Help your kids discover how your marriage to their mom is something God created for His glory. Say This: The greatest gift we can give our children is a Godly marriage. This devotional celebrates the institution of marriage as you share how husbands and wives are similar and different. It also allows you to talk about how God uses the marriage relationship for His glory. Watch this… Say This: (it’s OK
Help your kids understand they are significant not because of what they do, but because of who they are. Watch This: Watch this mom get some much needed advice from an unlikely source… Ask This: Who knows what the word significance means? (Work to compose a definition everyone understands.) What makes you feel significant? Say This: Many people base their self-worth on the type of phone they own, car they
Parenting is the toughest job you’ll love! Watch This… Say This: (it’s OK if you read this word-for-word) As a parent, sometimes it feels like all we get to do is communicate the “bad” stuff: “Go to your room.” “Pick up your clothes.” “Finish your homework.” “You’re grounded.” (As long as there is not a recent incident, ask you kids to recall a time when you had to discipline
Communication is the glue that makes families stronger. Watch This: A classic skit from Abbott and Costello: Ask This: Why is this so funny? (They don’t really understand each other…) Say This: Did you know that every time you talk to someone there are actually four conversations taking place at the same time? Any time I talk to someone there is: 1. What I say, 2. What they hear, 3.
Help your kids handle the bad news we see in the media by reminding them of God’s ultimate authority and power. Say this: Recently our country remembered one of the darkest days in our nations history. On September 11th, 2001 (9/11) terrorists hi-jacked planes and crashed them into the World Trade Center and Pentagon. They also planned to crash a plane into the Capitol building, but some heroic Americans sacrificed
Looking for a way to show your kids how to give love away? How to experience true love? Watch This: Say This: Valentine’s has become one of the biggest holidays of the year. In 2016 Americans spent approximately 19.6 billion dollars on Valentine’s Day. Every dollar spent on candy, flowers and jewelry was trying to communicate one word: LOVE. Unfortunately our world has a serious misunderstanding of what this
Watch This: Try this: Give each family member an index card or sheet of paper. Ask everyone to list five things they are thankful for in their life. Tell them they will share their list in a moment. After everyone has been able to make their list, announce that before they share their list, each family member gets one guess at what they think each person has put on their
Help your kids be strong when they want to quit. Watch This: This is a clip from the movie, Rudy. You may need to explain the story live before you show the clip. Ask This: 1) What’s wrong with being a quitter? 2)If you quit the first time something gets hard, what happens the next time something gets hard? Read This: Philippians 4:13 Say This: This is a favorite verse
Ask This: When was the first Thanksgiving meal? (Let them answer) History tell us that it occurred with the Pilgrims and the Wampanoag Indians in 1621, but the first Thanksgiving dinner actually occurred centuries earlier. Take a look at this video which shows the very first Thanksgiving meal. Watch This: (you can stop at 3:45…) Say This: When we think about Thanksgiving, Jesus and the Last Supper usually doesn’t come