Grace-Based Parenting

Anything—minus hope—equals nothing. Hope is the human equivalent of oxygen when it comes to a person’s ability to live effectively. Take it away, and everything else becomes irrelevant. Without hope it is impossible to live a balanced life. Far worse, without hope, people surrender too soon and die too young.

suggest a definition of love that can radically change your life. This definition of love can help you choose the right thing to do when dealing with your children. It helps you make hard choices and it encourages you when the cost of loving is high. Here’s my definition: Love is the commitment of my will to your needs and best interests, regardles

He helped parents see the wisdom of listening rather than lecturing, of responding rather than reacting, of engaging rather than dismissing, of praying rather than judging.

First of all, if this happened to me now, I could care less. I have the seasoning of years and the maturity that enables me to ignore teasing statements that my friends make—even laugh at them. But when you are in that corridor of time called adolescence, it is not uncommon to be overly sensitive about these kinds of things. This is a time when kid

Hebrews 11:1: “Now faith is being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not see.” The author goes on, two verses later, to build a case for a God who can be trusted in our day-to-day life by reminding us that this is the same God who created the entire universe out of nothing: “By faith we understand that the universe was formed at God

Home has got to be a place where our children are safe from the traps of the world and assured that they have parents who won’t surrender God’s standards— even to them.

You have been singled out to do a favor for God. He is asking you to be His representative to a small but vital part of the next generation. He needs someone to be His voice, His arms, and His heart. He chose you. He chose you to assist Him in a miracle. He gave you children and then said, “Now go, and give these precious lives meaning.” It’s a man

God is mighty! He is powerful. He had the first word (“I am the Alpha”), and He will have the last word (“and I am the Omega”).7

foot of the cross. You realize that Christ didn’t die for you because you had good qualities that were worth saving. He died for you because you had bad qualities that left you without a prayer. When you understand this, you can use your grace-based environment to extend a graciousness toward your children when they struggle with sin in their lives