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5 Ways to Deal with Our Kids’ Sin

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As parents we want our kids to have a relationship with God and follow in His ways, but their hearts have to be open to receiving truth and desiring a relationship with God.  This is why it is SO IMPORTANT that we cultivate the heart of our children to desire this from a young age.  We have been discussing 5 Ways to Lead Your Children’s Hearts to Christ, and we talked about the first way: Keeping Distractions at Bay a few weeks ago.  If you missed this post, you can go back and read it here before moving on.  It has some great preventative measures to help keep our children from getting distracted from their relationship with God.

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Four Ways to Keep Distractions at Bay

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Distractions can keep our children from loving and following God with all their hearts. The first type includes things that are good but that can become idols.  For example, when our kids are more focused on their peer-group or favorite activities than on God, it is easy to let these “good things” become number one in their life and take the place of God. 
The second type of distractions include negative influences that can lead our children into sin or believing things contrary to God’s truth.  If our children are around these type of influences, the enemy can use them to pull our kids away from their growing relationship with Christ.  

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Author Highlight: Janice Thompson

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I’m excited to interview author Janice Thompson!  She got her start in the industry writing screenplays and musical comedies for the stage. Janice has published over 150 books for the Christian market, crossing genre lines to write cozy mysteries, historicals, romances, nonfiction books, devotionals, children’s books and more. Janice is passionate about her faith and does all she can to share the joy of the Lord with others, which is why she particularly enjoys writing. 

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5 Ways to Lead Your Childrens’ Hearts to Christ

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Parenting isn’t easy.  Teaching our kids to show respect, be kind to their siblings, live a life of contentment, and demonstrate a heart to serve others can feel like an uphill battle.  There are so many distractions warring for our children’s hearts, but it is our goal as parents to lead their hearts away from those distractions and straight to the Lord.  Only Jesus, by His saving grace and Holy Spirit can make a true heart change happen with our children.   With that being said, here are five practices to help lead your children’s hearts to Christ.

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Keeping God First While On Vacation:
A Family Vacation Devotional

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Recently we had the opportunity to take a family vacation with some friends on a cruise to the Bahamas! We had such a wonderful time with our family and friends and enjoyed God’s beautiful creation all around us.   There was only one thing missing… we wished we had a family vacation devotional to do with our kids over the trip to encourage us to keep our hearts more focused on the Lord and His ways!