Family Connection
03.27.2010
“The Lord detests lying lips. But He delights in men who are truthful.”-Proverbs 12:22 (NIrV)
This has been our key verse in Flight School for the month of March as we have been studying the virtue of Honesty. This issue of honesty is difficult for children, and to be perfectly honest, it can be difficult for adults as well. Whether we like it or not, God hates lying and dishonesty in any form and we need to make a choice to follow Him and be completely honest; no matter what!
This week I encourage you to spend some time with the children in your life and give them examples of times in your life when you struggled with honesty and the consequences for poor choices. When we are real with the children in our lives, and show them that we have also struggled in life we can help them make wise decisions. When you talk with them, give examples of negative consequences for lying as well as positive results when you have chosen to tell the truth. Let them know the good along with the bad.
My personal prayer is that I can help my own children learn from my mistakes and hopefully avoid poor choices I have made in my life. I desire to follow God in all I do and say and want to choose honesty because it will be pleasing to Him. I want to live my life in such a way that I will not bring shame to the name of Jesus.
I hope that is something we all want for ourselves as well as the children in our lives.
Walking by your side,
Brett Humphrey
Pastor H
Saturday, March 27, 2010
Thursday, March 11, 2010
Family Connection 03.11.2010
Family Connection
03.11.2010
“Please forgive me for…” This is a very important phrase in our house. Before we had children we had some very good friends we would watch as they raised their children. We noticed that when their children did something to each other, they would ask for forgiveness rather than just say “sorry”. When we asked about it, these friends told us it was because when the children would ask for forgiveness they would actually have to realize that they did something to hurt someone else and had to take ownership for that offence and seek to make it right. However, when they would just say “sorry” there might be some underlying meaning behind the “sorry” (such as, I’m sorry I was caught or I’m sorry I didn’t hit you harder, or I’m sorry dad and mom are looking right now because when they turn their backs you’re really going to get it…you get the point!).
This week we are continuing on in our Spiritual Growth Campaign, Live like you were dying. This week we will be focusing on “Give Forgiveness” and this is just as important as asking for forgiveness. We all know the feelings we get when we hold a grudge against someone. Not only does it affect our feelings for that person, it can affect our health, general attitude and even our relationship with God. Many times when we refuse to give forgiveness we only hurt ourselves because the object of our un-forgiveness may not even realize there is a problem. Take a look at these verses:
Matthew 6:14-15-“Forgive people when they sin against you. If you do, your Father who is in heaven will also forgive you. But if you do not forgive people their sins, your Father will not forgive your sins.”
I would say that Jesus considers it important that we give forgiveness to others and if it is important to Him it should be important to us as well.
There are some times when children have a hard time with this concept so here’s a suggestion for you for this week as you work with the children in your life. Why don’t you read through Matthew 18:21-35 with the children in your life this week? Talk about how important it is to give forgiveness and why God puts so much emphasis on it. I would also encourage you to use some real examples from your own life. Talk to the children in your life about a time you gave forgiveness and how you felt; also share a time when you withheld forgiveness and how you felt about that. Use this time to get real and talk about forgiveness as that is important to a right relationship with others but essential to a right relationship with our Heavenly Father.
Walking by your side,
Brett Humphrey
Pastor H
03.11.2010
“Please forgive me for…” This is a very important phrase in our house. Before we had children we had some very good friends we would watch as they raised their children. We noticed that when their children did something to each other, they would ask for forgiveness rather than just say “sorry”. When we asked about it, these friends told us it was because when the children would ask for forgiveness they would actually have to realize that they did something to hurt someone else and had to take ownership for that offence and seek to make it right. However, when they would just say “sorry” there might be some underlying meaning behind the “sorry” (such as, I’m sorry I was caught or I’m sorry I didn’t hit you harder, or I’m sorry dad and mom are looking right now because when they turn their backs you’re really going to get it…you get the point!).
This week we are continuing on in our Spiritual Growth Campaign, Live like you were dying. This week we will be focusing on “Give Forgiveness” and this is just as important as asking for forgiveness. We all know the feelings we get when we hold a grudge against someone. Not only does it affect our feelings for that person, it can affect our health, general attitude and even our relationship with God. Many times when we refuse to give forgiveness we only hurt ourselves because the object of our un-forgiveness may not even realize there is a problem. Take a look at these verses:
Matthew 6:14-15-“Forgive people when they sin against you. If you do, your Father who is in heaven will also forgive you. But if you do not forgive people their sins, your Father will not forgive your sins.”
I would say that Jesus considers it important that we give forgiveness to others and if it is important to Him it should be important to us as well.
There are some times when children have a hard time with this concept so here’s a suggestion for you for this week as you work with the children in your life. Why don’t you read through Matthew 18:21-35 with the children in your life this week? Talk about how important it is to give forgiveness and why God puts so much emphasis on it. I would also encourage you to use some real examples from your own life. Talk to the children in your life about a time you gave forgiveness and how you felt; also share a time when you withheld forgiveness and how you felt about that. Use this time to get real and talk about forgiveness as that is important to a right relationship with others but essential to a right relationship with our Heavenly Father.
Walking by your side,
Brett Humphrey
Pastor H
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