the solid foundation of God's word.

Start your Bible study in the book of John, read the whole book, then read it again, in it you will find the good news of Christ coming, and what that means to you. Also if you have children you can study the book of Proverbs, it a wonderful way to stay on course while raising your children, its God's way! The systems of this world are doing the very opposite of God's word: Can you see that? Our children are taking drugs, having sex (at such an early age) ending in STD's and Aids, unwanted pregnancies, some getting abortions, without parents knowledge, shooting and killing others in our very schools. These things began when our court system took the ten commandments and the Bible out of school. 

Despite these things, there is hope for those that seek Jesus.


Father, we pray for those that want a Godly home. We pray they will seek Your face, and cry out to You for help. You said in your word that when we pray, ask forgiveness for our sins, in Jesus name that we are saved by grace. Psalm 34:6 This poor man cried, and the Lord heard him, and saved him out of all his troubles.

Bless this family as they take the right steps, may they grow in grace and understanding of Your word. We thank You for sending Jesus to die on the cross, and give us eternal life. Thank You Lord that You raised Him from the dead, and now He is seated at Your right hand ever interceding for us. In Jesus name we pray. Amen

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Returning to God - Our Rightful Home

Returning to God - Our Rightful Home

By Steve Wickham

"Having lost hope of ever returning to the source of everything, the average man seeks solace in his selfishness."  -Carlos Castaneda.

The 'place of no pity' is lauded as the spiritual destination of the Shamans of ancient New Mexico in Castaneda's, The Power of Silence. There appears a great general truth in this. Think of this place. The place of the mind where there is no self-centredness, only time, effort, space and cognition for the things external, or for those truly empowering, internally. This can only ever be as a result of returning.

We return to where we came from initially. We return home. Home is with God. The common human being, however, has lost most hope of returning and is hence apathetic to life--at least the difficulties of life. This can be most discouraging for those who've already received the light from their own returning. They cannot rationalise that people could not return. For the better part, they cannot rationalise apathy. Apathy seems rooted in self-centredness.

Why would one not love? Yet, to love requires thought and effort external to the self. Only those who make the temporary trip of returning can truly love, and for that moment they see light. But, the purpose of life is making a permanent return, such that we can always speak of home. Home is most relevant. Our standpoint is home. We're hence not in the least bit "average." Yet, this sets us apart and sets us up to be cut down tall poppies in the view of others, as we spruik our truth.

The Shamans, through Castaneda, also say that "self-importance" must be de-throned. It masquerades as a different form of self-pity. Self-importance is a view that we're better than we are. Self-pity is complaint surrounding the thought that we're not being treated as importantly as we deserve. Both are rooted deeply in sinful pride.

We debunk these if we have any spiritual return in us. The return harkens us to something entirely better. It takes us beyond our apathy to the very reason we have air in our lungs.

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Steve Wickham is a Registered Safety Practitioner (BSc, MSIA, RSP) and a qualified, unordained Christian minister (GradDipBib&Min). His blogs are at: http://tribework.blogspot.com/ and http://inspiringbetterlife.blogspot.com/ - Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/?expert=Steve_Wickham © 2010 S. J. Wickham.

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Troubled Teen Driving you Nuts?

Teenage Parenting 

 How to Help Your Troubled Teen

By: Jim DeSantis

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Is your teen son or daughter driving you over the edge? You are not alone! Parents of troubled teens around the world are realizing, that because of today's stressful life, they need help dealing with a son or daughter who is making poor decisions. There is help available if you know where to look.

While it can be devastating to learn that your troubled teen has fallen into the wrong crowd or has begun to make decisions that

will destroy their lives, it is not something to be embarrassed about or to try to hide from others. It is a time to take action!

Is your girl, boy, youth or teen struggling with depression, failing in school, abusing drugs? Are they more and more defiant? Do they exhibit low self-esteem, lack of motivation or poor family relationships?

For example, warning signs will be obvious when your child is at risk. They may be close to dropping out of school because they regularly fail classes. They are more and more involved with violence or use of drugs or alcohol. In extreme cases, they may attempt suicide or engage in other dangerous or self-defeating behaviors. Common sense is the rule. Parents always know when behavior has gone beyond normal but many parents choose to ignore the signs because, in a sense, it means they have failed as parents. Nothing could be further from the truth.

While abusive parents certainly can be blamed for their teen acting out in negative and destructive ways, most parents are not responsible. Such bad behavior is a compilation of environment, life experience, and failed expectations. With the exception of child abuse, the reasons are numerous and not easy to uncover.

In extreme cases, some specialized services like group homes for teens may be the answer. These homes are designed to deal with troubled girls and boys. Group homes are a very new form of intervention. There are also wilderness programs for troubled teens, camps, boot camps, and teen boarding schools. The main aim of these programs is to take troubled teens away from their normal environment and get to the bottom of the behavior and, hopefully, change it.

Christian Boarding Schools and boot camps are proving to be of major help to these struggling boys and girls. The most important thing that you can do as the parent is decide which type of program, facility, or organization is best suited to deal with the issues facing your teen. Make sure you do your homework before choosing one for your loved child.

How does negative behavior take root in your teen? -  Teenage years are the years between childhood and adulthood. You remember those difficult years, right? In this period we found an unknown changing in our body and mind. Your teen, in spite of video games and iPod's, is still a normal teen like we once were, struggling to find their place and how to relate to the world. It can be frightening for them so they band together with other teens to cope. This is where the trouble can begin.

When teens have less communication with parents they become a troubled teen because the advice they are getting is coming from sources that feed their base emotional need for acceptance and love. These sources are not always positive. This can set up a confrontation. When the behavior becomes so negative, we try to step in to correct it. But, without the right approach, a thoughtful approach, parent and teen engage in a battle of wills. The end of such battles is usually not a good ending for either side.

Children with abnormal behavior disorders are simply incapable of comprehending the consequences that may occur from an action. They do not think beyond the moment of the action. If you remember your teenage years and some of the fun things you did without thinking, you know what I mean. Many times those fun things had negative consequences, too, remember?

Knowing the correct intervention can help a child manage their behavior in a positive way when similar actions present themselves in the future. So, what is the correct intervention? This will depend on the level of negative behavior your teen exhibits. Many parents choose to pursue interventions that address the symptoms only. Attacking the symptoms in the wrong way will drive the destructive behaviors underground, only to resurface at a later date. This approach is a waste valuable time and resources and may even make things worse. 

You should seek out professional advice but do it without your teen. Find out the best techniques available to you before attempting an approach.Find the program that fits you and your teen. No one knows your situation better than you.

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