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#26: Lost In The Middle Of Your Own Parenting Style (Part 8)
Owner or Ambassador? Today we look into the last area of distinguishing between the two styles. 4. REPUTATION: what tells people who you are and what you’re about.OWNER: Owner parents unwittingly turn their children into their trophies. They tend to want to be able to parade their children in public to the applause of the…
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#25: Lost In The Middle Of Your Own Parenting Style (Part 7)
Owner or Ambassador?Let’s take a look at the third area of distinguishing between the two styles. 3. SUCCESS: what you define success to be.OWNER: These parents tend to be working toward a specific catalog of indicators in the lives of their children that would tell them that they have been successful parents. Things like academic…
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#24: Lost In The Middle Of Your Own Parenting Style (Part 6)
Owner or Ambassador?We will look at the second area of distinguishing between the two styles. 2. WORK: what you define as the work you have been called to do.OWNER: Owner parents think their job is to turn their children into something. They have a vision of what they want their children to be, and they…
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#23: Lost in the Middle of Your Own Parenting Style (Part 5)
Owner or Ambassador?We will look at the first area of distinguishing between the two styles. 1. IDENTITY: where do you look to find your sense of who you are.OWNER: Owner parents tend to look to get their identity, meaning, purpose, and inner sense of well-being from their children. Their children tend to be saddled with…
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#22: Lost in the Middle of Your Own Parenting Style (Part 4)
Ownership or Ambassadorial? I think for most of us ownership parenting and ambassadorial parenting represent a daily battle that is fought on the turf of our hearts. We are constantly torn between what we want and what God wants. Sometimes we just want our children to behave so our lives could be easier, while at…
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#21: Lost In The Middle Of Your Own Parenting Story (Part 3)
Owner or Ambassador? This week we ponder on the Ambassador style. The word that the Bible uses for this intermediary position is Ambassador. It really is the perfect word for what God has called parents to be and to do. The only thing an ambassador does, if he’s interested in keeping his job, is to…
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#20: Lost In The Middle Of Your Own Parenting Story (Part 2)
Owner or Ambassador?Ownership parenting is not overtly selfish, abusive, or destructive; it involves a subtle spirit in thinking and motivation that puts us on a trajectory that leads our parenting far away from God’s design. This shift is subtle because it takes place in little, mundane moments of family life – moments that seem so…
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#19: Lost In The Middle Of Your Own Parenting Story (Part 1)
Children are a heritage from the Lord, offspring a reward from Him. (Psalms 127:3) In the coming some weeks we will be having a series of devotions on Parenting, on the above topic. Intro: The big picture starts with knowing who you are as a parent. I don’t mean your name, address, etc. I mean…
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#51: Protection From Drifting Apart
Guard through the Holy Spirit who dwells in us, the treasure which has been entrusted to you. (2 Timothy 1:14)Couples sometimes drift apart after several years of marriage. We like to suggest a few ways couples can preserve the gift of love God has given them. First, we encourage couples to verbalize – to let…
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#50: Peace In Spite Of Differences
Be at peace among yourselves. (1 Thessalonians 5:13)Peace in the relational sense is the inner tranquility that springs forth from a common source. Differences between us and others tend to produce anxiety and not peace, but great differences tend to produce considerable anxiety. Most of us tend to be threatened by differences between us and…
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