Are you starting to get a complex? Does it seem like every time you think you are going to have a little time to spend with your teenager they have something more important to do? It's one thing when it is a sports activity or something school-associated, but it's...
If the people your teen hangs out with are generally not saved, or are saved but not walking with the Lord, this should be a cause of great concern to you. Who is your young person naturally attracted to or most readily drawn to? Who do they enjoy spending most of...
Let's talk about immortality. Children dirty their pants, and Christians make huge mistakes and then try to justify them away. Now if you're in a nursery hanging out with a bunch of children and they all dirty their pants, it is easier to say, "Well, mine don't...
You have discovered, maybe through an anonymous tip or their bloodshot eyes and irrational behavior, that your young person has been drinking alcohol. It started by going to a few parties with their friends. You thought they would never drink - so did they. It may...
As parents and leaders, it is our responsibility to teach our young people the truth. For too long, we've watered down the Gospel, candy-coated it, and begged young people to come to church. We tantalize them with a soft version of the Gospel for fear of chasing...
There you are, thinking you are raising a relatively normal child. You have done beautifully through their childhood years. Now in their early teen years it looks like everything is going well, but you've begun to notice some subtle changes in the way they dress....
"And my God shall supply all your need according to His riches in glory by Christ Jesus" (Phil. 4:19). The modern dating scene is designed to make you feel stupid or weird if you don't have a date. It makes you feel that you have to have somebody to love on you, or...
Probably one of the most profound signs of a mature believer can be found in what happens in his everyday prayer life. There are many people who just go into prayer. They pray whatever is on their emergency list, whatever is on their need list. They find themselves...
One thing that we can do to check our spiritual pulse is simply to check our branches. Look at your life and ask yourself, "Do I have any dead stuff on me?" The Bible says, "For the wages of sin is death..." (Rom. 6:23). That means that if there is any dead stuff...
How do you continue to get wisdom? Prov. 2:1-5 talks about this: My son, if you receive my words, and treasure my commands within you, so that you incline your ear to wisdom, and apply your heart to understanding; Yes, if you cry out for discernment, and lift up...
"Slaves, obey your earthly masters in everything; and do it, not only when their eye is on you and to win their favor, but with sincerity of heart and reverence for the Lord" (Col. 3:22). The verse is talking about how to be a faithful, responsible servant. It...
Likewise the tongue is a small part of the body, but it makes great boasts. Consider what a great forest is set on fire by a small spark. The tongue also is a fire, a world of evil among the parts of the body. It corrupts the whole person, sets the whole coarse of...
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