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#30: WORDS (Part 4)
WORDS OF COMFORTOne seventeen-year-old boy was asked how he knew his parents loved him when he was a young child. He said, “They told me they loved me, allowed me to sleep in their bedroom when I was scared and comforted me. I remember Dad always said ‘it’s all right’ whenever I cried or had…
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#29: WORDS (Part 3)
WORDS OF AFFECTION 2. Saying What Is Best For Our ChildIt is important that we say these words of affection for our child’s sake, not ours, as otherwise they can be used to manipulate. “I love you. Do you love me?” is more about meeting a parent’s emotional needs than the child’s. We may have…
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#28: WORDS (Part 2)
WORDS OF AFFECTION1. Expressing Our LoveThe three words “I love you” have great power. Parents need to speak frequently of their love from the earliest months of their children’s lives all the way through the teenage years. The words “I love you” might be part of the bedtime ritual when they are younger, or the…
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#27: WORDS (Part 1)
As parents we can say things to our children that will affect how they think about themselves for the rest of their lives. Our words also have the power to crush. The way we talk to our children can become a habit – for good or bad. We can easily become fixated on our children’s…
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Devotions for Wives #1
Wives, you were called to be INTERCESSORS, not ACCUSERS.Satan knows the power of your of your gift of intercession – that’s why he instead enrolls you into his character of accusation. We have to get past the fact that we married underdeveloped men. That part already happened. The difference now, is we’ve contributed to the…
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Devotions for Husbands #1
Husbands, Leadership Without Submission To God Is Just Control.You want your house to be in order? THEN GET IN ORDER WITH GOD. “BUT as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.” (Joshua 24:15)Your marriage won’t heal if you won’t.Your house won’t serve God if you don’t.A man out of alignment with Christ…
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#65: “Dates”, Common Interests & Other Good Times
I have called you friends, for all things that I heard from My Father I have made known to you. (John 15:15)Friendship requires a commitment to spend time together, enjoying one another’s company and finding common interests. Without that commitment, the friendship will never develop any real depth. Very late in Christ’s earthly ministry, He…
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#64: Strength In Gentleness
Let your gentleness be known to all. (Philippians 4:5)I’ve heard it said that words hurt like punches. When we first hear that said, we feel regret because we realise how many “punches” we have hit each other with over the years when we spoke mean or insensitive words. We have thrown many a sarcastic remark…
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#63: Counsel From The Book
The counsel of the Lord stands forever. (Psalms 33:11)Wise counsel has its roots in the One who is forever wise. Counsel based only on personal experience or impression will be flawed by human weakness. It’s God’s counsel, extracted from His Word and lived out in human experience, that will stand the test of time and…
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#62: To Urge Forward And Positively Toward A Goal
Encourage one another. (1 Thessalonians 5:11) Encouragement, one of the true blessings in a relationship, means urging another to persist and persevere toward a goal. It means to stimulate another person to show love and good deeds. Encouragement looks like calling your spouse on his or her “big day” just to say, “I love you…
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