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My husband and I want to lead our children to love God’s Word. We want our girls (ages 4 1/2 months, 3yrs and 6 1/2 yrs) to love it, understand it, apply it, memorize it, speak it out loud with confidence, and run to it to find answers to their questions. We’re right in the middle of the high demands of parenting young ones, but this …

The story continues… (from part 1) Within two days, I was able to catch up with the girl that I hadn’t had time for. I was so busy “ministering” to all of the kids that I didn’t have time to actually “reach” one child. I started the conversation by saying, “I’m so sorry that I didn’t connect with you on Wednesday. What you are thinking …

Last night at church was a perfect reminder to me that kids need our time. Our midweek service went well. We had: A great praise and worship time. Fun large group game time. The kids loved it. A home-run lesson. The kids seemed to really understand and “get” what we were teaching. Only one thing was a little off. One of our small group leaders …

Jesus spent a lot of time with the disciples- just doing life together. They walked together, ate together, and visited together. Throughout the book of Matthew, we read phrases such as “When the disciples saw this, they…” or “When the disciples heard this, they…” They were reacting to real life moments that Jesus used to show the disciples who He was. In Matthew 17, Jesus …