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Trying to help my kids navigate devices vs Bible. Every morning we get up and have an expectation that each kid takes a moment, reads their Bible, journals and prays. It's great, and we hit the mark maybe 50% of the time.
However, as my kids are getting older, I'm running into their value system. they have their own space, journals etc. and when I probe into what they are reading, or if God is speaking to them, I often get the teenage "i don't know", or "yea its good" - which ultimately is them ending the conversation moving on toward breakfast.
Is the value system to do what I told them? Or...do they have a desire to #readurbible and allow the Bible to influence their lives?
I ask this question realizing that I too, have memorized the Bible over the course of my life...often as a text book, being regurgitateable...but not always having influence in my day to day. My value system is still me driven, and not by the Kingdom. My learned behavior is to take spiritual things in control them...
How do I address this?
Holy Spirit help has been the prayer today. He leads us, He draws us, and He enables the grace of God. But specifically, that it would have greater influence then my feelings...which can be pretty harsh...
Holy Spirit teach me to live, and be sustained on your Word's over my feelings. Remind me, lead me...lead my fam...today.
#readurbible
Psalm 108.1-4 still on tap
I’ll drop some pics of the house later
Be vigorous and aware of your connection to heaven
#readirbible
Mark 4 on tap for my soul
Reading proverbs 17.3 this morning. My hearts motives will get put out before the Lord to be judged...someday? Sure sure we will all stand before a judgement seat - in the meantime we exist in the today.
Just how much do we really want our motives to be seen and known? To a degree, we can add some churchy language to situations in our lives and make everything seem dandy - try and manage or control the externals around us so that people around us have the idea that we have great lives. And we will all see just how long we can hold that up...
But really whats the driver in your soul. And how will that end? Is it monies? health? reputation? Trying to work out the grind of life so that I feel secure, satisfying my internal need for whatever the thing is.
A free heart has no need for external validation, no need to be proven, it experiences the fire of life and is out on display come what may. Its proof of trust in a God that is in control.
Check proverbs 17.3
Then check out Phil 2. ...
a pretty good indicator of your thoughts and attitudes getting the day going.
That first thing, first word could be to a family member, a text, an email, a co worker, the coffee barista...irregardless take a moment and look at it.
Most of us, myself included have some sort of routine greeting informed by our experiences, culture, friends around us - its generally trite, creating minimal connection, and continues us on our day.
My invitation is to spend that moment with intention and allow Hebrews 3:1-14 to guide you. That first word could be so much more...
The author is giving a recount of the Israelites allowing their hardness to be. He runs the hardening through the redemption of hope in Christ, and then challenges us to understand we are no different than the Israelites apart from Christ.
And then verse 13...the solid therefore. take a moment and read it.
The exhortation is not a trite you can do it, but a calling of the reminder of the hope in the Cross, the person of Jesus, the ...
