When Things Get Hard
Matthew 11:28-30 1 “But understand this, that in the last days there will come times of difficulty. For people will be lovers of self, lovers of money, proud, arrogant, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy, heartless, unappeasable, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, not loving good, treacherous, reckless, swollen with conceit, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God, having the appearance of godliness, but denying its power. Avoid such people. For […]
Securing God’s Shield
Proverbs 2:7 “He stores up sound wisdom for the upright; he is a shield to those who walk in integrity,” Proverbs 30:5 “Every word of God proves true; he is a shield to those who take refuge in him.”
Living Behind God’s Shield
II Samuel 22:31 “As for God, his way is perfect: The Lord’s word is flawless; he shields all who take refuge in him.” At times we all desire for God to be our shield. Sadly many of the students I see do not see the Lord as a refuge.
Fear and Our Kids
Welcome back to revive families connecting hearts blog. We’ve been in the midst of a series on patience. Given everything going on with the Coronavirus and the fear I see growing, I thought it might be a great time to stop and take a short break from the patience series and talk a little bit […]
Faith Loss Through a Teens Eyes
Today we’re back with Amy who was with her family talking about depression last week. Amy is a brave young woman for talking with us about many different issues. She serves as our insider speaking from a kid’s or adolescent’s perspective into so many of their issues. Amy, it’s great to have you back with […]
The Jesus Your Kids Will Follow: Part Four
The research I did for my book, Going, Going, Gone, made it clear that we need to examine how we talk about and teach the Faith to our kids. Too many kids are leaving the Faith today. Seventy, eighty or even ninety percent of kids depart the faith; it depends on whom you talk to.
The Jesus Our Kids Will Follow: Part Three
I’m Jeff Schadt, author of Going, Going, Gone, a book that looks into the many reasons kids are leaving the faith. Given all my interaction with kids around the country, I can say that one of the reasons they’re leaving the faith is this way we tend to talk and interact with them about faith. […]
The Jesus Our Kids Will Follow: Part Two
This is the second installment in a series that is close to my heart. We are focusing on how the church can stem the tide of young people leaving the faith and how we as parents can help to ensure that our own children learn to love and follow the real Jesus. In my last […]
The Jesus Our Kids Will Follow: Part One
Today we are starting an important series to help parents understand how to talk to their kids about God in a way that will draw them to Him, rather than push them away.