Elizabeth George's Blog, page 33
June 11, 2019
Qualities of a Godly Dad
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FROM JIM'S HEART Have you considered the importance of presenting the right kind of model for your children? And are you wondering where can you find this right kind of model? The Bible is an obvious first place to look.
Hopefully, your spiritual understanding is far enough along that you may be aware of what the Bible says about the model you have in your loving, caring, giving, and guiding Father in heaven.
The Ultimate Role Model
The Bible presents many verses about what a strong, consistent model you have in God the Father. And you are doubly blessed if you have an earthly father who has also provided a constant model of godly fatherhood.
But for those of us who don’t have this kind of legacy to fall back on, we are forced to look around for others who can model what a father should be for his children. So where do we start?
Of course, the first place is your Bible. There, you find that God is the ultimate model of what it means to be a father. God is often spoken of as “the Father” in the Bible. He is called “the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ” (Ephesians 3:14).
Probably the most famous reference to God as Father came in the most famous of prayers uttered by Jesus Himself. Jesus began this prayer by saying, “Our Father in heaven, hallowed be Your name” (Matthew 6:9).
The Ultimate Father
God the Father is a person; therefore, He has character qualities that theologians refer to as attributes. These attributes are what identify and distinguish who God is as a person. God is the ultimate model of what it means to be a father.
Some of God’s characteristics belong only to Him, such as His infinity, eternity, immutability, omnipresence, omniscience, and sovereignty. These cannot be passed on to His creation.
But other qualities, like love, truth, holiness, patience, and kindness, can—at least in a limited sense—be found in man, who was created in God’s image. These are called the “communicable” qualities of God because they can be expressed by man.
And hopefully that includes you and me as dads.
RESPOND
God, I commit my parenting to You today. Help me to honor You in all I do. Thank You for guiding me so that my decisions will glorify You and bless my children. Amen.
RENEWING RESOURCES [image error]
A Dad After God’s Own Heart by Jim George—in this fresh rerelease, learn the basics for how to be a good dad with your kids, including...
letting your kids know you love and care for them
learning the keys to positive and effective communication
knowing the qualities kids need most in a dad
Art Prints—Check out these art prints, designed to encourage you to be a dad after God’s own heart!
REFLECT
Choose one of the four steps and implement that step this week. Next week, choose a second to do, and so forth and so on.
REMEMBER
Your example as a father will mark your children for life.
June 6, 2019
Effective Time Management
[image error]The day is over, your good intentions have gone up in smoke, and you’re exhausted. Where has the time gone? Actually, time didn’t go anywhere. It’s still passing as it always does—sixty minutes an hour, 1,440 minutes a day, 168 hours a week.
To manage our lives, scheduling is a necessity. It’s a mirror of your life, a tool for improvement, and a wand for accomplishment!
Effective Time Management
When there’s no schedule, the 1,440 sparkling minutes God gives you each day can be characterized by stress, frustration, and even rage. But with a schedule for each procedure or project, you can flow through your day in a calm, orderly progression. A schedule brings discipline into your life, which helps you walk in the Spirit, produce spiritual fruit, and fulfill His purpose for your life . . . and your day.
Learn to be more effective. You can do a lot of things in your busy, fast-paced life, but are they the right things, God’s priority things (Phil. 4:8)?
Learn to eliminate. There are so many activities we do every day that are not essential. Ask yourself, What can be eliminated from my life at this time? As Solomon observed in Ecclesiastes 3:1–8, life has its seasons.
Know your priorities. Manage your time to reflect God as your first priority. Our devotion to Him is to be complete and all-consuming (Matt. 6:33). Service is noble and necessary, but when it gets in the way of your relationship with Christ, it is counterproductive.
Determine to make tomorrow a better day than today. And don’t forget to ask God for His wise counsel (James 1:5)!
Learn to delegate. Take a long-overdue look at your areas of service in the church. Which tasks could be delegated? The same applies at home. What chores can you give your children?
The Rewards of a Schedule
If your life is ordered, prioritized, and Spirit-filled, you will have love, joy, peace, and patience. In the morning, pray over your coming day. And pray through it. And pray at the end of it. How desperately we need God’s clear direction and assistance!
Without it we will spend God’s golden minutes on the foolishness of this world. And, as the Christian twist on Thoreau’s saying goes, “You cannot kill time without injuring eternity.” Dear friend, all you and I have is today!
RESPOND
Dear God, please help me make the most of today and every day! Amen.
RENEWING RESOURCES
A Woman After God's Own Heart Bible—Strengthen your heart with this Bible, filled with daily devotions and over 400 Whispers of Wisdom for Daily Life, all which will raise a daughter after God’s own heart. [image error]
Art Prints—This encouraging quote printable is a perfect gift or addition to any woman's bedroom or home office, and a great reminder to spend time in God's Word.
REFLECT
Study these passages this week: Proverbs 4:26, 16:3; Ecclesiastes 3:1; 1 Corinthians 14:40; Ephesians 5:15–16.
REMEMBER
All you have is today!
June 4, 2019
How to Trust God in Difficult Times
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“Oh, the heartache! Will it ever go away?” Perhaps these words darkened Sarah’s thoughts the day she followed her full-of-faith husband, Abraham, out of Haran. Leaving Haran was bad enough, but going to the land of Canaan made it even worse! Canaan was 600 miles away from her family and friends.
Abraham had announced they were going to Nowhere Land, as far as Sarah was concerned. Just when Sarah was getting used to Nowhere Land, a famine struck and they had to move to Egypt—300 miles away! Oh, if only I were still in Haran, Sarah may have thought.
Backward gazes can be dangerous and impede spiritual growth. So how can we look forward and faithfully follow God when circumstances are bad? Here’s a great acronym!
F ace forward. Real life happens in the present, and God’s blessings happen now and in the future.
A ccept your circumstances. God uses the difficulties of life to help you mature and grow in Him.
I f you’re following God, you will find Him in all your circumstances.
T rust in the Lord. God will keep you in perfect peace when your mind is focused on Him.
H ope for the future. God is a bright star who will light your path in the present darkness.
RESPOND
Dear God, please grant that I may see the good in bad and the faith to be had… following You! Amen.
RENEWING RESOURCES [image error]
One Minute with the Women of the Bible-A Devotional—As you learn how God has comforted, helped, and provided for the women in the Bible, you’ll grow more and more aware of His amazing love for you. This is a wonderful graduation gift!
REFLECT
No matter how tough it gets for you to trust God and wait patiently on Him, like Abraham and Sarah, pull out these words spoken by the Lord, face-to-face with Abraham, when He repeated His promise of a son through Sarah: “Is anything too hard for the Lord?” (Genesis 18:14)
The answer? No, of course not.
REMEMBER
Backward gazes can be dangerous and impede spiritual growth.
May 30, 2019
How Do I Make the Best Decisions?
[image error]Life is full of choices. In fact, you had to make a choice to even start reading this devotion about making choices! So, the issue is not the mere act of making choices itself, but rather learning how to make not just good choices, or better choices, but the best choices.
I’m sure you already know your actions are a matter of choice. You also know that some choices are made for you because they are out of your control. You have no control over things like your work hours, the city or school bus schedules, the times for your church services.
You get the picture.
A Multitude of Choices
But multitudes of choices arrive with each new day—almost at the rate of one per minute!—which are yours to make. And these choices, my friend, are a matter of your will. You get to decide what you will or won’t do, how you will or won’t act. You get to make the choices, which means you can’t blame anyone else for what happens next! Hopefully you are already making good, better, and best choices.
Why? Because you cannot take back a wrong choice or any of its undesired consequences. But you can choose to learn from each wrong choice. You can log those wrong choices and purpose to leave them behind. With the experience behind you, and with God’s help, you will do better the next time. You will make a better choice!
Before Making a Choice
As I look back, I realize I learned many times the hard way that, when I didn't pray, seek God's wisdom, or ask for godly advice, I just about always make wrong decisions.
So, you might be asking, How do I make the best decision? Well, speaking from experience, here are some guiding principles to use Before Making a Choice:
Pray about everything (Philippians 4:6-7)
When in doubt, don’t (Romans 14:23)
Ask “What does the Bible say?” (John 17:17
Do what you know is right (James 4:14)
Don’t let fear influence you (1 John 4:18)
But regardless, our wonderful God wants to step in and help you take the shattered pieces of your life and put them back together with the salvation and grace that comes from accepting Jesus as Savior and walking by His Spirit.
Nothing that has happened in your life is beyond the loving hands of the God of all comfort, the God of all grace, the God of all healing, and especially the God who loves you unconditionally regardless of your past—and regardless of your poor choices! What a great God you have and serve!
RESPOND
Dear God, thank You for the wisdom You give in Your Word. Help me make the best decisions, based on Your ways. Amen.
RENEWING RESOURCES [image error]
Creating a Beautiful Life—This book with a built-in Study Guide prepares you to create a more peaceful and productive life. Find out more about this helpful Bible Study today!
May 28, 2019
The Impact Fathers Have on Their Children
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FROM JIM’S HEART—The effects of nearly 20 years of growing up under a parent (for our purposes, a dad) will leave a lasting impression on a child. The imprint of that modeling isn’t always visible, but the results of a father’s influence will show up in the child at some point in the future.
If Dad had an anger problem, guess what? His children will have trouble containing their anger. If Dad physically abused his children, guess what? The next generation of moms and dads will most likely treat their own children the same way. Or, as an overreaction, they may go to the other extreme and completely withhold discipline of any kind whatsoever.
A Negative Role Model
Even in the Bible we don’t find a lot of good human role models for dads. So let me make my point with a classic negative role model in a dad named Eli.
In Eli we see a case of “like father, like sons.” Eli was a priest of Israel during the last days of the Judges (1 Samuel 2). As a priest, he was allowed to take a portion of certain offerings from the people for his services to them. Unfortunately, he abused this privilege and took more than his portion. Here is God’s indictment of Eli:
Why do you scorn my sacrifices and offerings? Why do you give your sons more honor than you give me— for you and they have become fat from the best offerings of my people Israel! (1 Samuel 2:29 NLT).
Negative Repercussions
Did you notice the connection between father and sons? God spelled it out: “You and they have become fat from the best offerings of my people Israel.” Eli was guilty of taking more of the sacrifice than he was allotted, which had made him fat. He was guilty of despising the offerings the people were giving to the Lord. And guess what? Eli’s boys were following in their dad’s footsteps (see 2:12-17).
Now the sons of Eli were corrupt; they did not know the Lord. And the priests’ custom with the people was that when any man offered a sacrifice, the priest’s servant would come with a three-pronged fleshhook in his hand while the meat was boiling. Then he would thrust it into the [cooking vessel]…and the priest would take for himself all that the fleshhook brought up. So they did in Shiloh to all the Israelites who came there (verses 12-14).
For a priest to take part of the offering was permitted. But the sons of Eli went beyond what was prescribed by the Law of Moses and demanded meat from the people before they cooked it. If the people balked, Eli’s sons would say, “No, but you must give it now; and if not, I will take it by force” (verse 16). God did not take this offense lightly: “The sin of the young men was very great before the Lord, for men abhorred the offering of the Lord” (verse 17).
Tragically, Eli was a participant in this, for as God said, “You give your sons more honor than you give me” (1 Samuel 2:29 NLT).
What a chilling thought to realize that your children are observing your life, logging your activities, and repeating your actions, whether good or bad. I know from personal experience that what I observed from my own father’s behavior served as both a positive and negative influence on my role as a husband and father.
Modeling is truly a powerful force!
RESPOND
God, I’m amazed that You don’t give up on me when I fail. I do want to walk in obedience, to be free from sin, and to see You move in and through my life and in my children’s lives. Amen.
RENEWING RESOURCES
A Dad After God’s Own Heart by Jim George—in this fresh rerelease, learn the basics for how to be a good dad with your kids, including...
letting your kids know you love and care for them
learning the keys to positive and effective communication
knowing the qualities kids need most in a dad
Pick up a copy of this powerful book for dads today!
Art Prints: Check out these Scripture art prints, designed to encourage you to be a dad after God’s own heart!
REFLECT
What major decision are you facing right now? Ask God for help in setting a godly example to your children.
Take time to pray and share your thoughts and concerns with Him, and ask for His leading as you move forward.
REMEMBER
Modeling is truly a powerful force!
May 23, 2019
How to Make the Most of Summer
[image error]The Memorial Day weekend often heralds the beginning of summer. And most importantly for most students, it begins the countdown to summer vacation from school!
If we are not intentional with our time, our summer schedules can overflow and become hectic. Our family members will shoot around like fireworks in every direction for sports, summer camps, fun outings, or college prep. Before we know it, the summer has gotten away from us!
Parenting on Purpose
Pause now before the next few months and pencil in times each week to slow down with your family. This will ensure that you are purposeful to connect and to reflect together. You can do this whether you stay at home or plan a vacation. Give everyone plenty of notice, especially if teens are involved.
When these times come around ...
Prepare a festive meal, cook-out, go out to dinner, or order in!
Talk about the childhood antics of the kids, how you grew up, and everyone’s favorite thing about summer.
Share your faith experience … and let your kids share theirs.
End your time together by drawing people’s names out of a hat and committing to doing two nice things for that person that week.
Praising God
Thank God profusely for these good times. Cherish them in your heart-of-hearts. Enjoy them to the hilt. Recalling them will turn your heart into a fountain of joy…which, in turn, will refresh your days and your commitment to God’s job assignment to you to “train up” your children for Him.
At the end of the summer ...
Gather around and ask everyone to share their highlights from the past three months that were fun and meaningful.
Remember them by recording them in a special notebook, album, or memory book. Doing so will give you something to return to over and over again when you need to see some light and to remember good times.
Have everyone on your family share what plans they have for the next three months. Encourage each person to share a goal or a dream… and be supportive. Dreams aren’t always based on current reality.
Time keeps on ticking, and seasons seem to go by in an instant! Be purposeful to pause and develop the relationships that will last a lifetime!
RESPOND
Lord, You’ve given me a wonderful family. I delight in being with these people You’ve given me to cherish…and I especially delight in You. Amen.
RENEWING RESOURCES [image error]
A Dad After God’s Own Heart by Jim George—In this fresh rerelease, learn the basics for how to be a good dad with your kids!
A Mom After God’s Own Heart—This updated version of Elizabeth’s classic will encourage you as you meet your children's daily needs, influence their lives, and guide their hearts.
REFLECT
In what ways are you purposeful to create space for your family to be together in meaningful ways?
REMEMBER
Time keeps on ticking, and seasons seem to go by in an instant!
May 21, 2019
Understanding the Bible - Teen Tuesday
[image error]Before I dusted off the tiny Bible given to a tiny girl (me!), I was lost in “the things in the world” (1 John 2:15). I read worldly books and listened to worldly voices. It was a baffling, frustrating life. As a teenager and a young woman, I had nothing to base my life on . . . until I found God’s Word.
God’s Truth Will Never Change
Never! In the Bible, we have His guidelines for our every need, issue, and day. The Bible comes from God. The Bible is “given by inspiration of God” (2 Tim. 3:16). Every word of it is “God-breathed.” Between the covers of your Bible is rock-solid wisdom—truth you can live by . . . forever. God’s Word blesses you by ...
keeping you from wrong behavior (Ps. 119:11);
leading you in the right direction (Ps. 119:105);
guiding you in the truth (2 Tim. 3:16);
preparing you to serve others (2 Tim. 3:17);
sharpening your discernment (Heb. 4:12);
giving instructions for eternal life (2 Tim. 3:15); and
being the starting point for true success (Josh. 1:8–9).
Understanding the Bible
Here are a few steps to help you grow in your love and understanding of the Bible.
Read it. Just pick it up and do it. The only wrong way to read the Bible is not to read it at all (Ps. 119:105).
Study it. If you so much as pick up a pencil and underline as you read, you are studying the Bible (Ps. 119:18)!
Hear it. Make sure you get to church. And, if possible, join a Bible study (Heb. 10:25).
Memorize it. Live God’s way by having His Word in your heart and mind—and following it (1 Kin. 6:12).
Desire it. As Job declared, “I have treasured the words of His mouth [God’s teaching] more than my necessary food” (Job 23:12).
If you’re struggling or drifting, I urge you to read the Bible. If you need help with a relationship, problem, or decision, then take a weekend to read God’s Word and pray. If you need a renewed passion for God’s Word, then make time each day to read the Bible, even a small portion. God’s Word will make all the difference in every area of your life.
RESPOND
Lord, my heart’s desire is to fill my mind with Your Word. I want to be able to pull up Your truths and promises in a split second, to be able to comfort my soul when needed, and to speak a word in season to those who are weary. Amen.
RENEWING RESOURCES [image error]
A Girl’s Guide to Prayer—Understand what prayer really is, how to pray effectively, and what you can pray for.
A Woman After God's Own Heart Bible—Mom, strengthen your heart with this Bible, filled with daily devotions and over 400 Whispers of Wisdom for Daily Life, all which will raise a daughter after God’s own heart.
REFLECT
Study Job 23:12; Psalm 119; 2 Timothy 3:14-17
REMEMBER
Immerse yourself in Scripture. And pray as you read. Commit yourself afresh to spiritual growth, inner beauty, and the practice of Bible reading.
May 16, 2019
4 Steps to Being a Great Dad
[image error]FROM JIM’S HEART—If you are a dad, you are part of an exciting exclusive club. However you came to be your children’s dad and whatever the circumstances, you are their dad. Being a father is one of the greatest privileges God extends to you.
To encourage you along this process, here are several things you can do to become a dad after God’s own heart.
Small Steps That Make a Big Difference
Love your wife. The most important step you can take as a dad is to love your wife. This may not be your easiest step. But it will be the one that goes the furthest in modeling God the Father’s love for His children.
Affirm in your heart that you are in the faith—that you are in Christ. If you are, you have access to all the help you will ever need to be God’s kind of dad.
Make sure you are growing spiritually. God wants you to “grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ” (2 Peter 3:18). Because spiritual growth is a command, that means you have a choice. If you want to be a dad after God’s own heart, you will want to choose to grow spiritually. So carve out some time each day to spend with your heavenly Father.
Don’t make excuses for not reading your Bible. Getting into God’s Word is an obvious step for all things spiritual—including being a dad. I’ve heard a lot of men say, “I have to be at work really early.” Or “I don’t understand the Bible.” Or “I don’t know where to start.” Yet if something is truly important to you, you’ll find a way to fit it into your busy schedule, and you’ll take time to learn how to do it. Not only does a Christian man, husband, and father need to spend time with God daily, but he should want to.
The role of being a father bears the greatest of responsibilities. Your children are yours to influence for good or evil. Your example will mark them for life. Take time to get down on your knees and ask God to give you His wisdom to do whatever is necessary to be a dad after God’s own heart. And even better is to do this every day.
RESPOND
God, I commit my parenting to You today. Help me to honor You in all I do. Thank You for guiding me so that my decisions will glorify You and bless my children. Amen.
RENEWING RESOURCES [image error]
A Dad After God’s Own Heart by Jim George—in this fresh rerelease, learn the basics for how to be a good dad with your kids, including...
letting your kids know you love and care for them
learning the keys to positive and effective communication
knowing the qualities kids need most in a dad
Art Prints—Check out these art prints, designed to encourage you to be a dad after God’s own heart!
REFLECT
Choose one of the four steps and implement that step this week. Next week, choose a second to do, and so forth and so on.
REMEMBER
Your example as a father will mark your children for life.
May 14, 2019
A Woman of Purpose
[image error]Like other singles, a widow has a choice to make. She can worry about her situation as a widow, or she can take up God’s challenge and take on the multitude of opportunities for service.
Depending on her age and whether or not she has children at home, she can shift her service from her husband’s needs to the church’s needs. Like my husband’s mother, Lois, who was widowed twice, a widow can gain a reputation with her service, being “well reported for good works,” offering hospitality to others, caring for people in need, and diligently following every good work (1 Timothy 5:10).
The Bible shows us many marvelous examples of widows who contributed significantly to God’s purposes and people.
The Widow of Zarephath
During a time of severe famine in the land of Israel, this single mom and widow gave up her last bit of food to feed God’s prophet Elijah. In response to her faith, obedience, and sacrifice, God provided food for her and her son during the famine (1 Kings 17:9-16).
Anna
This amazing woman had been married for seven years and then lived as a widow until she was 84 years old. One day Jesus was brought to the temple by His parents—where Anna “served God with fastings and prayers night and day” (Luke 2:37). God honored Anna’s faithful service by allowing her the blessing of seeing the Messiah.
The Widow Who Gave All
One day when Jesus was in the temple He observed those who were placing their tithes into the treasury. Jesus pointed out a poor widow who dropped in only “two mites,” about one-eighth of a penny. Jesus commended this destitute widow’s giving (Mart 13:33-34).
Service comes in many forms. Perhaps you are single, a single mom, or a widow. If so, here are a few ways to serve others:
Own Your Role
Just as a married woman has a purpose, so do you! You get the honor and privilege of unencumbered service to your Lord! You get to pull out all the stops and serve to your heart’s content. Develop your spiritual gifts and ask those in leadership at your church about areas of ministry where you could help others and use your time and gifts. Begin by just being available.
Keep Yourself Pure
God keys in on being “holy both in body and in spirit” (1 Corinthians 7:34). God is holy, holy, holy, and those who serve Him are to fight the battle of keeping themselves untainted and pure from sin.
Encourage Those Who Are Single
Married or single, every woman can be an encourager to those who are single. For three years, I flung open the doors of our home to the single career women in my church for a Bible study. We grew together. We studied God’s Word together. We created fun outings and get-togethers.
I hope you grasp the reassuring reality of God’s plan for you if you are presently single, or if you become single in the future. As in all things, God’s got a purpose for you and He has you covered…no matter what happens, where you are, or what your life involves.
RESPOND
Dear God of all comfort, today I praise You that You give strength to the brokenhearted and aid to those who are in need. Please guide me in serving others. Amen.
RENEWING RESOURCES [image error]
Breaking the Worry Habit Forever – Going beyond the simple "just pray and give your troubles to the Lord," Elizabeth acknowledges how hard it can be to "let go and let God." She offers practical step-by-step advice to help you in this encouraging book for women.
Art Prints – We’ve created special art prints to fill your heart and home with God's Word. Shop for your Bible artwork today!
REFLECT
Contact your church leadership this week and ask how you can serve.
REMEMBER
“Let your conduct be without covetousness; be content with such things as you have.” (Hebrews 13:5)
May 9, 2019
Raising Godly Children
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One day I sat down and wondered and prayed, “Where does Christian childrearing really begin? And what is Thing 1, Goal 1 for a mom?”
In a few seconds I had the answer! And it came from God’s Word. It was packaged in three verses I had discovered as a young mom, and also as a baby Christian. I flashed back on those early new-believer days of excitement, of newness, of need as I hungered to find out for the first time what God teaches about…everything! And especially “What in the world am I supposed to do with two little toddling girls?”
I’m so glad a wise woman had advised me to read in my new Bible every day. Well, the day arrived when I made it to the book of Deuteronomy. And there I hit gold when my eyes landed on Deuteronomy 6:5-7. I was stunned. Amazed. Thrilled! God was actually showing me His guidelines for raising my own little daughters, then only one-and-a-half and two-and-a-half years old. And in only three verses! How practical is that?
Here’s what I read over and over again and finally memorized:
You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your strength. And these words which I command you today shall be in your heart. You shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, when you walk by the way, when you lie down, and when you rise up.
I adore these verses because they are packed with clear communication to moms. God goes straight to the heart of the matter — the parent’s heart, the mom’s heart. He knows we become what we love. So He is utterly straightforward about where we are to place our love: We are to love Him supremely.
Believe me, I thought through this powerful passage — a lot! Then I took it apart word by word and thought by thought. And I came up with two questions I constantly asked my heart during those days with little girls, and still ask even today with two married daughters who are now raising their daughters. (After all, a mom is always a mom!)
Heart Question #1: What — and whom — do I love?
We “love” a lot of things for a lot of different reasons. But God prescribes perimeters and scope for our love. He tells us what not to love: “Do not love the world or the things in the world” (1 John 2:15). And He tells us what we are to love and where our love is to be focused — we are to “love the Lord” (Deuteronomy 6:5) with every fiber of our being.
Heart Question #2: What’s in my heart?
I don’t know what’s in your heart, and I’m working on what’s in mine! But God tells both of us what is supposed to be there, what He wants to be there. Here it is: He says, “These words which I command you today shall be in your heart” (verse 6). So…God’s second assignment for you as a mom is to be committed to His Word. You are to do whatever it takes to embed the teachings of the Bible in your heart, soul, and mind. As the saying goes, “You cannot impart what you do not possess.”
To teach and guide, lead and raise a daughter after God’s own heart presupposes and requires that you love God and that God’s truth be in your heart first. Then you possess something to impart. Then you have the most important thing to pass on to your precious daughter — the truth about God and His grace.
RESPOND
Dear God, please help me to love You and to love Your Word, so much so that it accelerates me down the path to being a more dedicated mother after Your own heart. Amen.
RENEWING RESOURCES [image error]
A Mom After God’s Own Heart—This updated version of Elizabeth’s classic will encourage you as you meet your children's daily needs, influence their lives, and guide their hearts.
Raising a Daughter After God’s Own Heart—An engaging and inspirational resource for every mom who wants to lead her daughter to a godly life by example, encouragement, and prayer.
REFLECT
When do you spend time in God’s Word? What is the last Bible verse you memorized?
REMEMBER
The more you love the Lord, the better you shall love your earthly dearest daughter.
