Teaching our Children... A Heart for Missions!

8/27/2007

Enlighten your children to the world around them by supporting missions and teaching them that there is a world both hungry for food and hungry for God. Pray that they will have a heart for missions.

There is a wonderful book that I'm waiting to come in to share with my family called: "Families on a Mission!" You can order it from http://www.wmustore.com/product.asp?sku=W058105, for only $9.99 plus tax and shipping. I look forward to sharing our journey through this book!

God Bless, HL

Relate Yourself to a Character in the Bible...

8/15/2007

Choose a character from the Bible and after reading the story together
discuss how that message relates to your child today.

What an awesome idea... I look forward to being able to share our study as we discuss further who we're going to pick to see how they relate to my children. There are so many to choose from:
1. Jesus, 2. Adam, 3. Aaron, 4. Joshua, 5. Noah, 6. Andrew, 7. Amos, 8. Caleb, 9. Cain, 10. Abel, 11. Daniel, 12. Eli, 13. Isaac, 14. Isaiah, 15. Ishmael, 16. Abraham, 17. Jonah, 18. James, 19. John, 20. John the Baptist, 21. Nathan, 22. Matthew, 23. Paul, 24. David, 25. Samuel, 26. Zechariah, 27. Joel, 28. Jeremiah, 29. Moses, 30. Ezekiel ... ... ... ... ... there are so many more!

I'll update when we decide who to study.

8/11/2007

Start notebooks for each of your children, and together journal the changing world around us. Take note of the tiniest detail in God’s creation: Babies, Snowflakes, Lady Bugs, etc.

This is such a wonderful idea, I wanted to make sure that I saved it, incase someone missed today's Motivation for Moms! We take the time to journal for ourselves, but have you ever journaled for or with your children?

In the past, I have had my oldest keep a journal for himself; but I know that he does not maintain it as much as I suggest. So maybe we should journal together!

God Bless, HL

Children Need To Know...

Today's Motivational moment for Moms is: "Never forget to tell your children you’re proud of them. Don’t assume that they already know how you feel."

I wanted to take the moment to document this tip, as there are too many children in the world today that do not feel they've made their parents happy enough, proud, joyful... these children have no self-esteem. We all need to be reminded from time to time --- here's my little reminder.

Today I'm proud of my children because:
1) My oldest is volunteering at VBS to help out the 2-3 year olds teacher!
2) My youngest is doing his best to learn the VBS cheer!
3) We all had a great time bowling today! My youngest took the time to try to learn some more about bowling straight, and my oldest continued to excel in bowling (and wanting to beat Dad).

There are so many reason's I am proud of my children! I can't just sit and hope that they know that, I have to take the time to tell them. Thank you for sharing this Motivation moment to remind us all!

HL