Rooted Recommends: Lectio 365
Lectio 365 is a daily devotional app designed to help users pray through Scripture each day.
Lectio 365 is a daily devotional app designed to help users pray through Scripture each day.
The recognition that I have so little control over the future – because other people maintain authority to make life-changing decisions for my foster children – is actually a picture of the truth for all Christ-following parents.
We need a constant anchor as we navigate the constantly changing world of teens.
Whether at school, on a team, or even online, God has placed countless people in the lives of our students, and we should introduce them to the joys of praying for those they love.
Today on Rooted we are praying for our country and ourselves.
Open-handed faith acknowledges that our responsibility as a parent is not to follow some perfectly formulated equation that ensures a successful outcome, but it recognizes the need to trust fully and completely in God’s ultimate plan knowing that He is our child’s Creator.
My prayer is that we are able to step outside of the noise, and see this uncertain moment as an an opportunity to renew our vision of covenant fidelity to God while inviting our students into that hope.
The recognition of my lack of control over my family and the world they live in frees me to give the problem of their security over to the Lord himself.
The idol of safetyism was embedded in American society long before the pandemic struck.