Pursuing life lived W.E.L.L.
Consider sharing your life with a kid in need. Kids need to be cared for and trained up to be successful in life. You may be able to help a child in crisis for days or weeks or months. Sometimes foster children become adoptable. Sharing your life and family with a troubled child can be …
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FamilyLife Ministries made a movie about the struggles of parenting and it is currently streaming on Neflix, Amazon Prime Video, YouTube and Google Play. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i80XydPGpQE From http://familylifeministries.org/likearrows/about/ "When conflict, rebellion, and resentment overwhelm their family, Charlie and Alice are forced to rethink their parenting strategy. In the process, they realize how critical intentionality and focus …
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I've served as a church pastor for over 20 years and in that time I've seen the tragic results of people giving into sex/living together before marriage. A committed Christ-follower will not regret choosing purity over unbridled passion - beware that Satan uses lust and desire to trap couples. God created sex and it is …
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I want to share this article from a pastors wife that was posted on Mother's Day a couple years ago. I know some moms who prayed for their kids and worked hard to raise them right and tried all they could to help their children become successful adults only to see their child make poor …
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When I was a youth and family pastor I would offer parenting classes and seminars and my biggest frustration was the great parents that seemed to be doing a great job would come to the classes and the parents that really needed help would do everything they could to avoid the parenting training that would …
I try to exercise an hour a day and when I am walking or riding my bike I am usually listening to an audio book. I currently have an Android phone and use AstroPlayer Pro app to play the audio books sped up to 1.5 speed. I like listening through Yurbuds headphones or a Motorola …
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http://vimeo.com/9035959 Here is a fun thing you can do when the temp is -20 degrees! Watch hot water vaporize outside (make sure you don't hit anyone with your hot water). Here Sparky did a great job displaying how the hot water vaporizes when it 20 below zero outside. Reblogged from "Poof! There it Goes—Instant Water …
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A good marriage is the result of work and sacrifice. Marriage is a learned skill. You can keep growing in your marriage as you commit to keep learning about how to have a great marriage. Over the summer I read and listened to Pastor Craig Castors marriage, parenting and teen resources that he is offering …
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