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Do your children really understand what they know? What is understanding, and how important is it really? Today AMBrewster helps Christian parents better understand understanding and teaches dads and moms to continue moving around The Circle of Learning.
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Is it possible that demons are smarter and wiser than us, our spouses, and our kids? It’s embarrassing to imagine and almost offensive to consider. And yet, too often it’s true. Join AMBrewster as he helps Christian parents understand the foolishness in their homes and learn to help their families obey better than Satan and his demons.
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Discover the following episodes by clicking the titles or navigating to the episode in your app:
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Day 40: The Fear of the Lord
Proverbs 14:26-27
In the fear of the LORD one has strong confidence,
and his children will have a refuge.
The fear of the LORD is a fountain of life,
that one may turn away from the snares of death.
In the fear of the LORD one has strong confidence,
and his children will have a refuge.
The fear of the LORD is a fountain of life,
that one may turn away from the snares of death.
The other day I was installing a crystal chandelier in the nursery (a novelty after raising three boys) when I happened to read comments on the company website by other brave souls who had tried and failed before me. Most of those comments were posted by husbands griping about all the tiny little pieces and how the finely printed instructions were of less value than toilet paper. A rare few comments came from wives gushing over how thrilled they were that their husbands had finally installed the chandelier and how it brightened up their home.
So now it’s my turn to try my hand at this Herculean task and I reach the step of connecting the wires . . . .
So now it’s my turn to try my hand at this Herculean task and I reach the step of connecting the wires . . . .
Day 39: Good News
Proverbs 16:6
By steadfast love and faithfulness iniquity is atoned for,
and by the fear of the LORD one turns away from evil.
By steadfast love and faithfulness iniquity is atoned for,
and by the fear of the LORD one turns away from evil.
My toddler once decided it would be fun to leap into the pool without daddy there to catch him. My wife (who cannot swim herself) saw this happen in slow motion and jumped fully-clothed into the pool to save him. So also, dads, be ready to rescue your foolish children with the gospel, for without Christ they cannot swim. Learn how to swim yourself by daily meditating on Christ’s finished work. Then keep proclaiming the gospel as a drowning man to drowning children.
I love the account in C. S. Lewis’s, The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe of Edmund’s redemption.
I love the account in C. S. Lewis’s, The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe of Edmund’s redemption.
Day 38: Legalism
Proverbs 21:3
To do righteousness and justice
is more acceptable to the LORD than sacrifice.
To do righteousness and justice
is more acceptable to the LORD than sacrifice.
Dads, your children have a foolish, self-centered plan to rebel against God (Ps. 14:1). So make it your goal to not merely change behavior, but to transform hearts. Grace tells them, “Jesus is your Savior,” but the law shows them why they need one. One of our sons never needed convincing that he was sinful: “Daddy, it’s so hard to be good!” Yet another son tended to be more pharisaical: “God, I thank you that I am not like other men, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even like this tax collector” (Luke 18:11). Such legalism is normal for children as you teach them to obey God’s law (Deut. 6:6-9).
Day 37: Comfort in Trials
Proverbs 16:20
Whoever gives thought to the word will discover good,
and blessed is he who trusts in the LORD.
Whoever gives thought to the word will discover good,
and blessed is he who trusts in the LORD.
My sons were gravely confined to suits during their uncle’s wedding. So right after the family pictures, they ripped off their pink bow ties and started shooting them in the air like slingshots. It was a time of raucous celebration—not over the wedding, but over their glorious freedom. That’s how I picture Lazarus as his friends unbound his graveclothes (John 11:44) and the joy we too should have in God’s deliverance (Prov. 29:2a). Even harder, however, is to maintain joy in the midst of the trial (Jas. 1:2). The way of escape often runs through the difficulty, not around it (1 Cor. 10:13). True faith faces all of life.
Day 36: Forgiveness
Proverbs 28:13
Whoever conceals his transgressions will not prosper,
but he who confesses and forsakes them will obtain mercy.
Whoever conceals his transgressions will not prosper,
but he who confesses and forsakes them will obtain mercy.
The other day I was sick, tired, and lacking the minimum energy required just to be a parent. So I snapped at one of my sons, “Quit being stupid!” I instantly regretted my words. Truth be told he was just being silly, but I had used that word (forbidden in our house) to make him stop talking. My boys all laughed, thinking it funny to hear forbidden words (especially from daddy), but I knew it was wrong. I failed to say anything at the time, but it bothered me all night long.
Day 35: Self-Control
Proverbs 25:28
A man without self-control
is like a city broken into and left without walls.
A man without self-control
is like a city broken into and left without walls.
In the 1970s, Stanford psychologists conducted the now-famous “Marshmallow Test.” They handed each child a marshmallow and instructed them, “You can eat this marshmallow whenever you want, but if you wait fifteen minutes without eating it we’ll give you another one.” When the researchers left the room, some of the children gobbled up their marshmallow immediately while others exercised self-control (though under visible duress). The researchers then tracked the progress of these children over the next several decades and found that the second group—the ones who waited—far excelled the first in life skills: They achieved higher grades, maintained better physical health, and were more likely to be happy in life. The driving factor in their success was self-control. Long before Stanford, however, Paul cited self-control as a qualification for spiritual leadership (Titus 1:8) and godly maturity (2:2, 5). He also gave only one instruction for training young men: “Urge the younger men to be self-controlled” (Titus 2:6).
Dads, do not be ruled by unruly heart desires . . . .
Dads, do not be ruled by unruly heart desires . . . .
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