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Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.
--Ephesians 6:4
I try to play a little golf now and then, and I tend to be pretty good on the practice range. Not long ago, I was invited to play in a tournament our church was having, and I was amazed at how good I was hitting the ball on the practice range. I felt like a combination of Jack Nicklaus and Arnold Palmer!
You see, I had been reading Golf Digest, and I analyzed my swing and I read what the experts said about what I needed to do. I had it all together on the practice range. The only problem was I didn’t bring it out to the course. I had left my game somewhere between the practice range and the first hole!
When it comes to parenting, there are many people today who are experts. They’ve read all the manuals, they’ve been to the seminars, and they know the principles. In fact, you can find more information about how to be a parent today than ever before. Yet, our society – and even the church today – is desperately lacking good parenting.
It’s one thing to know. It’s another thing to do. So when it comes to parenting, be a doer. Don’t just read the books and go to the seminars. Parent biblically. Love your child. Practice good discipline. And above all else, trust in God and guide your kids in His truths!
DON’T JUST READ MORE INFORMATION ON HOW TO BE A GOOD PARENT. PRACTICE BIBLICAL PARENTING!
A View of Ourselves
Friday, February 07, 2020
by Dr. Paul Chappell
“If then I do that which I would not, I consent unto the law that it is good. Now then it is no more I that do it, but sin that dwelleth in me. For I know that in me (that is, in my flesh,) dwelleth no good thing: for to will is present with me; but how to perform that which is good I find not. For the good that I would I do not: but the evil which I would not, that I do.”
Romans 7:16–19
Though George Romney rose to fame in England as a portrait artist, his success came at a high price. One of his mentors declared that marriage spoiled an artist, so Romney abandoned his wife and two young children. After years of success, Romney fell out of favor, lost most of his possessions, and began losing his reason. His long-abandoned wife took pity on him and cared for him in his final years. After Romney’s death, Alfred, Lord Tennyson wrote a poem called “Romney’s Regret.” In it he imagines a conversation with the painter in which a friend says, “Take comfort, you have won the Painter’s fame!” In response to this praise Romney answers: “The best in me that sees the worst in me, And groans to see it, finds no comfort there.”
There is no source of comfort or good in ourselves. The world tells us that we have all that we need within us. That is completely false in terms of our nature. We do not have the ability to do what is right apart from the power of God. Rather than being proud and lifted up, we should find no comfort or joy in any achievement apart from Him. Everything that we do that is good and right and proper and valuable is because of His grace. When we look within at what we really are, we will not be proud, but rather humble and grateful.
Today's Growth Principle:
Rather than self-reliance, we need a renewed sense of God reliance in our lives.
Friday, February 07, 2020
by Dr. Paul Chappell
“If then I do that which I would not, I consent unto the law that it is good. Now then it is no more I that do it, but sin that dwelleth in me. For I know that in me (that is, in my flesh,) dwelleth no good thing: for to will is present with me; but how to perform that which is good I find not. For the good that I would I do not: but the evil which I would not, that I do.”
Romans 7:16–19
Though George Romney rose to fame in England as a portrait artist, his success came at a high price. One of his mentors declared that marriage spoiled an artist, so Romney abandoned his wife and two young children. After years of success, Romney fell out of favor, lost most of his possessions, and began losing his reason. His long-abandoned wife took pity on him and cared for him in his final years. After Romney’s death, Alfred, Lord Tennyson wrote a poem called “Romney’s Regret.” In it he imagines a conversation with the painter in which a friend says, “Take comfort, you have won the Painter’s fame!” In response to this praise Romney answers: “The best in me that sees the worst in me, And groans to see it, finds no comfort there.”
There is no source of comfort or good in ourselves. The world tells us that we have all that we need within us. That is completely false in terms of our nature. We do not have the ability to do what is right apart from the power of God. Rather than being proud and lifted up, we should find no comfort or joy in any achievement apart from Him. Everything that we do that is good and right and proper and valuable is because of His grace. When we look within at what we really are, we will not be proud, but rather humble and grateful.
Today's Growth Principle:
Rather than self-reliance, we need a renewed sense of God reliance in our lives.
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