Teenagers, Parents, and the Anxiety Epidemic: What a Counselor Wants You to Know
To challenge the anxious teen to just “get over it,” or, with a spiritual spin, “just trust God,” is akin to telling them to pull themselves up by their bootstraps.
To challenge the anxious teen to just “get over it,” or, with a spiritual spin, “just trust God,” is akin to telling them to pull themselves up by their bootstraps.
Without Jesus, we would not have peace with God, forgiveness of our sins, the Holy Spirit living inside us, or the promise of living eternally with God in heaven.
While there are many worthwhile activities and communities our families may be involved in, the church should take precedence because it is ordained by God as the vessel through which he brings his kingdom to earth
This list represents ten articles we believe will encourage and equip you as you parent your kids.
My hope is that my children will one day proclaim adoption into God’s family as far more beautiful than becoming part of ours.
During those critical teen years, it was formative for me to be at home. I learned to define myself in the context of my home, my family, and God’s Word–not the throes of secondary school drama.
Clearly Scripture teaches us that we are to teach the Word of God to our children… but God’s Word does not give us a directive as to how children are to learn reading, writing, and arithmetic.
Although we feel good about all that is being taught at our son’s Christian school, we must take care not to count on his school (or even his Sunday school) as the primary source of his training in the faith.
If we’re more concerned about the form of education our child receives than we are about their relationship with Jesus, we need to pray that the Lord will reorder our priorities.