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I didn’t quite understand what the big deal was when my kids were little, but there was this complaint I sometimes heard from the girls and their friends during their elementary school years — “They copied!”
Apparently, if a kid at school were popular, other kids would try to piggyback on that popularity by imitating […]

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Encouraging another church member is as easy as 1-2-3.
As in I Thessalonians 1:2-3.
If we’ll communicate the uplifting, purpose-focused words of this passage, I’m convinced that more of God’s power will flow through our lives with the Kingdom being strengthened as a result.
As you read the following, ask yourself how you would feel […]

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Morning Devotion: What loving families do

When you were a teen and visited the homes of your friends, you could typically tell right away if the family members there respected each other and treated one another with kindness.
And if you sensed that relationships were not cherished but instead taken for granted, you probably didn’t want to return.
Who wants to stay in […]

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Jesus talked about harvesting where we haven’t sown.
It’s true that we sometimes receive the fruit of others’ labors.
It’s called “blessing.”
It’s what loving parents want to see come into the lives of their children, even after the parent has left this life.
When King Solomon was inspired by God to start the temple construction project in […]

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I should have been doing this for all my years of parenting, but I’ve dropped the ball.
I wonder what blessings and wisdom I and my children have missed out on because I haven’t done what Job did every morning he was a parent.
I need to do better and I am grateful that the Lord […]

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