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LIVING YOUR WORDS
The Jewish legal experts had many ways to get around the law and break oaths so that a person's promises might mean nothing. Jesus, however, encouraged people to live their lives with such integrity that people would simply believe what they said.
Our actions should speak louder than our words. But too often, the opposite is true. When we say we will give consequences for disobedience and then fail to follow through, our kids may doubt the reliability of our words. As a result, we may use threats to convince our children that this time we really mean what we say: "This is the last time I'm waking you up" or, "Next time, I'm not bringing your homework to school." Unfortunately, our threats are often perceived as just more meaningless words.
Provide your children with the sense of security that comes when your actions are consistent with your words.
The Jewish legal experts had many ways to get around the law and break oaths so that a person's promises might mean nothing. Jesus, however, encouraged people to live their lives with such integrity that people would simply believe what they said.
Our actions should speak louder than our words. But too often, the opposite is true. When we say we will give consequences for disobedience and then fail to follow through, our kids may doubt the reliability of our words. As a result, we may use threats to convince our children that this time we really mean what we say: "This is the last time I'm waking you up" or, "Next time, I'm not bringing your homework to school." Unfortunately, our threats are often perceived as just more meaningless words.
Provide your children with the sense of security that comes when your actions are consistent with your words.
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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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