Thanks to Kelly over at Generation Cedar for the heads up on this great article from John Piper over at Desiring God. We are striving for this in our own family and as usual John Piper and his wife Noel have given us some good food for thought about family worship. Please go here to read the entire article,

The Family: Together in God's presence

 I have been struggling lately.....with the deception that the enemy has put out there for Mothers.....that so many christian leaders and people are buying into. Sally from Wholeheart Ministries had a blog post yesterday they made me want to stand up and cheer!!! YES LORD! that we would have more women like Sally out there pounding back the deception that so many women are buying in to!

A prominent Christian womens leader and speaker was asked what to do with children and how we can influence them as Moms. Her response was not biblical....it was "cultural". She basically said we live in hard times and it is NORMAL for teens to rebel.....AHHHHHH! Hold me back!!

Sally responded....."Now it is true that we are in difficult times and the culture pulls at our children's hearts and some may go astray. But that doesn't mean all will-and it doesn't mean we shouldn't fight for their hearts, give them a reason to be faithful, seek to make our home the best place they will ever be, so that they will want to be with us and love the God we love and serve."

"Has she met some of these wonderful 20 somethings that came from our homes and love God and love His kingdom work, who, though tested, came out passionate for His kingdom? But these results were not accidental--they were by God's design."

I have three young adults (no teenagers here)in my home right now and I am not saying that it is always easy.....but we are trying on a daily basis to raise these children to know and love and serve their savior. Do they always get it...do I??? Of course not but the point is we are trying and God is with us every step of the way....
I love the conversations I have with my young adults...some times they see things much more clearly then me....God uses them all the time to reveal many of His truths to me!

Jesus had a pretty strong opinion about what we would face if we willingly put our children in harm's way--he said that little children were what the kingdom was made of--we cannot be a mature Christian and get rid of the "burden" of having children by giving the training of them to others--can't be spiritual and ignore the responsibility of our children's souls. 

We need to be Jesus! And following His 2 most important commandments....Love one another and love your neighbor as yourself...

Kelly over at Generation Cedar posted a very thought provoking piece on her blog today.....

"I have been thinking of some fundamental truths to the Christian life. Truths that are being squelched. Truths that need to be resurrected and relived among believers. Truths that would turn this world upside down for Jesus if we could get it. At least that’s my opinion

To draw people to God, we must be like Him. We must look like Him, talk like Him, act like Him and think like Him. Jesus did. He was “about His Father’s business” in every part of his life. So in order to accomplish that, we must know what God is like.

God is a God of order, beauty, grace, humility, faithfulness and creativity. How do those traits affect our living? Have we grossly underestimated the power of being “image-bearers” in our daily lives?"

Please visit Kellys blog Generation Cedar to read the rest of this.... and may we all reflect the image of our heavenly father to a world that so desperately needs it....

be blessed

Watch this short film clip here.....then read this shepherd press blog post here ...
Lots to ponder and our family will be discussing this during devotions this week ....

Also this video on the supremacy of Christ by Voddie Bauchman.....well worth your time...