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A Mama Heart Like Jesus: Teaching our Kids to be Flexible and Attentive

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Imagine with me that you and your kids have been planning all month to go to the zoo during Spring Break. Your children used the zoo map to create a well-planned tour through the zoo, making sure not to miss any of their favorite animals. The morning of your zoo trip, you wake to pouring rain. What now?

You know your zoo has a rain-or-shine policy and you won’t get your money back. You don’t have a poncho that will fit your youngest child and you don’t want your stroller to get soaked. What are your options?

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A Mama Heart Like Jesus: Teaching Our Kids Humility and Selflessness

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As I have been searching the Scriptures to discover what character traits Jesus taught His disciples, I have noticed that one of the virtues He emphasized most frequently was humility.  I wonder if this is because we humans have such a hard time being humble, or if humility is one of the foundational character traits to acquire in order to develop other virtues, such as a servant’s heart.  In order for our kids to learn to serve others with the right attitude, they must first learn humility.  Here are a few ways we see Jesus teaching this important virtue to His disciples. 

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A Mama Heart Like Jesus: Teaching Our Kids Obedience and Respect 

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This month we will discuss how Jesus taught his disciples to be like Him in character. He did this through His example, explaining why character is important, highlighting other people’s character, and through correction and encouragement. 

One of the character traits Jesus focused on with His disciples was obedience, or teaching His disciples to follow His ways.  

Jesus taught the disciples obedience.

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Equipping Our Kids to Be in the World But Not of the World

In Knowing and Loving God, Reflecting His Character by Taylor JohnsonLeave a Comment

If you have been around church lingo or attended Bible studies, you have probably heard the term “to be in the world but not of the world” based off of John 17 (see above).  This is an important concept to teach our kids because as Mamas, we cannot shelter our kids completely from the world, nor did Jesus do this with his disciples.  Jesus taught his disciples to be in the world, but to not live as the world lives.  In order to learn from Jesus, let’s look at three ways He taught His disciples to be in the world but not live like the world.