For the Burdened Parent of College- Aged and Young Adult Children
In Christ, you have God’s perpetual smile. Nothing you did earned his favor, and nothing you failed to do can take it away.
In Christ, you have God’s perpetual smile. Nothing you did earned his favor, and nothing you failed to do can take it away.
Lord, I’ve caught my child in their sin. Help me to restore my teen in a spirit of gentleness. Protect me Father, lest I too be tempted.
Food is not the problem; food is a gift from God. Sin is the problem, and for that Christ came and died.
Whether we’re in the trenches as parents or youth ministers, we need the refreshment that comes through the good news that Jesus provides.
In the brand-new season of the Rooted Parent Podcast, Cameron Cole and Anna Meade Harris will examine what the Bible says about parenting.
Believing there is a formula to ensure that our children will follow a path that we deem “good” is to think of ourselves, even unintentionally, as gods.
When our kids know that our commitment to their thriving is unwavering and our delight in them does not depend how they behave, they are likely to follow where we lead.
I am learning that walking—and parenting—by the Spirit means things cannot be planned, controlled, or created, only received by faith—even my weak and doubting faith.
We may cloak it as “wanting them to do well,” but deep down we are trying to supply some inner need that was meant to be filled by Christ himself.