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WEAKNESS V. STRENGTH
The world's definition of "strength" is much different from God's. For example, our culture defines strength as having one or more of the attributes it values most — money, power, beauty and fame. Images from the media deluge our children and us with the idea that a successful person is one who is strong in these qualities.
Yet Christ valued none of these attributes. He came to serve, rather than be served, and to give His life for us. The Corinthians did not understand that kind of strength. I wonder whether we are much different.
Reading the Sermon on the Mount (Matthew 5-7) reminds us who the strong really are — those who do not rely on their own strength, but rather depend on God to supply the power.
Teach your children God's concept of a strong person — one who surrenders.
The world's definition of "strength" is much different from God's. For example, our culture defines strength as having one or more of the attributes it values most — money, power, beauty and fame. Images from the media deluge our children and us with the idea that a successful person is one who is strong in these qualities.
Yet Christ valued none of these attributes. He came to serve, rather than be served, and to give His life for us. The Corinthians did not understand that kind of strength. I wonder whether we are much different.
Reading the Sermon on the Mount (Matthew 5-7) reminds us who the strong really are — those who do not rely on their own strength, but rather depend on God to supply the power.
Teach your children God's concept of a strong person — one who surrenders.
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The purpose of this devotional is to see what God's Word has to say about the parenting challenges every parent faces. Each day includes a passage of Scripture and an application of that passage to the trials and triumphs of leading families to maturity in Christ. The devotionals are created by Parenting by Design, a Fort Worth ministry devoted to teaching parents to lead their children the way God lead His children.
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